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Strong's numbers

יָכַח (H3198)

yâkach

yaw-kahh'

a primitive root; to be right (i.e. correct); reciprocal, to argue; causatively, to decide, justify or convict; appoint, argue, chasten, convince, correct(-ion), daysman, dispute, judge, maintain, plead, reason (together), rebuke, reprove(-r), surely, in any wise.

Brown–Driver–Briggs

[יָכַח] vb. Hiph. decide, adjudge, prove
Hiph.
1 decide, judge
2 adjudge, appoint
3 shew to be right, prove
4 convince, convict
5 reprove, chide
6 correct, rebuke
Hoph. he is chastened also with pain
Niph. come now and let us reason together; there an upright man might reason with him; and thou art set right, righted, justified
Hithp. with Israel he will argue

From Brown, Driver, and Briggs, A Hebrew and English Lexicon of the Old Testament (1906), in the public domain.

55 occurrences

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  • Psalms 94:10
    He that chastiseth the heathen, shall not he correct? he that teacheth man knowledge, shall not he know?
  • Psalms 105:14
    He suffered no man to do them wrong: yea, he reproved kings for their sakes;
  • Psalms 141:5
    Let the righteous smite me; it shall be a kindness: and let him reprove me; it shall be an excellent oil, which shall not break my head: for yet my prayer also shall be in their calamities.
  • Proverbs 3:12
    For whom the LORD loveth he correcteth; even as a father the son in whom he delighteth.
  • Proverbs 9:7
    He that reproveth a scorner getteth to himself shame: and he that rebuketh a wicked man getteth himself a blot.
  • Proverbs 9:8
    Reprove not a scorner, lest he hate thee: rebuke a wise man, and he will love thee.
  • Proverbs 15:12
    A scorner loveth not one that reproveth him: neither will he go unto the wise.
  • Proverbs 19:25
    Smite a scorner, and the simple will beware: and reprove one that hath understanding, and he will understand knowledge.
  • Proverbs 24:25
    But to them that rebuke him shall be delight, and a good blessing shall come upon them.
  • Proverbs 25:12
    As an earring of gold, and an ornament of fine gold, so is a wise reprover upon an obedient ear.