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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׳).
Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew and English Lexicon, Unabridged, Electronic Database.
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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 Box Gen 20:16

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 20:16 - To Sarah he said, “Behold, I have given your brother a thousand pieces of silver; behold, it is [fn]your vindication before all who are with you, and before all men you are cleared.” H3198

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 21:25

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 21:25 - But Abraham [fn]complained H3198 to Abimelech because of the well of water which the servants of Abimelech had seized.

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 24:14

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 24:14 - now may it be that the girl to whom I say, ‘Please let down your jar so that I may drink,’ and [fn]who answers, ‘Drink, and I will water your camels also’—may she be the one whom You have appointed H3198 for Your servant Isaac; and by this I will know that You have shown lovingkindness to my master.”

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 24:44

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 24:44 - and she will say to me, “You drink, and I will draw for your camels also”; let her be the woman whom the LORD has appointed H3198 for my master’s son.’

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 31:37

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 31:37 - “Though you have felt through all my goods, what have you found of all your household goods? Set it here before my [fn]kinsmen and your [fn]kinsmen, that they may decide H3198 between us two.

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 31:42

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 31:42 - “If the God of my father, the God of Abraham, and the fear of Isaac, had not been for me, surely now you would have sent me away empty-handed. God has seen my affliction and the toil of my hands, so He rendered H3198 judgment H3198 last night.”

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Unchecked Copy Box Lev 19:17

Unchecked Copy BoxLev 19:17 - ‘You shall not hate your [fn]fellow countryman in your heart; you may surely H3198 reprove H3198 your neighbor, but shall not incur sin because of him.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Sa 7:14

Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 7:14 - “I will be a father to him and he will be a son to Me; when he commits iniquity, I will correct H3198 him with the rod of men and the strokes of the sons of men,

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ki 19:4

Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 19:4 - ‘Perhaps the LORD your God will hear all the words of Rabshakeh, whom his master the king of Assyria has sent to reproach the living God, and will rebuke H3198 the words which the LORD your God has heard. Therefore, offer a 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 said to them, “If you come peacefully to me to help me, my heart shall be united with you; but if to betray me to my adversaries, since there is no [fn]wrong in my hands, may the God of our fathers look on it and decide.” H3198

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ch 16:21

Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 16:21 - He permitted no man to oppress them,
And He reproved H3198 kings for their sakes, saying,

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 5:17

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 5:17 - “Behold, how happy is the man whom God reproves, H3198
So do not despise the discipline of [fn]the Almighty.

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 6:25

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 6:25 - “How painful are honest words!
But what does your argument H3198 prove? H3198

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 6:26

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 6:26 - “Do you intend to reprove H3198 my words,
When the words of one in despair belong to the wind?

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 9:33

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 9:33 - “There is no umpire H3198 between us,
Who may lay his hand upon us both.

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 13:3

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 13:3 - “But I would speak to [fn]the Almighty,
And I desire to argue H3198 with God.

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 13:10

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 13:10 - “He will surely H3198 reprove H3198 you
If you secretly show partiality.

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 13:15

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 13:15 - “Though He slay me,
I will hope in Him.
Nevertheless I will argue H3198 my ways [fn]before Him.

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 15:3

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 15:3 - “Should he argue H3198 with useless talk,
Or with words which are not profitable?

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 16:21

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 16:21 - “O that a man might plead H3198 with God
As a man with his neighbor!

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 19:5

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 19:5 - “If indeed you vaunt yourselves against me
And prove H3198 my disgrace to me,

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 22:4

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 22:4 - “Is it because of your [fn]reverence that He reproves H3198 you,
That He enters into judgment against you?

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 23:7

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 23:7 - “There the upright would reason H3198 with Him;
And I [fn]would be delivered forever from my Judge.

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 32:12

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 32:12 - “I even paid close attention to you;
[fn]Indeed, there was no one who refuted H3198 Job,
Not one of you who answered his words.

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 33:19

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 33:19 - “[fn]Man is also chastened H3198 with pain on his bed,
And with unceasing complaint in his bones;

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 40:2

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 40:2 - “Will the faultfinder contend with the Almighty?
Let him who reproves H3198 God answer it.”

