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Strong's #2706 - חֹק

Transliteration

chôq

Phonetics

khoke

Origin

from (H2710)

Parts of Speech

Noun Masculine

TWOT

728a

Definition

Brown-Driver-Briggs
Strong

Brown-Driver-Briggs'

1) statute, ordinance, limit, something prescribed, due

1a) prescribed task

1b) prescribed portion

1c) action prescribed (for oneself), resolve

1d) prescribed due

1e) prescribed limit, boundary

1f) enactment, decree, ordinance

1f1) specific decree

1f2) law in general

1g) enactments, statutes

1g1) conditions

1g2) enactments

1g3) decrees

1g4) civil enactments prescribed by God

Greek Equivalent Words:

Strong #: 705 ‑ ἀριθμέω (ar‑ith‑meh'‑o); 842 ‑ αὐτάρκης (ow‑tar'‑kace); 1345 ‑ δικαίωμα (dik‑ah'‑yo‑mah); 1394 ‑ δόσις (dos'‑is); 1785 ‑ ἐντολή (en‑tol‑ay'); 2041 ‑ ἔργον (er'‑gon); 2917 ‑ κρίμα (kree'‑mah); 3551 ‑ νόμος (nom'‑os); 3725 ‑ ὅριον (hor'‑ee‑on);

Frequency Lists

Book
Word

Verse Results

KJV (127)

Genesis 3

Exodus 8

Leviticus 11

Numbers 4

Deuteronomy 21

Joshua 1

Judges 1

1 Samuel 1

1 Kings 4

2 Kings 2

1 Chronicles 3

2 Chronicles 5

Ezra 2

Nehemiah 4

Job 7

Psalms 30

Proverbs 3

Isaiah 2

Jeremiah 3

Ezekiel 6

Amos 1

Micah 1

Zephaniah 1

Zechariah 1

Malachi 2

NAS (134)

Genesis 3

Exodus 9

Leviticus 12

Numbers 4

Deuteronomy 21

Joshua 1

Judges 2

1 Samuel 1

1 Kings 4

2 Kings 2

1 Chronicles 3

2 Chronicles 5

Ezra 2

Nehemiah 4

Job 8

Psalms 30

Proverbs 3

Isaiah 3

Jeremiah 4

Ezekiel 7

Amos 1

Micah 1

Zephaniah 1

Zechariah 1

Malachi 2

HCS (124)

Genesis 2

Exodus 8

Leviticus 8

Numbers 4

Deuteronomy 21

Joshua 1

Judges 1

1 Samuel 1

1 Kings 4

2 Kings 2

1 Chronicles 3

2 Chronicles 5

Ezra 2

Nehemiah 4

Job 7

Psalms 30

Proverbs 3

Isaiah 3

Jeremiah 3

Ezekiel 6

Amos 1

Micah 1

Zephaniah 1

Zechariah 1

Malachi 2

BSB (126)

Genesis 3

Exodus 8

Leviticus 11

Numbers 4

Deuteronomy 21

Joshua 1

Judges 1

1 Samuel 1

1 Kings 4

2 Kings 2

1 Chronicles 2

2 Chronicles 5

Ezra 2

Nehemiah 4

Job 7

Psalms 30

Proverbs 3

Isaiah 2

Jeremiah 3

Ezekiel 6

Amos 1

Micah 1

Zephaniah 1

Zechariah 1

Malachi 2

ESV (119)

Genesis 3

Leviticus 11

Numbers 4

Deuteronomy 21

Joshua 1

Judges 1

1 Samuel 1

1 Kings 4

2 Kings 2

1 Chronicles 3

2 Chronicles 5

Ezra 2

Nehemiah 4

Job 7

Psalms 30

Proverbs 3

Isaiah 2

Jeremiah 3

Ezekiel 6

Amos 1

Micah 1

Zephaniah 1

Zechariah 1

Malachi 2

WEB (127)

