H3198 יָכַח
Strong's Hebrew Concordance · 58 KJV occurrences
יָכַח
yâkach · yaw-kahh'
Definition
to be right (i.e. correct); reciprocal, to argue; 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.
Derivation / Etymology
a primitive root;
Sample KJV Verses (8 of 58)
- Genesis 20:16And 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.
- Leviticus 19:17¶ Thou shalt not hate thy brother in thine heart: thou shalt in any wise rebuke thy neighbour, and not suffer sin upon him.
- Job 6:25How forcible are right words! but what doth your arguing reprove?
- Job 15:3Should he reason with unprofitable talk? or with speeches wherewith he can do no good?
- Psalms 6:1O LORD, rebuke me not in thine anger, neither chasten me in thy hot displeasure.
- Proverbs 3:12For whom the LORD loveth he correcteth; even as a father the son in whom he delighteth.
- Proverbs 25:12As an earring of gold, and an ornament of fine gold, so is a wise reprover upon an obedient ear.
- Isaiah 29:21That make a man an offender for a word, and lay a snare for him that reproveth in the gate, and turn aside the just for a thing of nought.