נָכֹחַ
nachoach · straight, right
Hebrew word · Strong’s number H5228 · appears 4 times in the Bible
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nachoach (נָכֹחַ) is a Hebrew word of the Bible that means “straight, right”.
Upright.
How to say it
na·cho·ach
Approximate pronunciation. Vowels sound as in Spanish (a as in father, e as in bed, i as in machine, o as in note, u as in rule); the syllable in bold is stressed. The voice is your device's.
Its senses in the Bible
- Without twists, easily understood; as it should be.
From Brown-Driver-Briggs (1906)
How it is translated
The words this translation uses for it, most frequent first.
- are plain ×1
- right ×1
- straightforward ×1
- uprightness ×1
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Words that come from it
Words of the same family, by Strong’s numbering.
Where it appears
- 2 Samuel 15:3
Absalom would say to him, “Look, your words are good and right, but you have no one to hear you from the king.”
- Proverbs 8:9
All of them are plain to him who understands, and right to those who find knowledge.
- Proverbs 24:26
He kisses the lips, whoever gives straightforward words.
- Isaiah 57:2
He enters into peace; they rest on their beds, he who walks in his uprightness.