Genesis 3

Exodus 8

Leviticus 11

Numbers 4

Deuteronomy 21

Joshua 1

Judges 1

1 Samuel 1

1 Kings 4

2 Kings 2

1 Chronicles 3

2 Chronicles 5

Ezra 2

Nehemiah 4

Job 7

Psalms 30

Proverbs 3

Isaiah 2

Jeremiah 3

Ezekiel 6

Amos 1

Micah 1

Zephaniah 1

Zechariah 1

Malachi 2

KJV (127)

appointed 1

bounds 2

commandments 1

convenient 1

custom 2

decree 7

decreed 1

due 4

law 4

measure 1

necessary 1

ordinance 6

ordinances 3

ordinary 1

portion 3

statute 13

statutes 74

task 1

time 1

NAS (134)

allotment 5

amount 1

appointed 1

boundaries 1

boundary 2

conditions 1

custom 1

decree 5

due 6

fixed 1

food 1

limit 2

limits 1

measure 1

necessary 1

order 1

ordinance 4

portion 4

portions 1

prescribed 1

rations 1

required 1

resolves 1

statute 9

statutes 79

thing 1

what 1

HCS (124)

boundaries 1

daily food 1

limits 1

* 1

The quota 1

a custom 1

a decree 2

a law 2

a limit 2

a statute 4

a time 1

an order 1

barrier 1

conditions 1

decree 1

decrees 1

fixed order 1

is a statute 1

its statutes 1

law 1

need 1

portion 5

portions 1

prescribed number 1

provisions 1

rule 1

statute 4

statutes 74

the decree 1

the horizon 1

the rations 1

the statutes 3

these portions 1

what He has decreed 1

whose statutes 1

your boundary 1

BSB (126)

* 5

His decree against me 1

His statutes 7

My statutes 5

The prescribed portion 1

Your statutes 12

[his] portion 1

a boundary 1

a custom 1

a decree 1

a horizon 1

a law 1

a limit 1

a statute 2

a time for me 1

and My statutes 1

and conditions 1

and portions 1

and statutes 10

and the statutes 1

are the statutes 2

as a decree 2

barrier 1

decree 1

fixed order 1

from My statutes 1

from Your statutes 1

in His statutes 1

in My statutes 1

in Your statutes 1

in the statutes 1

is a statute 1

is your share 1

its boundaries 1

its statutes 1

limits 1

me Your statutes 4

more than my daily bread 1

of Your statutes 1

on Your statutes 2

ordinance 1

portion 4

statute 5

statutes 13

that is my portion 1

the decree 2

the decrees 1

the rations that 1

the statutes 10

them as a statute 1

them the statutes 1

these portions 1

to statutes 1

your boundary 1

your portion 1

your quota 1

ESV (119)

allotted portion 1

allowance 2

appoints 1

barrier 1

boundary 1

conditions 1

custom 1

decree 4

decreed 2

due 10

fixed order 1

fixed portion 1

inscribed 1

limit 1

limits 2

measure 1

needful 1

portion 1

portions 1

rule 1

set time 1

statute 7

statutes 76

WEB (127)

* 9

For it is a statute 1

If these ordinances 1

It was a custom 1

The statutes 1

These are the statutes 3

Your statutes 1

a boundary 1

a decree 2

a statute 1

all his statutes 1

all the statutes 2

all these statutes 2

and conditions 1

and his statutes 5

and it shall be a statute 1

and my decrees 1

and of his statutes 1

and portions 1

and statutes 1

and the set portion 1

and the statutes 4

and these statutes 1

and your statutes 1

as a portion 1

as their portion 2

because it is your portion 1

before the appointed 1

by statute 1

decree 1

even statutes 1

for a statute 2

for an ordinance 1

for them a statute 1

for your statutes 1

from my ordinances 1

from your statutes 1

had a portion 1

he will extend 1

his bounds 1

his statutes 6

in his statutes 1

in my statutes 2

in the statutes 1

it a statute 2

its boundary 1

me a set time 1

me your statutes 6

more than my necessary food 1

my statutes 4

nor the statutes 1

of the decree 1

of your statutes 1

on your statutes 1

out for it my bound 1

portion 2

statute 1

statutes 3

that is needful for me 1

that which is appointed 1

the statute 1

the statutes 6

their portion 1

them an ordinance 1

them statutes 1

them the statutes 1

these statutes 2

to the statutes 1

toward your decrees 1

without measure 1

you statutes 2

your ordinary 1

your quota 1

your statutes 7

Ancient Hebrew Lexicon Definitions

1180) q h (ההק HhQ) AC: Inscribe CO: ? AB: Custom: The pictograph h is a picture of a wall representing a separation. The q is a picture of the sun at the horizon representing the idea of "coming together". Combined these mean "separation and coming together". A custom brings a people separated together.

B) q q h (ההקק HhQQ) AC: Inscribe CO: ? AB: Custom: The appointment of a specific time, function or duty. A custom as something that is appointed.

