# H5228 נָכֹחַ

נָכֹחַ (nâkôach), Strong’s H5228: straightforward, i.e. (figuratively), equitable, correct, or (abstractly), integrity KJV: plain, right, uprightness.. Occurs 4 times.

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*nâkôach* — straightforward, i.e. (figuratively), equitable, correct, or (abstractly), integrity

KJV: plain, right, uprightness.

Derived from [נֵכַח nêkach](https://besorah.bible/word/H5226) (the fore part)

Occurs 4 times.

## Brown–Driver–Briggs
- [נָכֹחַ] adj. and subst. straight, right, straightness

## Where it occurs
- [2 Samuel 15:3](https://besorah.bible/tanakh/2-samuel/15?v=3) — Absalom said to him, “Behold, your matters are good and right; but there is no man deputized by the king to hear you.”
- [Isaiah 57:2](https://besorah.bible/tanakh/isaiah/57?v=2) — He enters into peace. They rest in their beds, each one who walks in his uprightness.
- [Proverbs 8:9](https://besorah.bible/tanakh/proverbs/8?v=9) — They are all plain to him who understands, right to those who find knowledge.
- [Proverbs 24:26](https://besorah.bible/tanakh/proverbs/24?v=26) — An honest answer is like a kiss on the lips.