Lexical Definition

‎נָכֹחַ‎ nâkôach (naw-ko'-akh) straightforward ^H:A
from the same as ‎נֵכַח‎

plain, right, uprightness.

• straightforward, i.e. (figuratively), equitable, correct, or (abstractly), integrity

1) straight, right, straightness, be in front of

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Brown-Driver-Briggs

[‎נָכֹחַ‎] adjective and substantive straight, right, straightness, feminine ‎נְכֹחָה‎, plural ‎נְכֹחִים‎, ‎וֺת‎-: — Isa 57:2 ‎הֹלֵךְ נְכֹחוֺ‎ he that walks in (compare Isa 33:15; Isa 50:10) his straightness (Ges 'der seinen geraden Weg geht'), figurative for straightforwardly (compare Prov 4:25); ‎נְכֹחָה‎ what is straight in front, figurative straightforwardness, honesty, Amos 3:10 ‎׳‎‎לֹא יָָֽדְעוּ עֲשׂוֺת נ‎, Isa 59:14 ‎לֹא תוּכַל לָבוֺא‎ ‎׳‎‎ונ‎ (|| ‎אֱמֶת‎); 2Sam 15:3 ‎דבריך‎ ‎טובים וּנְכֹחִים‎ thy pleadings are good and right (i.e. true), Prov 8:9 (of words of Wisdom) ‎כֻּלָּם נְכֹחִים‎ ‎לַמֵּבִין‎ i.e. they lead straight to the right goal (|| ‎ישׁרים‎; compare vProv 8:8b ‎אֵין בָּהֶם נִפָתָּל וְעִקֵּשׁ‎), Prov 24:26 ‎מֵשִׁיב דְּבָרִים נְכֹחִים‎ i.e. either correct (leading to the right point), or honest answers; Isa 30:10 ‎לֹאתֶֿחֱזוּ לָנוּ נְכֹחוֺת‎ true things (opposed to ‎חֲלָקוֺת‎, ‎מַהֲתַלּוֺת‎ illusions), Isa 26:10 ‎בְּאֶרֶץ נְכֹחוֺת יְעַוֵּל‎ in a land of rectitude (Che) he will do wickedly.

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