יָכַח yakhach

Hebrew word for “to rebuke” · Strong’s H3198 · used 59 times in 55 verses

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Meaning

1) to prove, decide, judge, rebuke, reprove, correct, be right;

How it is translated

Glosses given for yakhach in context, with how often each is used:

• will rebuke 6
• reprove 5
• one who reproves 4
• will decide 4
• rebuked 3
• rebuke 3
• certainly 2
• will argue 2
• may argue 2
• vindicated 1
• have appointed 1
• has appointed 1

Where it is used

Also in 3 more books.

Chapters where it is used most

Job 13 (3), Genesis 24 (2), Genesis 31 (2), Job 6 (2), Psalms 50 (2), Proverbs 9 (2), Isaiah 11 (2), Genesis 20 (1), Genesis 21 (1), Leviticus 19 (1)

Forms

• מוכיח 7
• הוכח 6
• והוכיח 6
• יוכיח 6
• ויוכח 5
• והוכח 3
• תוכיחני 2
• אוכיחך 2
• ונכחת 1
• הכחת 1

Words used with it

Words that share verses with yakhach more often than their overall frequency would suggest:

• יָסַר yasar “to discipline” 5
• לִיץ luts “to mock” 4
• אַל al “not” 7
• שָׁפַט shaphat “to judge” 5
• אָדָם adam “man” 6
• נָשָׂא nasa “to lift” 6
• עִם im “with” 6
• אֵמֶר emer “word” 3
• שַׁדַּי shadday “Almighty” 3
• בַּיִן bayin “between” 4
• אֱלֹהַּ eloah “god” 3
• אָדוֹן adon “lord” 4

Key verses

The verses using yakhach that are most connected by cross-references (King James Version):

• 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…
• 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…
• Job 13:15 — Though he slay me, yet will I trust in him: but I will maintain mine own ways before him.
• Job 40:2 — Shall he that contendeth with the Almighty instruct him? he that reproveth God, let him answer it.
• 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 thee, and set them in order…
• Psalms 141:5 — Let the righteous smite me; it shall be a kindness: and let him reprove me; it shall be an excellent oil, which shall not break my head: for yet my prayer also…
• Isaiah 1:18 — 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…
• Isaiah 11:4 — But with righteousness shall he judge the poor, and reprove with equity for the meek of the earth: and he shall smite the earth with the rod of his mouth, and…
• Isaiah 37:4 — It may be the LORD thy God will hear the words of Rabshakeh, whom the king of Assyria his master hath sent to reproach the living God, and will reprove the…
• Jeremiah 2:19 — 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…
• Micah 4:3 — And he shall judge among many people, and rebuke strong nations afar off; and they shall beat their swords into plowshares, and their spears into pruninghooks:…
• Habakkuk 1:12 — 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…

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Hebrew and Greek text, tagging, glosses and lexicon definitions: STEPBible.org, Tyndale House Cambridge (TAHOT, TAGNT, TBESH, TBESG; CC BY 4.0), adapted. Counts follow King James verse numbering; a word counts each time it is written.