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Hebrew noun (feminine) · H8433

תּוֹכֵחָה

tokechahto-kay-khaw'

rebuke; argument

28 uses in the Hebrew text, one for each word STEP Bible has tagged with this key

Concordance spelling: tôwkêchâh

Word page · Part of the concordance, one page for every word of the Hebrew and Greek text. Strong's H8433is this word's number in James Strong's 1890 index of the King James Bible.

  • 8 of 39
    Old Testament books
  • 20
    spellings
  • 2
    meanings

The definition in full

Strong's key (1890) · H8433

chastisement; figuratively (by words) correction, refutation, proof (even in defence)

The King James renders it: argument, [idiom] chastened, correction, reasoning, rebuke, reproof, [idiom] be (often) reproved.

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

tokechah is rendered "rebuke; argument". It stands 28 times in the Hebrew text, across eight books.

  • Sixteen of the uses stand in Proverbs, more than in any other book.
  • The lexicon lists two meanings for it, beginning with "rebuke".
  • Its first use in canonical order opens the ledger below.2 Kings 19:3to tell him, “This is what Hezekiah says: Today is a day of distress, rebuke, and disgrace; for children have come to the point of birth, but there is no strength to deliver them.
  • The Greek text spells it twenty different ways.

The first use

to tell him, “This is what Hezekiah says: Today is a day of distress, rebuke, and disgrace; for children have come to the point of birth, but there is no strength to deliver them.

2 Kings 19:3וְתוֹכֵחָ֛ה

The first use, in the order of the Old Testament's books.

Where the word stands

Sixteen of the word's twenty-eight uses are in Proverbs.

The other 31 Old Testament books never use the word.

What the word means

The word carries two meanings: rebuke, and argument.

Each meaning, and the words it is translated by

The English STEP Bible gives each use, word by word, and how many times.
rebukeStrong's entry ATagged aslisted under the tableWhere2 Kings 19:3to tell him, “This is what Hezekiah says: Today is a day of distress, rebuke, and disgrace…
argumentStrong's entry BTagged aslisted under the tableWherein the ledger below

How the Greek text is glossed, word by word

  • and rebuke4
  • correction4
  • rebuke4
  • and rebuke my2
  • arguments2
  • and with rebukes of1
  • argument my1
  • complaint my1
  • in rebuke his1
  • of correction of1
  • punishments1
  • rebuke my1

and 5 more, 28 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.

תּוֹרָהtorahinstructionUses219
תּוֹעֵבַהtoebahabominationUses117
תּוֹלָעtolawormUses43
תּוֹלְדָהtoledahgenerationUses39
תּוֹדָהtodahthanksgivingUses31
תּוֹצָאָהtotsaahoutgoingUses23
תּוֹרtorturtledoveUses14
תּוֹשָׁבtoshabsojournerUses14
תּוֹרtorbullockUses7
תּוֹחֶלֶתtochelethhopeUses6
תּוֹרtorplaitUses4
תּוֹעָפָהtoaphahpeakUses4

and 6 more on the stem.

The words it stands beside

All 28, in canonical order

Every use, in order

Every use, grouped by book, with its verse.

20 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

  • תּוֹכַ֣חַת5
  • וְתוֹכֵחָ֛ה2
  • וְ֝תוֹכַחְתִּ֗י2
  • תוֹכַ֣חַת2
  • תּוֹכַחְתִּֽי׃2
  • בְּתוֹכְח֖וֹת1
  • בְּֽתוֹכָ֘ח֤וֹת1
  • בְּתוֹכַחְתּֽוֹ׃1
  • וּבְתֹכְח֣וֹת1
  • וְ֝תוֹכַ֗חַת1
  • וְ֭תוֹכַחַת1
  • לְֽת֫וֹכַחְתִּ֥י1

and 8 more spellings in the ledger below.

