יָכַח
ya.khach
1. to prove, decide, judge, rebuke, reprove, correct, be right
a. (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
b. (Hophal) to be chastened
c. (Niphal) to reason, reason together
d. (Hithp) to argue
Lexicon: STEPBible Tyndale House Brief Lexicons (TBESH / TBESG) (CC BY 4.0)
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Concordance 55 verses
- Genesis 20:16 וְנֹכָֽחַת׃
And he said to Sarah, “See, I am giving your brother a thousand pieces of silver. It is your vindication before all who are with you; you are completely cleared.”
- Genesis 21:25 וְהוֹכִ֥חַ
But when Abraham complained to Abimelech about a well that Abimelech’s servants had seized,
- Genesis 24:14 הֹכַ֙חְתָּ֙
Now may it happen that the girl to whom I say, ‘Please let down your jar that I may drink,’ and who responds, ‘Drink, and I will water your camels as well’—let her be the one You have appointed for Your servant Isaac. By this I will know that You have shown kindness to my master.”
- Genesis 24:44 הֹכִ֥יחַ
and she replies, ‘Drink, and I will draw water for your camels as well,’ may she be the woman the LORD has appointed for my master’s son.
- Genesis 31:37 וְיוֹכִ֖יחוּ
You have searched all my goods! Have you found anything that belongs to you? Put it here before my brothers and yours, that they may judge between the two of us.
- Genesis 31:42 וַיּ֥וֹכַח
If the God of my father, the God of Abraham and the Fear of Isaac, had not been with me, surely by now you would have sent me away empty-handed. But God has seen my affliction and the toil of my hands, and last night He rendered judgment.”
- Leviticus 19:17 הוֹכֵ֤חַתּוֹכִ֙יחַ֙
You must not harbor hatred against your brother in your heart. Directly rebuke your neighbor, so that you will not incur guilt on account of him.
- 2 Samuel 7:14 וְהֹֽכַחְתִּיו֙
I will be his Father, and he will be My son. When he does wrong, I will discipline him with the rod of men and with the blows of the sons of men.
- 2 Kings 19:4 וְהוֹכִ֙יחַ֙
Perhaps the LORD your God will hear all the words of the Rabshakeh, whom his master the king of Assyria has sent to defy the living God, and He will rebuke him for the words that the LORD your God has heard. Therefore lift up a prayer for the remnant that still survives.”
- 1 Chronicles 12:17 וְיוֹכַֽח׃ס
And David went out to meet them, saying, “If you have come to me in peace to help me, my heart will be united with you; but if you have come to betray me to my enemies when my hands are free of violence, may the God of our fathers see it and judge you.”
- 1 Chronicles 16:21 וַיּ֥וֹכַח
He let no man oppress them; He rebuked kings on their behalf:
- Job 5:17 יוֹכִחֶ֣נּֽוּ
Blessed indeed is the man whom God corrects; so do not despise the discipline of the Almighty.
- Job 6:25 יּוֹכִ֖יחַהוֹכֵ֣חַ
How painful are honest words! But what does your argument prove?
- Job 6:26 הַלְהוֹכַ֣ח
Do you intend to correct my words, and treat as wind my cry of despair?
- Job 9:33 מוֹכִ֑יחַ
Nor is there a mediator between us, to lay his hand upon us both.
- Job 13:3 וְהוֹכֵ֖חַ
Yet I desire to speak to the Almighty and argue my case before God.
- Job 13:10 הוֹכֵ֣חַיוֹכִ֣יחַ
Surely He would rebuke you if you secretly showed partiality.
- Job 13:15 אוֹכִֽיחַ׃
Though He slay me, I will hope in Him. I will still defend my ways to His face.
- Job 15:3 הוֹכֵ֣חַ
Should he argue with useless words or speeches that serve no purpose?
- Job 16:21 וְיוֹכַ֣ח
Oh, that a man might plead with God as he pleads with his neighbor!
- Job 19:5 וְתוֹכִ֥יחוּ
If indeed you would exalt yourselves above me and use my disgrace against me,
- Job 22:4 יֹכִיחֶ֑ךָ
Is it for your reverence that He rebukes you and enters into judgment against you?
- Job 23:7 נוֹכָ֣ח
Then an upright man could reason with Him, and I would be delivered forever from my Judge.
- Job 32:12 מוֹכִ֑יחַ
I paid you full attention. But no one proved Job wrong; not one of you rebutted his arguments.
