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׃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.Genesis 21:25 · וְהוֹכִ֥חַAnd Abraham reasoned with Abimelech concerning the matter of a well of water which Abimelech’s servants have taken violently away,Genesis 24:14 · הֹכַ֙חְתָּ֙and 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.’Genesis 24:44 · הֹכִ֥יחַand 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.Genesis 31:37 · וְיוֹכִ֖יחוּfor 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.Genesis 31:42 · וַיּ֥וֹכַחunless 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.’Leviticus 19:17 · הוֹכֵ֤חַ · תּוֹכִ֙יחַ֙‘Thou dost not hate thy brother in thy heart; thou dost certainly reprove thy fellow, and not suffer sin on him.2 Samuel 7:14 · וְהֹֽכַחְתִּיו֙I 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,2 Kings 19:4 · וְהוֹכִ֙יחַ֙‘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.’1 Chronicles 12:17 · וְיוֹכַֽח׃ סand 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.’1 Chronicles 16:21 · וַיּ֥וֹכַחHe hath not suffered any to oppress them, And reproveth on their account kings:Job 5:17 · יוֹכִחֶ֣נּֽוּLo, the happiness of mortal man, God doth reprove him: And the chastisement of the Mighty despise not,Job 6:25 · יּוֹכִ֖יחַ · הוֹכֵ֣חַHow powerful have been upright sayings, And what doth reproof from you reprove?Job 6:26 · הַלְהוֹכַ֣חFor reproof—do you reckon words? And for wind—sayings of the desperate.Job 9:33 · מוֹכִ֑יחַIf there were between us an umpire, He doth place his hand on us both.Job 13:3 · וְהוֹכֵ֖חַYet I for the Mighty One do speak, And to argue for God I delight.Job 13:10 · הוֹכֵ֣חַ · יוֹכִ֣יחַHe doth surely reprove you, if in secret ye accept faces.Job 13:15 · אוֹכִֽיחַ׃Lo, He doth slay me—I wait not! Only, my ways unto His face I argue.Job 15:3 · הוֹכֵ֣חַTo reason with a word not useful? And speeches—no profit in them?Job 16:21 · וְיוֹכַ֣חAnd he reasoneth for a man with God, And a son of man for his friend.Job 19:5 · וְתוֹכִ֥יחוּIf, truly, over me ye magnify yourselves, And decide against me my reproach;Job 22:4 · יֹכִיחֶ֑ךָBecause of thy reverence Doth He reason with thee? He entereth with thee into judgment:Job 23:7 · נוֹכָ֣חThere the upright doth reason with Him, And I escape for ever from my judge.Job 32:12 · מוֹכִ֑יחַAnd unto you I attend, And lo, there is no reasoner for Job, Or answerer of his sayings among you.Job 33:19 · וְהוּכַ֣חAnd he hath been reproved With pain on his bed, And the strife of his bones is enduring.Job 40:2 · מוֹכִ֖יחַIs the striver with the Mighty instructed? The reprover of God, let him answer it.Psalm 6:1 · תוֹכִיחֵ֑נִיTo 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.Psalm 38:1 · תוֹכִיחֵ֑נִיA Psalm of David, ‘To cause to remember.’ Jehovah, in Thy wrath reprove me not, Nor in Thy fury chastise me.Psalm 50:8 · אוֹכִיחֶ֑ךָNot for thy sacrifices do I reprove thee, Yea, thy burnt-offerings Are before Me continually.Psalm 50:21 · אוֹכִיחֲךָ֖These thou didst, and I kept silent, Thou hast thought that I am like thee, I reprove thee, and set in array before thine eyes.Psalm 94:10 · יוֹכִ֑יחַHe who is instructing nations, Doth He not reprove? He who is teaching man knowledge is Jehovah.Psalm 105:14 · וַיּ֖וֹכַחHe hath not suffered any to oppress them And He reproveth for their sakes kings.Psalm 141:5 · וְֽיוֹכִיחֵ֗נִיThe 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.Proverbs 3:12 · יוֹכִ֑יחַFor whom Jehovah loveth He reproveth, Even as a father the son He is pleased with.Proverbs 9:7 · וּמוֹכִ֖יחַThe instructor of a scorner Is receiving for it—shame, And a reprover of the wicked—his blemish.Proverbs 9:8 · תּ֣וֹכַח · הוֹכַ֥חReprove not a scorner, lest he hate thee, Give reproof to the wise, and he loveth thee.Proverbs 15:12 · הוֹכֵ֣חַֽA scorner loveth not his reprover, Unto the wise he goeth not.Proverbs 19:25 · וְהוֹכִ֥יחַA scorner smite, and the simple acts prudently, And give reproof to the intelligent, He understandeth knowledge.Proverbs 24:25 · וְלַמּוֹכִיחִ֥יםAnd to those reproving it is pleasant, And on them cometh a good blessing.Proverbs 25:12 · מוֹכִ֥יחַA ring of gold, and an ornament of pure gold, Is the wise reprover to an attentive ear.Proverbs 28:23 · מ֘וֹכִ֤יחַWhoso is reproving a man afterwards findeth grace, More than a flatterer with the tongue.Proverbs 30:6 · יוֹכִ֖יחַAdd not to His words, lest He reason with thee, And thou hast been found false.Isaiah 1:18 · וְנִוָּֽכְחָ֖הCome, 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!Isaiah 2:4 · וְהוֹכִ֖יחַAnd 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.Isaiah 11:3 · יוֹכִֽיחַ׃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.Isaiah 11:4 · וְהוֹכִ֥יחַAnd 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.Isaiah 29:21 · וְלַמּוֹכִ֥יחַCausing men to sin in word, And for a reprover in the gate lay a snare, And turn aside into emptiness the righteous.Isaiah 37:4 · וְהוֹכִ֙יחַ֙‘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.’Jeremiah 2:19 · תּוֹכִחֻ֔ךְInstruct 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.Hosea 4:4 · יוֹכַ֣חOnly, let no one strive, nor reprove a man, And thy people are as those striving with a priest.Amos 5:10 · מוֹכִ֑יחַThey have hated a reprover in the gate, And a plain speaker they abominate.Micah 4:3 · וְהוֹכִ֛יחַAnd He hath judged between many peoples, And given a decision to mighty nations afar off, They have beaten their swords to ploughshares, And their spears to pruning-hooks, Nation lifteth not up sword unto nation, Nor do they learn war any more.Micah 6:2 · יִתְוַכָּֽח׃Hear, O mountains, the strife of Jehovah, Ye strong ones—foundations of earth! For a strife is to Jehovah, with His people, And with Israel He doth reason.Habakkuk 1:12 · לְהוֹכִ֥יחַArt not Thou of old, O Jehovah, my God, my Holy One? We do not die, O Jehovah, For judgment Thou hast appointed it, And, O Rock, for reproof Thou hast founded it.