epiplesso denotes addressing an elder with a rebuke that the instruction in 1 Timothy 5:1 prohibits.

The sole attested use concerns rebuking an elder, an action prohibited and contrasted with pleading with him as a father in 1 Timothy 5:1.

1. Rebuking an elder · dominant

   In 1 Timothy 5:1, the aorist active subjunctive singular form occurs in a prohibition directed toward an elder; the APB renders the clause, "Do not rebuke an elder," before contrasting it with pleading with him as a father.

   1 Timothy 5:1

In the Anselm Project Bible: In 1 Timothy 5:1, the APB presents the clause as "Do not rebuke an elder." This rendering confirms the clause's overall action rather than isolating every feature of the Greek form.