Hebrew verb · H3198
יָכַח
yakachyaw-kahh'
to rebuke
59 uses in the Hebrew text, one for each word STEP Bible has tagged with this key
Concordance spelling: yâkach
Word page · Part of the concordance, one page for every word of the Hebrew and Greek text. Strong's H3198is this word's number in James Strong's 1890 index of the King James Bible.
- 15 of 39Old Testament books
- 49spellings
The definition in full
Strong's key (1890) · H3198
to be right (i.e. correct); reciprocal, to argue; causatively, to decide, justify or convict
The King James renders it: appoint, argue, chasten, convince, correct(-ion), daysman, dispute, judge, maintain, plead, reason (together), rebuke, reprove(-r), surely, in any wise.
James Strong, The Exhaustive Concordance of the Bible (1890), public domain. Strong indexed the King James text, and this site quotes his entry as that index.
Summary
yakach is rendered "to rebuke". It stands 59 times in the Hebrew text, across fifteen books.
- Seventeen of the uses stand in Job, more than in any other book.
- Its first use in canonical order opens the ledger below.Genesis 20:16And 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.”
- The Greek text spells it forty-nine different ways.
The first use
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 20:16וְנֹכָֽחַת׃
The first use, in the order of the Old Testament's books.
Where the word stands
Seventeen of the word's fifty-nine uses are in Job.
What the word means
Each meaning, and the words it is translated by
How the Greek text is glossed, word by word
- reproves4
- and he rebuked3
- and he will decide3
- and he will rebuke2
- certainly to rebuke2
- you rebuke me2
- ¿ to reprove1
- an arbiter1
- and for the adjudicates1
- and for the rebuke1
- and he decided1
- and he is chastened1
and 37 more, 59 uses in all
The words built on the same word-part
Each word below begins with the same letters this one begins with. A shared word-part shows a family. It does not settle what any one of them means, so each word carries its own uses on its own page. Scholars call that shared part the stem.
The words it stands beside
All 59, in canonical order
Every use, in order
Every use, grouped by book, with its verse.
49 spellings and their grammar
STEP Bible tags every word of the Hebrew and Greek text with its spelling and its grammar. Both lists below count the rows printed underneath, written out in English, with the code beside each one as it was tagged.
How it is spelled
- מוֹכִ֑יחַ4
- הוֹכֵ֣חַ3
- וְהוֹכִ֙יחַ֙2
- וְהוֹכִ֥יחַ2
- וַיּ֥וֹכַח2
- יוֹכִ֑יחַ2
- תוֹכִיחֵ֑נִי2
- אוֹכִֽיחַ׃1
- אוֹכִיחֲךָ֖1
- אוֹכִיחֶ֑ךָ1
- הוֹכֵ֤חַ1
- הוֹכֵ֣חַֽ1
and 37 more spellings in the ledger below.
The grammar of each form
- Hc/Vhq3ms7Hc/Vhq3ms
- verb · causative (hiphil), participle · masculine singular7HVhrmsa
- verb · causative (hiphil), yiqtol (imperfect) · 3rd person masculine singular6HVhi3ms
- verb · causative (hiphil), infinitive absolute5HVhaa
- Hc/Vhw3ms3Hc/Vhw3ms
- conjunction (“and”) + verb · causative (hiphil), jussive (“let him”) · 3rd person masculine singular2HC/Vhj3ms
- verb · causative (hiphil), yiqtol (imperfect) · 1st person common singular + pronoun suffix · 2nd person masculine singular2HVhi1cs/Sp2ms
- verb · causative (hiphil), yiqtol (imperfect) · 2nd person masculine singular + pronoun suffix · 1st person masculine or feminine singular2HVhi2ms/Sp1bs
- conjunction (“and”) + preposition with the article + verb · causative (hiphil), participle · masculine plural1HC/Rd/Vhrmpa
- conjunction (“and”) + preposition with the article + verb · causative (hiphil), participle · masculine singular1HC/Rd/Vhrmsa
- conjunction (“and”) + verb · causative (hiphil), infinitive absolute1HC/Vhaa
- conjunction (“and”) + verb · causative (hiphil), infinitive (“to…”)1HC/Vhcc
Genesis
six uses
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.”
