Strong's Hebrew · H5228
H5228 nâkôach
נָכֹחַ
naw-ko'-akh
straightforward
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nâkôach appears 4 times in Scripture, in 2 Samuel, Proverbs and Isaiah. In the Doxa app, open any verse that uses it, keep your notes on it, and ask Doxa Engage how it connects to what God has said to you.
Definition
straightforward, i.e. (figuratively), equitable, correct, or (abstractly), integrity
In the King James Version
plain, right, uprightness.
Derivation
from the same as H5226 (נֵכַח);
Appears 4 times in Scripture
“An honest answer given is like a kiss on the lips.”
“They are all plain to the discerning, and upright to those who find knowledge.”
“Absalom would say, “Look, your claims are good and right, but the king has no deputy to hear you.””
“Those who walk uprightly enter into peace; they find rest, lying down in death.”
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Word study: Strong's Exhaustive Concordance (James Strong, 1890, public domain), with glosses and editions from STEP Bible (www.STEPBible.org); Open Scriptures Hebrew Bible Project (CC BY 4.0); Strong's Greek Dictionary in XML by Ulrik Sandborg-Petersen (CC0). Sources and changes Verse mappings: Berean Standard Bible interlinear tables (public domain).
