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Lexicon :: Strong's H5229 - nᵊḵōḥâ

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נְכֹחָה
Transliteration
nᵊḵōḥâ
Pronunciation
nek-o-khaw'
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Part of Speech
feminine adjective
Root Word (Etymology)
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TWOT Reference: 1365a

Variant Spellings

The following spelling is supported by Strongs: נכחה.

Strong’s Definitions

נְכֹחָה nᵉkôchâh, nek-o-khaw'; feminine of H5228; properly, straightforwardness, i.e. (figuratively) integrity, or (concretely) a truth:—equity, right (thing), uprightness.

KJV Translation Count — Total: 4x

The KJV translates Strong's H5229 in the following manner: uprightness (1x), right things (1x), equity (1x), right (1x).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 4x
The KJV translates Strong's H5229 in the following manner: uprightness (1x), right things (1x), equity (1x), right (1x).

  1. straight in front, be in front of, straight, right, straightness

    1. true things (of prophecy)

    2. rectitude (subst)

Strong’s Definitions [?](Strong’s Definitions Legend)
נְכֹחָה nᵉkôchâh, nek-o-khaw'; feminine of H5228; properly, straightforwardness, i.e. (figuratively) integrity, or (concretely) a truth:—equity, right (thing), uprightness.
STRONGS H5229: Abbreviations
† [נָכֹחַ] adjective and substantive straight, right, straightness, feminine נְכֹחָה, plural נְכֹחִים, וֹת-; —
[H5228 Isaiah 57:2] הֹלֵךְ נְכֹחוֺ he that walks in (compare [H1980 Isaiah 33:15; Isaiah 50:10]) his straightness (Ges 'der seinen geraden Weg geht'), figurative for straightforwardly (compare [H5227 Proverbs 4:25]);
נְכֹחָה what is straight in front, figurative straightforwardness, honesty, Amos 3:10 לֹא יָָֽדְעוּ עֲשׂוֺת נ׳, Isaiah 59:14 לֹא תוּכַל לָבוֺא ונ׳ (|| אֱמֶת);
[H5228 2 Samuel 15:3 דבריך טובים וּנְכֹחִים thy pleadings are good and right (i.e. TRUE), Proverbs 8:9 (of words of Wisdom) כֻּלָּם נְכֹחִים לַמֵּבִין i.e. they lead straight to the right goal (|| ישׁרים; compare Proverbs 8:8b אֵין בָּהֶם נִפָתָּל וְעִקֵּשׁ), Proverbs 24:26 מֵשִׁיב דְּבָרִים נְכֹחִים i.e. either correct (leading to the right point), or honest answers];
Isaiah 30:10 לֹאתֶֿחֱזוּ לָנוּ נְכֹחוֺת TRUE things (opposed to חֲלָקוֺת, מַהֲתַלּוֺת illusions), Isaiah 26:10 בְּאֶרֶץ נְכֹחוֺת יְעַוֵּל in a land of rectitude (Che) he will do wickedly.
Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew and English Lexicon, Unabridged, Electronic Database.
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BLB Scripture Index of Brown-Driver-Briggs

Proverbs

8:8

Isaiah

26:10; 30:10; 59:14

Amos

3:10

H5229

Word / Phrase / Strong's Search

Strong's Number H5229 matches the Hebrew נְכֹחָה (nᵊḵōḥâ),
which occurs 4 times in 4 verses in the WLC Hebrew.

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 26:10

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 26:10 - But when grace is shown to the wicked, they do not learn righteousness; even in a land of uprightness they go on doing evil and do not regard the majesty of the LORD.

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 30:10

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 30:10 - They say to the seers, “See no more visions!” and to the prophets, “Give us no more visions of what is right! Tell us pleasant things, prophesy illusions.

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 59:14

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 59:14 - So justice is driven back, and righteousness stands at a distance; truth has stumbled in the streets, honesty cannot enter.

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Unchecked Copy Box Amo 3:10

Unchecked Copy BoxAmo 3:10 - “They do not know how to do right,” declares the LORD, “who store up in their fortresses what they have plundered and looted.”
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