Strong's Definition
chastisement; figuratively (by words) correction, refutation, proof (even in defence)
Derivation: and תּוֹכַחַת; from H3198 (יָכַח);
KJV Usage: argument, [idiom] chastened, correction, reasoning, rebuke, reproof, [idiom] be (often) reproved.
TWOT Reference: 865a,b
Outline of Biblical Usage
Septuagint (LXX) Greek Equivalents
This Hebrew word is translated by the following Greek words in the Septuagint:
STEPBible — Tyndale Abridged Hebrew Lexicon
תּוֹכֵחָה (to.khe.chah) — rebuke. rebuke, correction, punishment, chastisement
תּוֹכַ֫חַת (to.kha.chat) — argument. 1) argument, reproof 1a) argument, impeachment 1b) reproof, chiding 1c) correction, rebuke
UBS Dictionary of Biblical Hebrew
noun f · יכח
noun f · יכח
Speak | ≈ מוּסַר · עֵצָה
arguments, reproof, punishment = action by which someone speaks in order to defend oneself or to accuse someone else; sometimes accompanied by actions
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Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew Lexicon
תּוֹכֵחָה n.f. rebuke, correction base
תּוֹכַ֫חַת n.f. argument, reproof argument, impeachment, spoken by lips and mouth
reproof, chiding
correction, rebuke
base