1) to prove, decide, judge, rebuke, reprove, correct, be right 1a) (Hiphil) 1a1) to decide, judge 1a2) to adjudge, appoint 1a3) to show to be right, prove 1a4) to convince, convict 1a5) to reprove, chide 1a6) to correct, rebuke 1b) (Hophal) to be chastened 1c) (Niphal) to reason, reason together 1d) (Hithp) to argue
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H3198 — יָכַח
ya.khach · to rebuke · Hebrew/Aramaic
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Genesis 20:16 · וְנֹכָֽחַת׃To Sarah he said, “Behold, I have given your brother a thousand pieces of silver. Behold, it is for you a covering of the eyes to all that are with you. In front of all you are vindicated.”Genesis 21:25 · וְהוֹכִ֥חַAbraham complained to Abimelech because of a water well, which Abimelech’s servants had violently taken away.Genesis 24:14 · הֹכַ֙חְתָּ֙Let it happen, that the young lady to whom I will say, ‘Please let down your pitcher, that I may drink,’ and she will say, ‘Drink, and I will also give your camels a drink,’—let her be the one you have appointed for your servant Isaac. By this I will know that you have shown kindness to my master.”Genesis 24:44 · הֹכִ֥יחַand she will tell me, “Drink, and I will also draw for your camels,”—let her be the woman whom Yahweh has appointed for my master’s son.’Genesis 31:37 · וְיוֹכִ֖יחוּNow that you have felt around in all my stuff, what have you found of all your household stuff? Set it here before my relatives and your relatives, that they may judge between us two.Genesis 31:42 · וַיּ֥וֹכַחUnless 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. God has seen my affliction and the labor of my hands, and rebuked you last night.”Leviticus 19:17 · הוֹכֵ֤חַ · תּוֹכִ֙יחַ֙“‘You shall not hate your brother in your heart. You shall surely rebuke your neighbor, and not bear sin because of him.2 Samuel 7:14 · וְהֹֽכַחְתִּיו֙I 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 stripes of the children of men;2 Kings 19:4 · וְהוֹכִ֙יחַ֙It may be Yahweh your God will hear all the words of Rabshakeh, whom the king of Assyria his master has sent to defy the living God, and will rebuke the words which Yahweh your God has heard. Therefore lift up your prayer for the remnant that is left.’”1 Chronicles 12:17 · וְיוֹכַֽח׃ סDavid went out to meet them, and answered them, “If you have come peaceably to me to help me, my heart shall be knit to you; but if you have come to betray me to my adversaries, since there is no wrong in my hands, may the God of our fathers look thereon, and rebuke it.”1 Chronicles 16:21 · וַיּ֥וֹכַחHe allowed no man to do them wrong. Yes, he reproved kings for their sakes,Job 5:17 · יוֹכִחֶ֣נּֽוּ“Behold, happy is the man whom God corrects. Therefore do not despise the chastening of the Almighty.Job 6:25 · יּוֹכִ֖יחַ · הוֹכֵ֣חַHow forcible are words of uprightness! But your reproof, what does it reprove?Job 6:26 · הַלְהוֹכַ֣חDo you intend to reprove words, since the speeches of one who is desperate are as wind?Job 9:33 · מוֹכִ֑יחַThere is no umpire between us, that might lay his hand on us both.Job 13:3 · וְהוֹכֵ֖חַ“Surely I would speak to the Almighty. I desire to reason with God.Job 13:10 · הוֹכֵ֣חַ · יוֹכִ֣יחַHe will surely reprove you if you secretly show partiality.Job 13:15 · אוֹכִֽיחַ׃Behold, he will kill me. I have no hope. Nevertheless, I will maintain my ways before him.Job 15:3 · הוֹכֵ֣חַShould he reason with unprofitable talk, or with speeches with which he can do no good?Job 16:21 · וְיוֹכַ֣חthat he would maintain the right of a man with God, of a son of man with his neighbor!Job 19:5 · וְתוֹכִ֥יחוּIf indeed you will magnify yourselves against me, and plead against me my reproach;Job 22:4 · יֹכִיחֶ֑ךָIs it for your piety that he reproves you, that he enters with you into judgment?Job 23:7 · נוֹכָ֣חThere the upright might reason with him, so I should be delivered forever from my judge.Job 32:12 · מוֹכִ֑יחַYes, I gave you my full attention, but there was no one who convinced Job, or who answered his words, among you.Job 33:19 · וְהוּכַ֣חHe is chastened also with pain on his bed, with continual strife in his bones;Job 40:2 · מוֹכִ֖יחַ“Shall he who argues contend with the Almighty? He who argues with God, let him answer it.”Psalm 6:1 · תוֹכִיחֵ֑נִיFor the Chief Musician; on stringed instruments, upon the