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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
Dictionary Aids

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 - To Sarah he said, "Behold, I have given your brother a thousand pieces of silver. Behold, it is for you a covering of the eyes to all that are with you. In front of all you are vindicated."

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 21:25 - Avraham complained to Avimelekh because of a water well, which Avimelekh's servants had violently taken away.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 24:14 - Let it happen, that the young lady to whom I will say, 'Please let down your pitcher, that I may drink.' She will say, 'Drink, and I will also give your camels a drink.' Let the same be she who you have appointed for your servant Yitzchak. Thereby will I know that you have shown kindness to my master."

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 24:44 - She will tell me, "Drink, and I will also draw for your camels." Let the same be the woman whom the LORD has appointed for my master's son.'

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 31:37

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 31:37 - Now that you have felt around in all my stuff, what have you found of all your household stuff? Set it here before my relatives and your relatives, that they may judge between us two.

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 31:42

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 31:42 - Unless the God of my father, the God of Avraham, and the fear of Yitzchak, had been with me, surely now you would have sent me away empty. God has seen my affliction and the labor of my hands, and rebuked you last night."

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Unchecked Copy Box Lev 19:17

Unchecked Copy BoxLev 19:17 - "'You shall not hate your brother in your heart. You shall surely rebuke your 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 the LORD your God will hear all the words of Ravshakeh, whom the king of Ashshur his master has sent to defy the living God, and will rebuke the words which the LORD your God has heard. Therefore lift up your prayer for the remnant that is left.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ch 12:17

Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 12:17 - David went out to meet them, and answered them, If you be come peaceably to me to help me, my heart shall be knit to you; but if you be come to betray me to my 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 Box 1Ch 16:21

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

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Unchecked Copy BoxJob 5:17 - "Behold, happy is the man whom God corrects: Therefore do not despise the chastening of Shaddai.

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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 does it reprove?

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 6:26

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

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

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 13:3

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 13:3 - "Surely I would speak to Shaddai. 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 you secretly show partiality.

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 13:15

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 13:15 - Behold, he will kill 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 with which 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, Of a son of man with his neighbor!

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 19:5

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

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 22:4

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 22:4 - Is it for your piety that he reproves you, That he enters with you into judgment?

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

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 32:12

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 32:12 - Yes, I gave you my full attention, But there was no one who convinced Iyov, Or who 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 on his bed, With continual strife in his bones;

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 40:2

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 40:2 - "Shall he who argues contend with Shaddai? He who argues with God, let him answer it."

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 6:1

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 6:1 - For the Chief Musician; on stringed instruments, upon the sheminit. A Psalm by David. LORD, don't rebuke me in your anger, Neither discipline me in your wrath.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 38:1

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 38:1 - A Psalm by David, for a memorial. LORD, don't rebuke me in your wrath, Neither chasten me in your hot displeasure.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 50:8

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 50:8 - I don't rebuke you for your sacrifices. Your burnt offerings are continually before me.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 50:21

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 50:21 - You have done these things, and I kept silent. You thought that the "I AM" was just like you. I will rebuke you, and accuse you in front of your eyes.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 94:10

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 94:10 - He who disciplines the nations, won't he punish? He who teaches man knows.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 105:14

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 105:14 - He allowed no one to do them wrong. Yes, he reproved kings for their sakes,

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 141:5

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 141:5 - Let the righteous strike me, it is kindness; Let him reprove me, it is like oil on the head; Don't let my head refuse it; Yet my prayer is always against evil deeds.

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Unchecked Copy Box Pro 3:12

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 3:12 - For whom the LORD loves, he reproves; Even as a father reproves the son in whom he delights.

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Unchecked Copy Box Pro 9:7

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 9:7 - He who corrects a mocker invites insult. He who reproves a wicked man invites abuse.

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Unchecked Copy Box Pro 9:8

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 9:8 - Don't reprove a scoffer, lest he hate you. Reprove a wise man, and he will love you.

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Unchecked Copy Box Pro 15:12

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 15:12 - A scoffer doesn't love to be reproved; He will not go to the wise.

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Unchecked Copy Box Pro 19:25

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 19:25 - Flog a scoffer, and the simple will learn prudence; Rebuke one who has understanding, and he will gain knowledge.

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Unchecked Copy Box Pro 24:25

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 24:25 - But it will go well with those who convict the guilty, And a rich blessing will come on 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 to an obedient ear.

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Unchecked Copy Box Pro 28:23

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 28:23 - One who rebukes a man will afterward find more favor Than one who flatters with the tongue.

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Unchecked Copy Box Pro 30:6

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 30:6 - Don't you add to his words, Lest he reprove you, and you 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," says the LORD: "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 Box Isa 2:4

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 2:4 - 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 - His delight shall be in the fear of the LORD; 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 Box Isa 11:4

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 11:4 - but with righteousness shall he judge the poor, and decide with equity for the humble of the eretz; and he shall strike the eretz with the rod of his mouth; and with the breath of his lips shall he kill 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 who reproves in the gate, and turn aside the just with a thing of nothing.

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 37:4

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 37:4 - It may be the LORD your God will hear the words of Ravshakeh, whom the king of Ashshur his master has sent to defy the living God, and will rebuke the words which the LORD your God has heard. Therefore lift up your prayer for the remnant that is left.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 2:19

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 2:19 - Your own wickedness shall correct you, and your backsliding shall reprove you: know therefore and see that it is an evil thing and a bitter, that you have forsaken the LORD your God, and that my fear is not in you, says the Lord, the LORD of Hosts.

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Unchecked Copy Box Eze 3:26

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

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