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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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  • Hosea 4:4
    Yet let no man strive, nor reprove another: for thy people are as they that strive with the priest.
  • Amos 5:10
    They hate him that rebuketh in the gate, and they abhor him that speaketh uprightly.
  • Micah 4:3
    And he shall judge among many people, and rebuke strong nations afar off; and they shall beat their swords into plowshares, and their spears into pruninghooks: nation shall not lift up a sword against nation, neither shall they learn war any more.
  • Micah 6:2
    Hear ye, O mountains, the LORD'S controversy, and ye strong foundations of the earth: for the LORD hath a controversy with his people, and he will plead with Israel.
  • Habakkuk 1:12
    Art thou not from everlasting, O LORD my God, mine Holy One? we shall not die. O LORD, thou hast ordained them for judgment; and, O mighty God, thou hast established them for correction.