נָכֹחַ
Biblical Hebrew · Strong's H5228
Meaning
OpenScriptures lexical index
straight tree →
Brown–Driver–Briggs 1906
נָכֹחַ: adj. subst. straight, right, straightness tree →
The whole BDB entry
adj. and subst. straight, right, straightness, f. נְכֹחָה, pl. נְכֹחִים, וֹת:—Is 57:2 הֹלֵךְ נְכֹחוֹ he that walks in (cf. 33:15; 50:10) his straightness (Ges ‘der seinen geraden Weg geht’), fig. for straightforwardly (cf. Pr 4:25); נְכֹחָה what is straight in front, fig. straightforwardness, honesty, Am 3:10 לֹא יָֽדְעוּ עֲשׂוֹת נ׳, Is 59:14 ונ׳ לֹא תוּכַל לָבוֹא (‖ אֱמֶת); 2 S 15:3 דבריך טובים וּנְכֹחִים thy pleadings are good and right (i.e. true), Pr 8:9 (of words of Wisdom) כֻּלָּם נְכֹחִים לַמֵּבִין i.e. they lead straight to the right goal (‖ ישׁרים; comp. v 8b אֵין בָּהֶם נִפְתָּל וְעִקֵּשׁ), 24:26 מֵשִׁיב דְּבָרִים נְכֹחִים i.e. either correct (leading to the right point), or honest answers; Is 30:10 לֹא־תֶחֱזוּ לָנוּ נְכֹחוֹת true things (opp. חֲלָקוֹת, מַהֲתַלּוֹת illusions), 26:10 בְּאֶרֶץ נְכֹחוֹת יְעַוֵּל in a land of rectitude (Che) he will do wickedly.
Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech agrees, 4 of its verses cited, 0 words shared with the glosses, lists its Strong's number (3 candidates); OSHB: headword, part of speech agrees, 1 words shared with the BDB entry, 0 with the glosses (3 candidates)
Glosses
MACULA's English glosses of the word in the text, with how often each is used: straightforward (2); [are] straightforward (1); his (1).
In the verses
שְׂפָתַ֥יִם יִשָּׁ֑ק מֵ֝שִׁ֗יב דְּבָרִ֥ים נְכֹחִֽים׃
Word for word: lips he.kisses [one.who].brings.back words straightforward
JPS 1917: He kisseth the lips that giveth a right answer.
יָב֣וֹא שָׁל֔וֹם יָנ֖וּחוּ עַל־מִשְׁכְּבוֹתָ֑ם הֹלֵ֖ךְ נְכֹחֽוֹ׃
Word for word: he.will.go peace they.will.rest on beds their [one.who].walks his straightforwardness
JPS 1917: He entereth into peace, they rest in their beds, each one that walketh in his uprightness.
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