eight-stringed lyre. A Psalm by David. Yahweh, don’t rebuke me in your anger, neither discipline me in your wrath.Psalm 38:1 · תוֹכִיחֵ֑נִיA Psalm by David, for a memorial. Yahweh, don’t rebuke me in your wrath, neither chasten me in your hot displeasure.Psalm 50:8 · אוֹכִיחֶ֑ךָI don’t rebuke you for your sacrifices. Your burnt offerings are continually before me.Psalm 50:21 · אוֹכִיחֲךָ֖You have done these things, and I kept silent. You thought that I was just like you. I will rebuke you, and accuse you in front of your eyes.Psalm 94:10 · יוֹכִ֑יחַHe who disciplines the nations, won’t he punish? He who teaches man knows.Psalm 105:14 · וַיּ֖וֹכַחHe allowed no one to do them wrong. Yes, he reproved kings for their sakes,Psalm 141:5 · וְֽיוֹכִיחֵ֗נִיLet the righteous strike me, it is kindness; let him reprove me, it is like oil on the head; don’t let my head refuse it; Yet my prayer is always against evil deeds.Proverbs 3:12 · יוֹכִ֑יחַfor whom Yahweh loves, he reproves; even as a father reproves the son in whom he delights.Proverbs 9:7 · וּמוֹכִ֖יחַHe who corrects a mocker invites insult. He who reproves a wicked man invites abuse.Proverbs 9:8 · תּ֣וֹכַח · הוֹכַ֥חDon’t reprove a scoffer, lest he hate you. Reprove a wise man, and he will love you.Proverbs 15:12 · הוֹכֵ֣חַֽA scoffer doesn’t love to be reproved; he will not go to the wise.Proverbs 19:25 · וְהוֹכִ֥יחַFlog a scoffer, and the simple will learn prudence; rebuke one who has understanding, and he will gain knowledge.Proverbs 24:25 · וְלַמּוֹכִיחִ֥יםbut it will go well with those who convict the guilty, and a rich blessing will come on them.Proverbs 25:12 · מוֹכִ֥יחַAs an earring of gold, and an ornament of fine gold, so is a wise reprover to an obedient ear.Proverbs 28:23 · מ֘וֹכִ֤יחַOne who rebukes a man will afterward find more favor than one who flatters with the tongue.Proverbs 30:6 · יוֹכִ֖יחַDon’t you add to his words, lest he reprove you, and you be found a liar.Isaiah 1:18 · וְנִוָּֽכְחָ֖ה“Come now, and let us reason together,” says Yahweh: “Though your sins be as scarlet, they shall be as white as snow. Though they be red like crimson, they shall be as wool.Isaiah 2:4 · וְהוֹכִ֖יחַHe will judge between the nations, and will decide concerning many peoples; and 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 any more.Isaiah 11:3 · יוֹכִֽיחַ׃His delight will be in the fear of Yahweh. He will not judge by the sight of his eyes, neither decide by the hearing of his ears;Isaiah 11:4 · וְהוֹכִ֥יחַbut with righteousness he will judge the poor, and decide with equity for the humble of the earth. He will strike the earth with the rod of his mouth; and with the breath of his lips he will kill the wicked.Isaiah 29:21 · וְלַמּוֹכִ֥יחַwho cause a person to be indicted by a word, and lay a snare for the arbiter in the gate, and who deprive the innocent of justice with false testimony.Isaiah 37:4 · וְהוֹכִ֙יחַ֙It may be Yahweh your God will hear the words of Rabshakeh, whom the king of Assyria his master has sent to defy the living God, and will rebuke the words which Yahweh your God has heard. Therefore lift up your prayer for the remnant that is left.’”Jeremiah 2:19 · תּוֹכִחֻ֔ךְ“Your own wickedness shall correct you, and your backsliding shall reprove you. Know therefore and see that it is an evil thing and a bitter, that you have forsaken Yahweh your God, and that my fear is not in you,” says the Lord, Yahweh of Armies.Hosea 4:4 · יוֹכַ֣ח“Yet let no man bring a charge, neither let any man accuse; For your people are like those who bring charges against a priest.Amos 5:10 · מוֹכִ֑יחַThey hate him who reproves in the gate, and they abhor him who speaks blamelessly.Micah 4:3 · וְהוֹכִ֛יחַand he will judge between many peoples, and will decide concerning strong nations afar off. They will beat their swords into plowshares, and their spears into pruning hooks. Nation will not lift up sword against nation, neither will they learn war any more.Micah 6:2 · יִתְוַכָּֽח׃Hear, you mountains, Yahweh’s controversy, and you enduring foundations of the earth; for Yahweh has a controversy with his people, and he will contend with Israel.Habakkuk 1:12 · לְהוֹכִ֥יחַAren’t you from everlasting, Yahweh my God, my Holy One? We will not die. Yahweh, you have appointed him for judgment. You, Rock, have established him to punish.