Strong's Lexicon

H3198

H3198 — יָכַח

Hebrew / Aramaic entry for Bible study and original-language reference.

HebrewyakachverbOccurrences: 59TWOT: 865

Definition / Gloss

Strong's Number:	H3198
Word:	יָכַח
Part of Speech:	verb
Etymology:	a primitive root
Language:	Hebrew
Occurrences:	59
Transliteration:	yakach
Phonetic Spelling/Pronunciation:	yaw-kahh'
Meaning:	1. to be right (i.e. correct) 2. reciprocal, to argue 3. causatively, to decide, justify or convict
KJV Renderings:	appoint, argue, chasten, convince, correct(-ion), daysman, dispute, judge, maintain, plead, reason (together), rebuke, reprove(-r), surely, in any wise.

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[יָכַח] verb Hiph`il decide, adjudge, prove, (Late Hebrew Pi`el וִכַּח argue with (עם), compare Hithpa`el, Hiph`il prove, correct ; Aramaic Pa וַכַּח Aph`el אוֺכַח, id.) —

Hiph`il Perfect הוֺכִיחַ Isa 2:4 + 5 t.; הֹכִיחַ Gen 24:44 הוֺכִחַ Gen 21:25 2 masculine singular חֹכַחְתָּ Gen 24:14 1 singular suffix הוֺכַחְתִּיו 2Sam 7:14 Imperfect יוֺכִיחַ Isa 11:3 + 5 t.; יוֺכַח Hos 4:4 + 4 t.; יוֺכָ֑ח 1Chr 12:17 suffix יוֺכִיחֵנִי Ps 141:5 + 12 t. Imperfect; Imperative הוֺכַח Prov 9:8 Infinitive absolute הוֺכֵחַ Lev 19:17 + 5 t.; construct הוֺכִיחַ Hab 1:12 הַלְהוֺכַח Job 6:26 Participle מוֺכִיחַ Ezek 3:26 + 8 t.; plural מוֺכִיחִים Prov 24:25 —

1. decide, judge, absolute Gen 31:42 ( E ), 1Chr 12:17; Isa 11:3; Ps 94:10 with לְ decide for Isa 2:4 = Mic 4:3; Isa 11:4 with בּין, Gen 31:37 ( E ), Job 9:33 לְגֶבֶר עִם אֱלוֺהַּ Job 16:21 .

2. adjudge, appoint, with לְ, Gen 24:14; Gen 24:44 ( 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 Ps 50:21 בּ person Prov 30:6 with לְ person Job 32:12.

5. reprove, chide:

a. of God, with accusative of person Job 22:4; Ps 50:8; Ps 105:14 = 1Chr 16:21 with בּ object 2Kgs 19:4 = Isa 37:4.

b. of man, absolute Hos 4:4; Ezek 3:26; Job 6:25 (twice in verse); Prov 24:25; Prov 25:12 מוֺכִיחַ בַּשַּׁעַר Amos 5:10 ; Isa 29:21 with accusative of person Gen 21:25 ( E ), Lev 19:17 (twice in verse) ( H ), Prov 9:8; Prov 28:23; Jer 2:19 מוֺכִיחַ אֱלוהַּ Job 40:2 accusative of thing Job 6:26 with לְ, Prov 9:7; Prov 9:8; Prov 15:12; Prov 19:25 .

6. correct, rebuke, of God, absolute Hab 1:12 with accusative of person Ps 141:5; Job 13:10 (twice in verse); בְּשֵׁבֶט 2Sam 7:14 happy the man whom God corrects Job 5:17 for God loves him Prov 3:12 God is entreated not to correct in anger Ps 6:2; Ps 38:2.

Hoph`al Perfect וְהוּכַח בְּמַכְאוֺב he is chastened also with pain Job 33:19.

Niph`al Imperfect לְכוּנָֿא וְנִוָָּֽכְחָה Isa 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 Gen 20:16 ( E ), but Di SS read וְנֹכַחַתְּ 2 feminine singular Perfect and thou art set right, righted, justified.

Hithpa`el Imperfect עִםוִֿשְׂרָאֵל יִתְוַכָּח Mic 6:2 with Israel he will argue (|| עִם ׳ רִיב לי).

Other Resources

Theological Wordbook of the Old Testament
R. Laird Harris, Gleason L. Archer, and Bruce K. Waltke

Englishman's Hebrew Concordance

יכח (yah-chăgh’)

Isaiah 1:18

KJV: Come now, and let us reason together, saith the Lord: though your sins be as scarlet, they shall be as white as snow; though they be red like crimson, they shall be as wool.

EHCC: Come now, and let us reason together,

Genesis 20:16

KJV: And unto Sarah he said, Behold, I have given thy brother a thousand pieces of silver: behold, he is to thee a covering of the eyes, unto all that are with thee, and with all other: thus she was reproved.

EHCC: thus she was reproved.

Job 23:7

KJV: There the righteous might dispute with him; so should I be delivered for ever from my judge.

EHCC: There the righteous might dispute with him;

Genesis 21:25

KJV: And Abraham reproved Abimelech because of a well of water, which Abimelech’s servants had violently taken away.