- Job 33:19 וְהוּכַ֣ח
A man is also chastened on his bed with pain and constant distress in his bones,
- Job 40:2 מוֹכִ֖יחַ
“Will the faultfinder contend with the Almighty? Let him who argues with God give an answer.”
- Psalms 6:1 תוֹכִיחֵ֑נִי
O LORD, do not rebuke me in Your anger or discipline me in Your wrath.
- Psalms 38:1 תוֹכִיחֵ֑נִי
O LORD, do not rebuke me in Your anger or discipline me in Your wrath.
- Psalms 50:8 אוֹכִיחֶ֑ךָ
I do not rebuke you for your sacrifices, and your burnt offerings are ever before Me.
- Psalms 50:21 אוֹכִיחֲךָ֖
You have done these things, and I kept silent; you thought I was just like you. But now I rebuke you and accuse you to your face.
- Psalms 94:10 יוֹכִ֑יחַ
He who admonishes the nations, does He not discipline? He who teaches man, does He lack knowledge?
- Psalms 105:14 וַיּ֖וֹכַח
He let no man oppress them; He rebuked kings on their behalf:
- Psalms 141:5 וְֽיוֹכִיחֵ֗נִי
Let the righteous man strike me; let his rebuke be an act of loving devotion. It is oil for my head; let me not refuse it. For my prayer is ever against the deeds of the wicked.
- Proverbs 3:12 יוֹכִ֑יחַ
for the LORD disciplines the one He loves, as does a father the son in whom he delights.
- Proverbs 9:7 וּמוֹכִ֖יחַ
He who corrects a mocker brings shame on himself; he who rebukes a wicked man taints himself.
- Proverbs 9:8 תּ֣וֹכַחהוֹכַ֥ח
Do not rebuke a mocker, or he will hate you; rebuke a wise man, and he will love you.
- Proverbs 15:12 הוֹכֵ֣חַֽ
A mocker does not love to be reproved, nor will he consult the wise.
- Proverbs 19:25 וְהוֹכִ֥יחַ
Strike a mocker, and the simple will beware; rebuke the discerning man, and he will gain knowledge.
- Proverbs 24:25 וְלַמּוֹכִיחִ֥ים
but it will go well with those who convict the guilty, and rich blessing will come upon them.
- Proverbs 25:12 מוֹכִ֥יחַ
Like an earring of gold or an ornament of fine gold is a wise man’s rebuke to a listening ear.
- Proverbs 28:23 מ֘וֹכִ֤יחַ
He who rebukes a man will later find more favor than one who flatters with his tongue.
- Proverbs 30:6 יוֹכִ֖יחַ
Do not add to His words, lest He rebuke you and prove you a liar.
- Isaiah 1:18 וְנִוָּֽכְחָ֖ה
“Come now, let us reason together,” says the LORD. “Though your sins are like scarlet, they will be as white as snow; though they are as red as crimson, they will become like wool.
- Isaiah 2:4 וְהוֹכִ֖יחַ
Then He will judge between the nations and arbitrate for many peoples. They will beat their swords into plowshares and their spears into pruning hooks. Nation will no longer take up the sword against nation, nor train anymore for war.
- Isaiah 11:3 יוֹכִֽיחַ׃
And He will delight in the fear of the LORD. He will not judge by what His eyes see, and He will not decide by what His ears hear,
- Isaiah 11:4 וְהוֹכִ֥יחַ
but with righteousness He will judge the poor, and with equity He will decide for the lowly of the earth. He will strike the earth with the rod of His mouth and slay the wicked with the breath of His lips.
- Isaiah 29:21 וְלַמּוֹכִ֥יחַ
those who indict a man with a word, who ensnare the mediator at the gate, and who with false charges deprive the innocent of justice.
- Isaiah 37:4 וְהוֹכִ֙יחַ֙
Perhaps the LORD your God will hear the words of the Rabshakeh, whom his master the king of Assyria has sent to defy the living God, and He will rebuke him for the words that the LORD your God has heard. Therefore lift up a prayer for the remnant that still survives.”
- Jeremiah 2:19 תּוֹכִחֻ֔ךְ
Your own evil will discipline you; your own apostasies will reprimand you. Consider and realize how evil and bitter it is for you to forsake the LORD your God and to have no fear of Me,” declares the Lord GOD of Hosts.
- Ezekiel 3:26 מוֹכִ֑יחַ
I will make your tongue stick to the roof of your mouth, and you will be silent and unable to rebuke them, though they are a rebellious house.