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Bible Lexicons

Old Testament Hebrew Lexical DictionaryHebrew Lexicon

Strong's #5228 - נָכֹחַ

Transliteration

nâkôach

Phonetics

naw-ko'-akh

Origin

from the same as (H5226)

Parts of Speech

adjective, substantive

TWOT

1365a

Definition

Brown-Driver-Briggs
Strong

Brown-Driver-Briggs' Definition

straight, right, straightness, be in front of

Greek Equivalent Words:

Strong #: 2112 ‑ εὐθέως (yoo‑theh'‑oce); 1799 ‑ ἐνώπιον (en‑o'‑pee‑on); 18 ‑ ἀγαθός (ag‑ath‑os'); 225 ‑ ἀλήθεια (al‑ay'‑thi‑a); 2117 ‑ εὐθύς (yoo‑thoos'); 4680 ‑ σοφός (sof‑os');

Frequency Lists

Book
Word

Verse Results

ASV (4)

2 Samuel 1

Proverbs 2

Isaiah 1

BSB (4)

2 Samuel 1

Proverbs 2

Isaiah 1

CSB (2)

2 Samuel 1

Proverbs 2

Isaiah 1

ESV (4)

2 Samuel 1

Proverbs 2

Isaiah 1

KJV (4)

2 Samuel 1

Proverbs 2

Isaiah 1

LEB (4)

2 Samuel 1

Proverbs 2

Isaiah 1

LSB (12)

2 Samuel 1

Proverbs 2

Isaiah 6

Amos 3

N95 (11)

2 Samuel 1

Proverbs 2

Isaiah 6

Amos 2

NAS (11)

2 Samuel 1

Proverbs 2

Isaiah 6

Amos 2

NLT (0)

The World English Bible
did not use
this Strong's Number

WEB (4)

2 Samuel 1

Proverbs 2

Isaiah 1

ASV (4)

a right 1

and right 1

in his uprightness 1

they are all plain 1

BSB (4)

all plain 1

an honest 1

and right 1

uprightly 1

CSB (2)

clear 1

right 1

ESV (4)

honest 1

right 1

straight 1

uprightness 1

KJV (4)

plain 1

right 2

uprightness 1

LEB (4)

an honest 1

and right 1

straight ahead of him 1

them are straight 1

LSB (12)

is 1

right 4

rightness 1

straightforward 1

upright 1

uprightness 1

way 1

what 2

N95 (11)

right 4

straightforward 1

upright 1

uprightness 2

way 1

what 2

NAS (11)

is 1

right 3

straightforward 1

truth 1

upright 1

uprightness 2

way 1

what 1

NLT (0)

The World English Bible
did not use
this Strong's Number

WEB (4)

and right 1

honest 1

in his uprightness 1

they are all plain 1

Ancient Hebrew Lexicon Definitions

2403) h k n (נכהה NKHh) AC: ? CO: Straight AB: ?

N^m ) h k n (נכהה NKHh) - Before: In front of or opposite to something. KJV (2): before, against - Strongs: H5226 (נֵכַח)

c^m) h f k n (נכוהה NKWHh) - Straight: In the sense of being in front. KJV (4): right, uprightness, plain - Strongs: H5228 (נָכֹחַ)

c^f1) e h f k n (נכוההה NKWHhH) - Straightness: In the sense of being in front. KJV (4): uprightness, right, equity - Strongs: H5229 (נְכֹחָה)

g^m) h k f n (נוכהה NWKHh) - Before: In front of or opposite to something. KJV (23): against, before, directly, for, on, over - Strongs: H5227 (נֹכַח)

Brown-Driver-Briggs Expanded Definition

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

Gesenius' Hebrew and Chaldee Definition

נָכֹחַ adj. straight, right, pr. used of a way going straight on (Germ. gerade aus). Isaiah 57:2, הֹלֵךְ נְכֹחוֹ “he who walks in a straight way” (der gerade aus geht), i.e. an upright man; hence metaph. upright, just, Proverbs 8:9. Fem. נְכֹחָה “that which is just and proper.” Amos 3:10; Isaiah 59:14 plur. נְכֹחוֹת id. Isaiah 26:10, 30:10.

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List of Word Forms

וּנְכֹחִ֑ים ונכחים נְ֭כֹחִים נְכֹחִֽים׃ נְכֹחֽוֹ׃ נכחו׃ נכחים נכחים׃ nə·ḵō·ḥîm nə·ḵō·ḥōw Nechochim nechoCho nəḵōḥîm nəḵōḥōw ū·nə·ḵō·ḥîm unechoChim ūnəḵōḥîm