Strong's Hebrew · H8433
תּוֹכֵחָה
tôwkêchâh · to-kay-khaw'
Definitionchastisement; figuratively (by words) correction, refutation, proof (even in defence)
Derivationand תּוֹכַחַת; from H3198 (יָכַח);
KJV usageargument, [idiom] chastened, correction, reasoning, rebuke, reproof, [idiom] be (often) reproved.
Occurrences28 in the KJV · 28 verses
תּוֹכֵחָה in Scripture
2 Kings 19:3
And they said unto him, Thus saith Hezekiah, This day is a day of trouble, and of rebuke, and blasphemy: for the children are come to the birth, and there is not strength to bring forth.
Job 13:6
Hear now my reasoning, and hearken to the pleadings of my lips.
Job 23:4
I would order my cause before him, and fill my mouth with arguments.
Psalms 38:14
Thus I was as a man that heareth not, and in whose mouth are no reproofs.
Psalms 39:11
When thou with rebukes dost correct man for iniquity, thou makest his beauty to consume away like a moth: surely every man is vanity. Selah.
Psalms 73:14
For all the day long have I been plagued, and chastened every morning.
Psalms 149:7
To execute vengeance upon the heathen, and punishments upon the people;
Proverbs 1:23
Turn you at my reproof: behold, I will pour out my spirit unto you, I will make known my words unto you.
Proverbs 1:25
But ye have set at nought all my counsel, and would none of my reproof:
Proverbs 1:30
They would none of my counsel: they despised all my reproof.
Proverbs 3:11
My son, despise not the chastening of the LORD; neither be weary of his correction:
Proverbs 5:12
And say, How have I hated instruction, and my heart despised reproof;
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