3198 – יָכַח (jachach)

to rebuke

Type:	Verb Verb   Rootword
Hebrew:	יָכַח (jachach)
Pronunciation:	ja-chach    Listen
Gematria:	38(10 + 20 + 8)    words with the same gematria
Origin:	a primitive root
Usage:	59 times in OT

Description

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

Synonyms

יָכַח	jachach		H3198	(59 ggr)	to rebuke
גָּעַר	gaar		H1605	(14 ggr)	to rebuke
יָסַר	jasar		H3256	(43 ggr)	to discipline

*The bars show how many times the word is used in the Old Testament.

Word root

Word with jachach as root:

תּוֹכֵחָה

tóchechah

H8433a

rebuke

Equivalent Greek words

In the greek translation Septuagint (LXX) the Hebrew word jachach was translated to the following:

ἀληθεύω	aletheuo	G0226	tell the truth
βλασφημέω	blasphemeo	G0987	blaspheme
ἔλεγχος	elegchos	G1650	reproof
ἐλέγχω	elegcho	G1651	reprove
ἐξελέγχω	exelegcho	G1827	convince
ἑτοιμάζω	hetoimazo	G2090	prepare
ὀνειδίζω	oneidizo	G3679	upbraid
παιδεύω	paideuo	G3811	chasten

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