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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 24:44 - And she say H559 to me, Both drink H8354 thou, and I will also draw H7579 for thy camels: H1581 let the same be the woman H802 whom the LORD H3068 hath appointed out H3198 for my master's H113 son. H1121

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Unchecked Copy BoxLev 19:17 - Thou shalt not hate H8130 thy brother H251 in thine heart: H3824 thou shalt in any wise H3198 rebuke H3198 thy neighbour, H5997 and not suffer H5375 sin H2399 upon him.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 7:14 - I will be his father, H1 and he shall be my son. H1121 If he commit iniquity, H5753 I will chasten H3198 him with the rod H7626 of men, H582 and with the stripes H5061 of the children H1121 of men: H120

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 12:17 - And David H1732 went out H3318 to meet H6440 them, and answered H6030 and said H559 unto them, If ye be come H935 peaceably H7965 unto me to help H5826 me, mine heart H3824 shall be knit H3162 unto you: but if ye be come to betray H7411 me to mine enemies, H6862 seeing there is no H3808 wrong H2555 in mine hands, H3709 the God H430 of our fathers H1 look H7200 thereon, and rebuke H3198 it.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 16:21 - He suffered H3240 no man H376 to do them wrong: H6231 yea, he reproved H3198 kings H4428 for their sakes,

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Unchecked Copy BoxJob 5:17 - Behold, happy H835 is the man H582 whom God H433 correcteth: H3198 therefore despise H3988 not thou the chastening H4148 of the Almighty: H7706

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Unchecked Copy BoxJob 6:25 - How forcible H4834 are right H3476 words! H561 but what doth your arguing H3198 reprove? H3198

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Unchecked Copy BoxJob 6:26 - Do ye imagine H2803 to reprove H3198 words, H4405 and the speeches H561 of one that is desperate, H2976 which are as wind? H7307

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Unchecked Copy BoxJob 9:33 - Neither is H3426 there any daysman H3198 betwixt us, that might lay H7896 his hand H3027 upon us both. H8147

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Unchecked Copy BoxJob 13:3 - Surely H199 I would speak H1696 to the Almighty, H7706 and I desire H2654 to reason H3198 with God. H410

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Unchecked Copy BoxJob 13:10 - He will surely H3198 reprove H3198 you, if ye do secretly H5643 accept H5375 persons. H6440

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Unchecked Copy BoxJob 13:15 - Though H2005 he slay H6991 me, yet will I trust H3176 in him: but I will maintain H3198 mine own ways H1870 before H6440 him.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJob 15:3 - Should he reason H3198 with unprofitable H5532 talk? H1697 or with speeches H4405 wherewith he can do no good? H3276

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Unchecked Copy BoxJob 16:21 - O that one might plead H3198 for a man H1397 with God, H433 as a man H120 pleadeth for his neighbour! H1121 H7453

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Unchecked Copy BoxJob 19:5 - If indeed H551 ye will magnify H1431 yourselves against me, and plead H3198 against me my reproach: H2781

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Unchecked Copy BoxJob 22:4 - Will he reprove H3198 thee for fear H3374 of thee? will he enter H935 with thee into judgment? H4941

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Unchecked Copy BoxJob 23:7 - There the righteous H3477 might dispute H3198 with him; so should I be delivered H6403 for ever H5331 from my judge. H8199

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Unchecked Copy BoxJob 32:12 - Yea, I attended H995 unto you, and, behold, there was none of you that convinced H3198 Job, H347 or that answered H6030 his words: H561

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Unchecked Copy BoxJob 40:2 - Shall he that contendeth H7378 with the Almighty H7706 instruct H3250 him? he that reproveth H3198 God, H433 let him answer H6030 it.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 50:8 - I will not reprove H3198 thee for thy sacrifices H2077 or thy burnt offerings, H5930 to have been continually H8548 before me.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 50:21 - These things hast thou done, H6213 and I kept silence; H2790 thou thoughtest H1819 that I was altogether H1961 such an one as thyself: but I will reprove H3198 thee, and set them in order H6186 before thine eyes. H5869

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 141:5 - Let the righteous H6662 smite H1986 me; it shall be a kindness: H2617 and let him reprove H3198 me; it shall be an excellent H7218 oil, H8081 which shall not break H5106 my head: H7218 for yet my prayer H8605 also shall be in their calamities. H7451

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Unchecked Copy BoxPro 3:12 - For whom the LORD H3068 loveth H157 he correcteth; H3198 even as a father H1 the son H1121 in whom he delighteth. H7521

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Unchecked Copy BoxPro 9:7 - He that reproveth H3256 a scorner H3887 getteth H3947 to himself shame: H7036 and he that rebuketh H3198 a wicked H7563 man getteth himself a blot. H3971

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Unchecked Copy BoxPro 9:8 - Reprove H3198 not a scorner, H3887 lest he hate H8130 thee: rebuke H3198 a wise man, H2450 and he will love H157 thee.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPro 15:12 - A scorner H3887 loveth H157 not one that reproveth H3198 him: neither will he go H3212 unto the wise. H2450

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Unchecked Copy BoxPro 19:25 - Smite H5221 a scorner, H3887 and the simple H6612 will beware: H6191 and reprove H3198 one that hath understanding, H995 and he will understand H995 knowledge. H1847

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Unchecked Copy BoxPro 24:25 - But to them that rebuke H3198 him shall be delight, H5276 and a good H2896 blessing H1293 shall come H935 upon them.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPro 25:12 - As an earring H5141 of gold, H2091 and an ornament H2481 of fine gold, H3800 so is a wise H2450 reprover H3198 upon an obedient H8085 ear. H241

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Unchecked Copy BoxPro 30:6 - Add H3254 thou not unto his words, H1697 lest he reprove H3198 thee, and thou be found a liar. H3576

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 1:18 - Come now, H3212 and let us reason together, H3198 saith H559 the LORD: H3068 though your sins H2399 be as scarlet, H8144 they shall be as white H3835 as snow; H7950 though they be red H119 like crimson, H8438 they shall be as wool. H6785

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