The grammar of each form

  • noun · feminine singular8HNcfsa
  • conjunction (“and”) + noun · feminine singular4HC/Ncfsa
  • noun · feminine plural4HNcfpa
  • noun · feminine singular · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 1st person masculine or feminine singular3HNcfsc/Sp1bs
  • conjunction (“and”) + noun · feminine singular · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 1st person masculine or feminine singular2HC/Ncfsc/Sp1bs
  • conjunction (“and”) + preposition + noun · feminine plural · in construct (“…of”)1HC/R/Ncfpc
  • noun · feminine plural · in construct (“…of”)1HNcfpc
  • noun · feminine singular · in construct (“…of”)1HNcfsc
  • preposition + noun · feminine plural1HR/Ncfpa
  • preposition + noun · feminine plural · in construct (“…of”)1HR/Ncfpc
  • preposition + noun · feminine singular · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 1st person masculine or feminine singular1HR/Ncfsc/Sp1bs
  • preposition + noun · feminine singular · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 3rd person masculine singular1HR/Ncfsc/Sp3ms

2 Kings

one use
  • to tell him, “This is what Hezekiah says: Today is a day of distress, rebuke, and disgrace; for children have come to the point of birth, but there is no strength to deliver them.

    2 Kings 19:3

    • וְתוֹכֵחָ֛הvetokhechahconjunction (“and”) + noun · feminine singulartagged: and rebuke

Job

two uses
  • Hear now my argument, and listen to the plea of my lips.

    Job 13:6

    • תוֹכַחְתִּ֑יtokhachtinoun · feminine singular · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 1st person masculine or feminine singulartagged: argument my
  • I would plead my case before Him and fill my mouth with arguments.

    Job 23:4

    • תוֹכָחֽוֹת׃tokhachotnoun · feminine pluraltagged: arguments

Psalms

four uses
  • I am like a man who cannot hear, whose mouth offers no reply.

    Psalms 38:14

    • תּוֹכָחֽוֹת׃tokhachotnoun · feminine pluraltagged: arguments
  • You discipline and correct a man for his iniquity, consuming like a moth what he holds dear; surely each man is but a vapor. Selah

    Psalms 39:11

    • בְּֽתוֹכָ֘ח֤וֹתbetokhachotpreposition + noun · feminine pluraltagged: with rebukes
  • For I am afflicted all day long and punished every morning.

    Psalms 73:14

    • וְ֝תוֹכַחְתִּ֗יvetokhachticonjunction (“and”) + noun · feminine singular · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 1st person masculine or feminine singulartagged: and rebuke my
  • to inflict vengeance on the nations and punishment on the peoples,

    Psalms 149:7

    • תּֽ֝וֹכֵחֹ֗תtokhechotnoun · feminine pluraltagged: punishments

Proverbs

sixteen uses
  • If you had repented at my rebuke, then surely I would have poured out my spirit on you; I would have made my words known to you.

    Proverbs 1:23

    • לְֽת֫וֹכַחְתִּ֥יletokhachtipreposition + noun · feminine singular · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 1st person masculine or feminine singulartagged: to rebuke my
  • because you neglected all my counsel, and wanted none of my correction,

    Proverbs 1:25

    • וְ֝תוֹכַחְתִּ֗יvetokhachticonjunction (“and”) + noun · feminine singular · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 1st person masculine or feminine singulartagged: and rebuke my
  • They accepted none of my counsel; they despised all my reproof.

    Proverbs 1:30

    • תּוֹכַחְתִּֽי׃tokhachtinoun · feminine singular · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 1st person masculine or feminine singulartagged: rebuke my
  • My son, do not reject the discipline of the LORD, and do not loathe His rebuke;

    Proverbs 3:11

    • בְּתוֹכַחְתּֽוֹ׃betokhachtopreposition + noun · feminine singular · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 3rd person masculine singulartagged: in rebuke his
  • and you will say, “How I hated discipline, and my heart despised reproof!

    Proverbs 5:12

    • וְ֝תוֹכַ֗חַתvetokhachatconjunction (“and”) + noun · feminine singulartagged: and rebuke
  • For this commandment is a lamp, this teaching is a light, and the reproofs of discipline are the way to life,

    Proverbs 6:23

    • תּוֹכְח֥וֹתtokhchotnoun · feminine plural · in construct (“…of”)tagged: rebukes of
  • Whoever heeds instruction is on the path to life, but he who ignores reproof goes astray.

