“rebuketh” is a form of
rebuke
/ɹiˈbjuːk/ noun, verb
Forms rebukes rebuking rebuked
Synonyms
reproach reproof reproval reprehension reprimand admonition reprove reprehend admonish animadvert bash bawl out tilt cannonade slash lash blame scorch blast berate call on the carpet take to task rag trounce lecture jaw dress down call down scold chide
Etymology
From Middle English rebuken, from Anglo-Norman rebuker (“to beat back, repel”), from re- + Old French *buker, buchier, buschier (“to strike, hack down, chop”), from busche (“wood”), from Vulgar Latin *busca (“wood, grove”), from Frankish *busk (“grove”), from Proto-Germanic *buskaz (“bush”); equivalent to re- + bush.
Webster’s 1913
- verb To check, silence, or put down, with reproof; to restrain by expression of disapprobation; to reprehend sharply and summarily; to chide; to reprove; to admonish.
- noun A direct and pointed reproof; a reprimand; also, chastisement; punishment.
- noun Check; rebuff. [Obs.] L'Estrange. To be without rebuke, to live without giving cause of reproof or censure; to be blameless.
Etymology [OF. rebouquier to dull, blunt, F. reboucher; perhaps fr. pref. re- re- + bouche mouth, OF. also bouque, L. bucca cheek; if so, the original sense was, to stop the mouth of; hence, to stop, obstruct.]
Sources: Wiktionary · WordNet 3.0 · Webster’s 1913 — from the Wiktionary entry “rebuke”, CC BY-SA 4.0. Details