Yâkach — H3198

Definition

verb

to be right (i.e. correct); reciprocal, to argue; causatively, to decide, justify or convict

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

Usually translated as

reprove, rebuke, plead, reason, reprover, chasten, correct, correction, daysman, dispute, judge, maintain, appoint, argue, convince, surely, in any wise

Origin

a primitive root

Greek equivalents

• alētheúō (G226)
• blasphēméō (G987)
• élenchos (G1650)
• elénchō (G1651)
• exelénchō (G1827)
• hetoimázō (G2090)
• oneidízō (G3679)
• paideúō (G3811)

Occurrences

Yâkach occurs 59 times in 55 verses of the King James.

Distribution of the word across the Bible: Genesis (6), Leviticus (1), 2 Samuel (1), 2 Kings (1), 1 Chronicles (2), Job (15), Psalms (7), Proverbs (9), Isaiah (6), Jeremiah (1), Ezekiel (1), Hosea (1), Amos (1), Micah (2), Habakkuk (1)

• Genesis 20:16 — 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 (וְנֹכָֽחַת).
• Genesis 21:25 — And Abraham reproved (וְהוֹכִ֥חַ) Abimelech because of a well of water, which Abimelech’s servants had violently taken away.
• Genesis 24:14 — 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 (הֹכַ֙חְתָּ֙) for thy servant Isaac; and thereby shall I know that thou hast shewed kindness unto my master.
• Genesis 24:44 — And she say to me, Both drink thou, and I will also draw for thy camels: let the same be the woman whom the LORD hath appointed out (הֹכִ֥יחַ) for my master’s son.
• Genesis 31:37 — Whereas thou hast searched all my stuff, what hast thou found of all thy household stuff? set it here before my brethren and thy brethren, that they may judge (וְיוֹכִ֖יחוּ) betwixt us both.
• Genesis 31:42 — Except the God of my father, the God of Abraham, and the fear of Isaac, had been with me, surely thou hadst sent me away now empty. God hath seen mine affliction and the labour of my hands, and rebuked (וַיּ֥וֹכַח) thee yesternight.
• Leviticus 19:17 — Thou shalt not hate thy brother in thine heart: thou shalt in any wise rebuke (תּוֹכִ֙יחַ֙) thy neighbour, and not suffer sin upon him.
• Leviticus 19:17 — Thou shalt not hate thy brother in thine heart: thou shalt in any wise rebuke (הוֹכֵ֤חַ) thy neighbour, and not suffer sin upon him.
• 2 Samuel 7:14 — I will be his father, and he shall be my son. If he commit iniquity, I will chasten (וְהֹֽכַחְתִּיו֙) him with the rod of men, and with the stripes of the children of men:
• 2 Kings 19:4 — 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 (וְהוֹכִ֙יחַ֙) the words which the LORD thy God hath heard: wherefore lift up thy prayer for the remnant that are left.
• 1 Chronicles 12:17 — And David went out to meet them, and answered and said unto them, If ye be come peaceably unto me to help me, mine heart shall be knit unto you: but if ye be come to betray me to mine enemies, seeing there is no wrong in mine hands, the God of our fathers look thereon, and rebuke (וְיוֹכַֽח) it.
• 1 Chronicles 16:21 — He suffered no man to do them wrong: yea, he reproved (וַיּ֥וֹכַח) kings for their sakes,
• Job 5:17 — Behold, happy is the man whom God correcteth (יוֹכִחֶ֣נּֽוּ): therefore despise not thou the chastening of the Almighty:
• Job 6:25 — How forcible are right words! but what doth your arguing (יּוֹכִ֖יחַ) reprove?
• Job 6:25 — How forcible are right words! but what doth your arguing reprove (הוֹכֵ֣חַ)?
• Job 6:26 — Do ye imagine to reprove (הַלְהוֹכַ֣ח) words, and the speeches of one that is desperate, which are as wind?
• Job 9:33 — Neither is there any daysman (מוֹכִ֑יחַ) betwixt us, that might lay his hand upon us both.
• Job 13:3 — Surely I would speak to the Almighty, and I desire to reason (וְהוֹכֵ֖חַ) with God.
• Job 13:10 — He will surely reprove (יוֹכִ֣יחַ) you, if ye do secretly accept persons.
• Job 13:10 — He will surely reprove (הוֹכֵ֣חַ) you, if ye do secretly accept persons.
• Job 13:15 — Though he slay me, yet will I trust in him: but I will maintain (אוֹכִֽיחַ) mine own ways before him.
