יָכַח

Strong’s Definition

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

Etymology & Derivation

a primitive root;

KJV Usage

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

Detailed Definition

From the Brown–Driver–Briggs (BDB) Hebrew lexicon outline.

• 1.to prove, decide, judge, rebuke, reprove, correct, be right
• 2.(hiphil)
• 3.(hophal) to be chastened
• 4.(niphal) to reason, reason together
• 5.(hithp) to argue

Scholarly Notes

Transliteration: yâkach; Pronunciation: yaw-kahh'