Words the Bible translates as reproof

English uses one word here. The Bible uses 2 words, and they do not mean the same thing. Each is listed with what it actually means, most frequent first.

tokhaḥatתּוֹכַחַתa corrective rebuke: words (or the discipline behind them) meant to confront a person and set them right
+1 more meaning
- an argument: the reasoned case a person lays out to defend a position in a dispute
ge'arahגְּעָרָהa forceful rebuke: a sharp, powerful word of displeasure, whether God's world-shaking blast or a person's stern reproof

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