    Proverbs 10:17

    • תּוֹכַ֣חַתtokhachatnoun · feminine singulartagged: rebuke
  • Whoever loves discipline loves knowledge, but he who hates correction is stupid.

    Proverbs 12:1

    • תוֹכַ֣חַתtokhachatnoun · feminine singulartagged: rebuke
  • Poverty and shame come to him who ignores discipline, but whoever heeds correction is honored.

    Proverbs 13:18

    • תּוֹכַ֣חַתtokhachatnoun · feminine singulartagged: correction
  • A fool rejects his father’s discipline, but whoever heeds correction is prudent.

    Proverbs 15:5

    • תּוֹכַ֣חַתtokhachatnoun · feminine singulartagged: correction
  • Discipline is harsh for him who leaves the path; he who hates correction will die.

    Proverbs 15:10

    • תוֹכַ֣חַתtokhachatnoun · feminine singulartagged: correction
  • He who listens to life-giving reproof will dwell among the wise.

    Proverbs 15:31

    • תּוֹכַ֣חַתtokhachatnoun · feminine singular · in construct (“…of”)tagged: of correction of
  • He who ignores discipline despises himself, but whoever heeds correction gains understanding.

    Proverbs 15:32

    • תּ֝וֹכַ֗חַתtokhachatnoun · feminine singulartagged: correction
  • Better an open rebuke than love that is concealed.

    Proverbs 27:5

    • תּוֹכַ֣חַתtokhachatnoun · feminine singulartagged: rebuke
  • A man who remains stiff-necked after much reproof will suddenly be shattered beyond recovery.

    Proverbs 29:1

    • תּ֭וֹכָחוֹתtokhachotnoun · feminine pluraltagged: rebukes
  • A rod of correction imparts wisdom, but a child left to himself disgraces his mother.

    Proverbs 29:15

    • וְ֭תוֹכַחַתvetokhachatconjunction (“and”) + noun · feminine singulartagged: and rebuke

Isaiah

one use
  • to tell him, “This is what Hezekiah says: Today is a day of distress, rebuke, and disgrace; for children have come to the point of birth, but there is no strength to deliver them.

    Isaiah 37:3

    • וְתוֹכֵחָ֛הvetokhechahconjunction (“and”) + noun · feminine singulartagged: and rebuke

Ezekiel

two uses
  • So you will be a reproach and a taunt, a warning and a horror to the nations around you, when I execute judgments against you in anger, wrath, and raging fury. I, the LORD, have spoken.

    Ezekiel 5:15

    • וּבְתֹכְח֣וֹתuvetokhechotconjunction (“and”) + preposition + noun · feminine plural · in construct (“…of”)tagged: and with rebukes of
  • I will execute great vengeance against them with furious reproof. Then they will know that I am the LORD, when I lay My vengeance upon them.’”

    Ezekiel 25:17

    • בְּתוֹכְח֖וֹתbetokhchotpreposition + noun · feminine plural · in construct (“…of”)tagged: with rebukes of

Hosea

one use
  • Ephraim will be laid waste on the day of rebuke. Among the tribes of Israel I proclaim what is certain.

    Hosea 5:9

    • תּֽוֹכֵחָ֑הtokhechahnoun · feminine singulartagged: rebuke

Habakkuk

one use
  • I will stand at my guard post and station myself on the ramparts. I will watch to see what He will say to me, and how I should answer when corrected.

    Habakkuk 2:1

    • תּוֹכַחְתִּֽי׃tokhachtinoun · feminine singular · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 1st person masculine or feminine singulartagged: complaint my

The letters

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.

The words it stands beside are the nouns, verbs and adjectives immediately before or after it, counted in every verse where the word stands. The article, the conjunctions and the prepositions are left out, because they stand beside every word.

The family is read from the lexicon by the stem the two words share, with the accents off, and a person or a place named on the stem is left out.

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Meaning and senses: STEP Bible TBESH gloss (Tyndale House, CC BY 4.0).

Dictionary key: Strong's Exhaustive Concordance of the Bible (1890, public domain). English verse text: Berean Standard Bible (public domain, 2023).

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