נְכֹחָהnᵉkôchâh
straight, right, straightness (Isaiah 57:2; Isaiah 33:15; Isaiah 50:10; Proverbs 4:25; Amos 3:10)
Pronunciation: nek-o-khaw' · Hebrew/Aramaic (Old Testament) · H5229
Same root
Where it appears
Appears 4 times in the Bible.
- Isaiah 26:10 Your kindness to the wicked does not make them do good. Although others do right, the wicked keep doing wrong and take no notice of the Lord’s majesty.
- Isaiah 30:10 They tell the seers, “Stop seeing visions!” They tell the prophets, “Don’t tell us what is right. Tell us nice things. Tell us lies.
- Isaiah 59:14 Our courts oppose the righteous, and justice is nowhere to be found. Truth stumbles in the streets, and honesty has been outlawed.
- Amos 3:10 “My people have forgotten how to do right,” says the Lord. “Their fortresses are filled with wealth taken by theft and violence.
Source: Brown, Driver and Briggs, Hebrew and English Lexicon of the Old Testament (1906), public domain; markup by unfoldingWord, CC BY (github.com/unfoldingWord/Brown-Driver-Briggs-Enhanced).