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Lexicon :: Strong's H3198 - yāḵaḥ

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יָכַח
Transliteration
yāḵaḥ
Pronunciation
yaw-kahh'
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Part of Speech
verb
Root Word (Etymology)
A primitive root
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TWOT Reference: 865

Strong’s Definitions

יָכַח yâkach, yaw-kahh'; a primitive root; to be right (i.e. correct); reciprocal, to argue; causatively, to decide, justify or convict:—appoint, argue, chasten, convince, correct(-ion), daysman, dispute, judge, maintain, plead, reason (together), rebuke, reprove(-r), surely, in any wise.

KJV Translation Count — Total: 59x

The KJV translates Strong's H3198 in the following manner: reprove (23x), rebuke (12x), correct (3x), plead (3x), reason (2x), chasten (2x), reprover (with H376) (2x), appointed (1x), arguing (1x), miscellaneous (9x).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 59x
The KJV translates Strong's H3198 in the following manner: reprove (23x), rebuke (12x), correct (3x), plead (3x), reason (2x), chasten (2x), reprover (with H376) (2x), appointed (1x), arguing (1x), miscellaneous (9x).

  1. to prove, decide, judge, rebuke, reprove, correct, be right

    1. (Hiphil)

      1. to decide, judge

      2. to adjudge, appoint

      3. to show to be right, prove

      4. to convince, convict

      5. to reprove, chide

      6. to correct, rebuke

    2. (Hophal) to be chastened

    3. (Niphal) to reason, reason together

    4. (Hithp) to argue

Strong’s Definitions [?](Strong’s Definitions Legend)
יָכַח yâkach, yaw-kahh'; a primitive root; to be right (i.e. correct); reciprocal, to argue; causatively, to decide, justify or convict:—appoint, argue, chasten, convince, correct(-ion), daysman, dispute, judge, maintain, plead, reason (together), rebuke, reprove(-r), surely, in any wise.
STRONGS H3198: Abbreviations
† [יָכַח] verb Hiph. decide, adjudge, prove, (Late Hebrew Pi. וִכַּח argue with (עם), compare Hithp., Hiph. prove, correct; Aramaic Pa וַכַּח Aph`el אוֺכַח, id.) —
Hiph. Perfect הוֺכִיחַ Isaiah 2:4 5 times; הֹכִיחַ Genesis 24:44; הוֺכִחַ Genesis 21:25; 2rd person masculine singular חֹכַחְתָּ Genesis 24:14; 1st person singular suffix הוֺכַחְתִּיו 2 Samuel 7:14; Imperfect יוֺכִיחַ Isaiah 11:3 5 times; יוֺכַח Hosea 4:4 4 times; יוֺכָ֑ח 1 Chronicles 12:17; suffix יוֺכִיחֵנִי Psalm 141:5 12 times Imperfect; Imperative הוֺכַח Proverbs 9:8; Infinitive absolute הוֺכֵחַ Leviticus 19:17 5 times; construct הוֺכִיחַ Habakkuk 1:12; הַלְהוֺכַח Job 6:26; Participle מוֺכִיחַ Ezekiel 3:26 8 times; plural מוֺכִיחִים Proverbs 24:25; —
1. decide, judge, absolute Genesis 31:42 (E), 1 Chronicles 12:17; Isaiah 11:3; Psalm 94:10; with לְ decide for Isaiah 2:4 = Micah 4:3; Isaiah 11:4; with בּין, Genesis 31:37 (E), Job 9:33; לְגֶבֶר עִם אֱלוֺהַּ Job 16:21.
2. adjudge, appoint, with לְ, Genesis 24:14,44 (J).
3. shew to be right, prove, with accusative of thing and על person against Job 19:5; with אל person unto Job 13:15; so argue before Job 13:3, and (absolute) Job 15:3.
4. convince, convict, with accusative of person Psalm 50:21 בּ person Proverbs 30:6; with לְ person Job 32:12.
5. reprove, chide:
a. of God, with accusative of person Job 22:4; Psalm 50:8; Psalm 105:14 = 1 Chronicles 16:21; with בּ object 2 Kings 19:4 = Isaiah 37:4.
b. of man, absolute Hosea 4:4; Ezekiel 3:26; Job 6:25 (twice in verse); Proverbs 24:25; Proverbs 25:12; מוֺכִיחַ בַּשַּׁעַר Amos 5:10; Isaiah 29:21; with accusative of person Genesis 21:25 (E), Leviticus 19:17 (twice in verse) (H), Proverbs 9:8; Proverbs 28:23; Jeremiah 2:19; מוֺכִיחַ אֱלוהַּ Job 40:2; accusative of thing Job 6:26; with לְ, Proverbs 9:7,8; Proverbs 15:12; Proverbs 19:25.
6. correct, rebuke, of God, absolute Habakkuk 1:12; with accusative of person Psalm 141:5; Job 13:10 (twice in verse); בְּשֵׁבֶט 2 Samuel 7:14; happy the man whom God corrects Job 5:17; for God loves him Proverbs 3:12; God is entreated not to correct in anger Psalm 6:2; Psalm 38:2.
Hoph. Perfect וְהוּכַח בְּמַכְאוֺב he is chastened also with pain Job 33:19.
Niph. Imperfect לְכוּנָֿא וְנִוָָּֽכְחָה Isaiah 1:18 come now and let us reason together; Participle שָׁם יָשָׁר נוֺכָח עִמּוֺ Job 23:7 there an upright man might reason with him; feminine (passive) וְנֹכָ֑חַת Genesis 20:16 (E), but Di SS read וְנֹכַחַתְּ 2rd person feminine singular Perfect and thou art set right, righted, justified.
Hithp. Imperfect עִםוִֿשְׂרָאֵל יִתְוַכָּח Micah 6:2 with Israel he will argue (|| עִם רִיב לי׳).
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BLB Scripture Index of Brown-Driver-Briggs