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 6:1

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 6:1 - For the choir director; with stringed instruments, [fn]upon an eight-string lyre. A Psalm of David.
O LORD, do not rebuke H3198 me in Your anger,
Nor chasten me in Your wrath.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 38:1

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 38:1 - A Psalm of David, for a memorial.
O LORD, rebuke H3198 me not in Your wrath,
And chasten me not in Your burning anger.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 50:8

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 50:8 - “I do not reprove H3198 you for your sacrifices,
And your burnt offerings are continually before Me.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 50:21

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 50:21 - “These things you have done and I kept silence;
You thought that I was just like you;
I will reprove H3198 you and state the case in order before your eyes.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 94:10

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 94:10 - He who [fn]chastens the nations, will He not rebuke, H3198
Even He who teaches man knowledge?

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 105:14

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 105:14 - He permitted no man to oppress them,
And He reproved H3198 kings for their sakes:

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 141:5

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 141:5 - Let the righteous smite me [fn]in kindness and reprove H3198 me;
It is oil upon the head;
Do not let my head refuse it,
[fn]For still my prayer is [fn]against their wicked deeds.

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Unchecked Copy Box Pro 3:12

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 3:12 - For whom the LORD loves He reproves, H3198
Even as a father corrects 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 scoffer gets dishonor for himself,
And he who reproves H3198 a wicked man gets [fn]insults for himself.

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Unchecked Copy Box Pro 9:8

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 9:8 - Do not reprove H3198 a scoffer, or he will hate you,
Reprove H3198 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 does not love one who reproves H3198 him,
He will not go to the wise.

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Unchecked Copy Box Pro 19:25

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 19:25 - Strike a scoffer and the [fn]naive may become shrewd,
But reprove H3198 one who has understanding and he will [fn]gain knowledge.

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Unchecked Copy Box Pro 24:25

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 24:25 - But to those who rebuke H3198 the wicked will be delight,
And a good blessing will come upon them.

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Unchecked Copy Box Pro 25:12

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 25:12 - Like [fn]an earring of gold and an ornament of fine gold
Is a wise reprover H3198 to a listening ear.

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Unchecked Copy Box Pro 28:23

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 28:23 - He who rebukes H3198 a man will afterward find more favor
Than he who flatters with the tongue.

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Unchecked Copy Box Pro 30:6

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 30:6 - Do not add to His words
Or He will reprove H3198 you, and you will be proved a liar.

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 1:18

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 1:18 - “Come now, and let us reason H3198 together,”
Says the LORD,
“Though your sins are as scarlet,
They will be as white as snow;
Though they are red like crimson,
They will be like wool.

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 2:4

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 2:4 - And He will judge between the nations,
And will [fn]render H3198 decisions H3198 for many peoples;
And they will hammer their swords into plowshares and their spears into pruning hooks.
Nation will not lift up sword against nation,
And never again will they learn war.

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 11:3

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 11:3 - And He will delight in the fear of the LORD,
And He will not judge by what His eyes see,
Nor make H3198 a decision H3198 by what His ears hear;

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 11:4

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 11:4 - But with righteousness He will judge the poor,
And decide H3198 with fairness for the afflicted of the earth;
And He will strike the earth with the rod of His mouth,
And with the breath of His lips He will slay the wicked.

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 29:21

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 29:21 - Who [fn]cause a person to be indicted by a word,
And ensnare him who adjudicates H3198 at the gate,
And [fn]defraud the one in the right with [fn]meaningless arguments.

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 37:4

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 37:4 - ‘Perhaps the LORD your God will hear the words of Rabshakeh, whom his master the king of Assyria has sent to reproach the living God, and will rebuke H3198 the words which the LORD your God has heard. Therefore, offer a 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 will correct you,
And your apostasies will reprove H3198 you;
Know therefore and see that it is evil and bitter
For you to forsake the LORD your God,
And the dread of Me is not in you,” declares the Lord [fn]GOD of hosts.

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Unchecked Copy Box Eze 3:26

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 3:26 - “Moreover, I will make your tongue stick to [fn]the roof of your mouth so that you will be mute and cannot be a man who rebukes H3198 them, for they are a rebellious house.

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