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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 - and to Sarah he hath said, 'Lo, I have given a thousand silverlings to thy brother; lo, it is to thee a covering of eyes, to all who are with thee;' and by all this she is reasoned with.

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 21:25

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 21:25 - And Abraham reasoned with Abimelech concerning the matter of a well of water which Abimelech's servants have taken violently away,

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 24:14

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 24:14 - and it hath been, the young person unto whom I say, Incline, I pray thee, thy pitcher, and I drink, and she hath said, Drink, and I water also thy camels) -- her Thou hast decided for Thy servant, for Isaac; and by it I know that Thou hast done kindness with my lord.'

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 24:44

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 24:44 - and she hath said unto me, Both drink thou, and also for thy camels I draw -- she is the woman whom Jehovah hath decided for my lord's son.

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 31:37

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 31:37 - for thou hast felt all my vessels: what hast thou found of all the vessels of thy house? set here before my brethren, and thy brethren, and they decide between us both.

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 31:42

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 31:42 - unless the God of my father, the God of Abraham, and the Fear of Isaac, had been for me, surely now empty thou hadst sent me away; mine affliction and the labour of my hands hath God seen, and reproveth yesternight.'

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Unchecked Copy Box Lev 19:17

Unchecked Copy BoxLev 19:17 - 'Thou dost not hate thy brother in thy heart; thou dost certainly reprove thy fellow, and not suffer sin on him.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Sa 7:14

Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 7:14 - I am to him for a father, and he is to Me for a son; whom in his dealings perversely I have even reproved with a rod of men, and with strokes of the sons of Adam,

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ki 19:4

Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 19:4 - 'It may be Jehovah thy God doth hear all the words of the chief of the butlers with which the king of Asshur his lord hath sent him to reproach the living God, and hath decided concerning the words that Jehovah thy God hath heard, and thou hast lifted up prayer for the remnant that is found.'

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ch 12:17

Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 12:17 - and David goeth out before them, and answereth and saith to them, 'If for peace ye have come in unto me, to help me, I have a heart to unite with you; and if to betray me to mine adversaries -- without violence in my hands -- the God of our fathers doth see and reprove.'

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ch 16:21

Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 16:21 - He hath not suffered any to oppress them, And reproveth on their account kings:

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 5:17

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 5:17 - Lo, the happiness of mortal man, God doth reprove him: And the chastisement of the Mighty despise not,

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 6:25

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 6:25 - How powerful have been upright sayings, And what doth reproof from you reprove?

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 6:26

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 6:26 - For reproof -- do you reckon words? And for wind -- sayings of the desperate.

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 9:33

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 9:33 - If there were between us an umpire, He doth place his hand on us both.

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 13:3

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 13:3 - Yet I for the Mighty One do speak, And to argue for God I delight.

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 13:10

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 13:10 - He doth surely reprove you, if in secret ye accept faces.

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 13:15

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 13:15 - Lo, He doth slay me -- I wait not! Only, my ways unto His face I argue.

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 15:3

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 15:3 - To reason with a word not useful? And speeches -- no profit in them?

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 16:21

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 16:21 - And he reasoneth for a man with God, And a son of man for his friend.

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 19:5

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 19:5 - If, truly, over me ye magnify yourselves, And decide against me my reproach;

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 22:4

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 22:4 - Because of thy reverence Doth He reason with thee? He entereth with thee into judgment:

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 23:7

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 23:7 - There the upright doth reason with Him, And I escape for ever from my judge.

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 32:12

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 32:12 - And unto you I attend, And lo, there is no reasoner for Job, Or answerer of his sayings among you.

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 33:19

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 33:19 - And he hath been reproved With pain on his bed, And the strife of his bones is enduring.