Genesis

20:16; 21:25; 21:25; 24:14; 24:14; 24:44; 24:44; 31:37; 31:42

Leviticus

19:17; 19:17

2 Samuel

7:14; 7:14

2 Kings

19:4

1 Chronicles

12:17; 12:17; 16:21

Job

5:17; 6:25; 6:26; 6:26; 9:33; 13:3; 13:10; 13:15; 15:3; 16:21; 19:5; 22:4; 23:7; 32:12; 33:19; 40:2

Psalms

6:2; 38:2; 50:8; 50:21; 94:10; 105:14; 141:5; 141:5

Proverbs

3:12; 9:7; 9:8; 9:8; 9:8; 15:12; 19:25; 24:25; 24:25; 25:12; 28:23; 30:6

Isaiah

1:18; 2:4; 2:4; 11:3; 11:3; 11:4; 29:21; 37:4

Jeremiah

2:19

Ezekiel

3:26; 3:26

Hosea

4:4; 4:4

Amos

5:10

Micah

4:3; 6:2

Habakkuk

1:12; 1:12

H3198

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Strong's Number H3198 matches the Hebrew יָכַח (yāḵaḥ),
which occurs 59 times in 55 verses in the WLC Hebrew.

Page 1 / 2 (Gen 20:16–Eze 3:26)

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 20:16 - And unto Sarah he said, Behold, I have given thy brother a thousand pieces of silver: behold, it is for thee a covering of the eyes to all that are with thee; and in respect of all thou art righted.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 21:25 - And Abraham reproved Abimelech because of the well of water, which Abimelech’s servants had violently taken away.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 24:14 - and let it come to pass, that the damsel to whom I shall say, Let down thy pitcher, I pray thee, that I may drink; and she shall say, Drink, and I will give thy camels drink also: let the same be she that thou hast appointed for thy servant Isaac; and thereby shall I know that thou hast showed kindness unto my master.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 24:44 - and she shall say to me, Both drink thou, and I will also draw for thy camels: let the same be the woman whom Jehovah hath appointed for my master’s son.

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 31:37

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 31:37 - Whereas thou hast felt about all my stuff, what hast thou found of all thy household stuff? Set it here before my brethren and thy brethren, that they may judge betwixt us two.

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 31:42

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 31:42 - Except the God of my father, the God of Abraham, and the Fear of Isaac, had been with me, surely now hadst thou sent me away empty. God hath seen mine affliction and the labor of my hands, and rebuked thee yesternight.

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Unchecked Copy Box Lev 19:17

Unchecked Copy BoxLev 19:17 - Thou shalt not hate thy brother in thy heart: thou shalt surely rebuke thy neighbor, and not bear sin because of him.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Sa 7:14

Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 7:14 - I will be his father, and he shall be my son: if he commit iniquity, I will chasten him with the rod of men, and with the stripes of the children of men;

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ki 19:4

Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 19:4 - It may be Jehovah thy God will hear all the words of Rabshakeh, whom the king of Assyria his master hath sent to defy the living God, and will rebuke the words which Jehovah thy God hath heard: wherefore lift up thy prayer for the remnant that is left.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ch 12:17

Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 12:17 - And David went out to meet them, and answered and said unto them, If ye be come peaceably unto me to help me, my heart shall be knit unto you; but if ye be come to betray me to mine adversaries, seeing there is no wrong in my hands, the God of our fathers look thereon, and rebuke it.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 16:21 -
He suffered no man to do them wrong;
Yea, he reproved kings for their sakes,

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 5:17

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 5:17 -
Behold, happy is the man whom God correcteth:
Therefore despise not thou the chastening of the Almighty.

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 6:25

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 6:25 -
How forcible are words of uprightness!
But your reproof, what doth it reprove?

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Unchecked Copy BoxJob 6:26 -
Do ye think to reprove words,
Seeing that the speeches of one that is desperate are as wind?

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 9:33

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 9:33 -
There is no umpire betwixt us,
That might lay his hand upon us both.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJob 13:3 -
Surely I would speak to the Almighty,
And I desire to reason with God.

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 13:10

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 13:10 -
He will surely reprove you,
If ye do secretly show partiality.

