tôkaḥat (תּוֹכֵחָה) — Hebrew word meaning “rebuke”

תּוֹכֵחָה

tôkaḥat

rebuke

Strong's H8433NounHebrewTWOT 865b

תּוֹכֵחָה (tôkaḥat) is a Hebrew noun meaning rebuke. It appears 28 times in 8 books of the Hebrew Bible (Strong's H8433).

Also rendered

argument

Same Hebrew root (TWOT 865b)

Range of meaning (TWOT 865b)argument, reproof; impeachment; chiding; correction, rebuke; chastisement, refutation, proof; reasoning

Full entry: Brown-Driver-Briggs and Strong's

תּוֹכַ֫חַת noun, feminine: argument, reproof

1.argument, impeachment, spoken by lips and mouth
2.reproof, chiding
3.correction, rebuke

Strong's H8433 תּוֹכֵחָה: chastisement; figuratively (by words) correction, refutation, proof (even in defence)
KJV:argument, × chastened, correction, reasoning, rebuke, reproof, × be (often) reproved.

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.

Root family 865: יָכַח yākaḥ — 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…

יָכַח yākaḥ — decide

See it in Scripture

2 Kings 19:3 Job 13:6 Psalms 73:14

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