Definition
a primitive root; to be right (i.e. correct); reciprocal, to argue; causatively, to decide, justify or convict
Traditional renderings: appoint, argue, chasten, convince, correct(-ion), daysman, dispute, judge, maintain, plead, reason (together), rebuke, reprove(-r), surely, in any wise.
Traditional renderings: appoint, argue, chasten, convince, correct(-ion), daysman, dispute, judge, maintain, plead, reason (together), rebuke, reprove(-r), surely, in any wise.
In the Greek Old Testament
How the ancient Greek translation of the Old Testament renders יָכַח:
Usage patterns
Occurrences
59 total
- Isaiah 29:21וְלַמּוֹכִ֥יחַ · the mediator…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 37:4וְהוֹכִ֙יחַ֙ · and He will rebuke himPerhaps 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 2:19תּוֹכִחֻ֔ךְ · will reprimand youYour 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 3:26מוֹכִ֑יחַ · to rebuke themI 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.
- Hosea 4:4יוֹכַ֣ח · offer reproofBut let no man contend; let no man offer reproof; for your people are like those who contend with a priest.
- Amos 5:10מוֹכִ֑יחַ · the one who reprovesThere are those who hate the one who reproves in the gate and despise him who speaks with integrity.
- Micah 4:3וְהוֹכִ֛יחַ · and arbitrateThen 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.
- Micah 6:2יִתְוַכָּֽח׃ · and He will argueHear, 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:
- Habakkuk 1:12לְהוֹכִ֥יחַ · for correctionAre 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.