# יָכַח (yakhach)

Israeli respelling: ya-khach. Hear on Google uses modern Hebrew.

Strong’s H3198. 55 Old Testament occurrences.

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

King James renderings: appoint, argue, chasten, convince, correct(-ion), daysman, dispute, judge, maintain, plead, reason (together), rebuke, reprove(-r), surely, in any wise.

Lexicon: Strong’s Hebrew, public domain. The derived file is shared under CC BY-SA 4.0.

Canonical: https://apologetics.wiki/bible/hebrew/yakhach-h3198

## Occurrences

- [Genesis 20:16](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/genesis/20/16) — And unto Sarah he said, Behold, I have given thy brother a thousand pieces of silver: behold, he is to thee a covering of the eyes, unto al…
- [Genesis 21:25](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/genesis/21/25) — And Abraham reproved Abimelech because of a well of water, which Abimelech’s servants had violently taken away.
- [Genesis 24:14](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/genesis/24/14) — 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…
- [Genesis 24:44](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/genesis/24/44) — 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…
- [Genesis 31:37](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/genesis/31/37) — 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,…
- [Genesis 31:42](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/genesis/31/42) — 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 hat…
- [Leviticus 19:17](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/leviticus/19/17) — 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](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/2-samuel/7/14) — 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 ch…
- [2 Kings 19:4](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/2-kings/19/4) — 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;…
- [1 Chronicles 12:17](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/1-chronicles/12/17) — 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…
- [1 Chronicles 16:21](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/1-chronicles/16/21) — He suffered no man to do them wrong: yea, he reproved kings for their sakes,
- [Job 5:17](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/job/5/17) — Behold, happy is the man whom God correcteth: therefore despise not thou the chastening of the Almighty:
- [Job 6:25](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/job/6/25) — How forcible are right words! but what doth your arguing reprove?
- [Job 6:26](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/job/6/26) — Do ye imagine to reprove words, and the speeches of one that is desperate, which are as wind?
- [Job 9:33](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/job/9/33) — Neither is there any daysman betwixt us, that might lay his hand upon us both.
- [Job 13:3](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/job/13/3) — Surely I would speak to the Almighty, and I desire to reason with God.
- [Job 13:10](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/job/13/10) — He will surely reprove you, if ye do secretly accept persons.
- [Job 13:15](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/job/13/15) — Though he slay me, yet will I trust in him: but I will maintain mine own ways before him.
- [Job 15:3](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/job/15/3) — Should he reason with unprofitable talk? or with speeches wherewith he can do no good?
- [Job 16:21](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/job/16/21) — O that one might plead for a man with God, as a man pleadeth for his neighbour!
- [Job 19:5](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/job/19/5) — If indeed ye will magnify yourselves against me, and plead against me my reproach:
- [Job 22:4](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/job/22/4) — Will he reprove thee for fear of thee? will he enter with thee into judgment?
- [Job 23:7](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/job/23/7) — There the righteous might dispute with him; so should I be delivered for ever from my judge.
- [Job 32:12](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/job/32/12) — Yea, I attended unto you, and, behold, there was none of you that convinced Job, or that answered his words:
- [Job 33:19](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/job/33/19) — He is chastened also with pain upon his bed, and the multitude of his bones with strong pain:
- [Job 40:2](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/job/40/2) — Shall he that contendeth with the Almighty instruct him? he that reproveth God, let him answer it.
- [Psalms 6:1](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/psalms/6/1) — O LORD, rebuke me not in thine anger, neither chasten me in thy hot displeasure.
- [Psalms 38:1](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/psalms/38/1) — O LORD, rebuke me not in thy wrath: neither chasten me in thy hot displeasure.
- [Psalms 50:8](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/psalms/50/8) — I will not reprove thee for thy sacrifices or thy burnt offerings, to have been continually before me.
- [Psalms 50:21](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/psalms/50/21) — 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…
- [Psalms 94:10](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/psalms/94/10) — He that chastiseth the heathen, shall not he correct? he that teacheth man knowledge, shall not he know?
- [Psalms 105:14](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/psalms/105/14) — He suffered no man to do them wrong: yea, he reproved kings for their sakes;
- [Psalms 141:5](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/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: fo…
- [Proverbs 3:12](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/proverbs/3/12) — For whom the LORD loveth he correcteth; even as a father the son in whom he delighteth.
- [Proverbs 9:7](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/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](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/proverbs/9/8) — Reprove not a scorner, lest he hate thee: rebuke a wise man, and he will love thee.
- [Proverbs 15:12](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/proverbs/15/12) — A scorner loveth not one that reproveth him: neither will he go unto the wise.
- [Proverbs 19:25](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/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](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/proverbs/24/25) — But to them that rebuke him shall be delight, and a good blessing shall come upon them.
- [Proverbs 25:12](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/proverbs/25/12) — As an earring of gold, and an ornament of fine gold, so is a wise reprover upon an obedient ear.
- [Proverbs 28:23](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/proverbs/28/23) — He that rebuketh a man afterwards shall find more favour than he that flattereth with the tongue.
- [Proverbs 30:6](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/proverbs/30/6) — Add thou not unto his words, lest he reprove thee, and thou be found a liar.
- [Isaiah 1:18](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/isaiah/1/18) — Come now, and let us reason together, saith the LORD: though your sins be as scarlet, they shall be as white as snow; though they be red li…
- [Isaiah 2:4](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/isaiah/2/4) — And he shall judge among the nations, and shall rebuke many people: and they shall beat their swords into plowshares, and their spears into…
- [Isaiah 11:3](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/isaiah/11/3) — And shall make him of quick understanding in the fear of the LORD: and he shall not judge after the sight of his eyes, neither reprove afte…
- [Isaiah 11:4](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/isaiah/11/4) — But with righteousness shall he judge the poor, and reprove with equity for the meek of the earth: and he shall smite the earth with the ro…
- [Isaiah 29:21](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/isaiah/29/21) — That make a man an offender for a word, and lay a snare for him that reproveth in the gate, and turn aside the just for a thing of nought.
- [Isaiah 37:4](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/isaiah/37/4) — It may be the LORD thy God will hear the words of Rabshakeh, whom the king of Assyria his master hath sent to reproach the living God, and…
- [Jeremiah 2:19](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/jeremiah/2/19) — Thine own wickedness shall correct thee, and thy backslidings shall reprove thee: know therefore and see that it is an evil thing and bitte…
- [Ezekiel 3:26](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/ezekiel/3/26) — And I will make thy tongue cleave to the roof of thy mouth, that thou shalt be dumb, and shalt not be to them a reprover: for they are a re…
- [Hosea 4:4](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/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](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/amos/5/10) — They hate him that rebuketh in the gate, and they abhor him that speaketh uprightly.
- [Micah 4:3](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/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 spear…
- [Micah 6:2](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/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…
- [Habakkuk 1:12](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/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…