- וְנֹכָֽחַת׃venokhachatconjunction (“and”) + verb · passive or reflexive (niphal), participle · feminine singulartagged: and vindicated
But when Abraham complained to Abimelech about a well that Abimelech’s servants had seized,
- וְהוֹכִ֥חַvehokhiachHc/Vhq3mstagged: and he rebuked
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.”
- הֹכַ֙חְתָּ֙hokhachtaverb · causative (hiphil), qatal (perfect) · 2nd person masculine singulartagged: you have appointed
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.
- הֹכִ֥יחַhokhiachverb · causative (hiphil), qatal (perfect) · 3rd person masculine singulartagged: he has appointed
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.
- וְיוֹכִ֖יחוּveyokhichuHC/Vhu3mptagged: so they may decide
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.”
- וַיּ֥וֹכַחvaiyokhachHc/Vhw3mstagged: and he decided
Leviticus
two uses
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.
- הוֹכֵ֤חַhokheachverb · causative (hiphil), infinitive absolutetagged: certainly to rebuke
- תּוֹכִ֙יחַ֙tokhiachverb · causative (hiphil), yiqtol (imperfect) · 2nd person masculine singulartagged: you will rebuke
2 Samuel
one use
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.
- וְהֹֽכַחְתִּיו֙vehokhachtivHc/Vhq1cs/Sp3mstagged: and I will reprove him
2 Kings
one use
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.”
- וְהוֹכִ֙יחַ֙vehokhiachHc/Vhq3mstagged: and he will rebuke
1 Chronicles
two uses
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.”
- וְיוֹכַֽח׃ סveyokhachconjunction (“and”) + verb · causative (hiphil), jussive (“let him”) · 3rd person masculine singulartagged: and may he judge
He let no man oppress them; He rebuked kings on their behalf:
- וַיּ֥וֹכַחvaiyokhachHc/Vhw3mstagged: and he rebuked
Job
seventeen uses
Blessed indeed is the man whom God corrects; so do not despise the discipline of the Almighty.
- יוֹכִחֶ֣נּֽוּyokhichenuverb · causative (hiphil), yiqtol (imperfect) · 3rd person masculine singular + pronoun suffix · 3rd person masculine singulartagged: he reproves him
How painful are honest words! But what does your argument prove?
- יּוֹכִ֖יחַyokhiachverb · causative (hiphil), yiqtol (imperfect) · 3rd person masculine singulartagged: does it prove
- הוֹכֵ֣חַhokheachverb · causative (hiphil), infinitive absolutetagged: completely to prove
Do you intend to correct my words, and treat as wind my cry of despair?
- הַלְהוֹכַ֣חhalhokhachquestion particle + preposition + verb · causative (hiphil), infinitive (“to…”)tagged: ¿ to reprove
Nor is there a mediator between us, to lay his hand upon us both.
- מוֹכִ֑יחַmokhiachverb · causative (hiphil), participle · masculine singulartagged: an arbiter
Yet I desire to speak to the Almighty and argue my case before God.
- וְהוֹכֵ֖חַvehokheachconjunction (“and”) + verb · causative (hiphil), infinitive absolutetagged: and to argue
Surely He would rebuke you if you secretly showed partiality.
- הוֹכֵ֣חַhokheachverb · causative (hiphil), infinitive absolutetagged: certainly to rebuke
- יוֹכִ֣יחַyokhiachverb · causative (hiphil), yiqtol (imperfect) · 3rd person masculine singulartagged: he will rebuke
Though He slay me, I will hope in Him. I will still defend my ways to His face.
- אוֹכִֽיחַ׃ʾokhiachverb · causative (hiphil), yiqtol (imperfect) · 1st person common singulartagged: I will argue
Should he argue with useless words or speeches that serve no purpose?
