Lexical Definition

‎תּוֹכֵחָה‎ tôwkêchâh (to-kay-khaw') rebuke ^H:N-F
and תּוֹכַחַת tôwkachath (to-kakh'-ath); from ‎יָכַח‎

argument, [idiom] chastened, correction, reasoning, rebuke, reproof, [idiom] be (often) reproved.

• chastisement
• figuratively (by words) correction, refutation, proof (even in defence)

1) rebuke, correction, reproof, punishment, chastisement
2) argument, reproof
2a) argument, impeachment
2b) reproof, chiding
2c) correction, rebuke

See Greek: ἐκδίκησις · ἔλεγχος · ἔλεγχος · ἐντολή · ὀνειδισμός · παιδεία

Brown-Driver-Briggs

‎תּוֺכֵחָה‎ noun feminine rebuke, correction; — ‎ת‎‎׳‎‎יום ‎ Hos 5:9 ‎׳‎‎יום צרה ות‎ 2Kgs 19:3 = Isa 37:3 plural ‎תּוֺכֵחוֺת‎ Ps 149:7 (|| ‎נקמה‎).

‎תּוֺכַ֫חַת‎ noun feminine argument, reproof; — ‎׳‎‎ת‎ Prov 10:17 + 9 t.; suffix ‎תּוֺכַחְתִּי‎ Hab 2:1 + 5 t.; ‎תּוֺכַחְתּוֺ‎ Prov 3:11 plural ‎תּוֺכָחוֺת‎ Ps 38:15* + 3 t.; construct ‎תּוֺכְחוֺת‎ Prov 6:23; Ezek 25:17 ‎תֹּכְחוֺת‎ Ezek 5:15 (but latter strike out Co; given by SS under ‎תּוֺכֵחָה‎); —

1. argument, impeachment, spoken by lips and mouth Ps 38:15*; Job 13:6; Job 23:4; Hab 2:1.

2. reproof, chiding Prov 1:23; Prov 27:5 || ‎עצה‎ Prov 1:25; Prov 1:30 || ‎מוסר‎ Prov 3:11; Prov 5:12; Prov 10:17; Prov 12:1; Prov 13:18; Prov 15:5; Prov 15:10; Prov 15:32 ‎מוסר‎ ‎׳‎‎ת‎ Prov 6:23 reporoofs for discipline; ‎חיים‎ ‎׳‎‎ת‎ Prov 15:31 reproof that giveth life; ‎אישׁ תוכחוֺת‎ Prov 29:1 man of reproofs (who deserves them).

3. correction, rebuke Ps 39:12*; Ps 73:14 ‎שֵׁבֶט‎ ‎׳‎‎ות‎ Prov 29:15 ‎חֵמָה‎ ‎׳‎‎תּ‎ Ezek 5:15; Ezek 25:17.

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