Tokhachat תּוֹכַ֫חַת

Tokhachat (Hebrew תּוֹכַ֫חַת, Strong's H8433) is a Hebrew feminine noun meaning “argument”. It occurs 28 times in 28 verses of the Old Testament.

Definition

H8433B: argument

H8433A: rebuke

From the STEPBible Brief Lexicon of Hebrew (based on the abridged Brown-Driver-Briggs), STEPBible.org, CC BY 4.0.

Translated as

Verses

Every verse with Tokhachat, with the English words that translate it highlighted (KJV or BSB; other translations show the KJV here).

2 Kings

• 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.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

• Job 13:6
  Hear now my reasoning, and hearken to the pleadings of my lips.Hear now my argument, and listen to the plea of my lips.
• Job 23:4
  I would order my cause before him, and fill my mouth with arguments.I would plead my case before Him and fill my mouth with arguments.

Psalms

• Psalm 38:14
  Thus I was as a man that heareth not, and in whose mouth are no reproofs.I am like a man who cannot hear, whose mouth offers no reply.
• Psalm 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.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
• Psalm 73:14
  For all the day long have I been plagued, and chastened every morning.For I am afflicted all day long and punished every morning.
• Psalm 149:7
  To execute vengeance upon the heathen, and punishments upon the people;to inflict vengeance on the nations and punishment on the peoples,

Proverbs

• 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.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.
• Proverbs 1:25
  But ye have set at nought all my counsel, and would none of my reproof:because you neglected all my counsel, and wanted none of my correction,
• Proverbs 1:30
  They would none of my counsel: they despised all my reproof.They accepted 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:My son, do not reject the discipline of the LORD, and do not loathe His rebuke;
• Proverbs 5:12
  And say, How have I hated instruction, and my heart despised reproof;and you will say, “How I hated discipline, and my heart despised reproof!
• Proverbs 6:23
  For the commandment is a lamp; and the law is light; and reproofs of instruction are the way of life:For this commandment is a lamp, this teaching is a light, and the reproofs of discipline are the way to life,
• Proverbs 10:17
  He is in the way of life that keepeth instruction: but he that refuseth reproof erreth.Whoever heeds instruction is on the path to life, but he who ignores reproof goes astray.
• Proverbs 12:1
  Whoso loveth instruction loveth knowledge: but he that hateth reproof is brutish.Whoever loves discipline loves knowledge, but he who hates correction is stupid.
• Proverbs 13:18
  Poverty and shame shall be to him that refuseth instruction: but he that regardeth reproof shall be honoured.Poverty and shame come to him who ignores discipline, but whoever heeds correction is honored.
• Proverbs 15:5
  A fool despiseth his father’s instruction: but he that regardeth reproof is prudent.A fool rejects his father’s discipline, but whoever heeds correction is prudent.
• Proverbs 15:10
  Correction is grievous unto him that forsaketh the way: and he that hateth reproof shall die.Discipline is harsh for him who leaves the path; he who hates correction will die.
• Proverbs 15:31
  The ear that heareth the reproof of life abideth among the wise.He who listens to life-giving reproof will dwell among the wise.
• Proverbs 15:32
  He that refuseth instruction despiseth his own soul: but he that heareth reproof getteth understanding.He who ignores discipline despises himself, but whoever heeds correction gains understanding.
• Proverbs 27:5
  Open rebuke is better than secret love.Better an open rebuke than love that is concealed.
• Proverbs 29:1
  He, that being often reproved hardeneth his neck, shall suddenly be destroyed, and that without remedy.A man who remains stiff-necked after much reproof will suddenly be shattered beyond recovery.
• Proverbs 29:15
  The rod and reproof give wisdom: but a child left to himself bringeth his mother to shame.A rod of correction imparts wisdom, but a child left to himself disgraces his mother.

Isaiah

• Isaiah 37:3
  And they said unto him, Thus saith Hezekiah, This day is a day of trouble, and of rebuke, and of blasphemy: for the children are come to the birth, and there is not strength to bring forth.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.

Ezekiel

• Ezekiel 5:15
  So it shall be a reproach and a taunt, an instruction and an astonishment unto the nations that are round about thee, when I shall execute judgments in thee in anger and in fury and in furious rebukes. I the Lord have spoken it.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.
• Ezekiel 25:17
  And I will execute great vengeance upon them with furious rebukes; and they shall know that I am the Lord, when I shall lay my vengeance upon them.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.’”

Hosea

• Hosea 5:9
  Ephraim shall be desolate in the day of rebuke: among the tribes of Israel have I made known that which shall surely be.Ephraim will be laid waste on the day of rebuke. Among the tribes of Israel I proclaim what is certain.

Habakkuk

• Habakkuk 2:1
  I will stand upon my watch, and set me upon the tower, and will watch to see what he will say unto me, and what I shall answer when I am reproved.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.

Notes

1. Definition and verse list from STEPBible's tagged Hebrew Old Testament (TAHOT) and Greek New Testament (TAGNT) and Brief Lexicons, STEPBible.org, CC BY 4.0.
2. English renderings from the public-domain KJV with Strong's numbers (eBible.org) and the Berean Standard Bible interlinear (public domain).