Know the Word.

Hebrew word

yâkach

yaw-kahh'

יָכַח

What it means

to be right

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

Where it comes from

a primitive root

How the King James translates it

  • reprove15
  • rebuke6
  • reproved3
  • plead3
  • reproveth3
  • rebuketh3
  • appointed2
  • correcteth2

Every place it appears 53

yâkach — Hebrew word meaning “to be right”