תּוֹכַ֫חַת

2 Kings 19:3 וְתוֹכֵחָ֛ה and rebuke

to tell him, “This is what Hezekiah says: Today is a day of distress, rebuke, and disgrace; for children have come to the point of birth, but there is no strength to deliver them.

Job 13:6 תוֹכַחְתִּ֑י argument my

Hear now my argument, and listen to the plea of my lips.

Job 23:4 תוֹכָחֽוֹת׃ arguments

I would plead my case before Him and fill my mouth with arguments.

Psalm 38:14 תּוֹכָחֽוֹת׃ [are] arguments

I am like a man who cannot hear, whose mouth offers no reply.

Here: Plural of tokhachat, from the courtroom verb yakach ('argue a case, set right'). Here it means counter-arguments, a rebuttal or defense against accusers. He has no comeback, no case argued on his own behalf.

Psalm 39:11 בְּֽתוֹכָ֘ח֤וֹת with rebukes

You discipline and correct a man for his iniquity, consuming like a moth what he holds dear; surely each man is but a vapor. Selah

Here: "With rebukes": the plural of a word for setting someone straight by stating the case against them, as in a lawsuit or a father's or teacher's correction. God's discipline comes with a message: it says something is wrong.

Psalm 73:14 וְ֝תוֹכַחְתִּ֗י and rebuke my

For I am afflicted all day long and punished every morning.

Psalm 149:7 תּֽ֝וֹכֵחֹ֗ת punishment<s>

to inflict vengeance on the nations and punishment on the peoples,

Proverbs 1:23 לְֽת֫וֹכַחְתִּ֥י to rebuke my

If you had repented at my rebuke, then surely I would have poured out my spirit on you; I would have made my words known to you.

Here: 'To / at my reproof'. Wisdom's correction is the thing to turn toward. The word comes from the vocabulary of argument and setting things right, not of simply scolding. The preposition le- shows what they turn in response to.

Proverbs 1:25 וְ֝תוֹכַחְתִּ֗י and rebuke my

because you neglected all my counsel, and wanted none of my correction,

Here: "And my reproof." This is correction that argues its case. It shows a person where they are wrong so they can be set right. It is put first in its line for emphasis: "my correction, that you did not want."

Proverbs 1:30 תּוֹכַחְתִּֽי׃ rebuke my

They accepted none of my counsel; they despised all my reproof.

Here: 'My correction.' Comes from a verb meaning to argue a case, set something right, or reprove. It is reasoned correction meant to put a person back on course, not just a scolding. In Proverbs, how someone takes this kind of correction shows whether they are wise or a fool.

Proverbs 3:11 בְּתוֹכַחְתּֽוֹ׃ <in> rebuke his

My son, do not reject the discipline of the LORD, and do not loathe His rebuke;

Here: God's correcting word, the kind that shows you where you are wrong and sets you straight. The prefix be- is how the verb qutz marks the thing a person is sick of ('loathe at/of his reproof').

Proverbs 5:12 וְ֝תוֹכַ֗חַת and rebuke

and you will say, “How I hated discipline, and my heart despised reproof!

Here: "And reproof." A rebuke that argues a case and shows someone they are in the wrong. The word comes from the vocabulary of the law court. It is singular here and is set in front of its verb for emphasis: "reproof, my heart spurned."

Proverbs 6:23 תּוֹכְח֥וֹת rebukes of

For this commandment is a lamp, this teaching is a light, and the reproofs of discipline are the way to life,

Here: Plural: repeated corrective rebukes, the times someone tells you plainly that you are wrong. The root means to set things right by argument, to prove or reprove. Proverbs treats accepting rebuke as the mark of the wise (12:1; 15:31–32).

Proverbs 10:17 תּוֹכַ֣חַת rebuke

Whoever heeds instruction is on the path to life, but he who ignores reproof goes astray.

Here: A rebuke that makes a case against you. It comes from the root ykḥ, 'to set right, argue, decide a case', so it is reasoned correction, like a judge or a parent proving you are wrong. It pairs with musar: one word stresses training, the other the confrontation.

Proverbs 12:1 תוֹכַ֣חַת rebuke

Whoever loves discipline loves knowledge, but he who hates correction is stupid.

Here: A correcting confrontation: someone shows you, with reasons, that you are in the wrong. The root has courtroom overtones (arguing a case, setting things right).

