Hebrew adjective · H5228
נָכֹחַ
nakoachnaw-ko'-akh
straightforward
4 uses in the Hebrew text, one for each word STEP Bible has tagged with this key
Concordance spelling: nâkôach
Word page · Part of the concordance, one page for every word of the Hebrew and Greek text. Strong's H5228is this word's number in James Strong's 1890 index of the King James Bible.
- 3 of 39Old Testament books
- 4spellings
The definition in full
Strong's key (1890) · H5228
straightforward, i.e. (figuratively), equitable, correct, or (abstractly), integrity
The King James renders it: plain, right, uprightness.
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
nakoach is rendered "straightforward". It stands 4 times in the Hebrew text, across three books.
- Two of the uses stand in Proverbs, more than in any other book.
- Its first use in canonical order opens the ledger below.2 Samuel 15:3Absalom would say, “Look, your claims are good and right, but the king has no deputy to hear you.”
- The Greek text spells it four different ways.
The first use
Absalom would say, “Look, your claims are good and right, but the king has no deputy to hear you.”
2 Samuel 15:3וּנְכֹחִ֑ים
The first use, in the order of the Old Testament's books.
Where the word stands
What the word means
Each meaning, and the words it is translated by
How the Greek text is glossed, word by word
- right2
- and right1
- uprightness his1
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.
All 4, in canonical order
Every use, in order
Every use, grouped by book, with its verse.
4 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
- וּנְכֹחִ֑ים1
- נְכֹחֽוֹ׃1
- נְ֭כֹחִים1
- נְכֹחִֽים׃1
The grammar of each form
- adjective · masculine plural2HAampa
- adjective · masculine singular · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 3rd person masculine singular1HAamsc/Sp3ms
- conjunction (“and”) + adjective · masculine plural1HC/Aampa
2 Samuel
one use
Absalom would say, “Look, your claims are good and right, but the king has no deputy to hear you.”
- וּנְכֹחִ֑יםunekhochimconjunction (“and”) + adjective · masculine pluraltagged: and right
Proverbs
two uses
They are all plain to the discerning, and upright to those who find knowledge.
- נְ֭כֹחִיםnekhochimadjective · masculine pluraltagged: right
An honest answer given is like a kiss on the lips.
- נְכֹחִֽים׃nekhochimadjective · masculine pluraltagged: right
Isaiah
one use
Those who walk uprightly enter into peace; they find rest, lying down in death.
- נְכֹחֽוֹ׃nekhochoadjective · masculine singular · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 3rd person masculine singulartagged: uprightness his
Where it leads
How the numbers are counted
Every count on this page comes from STEP Bible's tagged Hebrew and Greek text, the same text the ledger prints. A use is counted once each time the tagging marks a word with this key.
Spellings are counted as the Greek text spells them, with the sentence's own punctuation taken off the word first, so a form that ends a clause is not counted as a second spelling.