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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

Word / Phrase / Strong's Search

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)

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 20:16 - To Sarah he said, “Look, I have given your brother a thousand pieces of silver. [fn]It is [fn]your vindication before all who are with you, and before everyone you are cleared H3198.”
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.
Unchecked Copy BoxGen 24:14 - now may it be that the young woman 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 kindness to my master.”
Unchecked Copy BoxGen 24:44 - and she says 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.’
Unchecked Copy BoxGen 31:37 - “Though you have searched through all my property, what have you found of all your household property? Set it here in front of my relatives and your relatives, so that they may decide H3198 between the two of us.
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 labor of my hands, so He rendered H3198 judgment H3198 last night.”
Unchecked Copy BoxLev 19:17 -

‘You shall not hate your fellow countryman in your heart; you may certainly H3198 rebuke H3198 your neighbor, but you are not to incur sin because of him.

Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 7:14 - “I will be a father to him and he will be a son to Me; when he does wrong, I will discipline H3198 him with a rod of men and with strokes of sons of mankind,
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 taunt the living God, and will avenge H3198 the words which the LORD your God has heard. Therefore, offer a prayer for the remnant that is [fn]left.’”
Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 12:17 - David went out to meet them, and said to them, “If you come peacefully to help me, my heart shall be united with you; but if to betray me to my enemies, since there is no [fn]wrong in my hands, may the God of our fathers look on it and decide H3198.”
Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 16:21 -

He allowed no one to oppress them,

And He rebuked H3198 kings for their sakes, saying,

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 5:17 -

“Behold, happy is the person whom God disciplines H3198,

So do not reject the discipline of [fn]the Almighty.

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 6:25 -

“How painful are honest words!

But what does your argument H3198 prove H3198?

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 6:26 -

“Do you intend to rebuke H3198 my words,

When the words of one in despair belong to the wind?

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 9:33 -

“There is no arbitrator H3198 between us,

Who can place his hand upon us both.

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 13:3 -

“But I would speak to [fn]the Almighty,

And I desire to argue H3198 with God.

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 13:10 -

“He will certainly H3198 punish H3198 you

If you secretly show partiality.

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 13:15 -

“Though He slay me,

I will [fn]hope in Him.

Nevertheless I will argue H3198 my ways [fn]before Him.

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 15:3 -

“Should he argue H3198 with useless talk,

Or with words which do not benefit?

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 16:21 -

That one might plead H3198 for a man with God

As a son of man with his neighbor!

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 19:5 -

“If indeed you exalt yourselves against me

And prove H3198 my disgrace to me,

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 22:4 -

“Is it because of your [fn]reverence that He punishes H3198 you,

That He enters into judgment against you?

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 23:7 -

“There the upright would argue H3198 with Him;

And I [fn]would be free of my Judge forever.

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 32:12 -

“I also paid close attention to you;

But [fn]indeed, there was no one who refuted H3198 Job,

Not one of you who answered his words.

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 33:19 -

A person is also rebuked H3198 by pain in his bed,

And with constant complaint in his bones,

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 40:2 -

“Will the faultfinder contend with the Almighty?

Let him who rebukes H3198 God [fn]give an answer.”

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 6:1 -

For the music director; with stringed instruments, [fn]upon an eight-string lyre. A Psalm of David.

LORD, do not rebuke H3198 me in Your anger,

Nor discipline me in Your wrath.

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 38:1 -

A Psalm of David, for a memorial.

LORD, do not rebuke H3198 me in Your wrath,

And do not punish me in Your burning anger.

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 50:8 -

“I do not rebuke H3198 you for your sacrifices,

And your burnt offerings are continually before Me.

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 50:21 -

“These things you have done and I kept silent;

You thought that I was just like you;

I will rebuke H3198 you and present the case before your eyes.

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 94:10 -

He who [fn]disciplines the nations, will He not rebuke H3198,

He who teaches mankind knowledge?

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 105:14 -

He allowed no one to oppress them,

And He [fn]rebuked H3198 kings for their sakes, saying,

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 141:5 -

May the righteous strike me with mercy and discipline H3198 me;

It is oil for the head;

My head shall not refuse it,

For my prayer is still against their evil deeds.

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 3:12 -

For whom the LORD loves He disciplines H3198,

Just as a father disciplines the son in whom he delights.

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 9:7 -

One who corrects a scoffer gets dishonor for himself,

And one who rebukes H3198 a wicked person gets [fn]insults for himself.

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 9:8 -

Do not rebuke H3198 a scoffer, or he will hate you;

Rebuke H3198 a wise person and he will love you.

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 15:12 -

A scoffer does not love one who rebukes H3198 him;

He will not go to the wise.

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 19:25 -

Strike a scoffer and the naive may become clever,

But rebuke H3198 one who has understanding, and he will [fn]gain knowledge.

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 24:25 -

But for those who rebuke H3198 the wicked there will be delight,

And a good blessing will come upon them.

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 25:12 -

Like [fn]an earring of gold and a jewelry piece of fine gold,

Is a wise person who offers H3198 rebukes H3198 to a listening ear.

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 28:23 -

One who rebukes H3198 a person will afterward find more favor

Than one who flatters with the tongue.

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 30:6 -

Do not add to His words

Or He will rebuke H3198 you, and you will be proved a liar.

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 1:18 -

“Come now, and let us [fn]debate H3198 your case,

Says the LORD,

“Though your sins are as scarlet,

They shall become as white as snow;

Though they are red like crimson,

They shall be like wool.

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 2:4 -

And He will judge between the nations,

And will mediate H3198 for many peoples;

And they will beat their swords into plowshares, and their spears into pruning knives.

Nation will not lift up a sword against nation,

And never again will they learn war.

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 decisions H3198 by what His ears hear;

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 11:4 -

But with righteousness He will judge the poor,

And decide H3198 with fairness for the humble 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.

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 29:21 -

Who [fn]cause a person to be indicted by a word,

And set a trap for the arbitrator H3198 at the gate,

And [fn]defraud the one in the right with [fn]meaningless arguments.

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 taunt the living God, and will avenge H3198 the words which the LORD your God has heard. Therefore, offer a prayer for the remnant that is left.’”
Unchecked Copy BoxJer 2:19 -

“Your own wickedness will correct you,

And your apostasies will punish H3198 you;

Know therefore and see that it is evil and bitter

For you to abandon the LORD your God,

And the fear of Me is not in you,” declares the Lord [fn]GOD of armies.

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 3:26 - “Moreover, I will make your tongue stick to the roof of your mouth so that you will be unable to speak and will not be a man who reprimands H3198 them, since they are a rebellious house.

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