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יָכַח H3198

H3198 is the Hebrew word יָכַח, transliterated yâkach and said yaw-kahh'. The King James Version most often renders it reprove.

Word: יָכַחTransliteration: yâkachSaid: yaw-kahh'Language: HebrewIn the KJV: 53 verses

What it means

to be right (i.e. correct); reciprocal, to argue; causatively, to decide, justify or convict.

Where it comes from

a primitive root.

How the King James Version translates it

Across 34 tagged occurrences, counted from this edition's word index.

reprove 11×rebuke 7×rebuketh 3×yea he reproved 2×correcteth 2×reproveth 2×reprover 2×reproved 1×hast appointed 1×appointed out 1×judge 1×rebuked 1×

Strong's own list of renderings: appoint, argue, chasten, convince, correct(-ion), daysman, dispute, judge, maintain, plead, reason (together), rebuke, reprove(-r), surely, in any wise.

Verses using יָכַח

The first 40 of 53 verses, quoted in full.

Genesis 21:25 · KJV

And Abraham reproved Abimelech because of a well of water, which Abimelech’s servants had violently taken away.

Genesis 24:14 · KJV

And let it come to pass, that the damsel to whom I shall say, Let down thy pitcher, I pray thee, that I may drink; and she shall say, Drink, and I will give thy camels drink also: let the same be she that thou hast appointed for thy servant Isaac; and thereby shall I know that thou hast shewed kindness unto my master.

Genesis 24:44 · KJV

And she say to me, Both drink thou, and I will also draw for thy camels: let the same be the woman whom the LORD hath appointed out for my master’s son.

Genesis 31:37 · KJV

Whereas thou hast searched all my stuff, what hast thou found of all thy household stuff? set it here before my brethren and thy brethren, that they may judge betwixt us both.

Genesis 31:42 · KJV

Except the God of my father, the God of Abraham, and the fear of Isaac, had been with me, surely thou hadst sent me away now empty. God hath seen mine affliction and the labour of my hands, and rebuked thee yesternight.

Leviticus 19:17 · KJV

Thou shalt not hate thy brother in thine heart: thou shalt in any wise rebuke thy neighbour, and not suffer sin upon him.

2 Samuel 7:14 · KJV

I will be his father, and he shall be my son. If he commit iniquity, I will chasten him with the rod of men, and with the stripes of the children of men:

2 Kings 19:4 · KJV

It may be the LORD thy God will hear all the words of Rabshakeh, whom the king of Assyria his master hath sent to reproach the living God; and will reprove the words which the LORD thy God hath heard: wherefore lift up thy prayer for the remnant that are left.

1 Chronicles 12:17 · KJV

And David went out to meet them, and answered and said unto them, If ye be come peaceably unto me to help me, mine heart shall be knit unto you: but if ye be come to betray me to mine enemies, seeing there is no wrong in mine hands, the God of our fathers look thereon, and rebuke it.

1 Chronicles 16:21 · KJV

He suffered no man to do them wrong: yea, he reproved kings for their sakes,

Job 5:17 · KJV

Behold, happy is the man whom God correcteth: therefore despise not thou the chastening of the Almighty:

Job 6:25 · KJV

How forcible are right words! but what doth your arguing reprove?

Job 6:26 · KJV

Do ye imagine to reprove words, and the speeches of one that is desperate, which are as wind?

Job 9:33 · KJV

Neither is there any daysman betwixt us, that might lay his hand upon us both.

Job 13:3 · KJV

Surely I would speak to the Almighty, and I desire to reason with God.

Job 13:10 · KJV

He will surely reprove you, if ye do secretly accept persons.

Job 13:15 · KJV

Though he slay me, yet will I trust in him: but I will maintain mine own ways before him.

Job 15:3 · KJV

Should he reason with unprofitable talk? or with speeches wherewith he can do no good?

Job 16:21 · KJV

O that one might plead for a man with God, as a man pleadeth for his neighbour!

Job 19:5 · KJV

If indeed ye will magnify yourselves against me, and plead against me my reproach:

Job 22:4 · KJV

Will he reprove thee for fear of thee? will he enter with thee into judgment?

Job 23:7 · KJV

There the righteous might dispute with him; so should I be delivered for ever from my judge.

Job 32:12 · KJV

Yea, I attended unto you, and, behold, there was none of you that convinced Job, or that answered his words:

Job 33:19 · KJV

He is chastened also with pain upon his bed, and the multitude of his bones with strong pain:

Job 40:2 · KJV

Shall he that contendeth with the Almighty instruct him? he that reproveth God, let him answer it.

Psalm 6:1 · KJV

O LORD, rebuke me not in thine anger, neither chasten me in thy hot displeasure.

Psalm 38:1 · KJV

O LORD, rebuke me not in thy wrath: neither chasten me in thy hot displeasure.

Psalm 50:8 · KJV

I will not reprove thee for thy sacrifices or thy burnt offerings, to have been continually before me.

Psalm 50:21 · KJV

These things hast thou done, and I kept silence; thou thoughtest that I was altogether such an one as thyself: but I will reprove thee, and set them in order before thine eyes.

Psalm 94:10 · KJV

He that chastiseth the heathen, shall not he correct? he that teacheth man knowledge, shall not he know?

Psalm 105:14 · KJV

He suffered no man to do them wrong: yea, he reproved kings for their sakes;

Psalm 141:5 · KJV

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 · KJV

For whom the LORD loveth he correcteth; even as a father the son in whom he delighteth.

Proverbs 9:7 · KJV

He that reproveth a scorner getteth to himself shame: and he that rebuketh a wicked man getteth himself a blot.

Proverbs 9:8 · KJV

Reprove not a scorner, lest he hate thee: rebuke a wise man, and he will love thee.

Proverbs 15:12 · KJV

A scorner loveth not one that reproveth him: neither will he go unto the wise.

Proverbs 19:25 · KJV

Smite a scorner, and the simple will beware: and reprove one that hath understanding, and he will understand knowledge.

Proverbs 24:25 · KJV

But to them that rebuke him shall be delight, and a good blessing shall come upon them.

Proverbs 25:12 · KJV

As an earring of gold, and an ornament of fine gold, so is a wise reprover upon an obedient ear.

Proverbs 28:23 · KJV

He that rebuketh a man afterwards shall find more favour than he that flattereth with the tongue.

Common questions

What does Strong's H3198 mean?

H3198 is the Hebrew word יָכַח (yâkach), meaning to be right (i.e. correct); reciprocal, to argue; causatively, to decide, justify or convict.

How is H3198 translated in the King James Version?

The King James translators rendered it reprove (11 times), rebuke (7 times), rebuketh (3 times), yea he reproved (2 times), correcteth (2 times), among others.

How many times does H3198 appear in the Bible?

יָכַח (yâkach) is tagged in 53 verses of the King James Version in this edition's word index.

Where does H3198 come from?

Strong's gives its derivation as: a primitive root.

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