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יָכַח
yâkach · Hebrew · Strong's H3198 · 59 occurrences
The KJV renders 23 different Hebrew and Greek words as “appoint”
What it means
to be right (i.e. correct); reciprocal, to argue; causatively, to decide, justify or convict
a primitive root;
How the KJV renders it
appoint, argue, chasten, convince, correct, daysman, dispute, judge, maintain, plead, reason, rebuke, reprove, surely, in any wise
Where that flattens a distinction
The same English word is also used for these other originals, so the distinction between them disappears in translation.
“appoint”
also renders hístēmi (G2476), poiéō (G4160), títhēmi (G5087), syntássō (G4929), diatíthemai (G1303), diatássō (G1299), anadeíknymi (G322), kathístēmi (G2525), tássō (G5021), bâchar (H977), dâbar (H1696), zâman (H2163), yâdaʻ (H3045), yâçad (H3245), nâqab (H5344), nâthan (H5414), ʻâsâh (H6213), pâqad (H6485), tsâvâh (H6680), qûwm (H6966), qârâh (H7136), shîyth (H7896)
“judge”
“reason”
“rebuke”
also renders élenxis (G1649), elénchō (G1651), epiplḗssō (G1969), epitimáō (G2008), gâʻar (H1605), gᵉʻârâh (H1606), cherpâh (H2781), mûwçâr (H4148), rîyb (H7378), tôwkêchâh (H8433)
“surely”
“dispute”
also renders dialogízomai (G1260), dialégomai (G1256), dialogismós (G1261), syzētéō (G4802)
“reprove”
also renders elénchō (G1651), gâʻar (H1605), yâçar (H3256)
“chasten”
also renders paideúō (G3811), yâçar (H3256)
“convince”
also renders elénchō (G1651), diakatelénchomai (G1246)
“correct”
also renders yâçar (H3256)
“plead”
also renders rîyb (H7378)
Answers that weigh this word
Where it appears
59 occurrences in the Hebrew text, first 55 verses shown.
1 Chronicles 12:17 · HC/Vhi3ms
David went out to meet them, and answered them, “If you have come peaceably to me to help me, my heart will be united with you; but if you have come to betray me to my adversaries, since there is no wrong in my hands, may the God of our fathers see this and rebuke it.”
1 Chronicles 16:21 · HC/Vhw3ms
He allowed no man to do them wrong. Yes, he reproved kings for their sakes,
2 Kings 19:4 · HC/Vhq3ms
It may be Yahweh your God will hear all the words of Rabshakeh, whom the king of Assyria his master has sent to defy the living God, and will rebuke the words which Yahweh your God has heard. Therefore lift up your prayer for the remnant that is left.’”
2 Samuel 7:14 · HC/Vhq1cs/Sp3ms
I will be his father, and he will be my son. If he commits iniquity, I will chasten him with the rod of men and with the stripes of the children of men;
Amos 5:10 · HVhrmsa
They hate him who reproves in the gate, and they abhor him who speaks blamelessly.
Ezekiel 3:26 · HVhrmsa
I will make your tongue stick to the roof of your mouth so that you will be mute and will not be able to correct them, for they are a rebellious house.
Genesis 20:16 HC/VNrfsaGenesis 21:25 HC/Vhp3msGenesis 24:14 HVhp2msGenesis 24:44 HVhp3msGenesis 31:37 HC/Vhj3mpGenesis 31:42 HC/Vhw3msHabakkuk 1:12 HR/VhcHosea 4:4 HVhj3msIsaiah 1:18 HC/VNh1cpIsaiah 2:4 HC/Vhq3msIsaiah 11:3 HVhi3msIsaiah 11:4 HC/Vhq3msIsaiah 29:21 HC/Rd/VhrmsaIsaiah 37:4 HC/Vhq3msJeremiah 2:19 HVhi3fp/Sp2fsJob 5:17 HVhi3ms/Sp3msJob 6:25 HVhaJob 6:26 HTi/R/VhcJob 9:33 HVhrmsaJob 13:3 HC/VhaJob 13:10 HVhaJob 13:15 HVhi1csJob 15:3 HVhaJob 16:21 HC/Vhi3msJob 19:5 HC/Vhi2mpJob 22:4 HVhi3ms/Sp2msJob 23:7 HVNrmsaJob 32:12 HVhrmsaJob 33:19 HC/VHq3msJob 40:2 HVhrmsaLeviticus 19:17 HVhaMicah 4:3 HC/Vhq3msMicah 6:2 HVti3msProverbs 3:12 HVhi3msProverbs 9:7 HC/VhrmsaProverbs 9:8 HVhj2msProverbs 15:12 HVhaProverbs 19:25 HC/VhcProverbs 24:25 HC/Rd/VhrmpaProverbs 25:12 HVhrmsaProverbs 28:23 HVhrmsaProverbs 30:6 HVhi3msPsalm 6:1 HVhi2ms/Sp1csPsalm 38:1 HVhi2ms/Sp1csPsalm 50:8 HVhi1cs/Sp2msPsalm 50:21 HVhi1cs/Sp2msPsalm 94:10 HVhi3msPsalm 105:14 HC/Vhw3msPsalm 141:5 HC/Vhi3ms/Sp1cs
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