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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׳).
Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew and English Lexicon, Unabridged, Electronic Database.
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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 - Then to Sarah he said, “Behold, I have given your brother a thousand pieces of silver; indeed this vindicates you[fn] before all who are with you and before everybody.” Thus she was rebuked.

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 21:25

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 21:25 - Then Abraham rebuked Abimelech because of a well of water which Abimelech’s servants had seized.

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 24:14

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 24:14 - “Now let it be that the young woman to whom I say, ‘Please let down your pitcher that I may drink,’ and she says, ‘Drink, and I will also give your camels a drink’—let her be the one You have appointed for Your servant Isaac. And by this I will know that You have shown kindness to my master.”

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 24:44

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 24:44 - ‘and she says to me, “Drink, and I will draw for your camels also,”—let her be the woman whom the LORD has appointed for my master’s son.’

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 31:37

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 31:37 - “Although you have searched all my things, what part of your household things have you found? Set it here before my brethren and your brethren, that they may judge 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 with me, surely now you would have sent me away empty-handed. God has seen my affliction and the labor of my hands, and rebuked you last night.”

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Unchecked Copy Box Lev 19:17

Unchecked Copy BoxLev 19:17 - ‘You shall not hate your brother in your heart. You shall surely rebuke your neighbor, and not bear sin because of him.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Sa 7:14

Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 7:14 - “I will be his Father, and he shall be My son. If he commits iniquity, I will chasten him with the rod of men and with the blows of the sons of men.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ki 19:4

Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 19:4 - ‘It may be that the LORD your God will hear all the words of the Rabshakeh, whom his master the king of Assyria has sent to reproach the living God, and will rebuke the words which the LORD your God has heard. Therefore lift up your prayer for the remnant that is left.’ ”

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ch 12:17

Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 12:17 - And David went out to meet them, and answered and said to them, “If you have come peaceably to me to help me, my heart will be united with you; but if to betray me to my enemies, since there is no wrong in my hands, may the God of our fathers look and bring judgment.”

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ch 16:21

Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 16:21 - He permitted no man to do them wrong;
Yes, He rebuked kings for their sakes,

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 5:17

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 5:17 - “Behold, happy is the man whom God corrects;
Therefore do not despise the chastening of the Almighty.

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 6:25

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 6:25 - How forceful are right words!
But what does your arguing prove?

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 6:26

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 6:26 - Do you intend to rebuke my words,
And the speeches of a desperate one, which are as wind?

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 9:33

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 9:33 - Nor is there any mediator between us,
Who may lay his hand on us both.

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 13:3

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 13:3 - But I would speak to the Almighty,
And I desire to reason with God.

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 13:10

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 13:10 - He will surely rebuke you
If you secretly show partiality.

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 13:15

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 13:15 - Though He slay me, yet will I trust Him.
Even so, I will defend my own ways before Him.

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 15:3

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 15:3 - Should he reason with unprofitable talk,
Or by speeches with which he can do no good?

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 16:21

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 16:21 - Oh, that one might plead for a man with God,
As a man pleads for his neighbor!

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 19:5

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 19:5 - If indeed you exalt yourselves against 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 fear of Him that He corrects you,
And enters into judgment with you?

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 23:7

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 23:7 - There the upright could reason with 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 - I paid close attention to you;
And surely not one of you convinced Job,
Or answered his words—

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 33:19

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 33:19 - “Man is also chastened with pain on his bed,
And with strong pain in many of his bones,

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 40:2

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 40:2 - “Shall the one who contends with the Almighty correct Him?
He who rebukes God, let him answer it.”

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 6:1

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 6:1 - To the Chief Musician. With stringed instruments. On an eight-stringed harp.[fn] A Psalm of David.

O LORD, do not rebuke me in Your anger,
Nor chasten me in Your hot displeasure.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 38:1

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 38:1 - A Psalm of David. To bring to remembrance.

O LORD, do not rebuke me in Your wrath,
Nor chasten me in Your hot displeasure!

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 50:8

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 50:8 - I will not rebuke you for your sacrifices
Or your burnt offerings,
Which are continually before Me.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 50:21

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 50:21 - These things you have done, and I kept silent;
You thought that I was altogether like you;
But I will rebuke you,
And set them in order before your eyes.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 94:10

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 94:10 - He who instructs the nations, shall He not correct,
He who teaches man knowledge?

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 105:14

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 105:14 - He permitted no one to do them wrong;
Yes, He rebuked kings for their sakes,

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 141:5

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 141:5 - Let the righteous strike me;
It shall be a kindness.
And let him rebuke me;
It shall be as excellent oil;
Let my head not refuse it.

For still my prayer is against the deeds of the wicked.

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Unchecked Copy Box Pro 3:12

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 3:12 - For whom the LORD loves He corrects,
Just as a father the son in whom he delights.

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Unchecked Copy Box Pro 9:7

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 9:7 - “He who corrects a scoffer gets shame for himself,
And he who rebukes a wicked man only harms himself.

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Unchecked Copy Box Pro 9:8

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 9:8 - Do not correct a scoffer, lest he hate you;
Rebuke a wise man, and he will love you.

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Unchecked Copy Box Pro 15:12

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 15:12 - A scoffer does not love one who corrects him,
Nor will he go to the wise.

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Unchecked Copy Box Pro 19:25

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 19:25 - Strike a scoffer, and the simple will become wary;
Rebuke one who has understanding, and he will discern knowledge.

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Unchecked Copy Box Pro 24:25

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 24:25 - But those who rebuke the wicked will have delight,
And a good blessing will come upon 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
Is a wise rebuker to an obedient ear.

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Unchecked Copy Box Pro 28:23

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 28:23 - He who rebukes a man will find more favor afterward
Than he 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 rebuke you, and you be found a liar.

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 1:18

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 1:18 - “Come now, and let us reason together,”
Says the LORD,
“Though your sins are like scarlet,
They shall be as white as snow;
Though they are red like crimson,
They shall be as wool.

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 2:4

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 2:4 - He shall judge between the nations,
And rebuke many people;
They shall beat their swords into plowshares,
And their spears into pruning hooks;
Nation shall not lift up sword against nation,
Neither shall they learn war anymore.

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 11:3

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 11:3 - His delight is in the fear of the LORD,
And He shall not judge by the sight of His eyes,
Nor decide by the hearing of His ears;

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 11:4

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 11:4 - But with righteousness He shall judge the poor,
And decide with equity for the meek of the earth;
He shall strike the earth with the rod of His mouth,
And with the breath of His lips He shall slay the wicked.

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 29:21

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 29:21 - Who make a man an offender by a word,
And lay a snare for him who reproves in the gate,
And turn aside the just by empty words.

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 37:4

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 37:4 - ‘It may be that the LORD your God will hear the words of the Rabshakeh, whom his master the king of Assyria has sent to reproach the living God, and will rebuke the words which the LORD your God has heard. Therefore lift up your prayer for the remnant that is left.’ ”

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 2:19

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 2:19 - Your own wickedness will correct you,
And your backslidings will rebuke you.
Know therefore and see that it is an evil and bitter thing
That you have forsaken the LORD your God,
And the fear of Me is not in you,”
Says the Lord GOD of hosts.

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Unchecked Copy Box Eze 3:26

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 3:26 - “I will make your tongue cling to the roof of your mouth, so that you shall be mute and not be one to rebuke them, for they are a rebellious house.

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