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title: נָכֹחַ — straight · The Tanakh dictionary
description: נָכֹחַ (5228), a word of Biblical Hebrew, used 4 times: straight. BDB 1906: adj. subst. straight, right, straightness. With 2 verses in Hebrew, word for word and JPS 1917.
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# נָכֹחַ

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«נָכֹחַ» in the Tanakh dictionary: **straight** — how often it is used, MACULA's glosses, its meanings in the printed dictionaries and why they were chosen, and 2 verses in layers.

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**Used:** 4 times · **Key:** 5228 · **BDB:** נָכֹחַ

### Glosses

straightforward (2); \[are\].straightforward (1); his (1)

### Meaning (OSHB)

straight [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1504/5228/#m1)

### Meaning (BDB 1906)

adj. subst. straight, right, straightness [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1504/5228/#m2)

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**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.

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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)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every English meaning of «נָכֹחַ» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1504/5228/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

### In the verses

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[Proverbs 24:26](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/PRO.24.26/)

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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.

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[Isaiah 57:2](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/ISA.57.2/)

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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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