Hebrew Word Study · Strong’s H2710
חָקַק
cha.qaq · “to decree”
Used 19 times across 9 books
Definition
1) to cut out, decree, inscribe, set, engrave, portray, govern
1a) (Qal)
1a1) to cut in
1a2) to cut in or on, cut upon, engrave, inscribe
1a3) to trace, mark out
1a4) to engrave, inscribe (of a law)
1b) (Poel)
1b1) to inscribe, enact, decree
1b2) one who decrees, lawgiver (participle)
1c) (Pual) something decreed, the law (participle)
1d) (Hophal) to be inscribed
1a) (Qal)
1a1) to cut in
1a2) to cut in or on, cut upon, engrave, inscribe
1a3) to trace, mark out
1a4) to engrave, inscribe (of a law)
1b) (Poel)
1b1) to inscribe, enact, decree
1b2) one who decrees, lawgiver (participle)
1c) (Pual) something decreed, the law (participle)
1d) (Hophal) to be inscribed
Where it appears
Genesis1
Numbers1
Deuteronomy1
Judges2
Job1
Psalms2
Proverbs4
Isaiah5
Ezekiel2
In the text
Genesis 49:10The sceptre shall not depart from Judah, nor a lawgiver from between his feet, until Shiloh come; and unto him shall the gathering of the people be.Numbers 21:18The princes digged the well, the nobles of the people digged it, by the direction of the lawgiver, with their staves. And from the wilderness they went to Mattanah:Deuteronomy 33:21And he provided the first part for himself, because there, in a portion of the lawgiver, was he seated; and he came with the heads of the people, he executed the justice of the Lord, and his judgments with Israel.Judges 5:9My heart is toward the governors of Israel, that offered themselves willingly among the people. Bless ye the Lord.Judges 5:14Out of Ephraim was there a root of them against Amalek; after thee, Benjamin, among thy people; out of Machir came down governors, and out of Zebulun they that handle the pen of the writer.Job 19:23Oh that my words were now written! oh that they were printed in a book!Psalms 60:9Who will bring me into the strong city? who will lead me into Edom?Psalms 108:9Moab is my washpot; over Edom will I cast out my shoe; over Philistia will I triumph.Proverbs 8:15By me kings reign, and princes decree justice.Proverbs 8:27When he prepared the heavens, I was there: when he set a compass upon the face of the depth:
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