Strong's Definition
a primitive root; to be right (i.e. correct); reciprocal, to argue; causatively, to decide, justify or convict
KJV Usage: appoint, argue, chasten, convince, correct(-ion), daysman, dispute, judge, maintain, plead, reason (together), rebuke, reprove(-r), surely, in any wise
STEPBible — Tyndale Abridged Hebrew Lexicon
יָכַח (ya.khach) — to rebuke. 1) to prove, decide, judge, rebuke, reprove, correct, be right 1a) (Hiphil) 1a1) to decide, judge 1a2) to adjudge, appoint 1a3) to show to be right, prove 1a4) to convince, convict 1a5) to reprove, chide 1a6) to correct, rebuke 1b) (Hophal) to be chastened 1c) (Niphal) to reason, reason together 1d) (Hithp) to argue
UBS Dictionary of Biblical Hebrew
verb · תֹּוכֵחָה · תֹּוכַחַת
Judge | verb hif | ≈ שׁית יָד
to settle disputes, arbiter = action by which someone with judicial authority settles a dispute between two parties
GEN 31:37 · JOB 9:33 · JOB 16:21 · ISA 2:4 · ISA 11:3 · ISA 11:4 · ISA 29:21 · AMO 5:10 · MIC 4:3
Chastise | verb hif, verb hof | ≈ הלם · יסר · מוּסָר · נכה
to correct, to punish literally: to judge; hence: = action by which humans or deities inflict a penalty on others as retribution for what they have done
2SA 7:14 · 2KI 19:4 · 1CH 12:18 · 1CH 16:21 · JOB 5:17 · JOB 13:10 · JOB 13:10 · JOB 33:19 · PSA 6:2 · PSA 38:2 · PSA 94:10 · PSA 141:5 · PRO 3:12 · PRO 9:7 · PRO 9:8 · PRO 9:8 · PRO 15:12 · PRO 19:25 · PRO 24:25 · ISA 37:4 · JER 2:19 · HAB 1:12
Innocent | verb nif
to be vindicated literally: to be judged; hence: = process by which humans are declared innocent by someone with judicial authority
Rebuke | verb hif, verb hit | ≈ בוא בַּמִּשְׁפָּט · דבר · ענה · ערך לְעֵינַיִם · ריב
to rebuke, to refute, to argue, to warn = action by which humans or deities express their disapproval of something with words
GEN 21:25 · GEN 31:42 · LEV 19:17 · LEV 19:17 · JOB 6:25 · JOB 6:25 · JOB 6:26 · JOB 13:3 · JOB 13:15 · JOB 15:3 · JOB 19:5 · JOB 22:4 · JOB 32:12 · JOB 40:2 · PSA 50:8 · PSA 50:21 · PSA 105:14 · PRO 25:12 · PRO 28:23 · PRO 30:6 · EZK 3:26 · HOS 4:4 · MIC 6:2
Reconcile | verb nif
to reason together = action by which someone with judicial authority settles a dispute with the accused
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Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew Lexicon
[יָכַח] vb. Hiph. decide, adjudge, prove Hiph. decide, judge
adjudge, appoint
shew to be right, prove
convince, convict
reprove, chide
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
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