• Job 15:3 — Should he reason (הוֹכֵ֣חַ) with unprofitable talk? or with speeches wherewith he can do no good?
• Job 16:21 — O that one might plead (וְיוֹכַ֣ח) for a man with God, as a man pleadeth for his neighbour!
• Job 19:5 — If indeed ye will magnify yourselves against me, and plead (וְתוֹכִ֥יחוּ) against me my reproach:
• Job 22:4 — Will he reprove (יֹכִיחֶ֑ךָ) thee for fear of thee? will he enter with thee into judgment?
• Job 23:7 — There the righteous might dispute (נוֹכָ֣ח) with him; so should I be delivered for ever from my judge.
• Job 32:12 — Yea, I attended unto you, and, behold, there was none of you that convinced (מוֹכִ֑יחַ) Job, or that answered his words:
• Job 33:19 — He is chastened (וְהוּכַ֣ח) also with pain upon his bed, and the multitude of his bones with strong pain:
• Job 40:2 — Shall he that contendeth with the Almighty instruct him? he that reproveth (מוֹכִ֖יחַ) God, let him answer it.
• Psalms 6:1 — O LORD, rebuke (תוֹכִיחֵ֑נִי) me not in thine anger, neither chasten me in thy hot displeasure.
• Psalms 38:1 — O LORD, rebuke (תוֹכִיחֵ֑נִי) me not in thy wrath: neither chasten me in thy hot displeasure.
• Psalms 50:8 — I will not reprove (אוֹכִיחֶ֑ךָ) thee for thy sacrifices or thy burnt offerings, to have been continually before me.
• Psalms 50:21 — These things hast thou done, and I kept silence; thou thoughtest that I was altogether such an one as thyself: but I will reprove (אוֹכִיחֲךָ֖) thee, and set them in order before thine eyes.
• Psalms 94:10 — He that chastiseth the heathen, shall not he correct (יוֹכִ֑יחַ)? he that teacheth man knowledge, shall not he know?
• Psalms 105:14 — He suffered no man to do them wrong: yea, he reproved (וַיּ֖וֹכַח) kings for their sakes;
• Psalms 141:5 — Let the righteous smite me; it shall be a kindness: and let him reprove (וְֽיוֹכִיחֵ֗נִי) me; it shall be an excellent oil, which shall not break my head: for yet my prayer also shall be in their calamities.
• Proverbs 3:12 — For whom the LORD loveth he correcteth (יוֹכִ֑יחַ); even as a father the son in whom he delighteth.
• Proverbs 9:7 — He that reproveth a scorner getteth to himself shame: and he that rebuketh (וּמוֹכִ֖יחַ) a wicked man getteth himself a blot.
• Proverbs 9:8 — Reprove (תּ֣וֹכַח) not a scorner, lest he hate thee: rebuke a wise man, and he will love thee.
• Proverbs 9:8 — Reprove not a scorner, lest he hate thee: rebuke (הוֹכַ֥ח) a wise man, and he will love thee.
• Proverbs 15:12 — A scorner loveth not one that reproveth (הוֹכֵ֣חַֽ) him: neither will he go unto the wise.
• Proverbs 19:25 — Smite a scorner, and the simple will beware: and reprove (וְהוֹכִ֥יחַ) one that hath understanding, and he will understand knowledge.
• Proverbs 24:25 — But to them that rebuke (וְלַמּוֹכִיחִ֥ים) him shall be delight, and a good blessing shall come upon them.
• Proverbs 25:12 — As an earring of gold, and an ornament of fine gold, so is a wise reprover (מוֹכִ֥יחַ) upon an obedient ear.
• Proverbs 28:23 — He that rebuketh (מ֘וֹכִ֤יחַ) a man afterwards shall find more favour than he that flattereth with the tongue.
• Proverbs 30:6 — Add thou not unto his words, lest he reprove (יוֹכִ֖יחַ) thee, and thou be found a liar.
• Isaiah 1:18 — Come now, and let us reason together (וְנִוָּֽכְחָ֖ה), 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.
• Isaiah 2:4 — And he shall judge among the nations, and shall rebuke (וְהוֹכִ֖יחַ) many people: and they shall beat their swords into plowshares, and their spears into pruninghooks: nation shall not lift up sword against nation, neither shall they learn war any more.
• Isaiah 11:3 — 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 (יוֹכִֽיחַ) after the hearing of his ears:
• Isaiah 11:4 — But with righteousness shall he judge the poor, and reprove (וְהוֹכִ֥יחַ) with equity for the meek of the earth: and he shall smite the earth with the rod of his mouth, and with the breath of his lips shall he slay the wicked.