STRONGS H5229:
Abbreviations
† [
נָכֹחַ]
adjective and
substantive straight, right, straightness, feminine
נְכֹחָה, plural
נְכֹחִים,
וֹת-; —
[H5228 Isaiah 57:2] הֹלֵךְ נְכֹחוֺ he that walks in (compare [H1980 Isaiah 33:15; Isaiah 50:10]) his straightness (Ges 'der seinen geraden Weg geht'), figurative for straightforwardly (compare [H5227 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);
[H5228 2 Samuel 15:3 דבריך טובים וּנְכֹחִים thy pleadings are good and right (i.e. TRUE), Proverbs 8:9 (of words of Wisdom) כֻּלָּם נְכֹחִים לַמֵּבִין 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.
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BLB Scripture Index of Brown-Driver-Briggs
Proverbs
8:8
Isaiah
26:10; 30:10; 59:14
Amos
3:10