יָכַח (yākaḥ) is
a Hebrew verb
meaning decide. It appears
59 times
in 15 books of the Hebrew Bible
(Strong's H3198).
Also rendered
to rebuke
Same Hebrew root (TWOT 865)
Range of meaning (TWOT 865)decide, adjudge, prove; judge, appoint, shew to be right, convince, convict, reprove, chide, correct, rebuke; righted, justified; argue, justify; chasten, correction, daysman, dispute, maintain, plead, reason, reprover, surely…
Full entry: Brown-Driver-Briggs and Strong's
יָכַחverb: decide, adjudge, prove
Hiphil
1.decide, judge
2.adjudge, appoint
3.shew to be right, prove
4.convince, convict
5.reprove, chide
6.correct, rebuke
Niphalrighted, justified
Strong's H3198יָכַח: to be right (i.e. correct); reciprocal, to argue; causatively, to decide, justify or convict KJV:appoint, argue, chasten, convince, correct(-ion), daysman, dispute, judge, maintain, plead, reason (together), rebuke, reprove(-r), surely, in any wise.
Meanings: Brown-Driver-Briggs (1906) and Strong's Hebrew Dictionary (1890), public domain, via the Open Scriptures Hebrew Bible Project (CC BY 4.0). TWOT numbers for reference only.