Strong's H3198 (Hebrew)

Hebrew: יָכַח (yâkach)

Pronunciation: yaw-kahh'

Morphology: v

Derivation: a primitive root

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

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

Senses

1. to prove, decide, judge, rebuke, reprove, correct, be right
   1. (Hiphil)
      1. to decide, judge
      2. to adjudge, appoint
      3. to show to be right, prove
      4. to convince, convict
      5. to reprove, chide
      6. to correct, rebuke
   2. (Hophal) to be chastened
   3. (Niphal) to reason, reason together
   4. (Hithp) to argue

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