- הוֹכֵ֣חַhokheachverb · causative (hiphil), infinitive absolutetagged: does he argue
Oh, that a man might plead with God as he pleads with his neighbor!
- וְיוֹכַ֣חveyokhachconjunction (“and”) + verb · causative (hiphil), jussive (“let him”) · 3rd person masculine singulartagged: and he may argue
If indeed you would exalt yourselves above me and use my disgrace against me,
- וְתוֹכִ֥יחוּvetokhichuHC/Vhu2mptagged: and you may argue
Is it for your reverence that He rebukes you and enters into judgment against you?
- יֹכִיחֶ֑ךָyokhichekhaverb · causative (hiphil), yiqtol (imperfect) · 3rd person masculine singular + pronoun suffix · 2nd person masculine singulartagged: does he reprove you
Then an upright man could reason with Him, and I would be delivered forever from my Judge.
- נוֹכָ֣חnokhachverb · passive or reflexive (niphal), participle · masculine singulartagged: reasoning
I paid you full attention. But no one proved Job wrong; not one of you rebutted his arguments.
- מוֹכִ֑יחַmokhiachverb · causative (hiphil), participle · masculine singulartagged: rebuked
A man is also chastened on his bed with pain and constant distress in his bones,
- וְהוּכַ֣חvehukhachHc/VHq3mstagged: and he is chastened
“Will the faultfinder contend with the Almighty? Let him who argues with God give an answer.”
- מוֹכִ֖יחַmokhiachverb · causative (hiphil), participle · masculine singulartagged: corrects
Psalms
seven uses
O LORD, do not rebuke me in Your anger or discipline me in Your wrath.
- תוֹכִיחֵ֑נִיtokhicheniverb · causative (hiphil), yiqtol (imperfect) · 2nd person masculine singular + pronoun suffix · 1st person masculine or feminine singulartagged: you rebuke me
O LORD, do not rebuke me in Your anger or discipline me in Your wrath.
- תוֹכִיחֵ֑נִיtokhicheniverb · causative (hiphil), yiqtol (imperfect) · 2nd person masculine singular + pronoun suffix · 1st person masculine or feminine singulartagged: you rebuke me
I do not rebuke you for your sacrifices, and your burnt offerings are ever before Me.
- אוֹכִיחֶ֑ךָʾokhichekhaverb · causative (hiphil), yiqtol (imperfect) · 1st person common singular + pronoun suffix · 2nd person masculine singulartagged: I rebuke you
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.
- אוֹכִיחֲךָ֖ʾokhichakhaverb · causative (hiphil), yiqtol (imperfect) · 1st person common singular + pronoun suffix · 2nd person masculine singulartagged: I will rebuke you
He who admonishes the nations, does He not discipline? He who teaches man, does He lack knowledge?
- יוֹכִ֑יחַyokhiachverb · causative (hiphil), yiqtol (imperfect) · 3rd person masculine singulartagged: does he rebuke
He let no man oppress them; He rebuked kings on their behalf:
- וַיּ֖וֹכַחvaiyokhachHc/Vhw3mstagged: and he rebuked
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.
- וְֽיוֹכִיחֵ֗נִיveyokhicheniHC/Vhu3ms/Sp1bstagged: and let him rebuke me
Proverbs
ten uses
for the LORD disciplines the one He loves, as does a father the son in whom he delights.
- יוֹכִ֑יחַyokhiachverb · causative (hiphil), yiqtol (imperfect) · 3rd person masculine singulartagged: he reproves
He who corrects a mocker brings shame on himself; he who rebukes a wicked man taints himself.
- וּמוֹכִ֖יחַumokhiachconjunction (“and”) + verb · causative (hiphil), participle · masculine singulartagged: and reproves
Do not rebuke a mocker, or he will hate you; rebuke a wise man, and he will love you.
- תּ֣וֹכַחtokhachverb · causative (hiphil), jussive (“let him”) · 2nd person masculine singulartagged: you reprove
- הוֹכַ֥חhokhachverb · causative (hiphil), command · 2nd person masculine singulartagged: reprove
A mocker does not love to be reproved, nor will he consult the wise.