EHCC: And Abraham reproved Abimelech

Genesis 24:14

KJV: And let it come to pass, that the damsel to whom I shall say, Let down thy pitcher, I pray thee, that I may drink; and she shall say, Drink, and I will give thy camels drink also: let the same be she that thou hast appointed for thy servant Isaac; and thereby shall I know that thou hast shewed kindness unto my master.

EHCC: (thet) thou hast appointed for thy servant

2 Kings 19:4

KJV: It may be the Lord thy God will hear all the words of Rab–shakeh, whom the king of Assyria his master hath sent to reproach the living God; and will reprove the words which the Lord thy God hath heard: wherefore lift up thy prayer for the remnant that are left.left: Heb. found

EHCC: and will reprove the words

Proverbs 19:25

KJV: Smite a scorner, and the simple will beware: and reprove one that hath understanding, and he will understand knowledge.will beware: Heb. will be cunning

EHCC: and reprove one that hath understanding,

Proverbs 11:4

KJV: Riches profit not in the day of wrath: but righteousness delivereth from death.

EHCC: and reprove with equity for the meek

Proverbs 87:4

EHCC: and will reprove the words which the Lord

Leviticus 19:17

KJV: Thou shalt not hate thy brother in thine heart: thou shalt in any wise rebuke thy neighbour, and not suffer sin upon him.and…: or, that thou bear not sin for him

EHCC: thou shalt in any wise rebuke (lit. א4 re-

Job 6:25

KJV: How forcible are right words! but what doth your arguing reprove?

EHCC: what doth your arguing reprove?

Job 13:3

KJV: Surely I would speak to the Almighty, and I desire to reason with God.

EHCC: and I desire to reason with God.

Job 15:3

KJV: Should he reason with unprofitable talk? or with speeches wherewith he can do no good?

EHCC: Should he reason with unprofitable talk?

Proverbs 15:12

KJV: A scorner loveth not one that reproveth him: neither will he go unto the wise.

EHCC: A scorner loveth not one reprovethhim:

Habakkuk 1:12

KJV: Art thou not from everlasting, O Lord my God, mine Holy One? we shall not die. O Lord, thou hast ordained them for judgment; and, O mighty God, thou hast established them for correction.mighty…: Heb. rockestablished: Heb. founded

EHCC: thou hast established them for correction.

Proverbs 9:8

KJV: Reprove not a scorner, lest he hate thee: rebuke a wise man, and he will love thee.

EHCC: rebuke ₪ wise man, and he will love thee.

Genesis 81:37

EHCC: that they may 7 betwixt us both.

Leviticus 19:17

KJV: Thou shalt not hate thy brother in thine heart: thou shalt in any wise rebuke thy neighbour, and not suffer sin upon him.and…: or, that thou bear not sin for him

EHCC: thou shalt in any wise rebuke thy neighbour,

Psalms 6:1

KJV: To the chief Musician on Neginoth upon Sheminith, A Psalm of David.O Lord, rebuke me not in thine anger, neither chasten me in thy hot displeasure.chief…: or, overseerSheminith: or, the eighth

EHCC: (2).O Lord, rebuke me not in thine anger,

Proverbs 3:12

KJV: For whom the Lord loveth he correcteth; even as a father the son in whom he delighteth.

EHCC: whom the Lord loveth he correcteth ;

Isaiah 11:3

KJV: And shall make him of quick understanding in the fear of the Lord: and he shall not judge after the sight of his eyes, neither reprove after the hearing of his ears:quick…: Heb. scent or, smell

EHCC: neither reprove after the hearing of hisears:

Jeremiah 2:19

KJV: Thine own wickedness shall correct thee, and thy backslidings shall reprove thee: know therefore and see that it is an evil thing and bitter, that thou hast forsaken the Lord thy God, and that my fear is not in thee, saith the Lord God of hosts.

EHCC: thy backslidings shall reprove Thee:

Hosea 4:4

KJV: Yet let no man strive, nor reprove another: for thy people are as they that strive with the priest.

EHCC: letno man strive, nor reprove another:

Job 9:33

KJV: Neither is there any daysman betwixt us, that might lay his hand upon us both.any…: Heb. one that should arguedaysman: or, umpire

EHCC: Neither is there any daysman (marg.

Proverbs 9:7

KJV: He that reproveth a scorner getteth to himself shame: and he that rebuketh a wicked man getteth himself a blot.

EHCC: and he that rebuketh a wicked (man)

Ezekiel 3:26

KJV: And I will make thy tongue cleave to the roof of thy mouth, that thou shalt be dumb, and shalt not be to them a reprover: for they are a rebellious house.a reprover: Heb. a man reproving

EHCC: shalt not be to them a reprover: (marg. a

Amos 5:10

KJV: They hate him that rebuketh in the gate, and they abhor him that speaketh uprightly.

EHCC: They hate him rebuketh

Job 33:19

KJV: He is chastened also with pain upon his bed, and the multitude of his bones with strong pain:

EHCC: He is chastened also with pain

Micah 6:2

KJV: Hear ye, O mountains, the Lord’s controversy, and ye strong foundations of the earth: for the Lord hath a controversy with his people, and he will plead with Israel.

EHCC: he will plead with Israel.

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