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 39Old Testament books
- 20spellings
- 2meanings
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
What the word means
The word carries two meanings: rebuke, and argument.
Each meaning, and the words it is translated by
| Meaning | Tagged as | Where |
|---|---|---|
| rebukeStrong's entry A | Tagged aslisted under the table | Where2 Kings 19:3to tell him, “This is what Hezekiah says: Today is a day of distress, rebuke, and disgrace… |
| argumentStrong's entry B | Tagged aslisted under the table | Wherein 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.
| Word | Written | Meaning | Uses |
|---|---|---|---|
| תּוֹרָה | torah | instruction | Uses219 |
| תּוֹעֵבַה | toebah | abomination | Uses117 |
| תּוֹלָע | tola | worm | Uses43 |
| תּוֹלְדָה | toledah | generation | Uses39 |
| תּוֹדָה | todah | thanksgiving | Uses31 |
| תּוֹצָאָה | totsaah | outgoing | Uses23 |
| תּוֹר | tor | turtledove | Uses14 |
| תּוֹשָׁב | toshab | sojourner | Uses14 |
| תּוֹר | tor | bullock | Uses7 |
| תּוֹחֶלֶת | tocheleth | hope | Uses6 |
| תּוֹר | tor | plait | Uses4 |
| תּוֹעָפָה | toaphah | peak | Uses4 |
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.
- וְתוֹכֵחָ֛הvetokhechahconjunction (“and”) + noun · feminine singulartagged: and rebuke
Job
two uses
Hear now my argument, and listen to the plea of my lips.
- 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.
- תוֹכָחֽוֹת׃tokhachotnoun · feminine pluraltagged: arguments
Psalms
four uses
I am like a man who cannot hear, whose mouth offers no reply.
- 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
- בְּֽתוֹכָ֘ח֤וֹתbetokhachotpreposition + noun · feminine pluraltagged: with rebukes
For I am afflicted all day long and punished every morning.
- 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,
- 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.
- 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,
- 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.
- 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;
- 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!
- 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,
- 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.
- תּוֹכַ֣חַתtokhachatnoun · feminine singulartagged: rebuke
Whoever loves discipline loves knowledge, but he who hates correction is stupid.
- תוֹכַ֣חַתtokhachatnoun · feminine singulartagged: rebuke
Poverty and shame come to him who ignores discipline, but whoever heeds correction is honored.
- תּוֹכַ֣חַתtokhachatnoun · feminine singulartagged: correction
A fool rejects his father’s discipline, but whoever heeds correction is prudent.
- תּוֹכַ֣חַתtokhachatnoun · feminine singulartagged: correction
Discipline is harsh for him who leaves the path; he who hates correction will die.
- תוֹכַ֣חַתtokhachatnoun · feminine singulartagged: correction
He who listens to life-giving reproof will dwell among the wise.
- תּוֹכַ֣חַתtokhachatnoun · feminine singular · in construct (“…of”)tagged: of correction of
He who ignores discipline despises himself, but whoever heeds correction gains understanding.
- תּ֝וֹכַ֗חַתtokhachatnoun · feminine singulartagged: correction
Better an open rebuke than love that is concealed.
- תּוֹכַ֣חַתtokhachatnoun · feminine singulartagged: rebuke
A man who remains stiff-necked after much reproof will suddenly be shattered beyond recovery.
- תּ֭וֹכָחוֹתtokhachotnoun · feminine pluraltagged: rebukes
A rod of correction imparts wisdom, but a child left to himself disgraces his mother.
- 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.
- 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.
- 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.’”
- 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.
- 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.
- תּוֹכַחְתִּֽי׃tokhachtinoun · feminine singular · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 1st person masculine or feminine singulartagged: complaint my
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.
