Yakach means “argue” — full meaning, definition, and every linked Bible usage across the indexed canon.
Same number, other testament: Strong's G3198 — melchisedek (“Melchisedec”) in the Greek Bible.
Strong's H3198 יָכַח (yakach) is a Hebrew Strong's word-study entry. yakach (yaw-kahh') v. 1. to be right (i.e. correct) 2. reciprocal, to argue It has 55 linked Bible usages across 15 books. Visible English usage signals include chasten, appointed, correcteth, correct, and are. Indexed coverage on this page includes Old Testament.
yakach (yaw-kahh') v. 1. to be right (i.e. correct) 2. reciprocal, to argue 3. causatively, to decide, justify or convict [a primitive root] KJV: appoint, argue, chasten, convince, correct(-ion), daysman, dispute, judge, maintain, plead, reason (together), rebuke, reprove(-r), surely, in any wise.
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to rebuke
Usage: 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
The English word each shown verse actually uses to render yakach, taken from the interlinear word alignment (the same word underlined in the excerpts below). Where a rendering is used more than once, the count is shown.
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55 indexed usages in Old Testament.
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 all that are with thee, and with all other: thus she was reproved.
And Abraham reproved Abimelech because of a well of water, which Abimelech's servants had violently taken away.
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.
First 55 linked usage excerpts for Strong's H3198.
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 all that are with thee, and with all other: thus she was reproved.
And Abraham reproved Abimelech because of a well of water, which Abimelech's servants had violently taken away.
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.
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.
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.
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.
Thou shalt not hate thy brother in thine heart: thou shalt in any wise rebuke thy neighbour, and not suffer sin upon him.
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:
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.
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.
He suffered no man to do them wrong: yea, he reproved kings for their sakes,
Behold, happy is the man whom God correcteth: therefore despise not thou the chastening of the Almighty:
How forcible are right words! but what doth your arguing reprove?
Do ye imagine to reprove words, and the speeches of one that is desperate, which are as wind?
Neither is there any daysman betwixt us, that might lay his hand upon us both.
Surely I would speak to the Almighty, and I desire to reason with God.
He will surely reprove you, if ye do secretly accept persons.
Though he slay me, yet will I trust in him: but I will maintain mine own ways before him.
Should he reason with unprofitable talk? or with speeches wherewith he can do no good?
O that one might plead for a man with God, as a man pleadeth for his neighbour!
If indeed ye will magnify yourselves against me, and plead against me my reproach:
Will he reprove thee for fear of thee? will he enter with thee into judgment?
There the righteous might dispute with him; so should I be delivered for ever from my judge.
Yea, I attended unto you, and, behold, there was none of you that convinced Job, or that answered his words:
He is chastened also with pain upon his bed, and the multitude of his bones with strong pain:
Shall he that contendeth with the Almighty instruct him? he that reproveth God, let him answer it.
O LORD, rebuke me not in thine anger, neither chasten me in thy hot displeasure.
O Lord, rebuke me not in thy wrath: neither chasten me in thy hot displeasure.
I will not reprove thee for thy sacrifices or thy burnt offerings, to have been continually before me.
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.
He that chastiseth the heathen, shall not he correct? he that teacheth man knowledge, shall not he know?
He suffered no man to do them wrong: yea, he reproved kings for their sakes;
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.
For whom the LORD loveth he correcteth; even as a father the son in whom he delighteth.
He that reproveth a scorner getteth to himself shame: and he that rebuketh a wicked man getteth himself a blot.
Reprove not a scorner, lest he hate thee: rebuke a wise man, and he will love thee.
A scorner loveth not one that reproveth him: neither will he go unto the wise.
Smite a scorner, and the simple will beware: and reprove one that hath understanding, and he will understand knowledge.
But to them that rebuke him shall be delight, and a good blessing shall come upon them.
As an earring of gold, and an ornament of fine gold, so is a wise reprover upon an obedient ear.
He that rebuketh a man afterwards shall find more favour than he that flattereth with the tongue.
Add thou not unto his words, lest he reprove thee, and thou be found a liar.
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 like crimson, they shall be as wool.
And he shall judge among the nations, and shall rebuke many people: and they shall beat their swords into plowshares, and their spears into pruninghooks: nation shall not lift up sword against nation, neither shall they learn war any more.
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 after the hearing of his ears:
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 rod of his mouth, and with the breath of his lips shall he slay the wicked.
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.
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 will reprove the words which the LORD thy God hath heard: wherefore lift up thy prayer for the remnant that is left.
Thine own wickedness shall correct thee, and thy backslidings shall reprove thee: know therefore and see that it is an evil thing and bitter, that thou hast forsaken the LORD thy God, and that my fear is not in thee, saith the Lord GOD of hosts.
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 rebellious house.
Yet let no man strive, nor reprove another: for thy people are as they that strive with the priest.
They hate him that rebuketh in the gate, and they abhor him that speaketh uprightly.
And he shall judge among many people, and rebuke strong nations afar off; and they shall beat their swords into plowshares, and their spears into pruninghooks: nation shall not lift up a sword against nation, neither shall they learn war any more.
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 he will plead with Israel.
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 God, thou hast established them for correction.
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Yakach (Strong's H3198) is a Hebrew word most simply glossed "argue". yakach (yaw-kahh') v. 1. to be right (i.e. correct) 2. reciprocal, to argue
This page currently indexes 55 linked usages for Strong's H3198 across 15 books.
Use the linked verse references on this page to study Strong's H3198 in context. The indexed coverage includes Old Testament.
The visible usage excerpts most often surface English words such as chasten, appointed, correcteth, correct, are, and they. These are scanning signals from the displayed verses, not replacements for the original-language definition.