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 13:15

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 13:15 -
Behold, he will slay me; I have no hope:
Nevertheless I will maintain my ways before him.

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 15:3

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 15:3 -
Should he reason with unprofitable talk,
Or with speeches wherewith he can do no good?

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 16:21

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 16:21 -
That he would maintain the right of a man with God,
And of a son of man with his neighbor!

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Unchecked Copy BoxJob 19:5 -
If indeed ye will magnify yourselves against me,
And plead against me my reproach;

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Unchecked Copy BoxJob 22:4 -
Is it for thy fear of him that he reproveth thee,
That he entereth with thee into judgment?

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Unchecked Copy BoxJob 23:7 -
There the upright might reason with him;
So should I be delivered for ever from my judge.

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 32:12

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 32:12 -
Yea, I attended unto you,
And, behold, there was none that convinced Job,
Or that answered his words, among you.

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 33:19

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 33:19 -
He is chastened also with pain upon his bed,
And with continual strife in his bones;

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 40:2

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 40:2 -
Shall he that cavilleth contend with the Almighty?
He that argueth with God, let him answer it.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 6:1 -
For the Chief Musician; on stringed instruments, set to the Sheminith. A Psalm of David.
O Jehovah, rebuke me not in thine anger,
Neither chasten me in thy hot displeasure.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 38:1

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 38:1 -
A Psalm of David, to bring to remembrance.
O Jehovah, rebuke me not in thy wrath;
Neither chasten me in thy hot displeasure.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 50:8

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 50:8 -
I will not reprove thee for thy sacrifices;
And thy burnt-offerings are continually before me.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 50:21

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 50:21 -
These things hast thou done, and I kept silence;
Thou thoughtest that I was altogether such a one as thyself:
But I will reprove thee, and set them in order before thine eyes.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 94:10 -
He that chastiseth the nations, shall not he correct,
Even he that teacheth man knowledge?

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 105:14

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 105:14 -
He suffered no man to do them wrong;
Yea, he reproved kings for their sakes,

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 141:5

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 141:5 -
Let the righteous smite me, it shall be a kindness;
And let him reprove me, it shall be as oil upon the head;
Let not my head refuse it:
For even in their wickedness shall my prayer continue.

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For whom Jehovah loveth he reproveth,
Even as a father the son in whom he delighteth.

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He that correcteth a scoffer getteth to himself reviling;
And he that reproveth a wicked man getteth himself a blot.

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Unchecked Copy Box Pro 9:8

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 9:8 -
Reprove not a scoffer, lest he hate thee:
Reprove a wise man, and he will love thee.

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Unchecked Copy Box Pro 15:12

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 15:12 -
A scoffer loveth not to be reproved;
He will not go unto the wise.

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Unchecked Copy Box Pro 19:25

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 19:25 -
Smite a scoffer, and the simple will learn prudence;
And reprove one that hath understanding, and he will understand knowledge.

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Unchecked Copy Box Pro 24:25

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 24:25 -
But to them that rebuke him shall be delight,
And a good blessing shall come upon them.

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Unchecked Copy Box Pro 25:12

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 25:12 -
As an ear-ring of gold, and an ornament of fine gold,
So is a wise reprover upon an obedient ear.

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Unchecked Copy Box Pro 28:23

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He that rebuketh a man shall afterward find more favor
Than he that flattereth with the tongue.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPro 30:6 -
Add thou not unto his words,
Lest he reprove thee, and thou be found a liar.

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 1:18

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 1:18 - Come now, and let us reason together, saith Jehovah: though your sins be as scarlet, they shall be as white as snow; though they be red like crimson, they shall be as wool.

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 2:4 - And he will judge between the nations, and will decide concerning many peoples; and they shall beat their swords into plowshares, and their spears into pruning-hooks; nation shall not lift up sword against nation, neither shall they learn war any more.

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 11:3 - And his delight shall be in the fear of Jehovah; and he shall not judge after the sight of his eyes, neither decide after the hearing of his ears;

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 11:4 - but with righteousness shall he judge the poor, and decide with equity for the meek of the earth; and he shall smite the earth with the rod of his mouth; and with the breath of his lips shall he slay the wicked.

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 29:21

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 29:21 - that make a man an offender in his cause, and lay a snare for him that reproveth in the gate, and turn aside the just with a thing of nought.

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 37:4

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 37:4 - It may be Jehovah thy God will hear the words of Rabshakeh, whom the king of Assyria his master hath sent to defy the living God, and will rebuke the words which Jehovah thy God hath heard: wherefore lift up thy prayer for the remnant that is left.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 2:19

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 2:19 - Thine own wickedness shall correct thee, and thy backslidings shall reprove thee: know therefore and see that it is an evil thing and a bitter, that thou hast forsaken Jehovah thy God, and that my fear is not in thee, saith the Lord, Jehovah of hosts.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEze 3:26 - and I will make thy tongue cleave to the roof of thy mouth, that thou shalt be dumb, and shalt not be to them a reprover; for they are a rebellious house.

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