- הוֹכֵ֣חַֽhokheachverb · causative (hiphil), infinitive absolutetagged: reproof
Strike a mocker, and the simple will beware; rebuke the discerning man, and he will gain knowledge.
- וְהוֹכִ֥יחַvehokhiachconjunction (“and”) + verb · causative (hiphil), infinitive (“to…”)tagged: and to reprove
but it will go well with those who convict the guilty, and rich blessing will come upon them.
- וְלַמּוֹכִיחִ֥יםvelamokhichimconjunction (“and”) + preposition with the article + verb · causative (hiphil), participle · masculine pluraltagged: and for the rebuke
Like an earring of gold or an ornament of fine gold is a wise man’s rebuke to a listening ear.
- מוֹכִ֥יחַmokhiachverb · causative (hiphil), participle · masculine singulartagged: reproves
He who rebukes a man will later find more favor than one who flatters with his tongue.
- מ֘וֹכִ֤יחַmokhiachverb · causative (hiphil), participle · masculine singulartagged: reproves
Do not add to His words, lest He rebuke you and prove you a liar.
- יוֹכִ֖יחַyokhiachverb · causative (hiphil), yiqtol (imperfect) · 3rd person masculine singulartagged: he should rebuke
Isaiah
six uses
“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.
- וְנִוָּֽכְחָ֖הvenivakhechahconjunction (“and”) + verb · passive or reflexive (niphal), infinitive (“to…”) · 1st person common pluraltagged: so let us argue our case together
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.
- וְהוֹכִ֖יחַvehokhiachHc/Vhq3mstagged: and he will decide
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,
- יוֹכִֽיחַ׃yokhiachverb · causative (hiphil), yiqtol (imperfect) · 3rd person masculine singulartagged: he will decide
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.
- וְהוֹכִ֥יחַvehokhiachHc/Vhq3mstagged: and he will decide
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.
- וְלַמּוֹכִ֥יחַvelamokhiachconjunction (“and”) + preposition with the article + verb · causative (hiphil), participle · masculine singulartagged: and for the adjudicates
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.”
- וְהוֹכִ֙יחַ֙vehokhiachHc/Vhq3mstagged: and he will rebuke
Jeremiah
one use
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.
- תּוֹכִחֻ֔ךְtokhichukhverb · causative (hiphil), yiqtol (imperfect) · 2nd person masculine plural + pronoun suffix · 2nd person feminine singulartagged: they will rebuke you
Ezekiel
one use
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.
- מוֹכִ֑יחַmokhiachverb · causative (hiphil), participle · masculine singulartagged: reproves
Hosea
one use
But let no man contend; let no man offer reproof; for your people are like those who contend with a priest.
- יוֹכַ֣חyokhachverb · causative (hiphil), jussive (“let him”) · 3rd person masculine singulartagged: he reprove
Amos
one use
There are those who hate the one who reproves in the gate and despise him who speaks with integrity.
- מוֹכִ֑יחַmokhiachverb · causative (hiphil), participle · masculine singulartagged: reproves
Micah
two uses
Then He will judge between many peoples and arbitrate for strong nations far and wide. Then they will beat their swords into plowshares and their spears into pruning hooks. Nation will no longer take up the sword against nation, nor will they train anymore for war.
- וְהוֹכִ֛יחַvehokhiachHc/Vhq3mstagged: and he will decide
Hear, O mountains, the LORD’s indictment, you enduring foundations of the earth. For the LORD has a case against His people, and He will argue it against Israel:
- יִתְוַכָּֽח׃yitvakachverb · reflexive (hithpael), yiqtol (imperfect) · 3rd person masculine singulartagged: he will argue
Habakkuk
one use
Are You not from everlasting, O LORD, my God, my Holy One? We will not die. O LORD, You have appointed them to execute judgment; O Rock, You have established them for correction.
- לְהוֹכִ֥יחַlehokhiachpreposition + verb · causative (hiphil), infinitive (“to…”)tagged: to reprove
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