Proverbs 13:18 תּוֹכַ֣חַת correction

Poverty and shame come to him who ignores discipline, but whoever heeds correction is honored.

Here: A spoken correction that shows a person where they are wrong. The word comes from the vocabulary of arguing a case and proving it. The phrase pairs naturally with mûsār: the training and the pointed word that exposes a fault.

Proverbs 15:5 תּוֹכַ֣חַת correction

A fool rejects his father’s discipline, but whoever heeds correction is prudent.

Here: A pointed correction that shows someone where they are wrong, from a root used for arguing a case or settling a dispute. Unlike 'his father's discipline' in the first line, it has no owner here, so it covers correction from anyone.

Proverbs 15:10 תוֹכַ֣חַת correction

Discipline is harsh for him who leaves the path; he who hates correction will die.

Here: Correction made by argument. Someone confronts you, shows you where you are wrong and tries to set you right. The word comes from the vocabulary of legal disputes.

Proverbs 15:31 תּוֹכַ֣חַת <of> correction of

He who listens to life-giving reproof will dwell among the wise.

Here: A correction that shows someone where they went wrong and sets them right. It comes from a root used for arguing a case in court. Here it is joined to 'life': correction that belongs to life, or leads to it.

Proverbs 15:32 תּ֝וֹכַ֗חַת correction

He who ignores discipline despises himself, but whoever heeds correction gains understanding.

Here: A direct rebuke spoken to someone's face that shows them where they are wrong. The word comes from settling disputes and making your case. It pairs with mûsār, as it often does in Proverbs.

Proverbs 27:5 תּוֹכַ֣חַת rebuke

Better an open rebuke than love that is concealed.

Here: Correction that names what is wrong so it can be put right. The word comes from a verb used for settling a case. In Proverbs it is the correction the wise welcome and fools hate.

Proverbs 29:1 תּ֭וֹכָחוֹת rebukes

A man who remains stiff-necked after much reproof will suddenly be shattered beyond recovery.

Here: Plural: "reproofs". A "man of reproofs" is someone who has been corrected again and again, so his life is a record of warnings. The plural sets up the contrast with the single instant of ruin later in the verse.

Proverbs 29:15 וְ֭תוֹכַחַת and rebuke

A rod of correction imparts wisdom, but a child left to himself disgraces his mother.

Here: Spoken correction: telling someone plainly what they did wrong and arguing them toward what is right. With the rod it makes a pair, the hand and the mouth.

Isaiah 37:3 וְתוֹכֵחָ֛ה and rebuke

to tell him, “This is what Hezekiah says: Today is a day of distress, rebuke, and disgrace; for children have come to the point of birth, but there is no strength to deliver them.

Here: Being shown to be in the wrong and corrected, by words or by punishment. Whether Hezekiah means God's chastening of Judah or the Assyrian's taunts is debated. The same root comes back in verse 4, where he hopes God will 'rebuke' (hokhiaḥ) the Assyrian.

Ezekiel 5:15 וּבְתֹכְח֣וֹת and with rebukes of

So you will be a reproach and a taunt, a warning and a horror to the nations around you, when I execute judgments against you in anger, wrath, and raging fury. I, the LORD, have spoken.

Here: Rebukes or corrections. Here they are punishments actually carried out, not just words: 'with chastisements of…'.

Ezekiel 25:17 בְּתוֹכְח֖וֹת with rebukes of

I will execute great vengeance against them with furious reproof. Then they will know that I am the LORD, when I lay My vengeance upon them.’”

Here: "With / by means of rebukes." These are not words. They are punishing acts that carry out a judge's verdict. The plural matches "vengeances".

Hosea 5:9 תּֽוֹכֵחָ֑ה rebuke

Ephraim will be laid waste on the day of rebuke. Among the tribes of Israel I proclaim what is certain.

Habakkuk 2:1 תּוֹכַחְתִּֽי׃ complaint my

I will stand at my guard post and station myself on the ramparts. I will watch to see what He will say to me, and how I should answer when corrected.

Here: 'My argument' or 'my reproof.' The word belongs to arguing a case: it can be the charge a person brings or the correction he receives. 'My case' (the challenge Habakkuk has just laid before God in 1:12–17) and 'the reproof I will receive' are both possible.