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 40:2

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 40:2 - Is the striver with the Mighty instructed? The reprover of God, let him answer it.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 6:1

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 6:1 - To the Overseer with stringed instruments, on the octave. -- A Psalm of David. O Jehovah, in Thine anger reprove me not, Nor in Thy fury chastise me.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 38:1

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 38:1 - A Psalm of David, 'To cause to remember.' Jehovah, in Thy wrath reprove me not, Nor in Thy fury chastise me.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 50:8

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 50:8 - Not for thy sacrifices do I reprove thee, Yea, thy burnt-offerings Are before Me continually.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 50:21

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 50:21 - These thou didst, and I kept silent, Thou hast thought that I am like thee, I reprove thee, and set in array before thine eyes.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 94:10

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 94:10 - He who is instructing nations, Doth He not reprove? He who is teaching man knowledge is Jehovah.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 105:14

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 105:14 - He hath not suffered any to oppress them And He reproveth for their sakes kings.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 141:5

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 141:5 - The righteous doth beat me in kindness. And doth reprove me, Oil of the head my head disalloweth not, For still my prayer is about their vexations.

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Unchecked Copy Box Pro 3:12

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 3:12 - For whom Jehovah loveth He reproveth, Even as a father the son He is pleased with.

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Unchecked Copy Box Pro 9:7

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 9:7 - The instructor of a scorner Is receiving for it -- shame, And a reprover of the wicked -- his blemish.

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Unchecked Copy Box Pro 9:8

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 9:8 - Reprove not a scorner, lest he hate thee, Give reproof to the wise, and he loveth thee.

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Unchecked Copy Box Pro 15:12

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 15:12 - A scorner loveth not his reprover, Unto the wise he goeth not.

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Unchecked Copy Box Pro 19:25

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 19:25 - A scorner smite, and the simple acts prudently, And give reproof to the intelligent, He understandeth knowledge.

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Unchecked Copy Box Pro 24:25

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 24:25 - And to those reproving it is pleasant, And on them cometh a good blessing.

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Unchecked Copy Box Pro 25:12

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 25:12 - A ring of gold, and an ornament of pure gold, Is the wise reprover to an attentive ear.

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Unchecked Copy Box Pro 28:23

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 28:23 - Whoso is reproving a man afterwards findeth grace, More than a flatterer with the tongue.

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Unchecked Copy Box Pro 30:6

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 30:6 - Add not to His words, lest He reason with thee, And thou hast been found false.

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 1:18

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 1:18 - Come, I pray you, and we reason, saith Jehovah, If your sins are as scarlet, as snow they shall be white, If they are red as crimson, as wool they shall be!

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 2:4

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 2:4 - And He hath judged between the nations, And hath given a decision to many peoples, And they have beat their swords to ploughshares, And their spears to pruning-hooks, Nation doth not lift up sword unto nation, Nor do they learn any more -- war.

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 11:3 - To refresh him in the fear of Jehovah, And by the sight of his eyes he judgeth not, Nor by the hearing of his ears decideth.

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 11:4

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 11:4 - And he hath judged in righteousness the poor, And decided in uprightness for the humble of earth, And hath smitten earth with the rod of his mouth, And with the breath of his lips he putteth the wicked to death.

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 29:21

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 29:21 - Causing men to sin in word, And for a reprover in the gate lay a snare, And turn aside into emptiness the righteous.

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 37:4

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 37:4 - 'It may be Jehovah thy God doth hear the words of Rabshakeh with which the king of Asshur his lord hath sent him to reproach the living God, and hath decided concerning the words that Jehovah thy God hath heard, and thou hast lifted up prayer for the remnant that is found.'

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 2:19

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 2:19 - Instruct thee doth thy wickedness, And thy backslidings reprove thee, Know and see that an evil and a bitter thing Is thy forsaking Jehovah thy God, And My fear not being on thee, An affirmation of the Lord Jehovah of Hosts.

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Unchecked Copy Box Eze 3:26

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 3:26 - and thy tongue I cause to cleave unto thy palate, and thou hast been dumb, and art not to them for a reprover, for a rebellious house are they.

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