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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 Box Gen 20:16

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 20:16 - To Sarah he said, "Look, I have given a thousand pieces of silver to your 'brother.' This is compensation for you so that you will stand vindicated before all who are with you."

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 21:25

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 21:25 - But Abraham lodged a complaint against Abimelech concerning a well that Abimelech's servants had seized.

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 24:14

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 24:14 - I will say to a young woman, 'Please lower your jar so I may drink.' May the one you have chosen for your servant Isaac reply, 'Drink, and I'll give your camels water too.' In this way I will know that you have been faithful to my master."

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 24:44

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 24:44 - Then she will reply to me, "Drink, and I'll draw water for your camels too." May that woman be the one whom the LORD has chosen for my master's son.'

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 31:37

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 31:37 - When you searched through all my goods, did you find anything that belonged to you? Set it here before my relatives and yours, and let them settle the dispute between the two of us!

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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, the one whom Isaac fears - had not been with me, you would certainly have sent me away empty-handed! But God saw how I was oppressed and how hard I worked, and he rebuked you last night."

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Unchecked Copy Box Lev 19:17

Unchecked Copy BoxLev 19:17 - You must not hate your brother in your heart. You must surely reprove your fellow citizen so that you do not incur sin on account of him.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Sa 7:14

Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 7:14 - I will become his father and he will become my son. When he sins, I will correct him with the rod of men and with wounds inflicted by human beings.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ki 19:4

Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 19:4 - Perhaps the LORD your God will hear all these things the chief adviser has spoken on behalf of his master, the king of Assyria, who sent him to taunt the living God. When the LORD your God hears, perhaps he will punish him for the things he has said. So pray for this remnant that remains.'"

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ch 12:17

Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 12:17 - David went out to meet them and said, "If you come to me in peace and want to help me, then I will make an alliance with you. But if you come to betray me to my enemies when I have not harmed you, may the God of our ancestors take notice and judge!"

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ch 16:21

Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 16:21 - He let no one oppress them, he disciplined kings for their sake,

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 5:17

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 5:17 - "Therefore, blessed is the man whom God corrects, so do not despise the discipline of 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 reproof prove?

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 6:26

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 6:26 - Do you intend to criticize mere words, and treat the words of a despairing man as wind?

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 9:33

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 9:33 - Nor is there an arbiter between us, who might lay his hand on us both,

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 13:3

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 13:3 - But I wish to speak to the Almighty, and I desire to argue my case with God.

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 13:10

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 13:10 - He would certainly rebuke you if you secretly showed partiality!

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 13:15

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 13:15 - Even if he slays me, I will hope in him; I will surely defend my ways to his face!

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 15:3

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 15:3 - Does he argue with useless talk, with words that have no value in them?

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 16:21

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 16:21 - and he contends with God on behalf of man as a man pleads for his friend.

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 19:5

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 19:5 - If indeed you would exalt yourselves above me and plead my disgrace against me,

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 22:4

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 22:4 - Is it because of your piety that he rebukes you and goes to judgment with you?

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 23:7

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 23:7 - There an upright person could present his case before him, and I would be delivered forever from my judge.

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 32:12

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 32:12 - Now I was paying you close attention, yet there was no one proving Job wrong, not one of you was answering his statements!

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 33:19

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 33:19 - Or a person is chastened by pain on his bed, and with the continual strife of his bones,

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 40:2

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 40:2 - "Will the one who contends with the Almighty correct him? Let the person who accuses God give him an answer!"

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 6:1

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 6:1 - LORD, do not rebuke me in your anger! Do not discipline me in your raging fury!

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 38:1

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 38:1 - O LORD, do not continue to rebuke me in your anger! Do not continue to punish me in your raging fury!

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 50:8

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 50:8 - I am not condemning you because of your sacrifices, or because of your burnt sacrifices that you continually offer me.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 50:21

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 50:21 - When you did these things, I was silent, so you thought I was exactly like you. But now I will condemn you and state my case against you!

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 94:10

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 94:10 - Does the one who disciplines the nations not punish? He is the one who imparts knowledge to human beings!

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 105:14

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 105:14 - He let no one oppress them; he disciplined kings for their sake,

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 141:5

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 141:5 - May the godly strike me in love and correct me! May my head not refuse choice oil! Indeed, my prayer is a witness against their evil deeds.

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Unchecked Copy Box Pro 3:12

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 3:12 - For the LORD disciplines those he loves, just as a father disciplines the son in whom he delights.

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Unchecked Copy Box Pro 9:7

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 9:7 - Whoever corrects a mocker is asking for insult; whoever reproves a wicked person receives abuse.

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Unchecked Copy Box Pro 9:8

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 9:8 - Do not reprove a mocker or he will hate you; reprove a wise person and he will love you.

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Unchecked Copy Box Pro 15:12

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 15:12 - The scorner does not love one who corrects him; he will not go to the wise.

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Unchecked Copy Box Pro 19:25

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 19:25 - Flog a scorner, and as a result the simpleton will learn prudence; correct a discerning person, and as a result he will understand knowledge.

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Unchecked Copy Box Pro 24:25

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 24:25 - But there will be delight for those who convict the guilty, and a pleasing blessing will come on them.

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Unchecked Copy Box Pro 25:12

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 25:12 - Like an earring of gold and an ornament of fine gold, so is a wise reprover to the ear of the one who listens.

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Unchecked Copy Box Pro 28:23

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 28:23 - The one who reproves another will in the end find more favor than the one 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, lest he reprove you, and prove you to be a liar.

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 1:18

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 1:18 - Come, let's consider your options," says the LORD. "Though your sins have stained you like the color red, you can become white like snow; though they are as easy to see as the color scarlet, you can become white like wool.

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 2:4

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 2:4 - He will judge disputes between nations; he will settle cases for many peoples. They will beat their swords into plowshares, and their spears into pruning hooks. Nations will not take up the sword against other nations, and they will no longer train for war.

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 11:3

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 11:3 - He will take delight in obeying the LORD. He will not judge by mere appearances, or make decisions on the basis of hearsay.

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 11:4

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 11:4 - He will treat the poor fairly, and make right decisions for the downtrodden of the earth. He will strike the earth with the rod of his mouth, and order the wicked to be executed.

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 29:21

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 29:21 - those who bear false testimony against a person, who entrap the one who arbitrates at the city gate and deprive the innocent of justice by making false charges.

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 37:4

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 37:4 - Perhaps the LORD your God will hear all these things the chief adviser has spoken on behalf of his master, the king of Assyria, who sent him to taunt the living God. When the LORD your God hears, perhaps he will punish him for the things he has said. So pray for this remnant that remains.'"

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 2:19

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 2:19 - Your own wickedness will bring about your punishment. Your unfaithful acts will bring down discipline on you. Know, then, and realize how utterly harmful it was for you to reject me, the LORD your God, to show no respect for me," says the Lord GOD who rules over all.

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Unchecked Copy Box Eze 3:26

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 3:26 - I will make your tongue stick to the roof of your mouth so that you will be silent and unable to reprove them, for they are a rebellious house.

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