V) q q h (ההקק HhQQ) - Inscribe: To write a decree or custom. KJV (19): (vf: Paal, Hophal, Pual, Participle) lawgiver, governor, decree, grave, portray, law, printed, set, note, appoint - Strongs: H2710 (חָקַק)

N^m) q q h (ההקק HhQQ) - Custom: KJV (2): thought, decree - Strongs: H2711 (חֵקֶק)

H) e q h (ההקה HhQH) AC: Inscribe CO: ? AB: ?: To write a decree or custom.

V) e q h (ההקה HhQH) - Inscribe: KJV (4): (vf: Hitpael, Pual, Participle) portray, carve, print - Strongs: H2707 (חָקָה)

J) q f h (ההוק HhWQ) AC: ? CO: ? AB: Custom: The appointment of a specific time, function or duty. A custom as something that is appointed.

N^m) q f h (ההוק HhWQ) - Custom: KJV (127): statute, ordinance, decree, due, law, portion, bounds, custom, appointed, commandment - Strongs: H2706 (חֹק)

N^f1) e q f h (ההוקה HhWQH) - Custom: KJV (104): statute, ordinance, custom, appointed, manners, rites - Strongs: H2708 (חֻקָּה)

Brown-Driver-Briggs Expanded Definition

חֹק₁₂₇ noun masculine^{Micah 7:11} something prescribed, a statute or due; — ׳ח Genesis 47:22 22t.; חָקֿ Exodus 30:21 14t.; suffix חֻקִּי Proverbs 30:8 3t.; חָקְךָ Leviticus 10:13,14etc. + 4t. suffixes; plural חֻקִּים Deuteronomy 4:5 31t.; construct חֻקֵּי Exodus 18:16; חוּקֵּ֯י Ezekiel 20:18; also חִקֲקֵי Judges 5:15; Isaiah 10:1 (Ges^{§ 93}. 1 R 7); חֻקָּו֯ Job 14:5 etc. + 44t. suffixes —

1 prescribed task, assigned to Israel in Egypt Exodus 5:14 (E).

2 prescribed portion, or allowance of food Genesis 47:22 (twice in verse) (J); Proverbs 30:8; Proverbs 31:15; Ezekiel 16:27; מחקי Job 23:12 (RV; < ᵐ5ᵑ9 Ol Me Di SS בְּחֵקִי in my bosom).

3 action prescribed for oneself, resolve: חִקֲקֵי לֵב Judges 5:15 resolves of mind "" חִקְרֵי לֵב Judges 5:16.

4 prescribed due of the priests from offerings Leviticus 6:11; Leviticus 10:13 (twice in verse); Leviticus 10:14 (twice in verse) (P); due of ׳י Leviticus 6:15 (P); עולם׳לח Exodus 29:28; Leviticus 7:34; Leviticus 10:15; Numbers 18:8,11,19 (all P), Leviticus 24:9(H); portion of oil for the תּרומה Ezekiel 45:14.

5 prescribed limit, boundary: of sea Jeremiah 5:22; Proverbs 8:29; Job 26:10; Job 38:10; of heavens Psalm 148:6; of land of Israel Micah 7:11; of time Job 14:5,13; so מָּֽעֲרָהפִיהָ לִבְלִי חֹ֑ק Isaiah 5:14 Sh®°ôl openeth wide her mouth, without limit.

6 enactment, decree, ordinance of either God or man:

a. specific decree: law of fifth in Egypt Genesis 47:26 (J); of passover Exodus 12:24 (J); lament for Jephthah's daughter Judges 11:39; for Josiah 2 Chronicles 35:25; חק ומשׁפט Exodus 15:25; Joshua 24:25 (both E), 1 Samuel 30:25; חק עולם Exodus 30:21; "" עֵדוּת, מִשְׁמָּט Psalm 81:5; Psalm 81:6 (law of a festival).

b. of ׳י in nature Job 28:26.

c. respecting Messianic king Psalm 2:7; day of ׳י Zephaniah 2:2 ᵑ0, but on text see We and טֶרֶם, below; covenant with Jacob Psalm 105:10 = 1 Chronicles 16:17; destiny of man Job 23:14.

d. law in General עלי חק according to law, right Psalm 94:20 (others against law); ומשׁפט׳לַמֵּד ח Ezra 7:10; "" בּרית and תורות Isaiah 25:5; "" עדות Psalm 99:7.

7 plural חֻקִּים enactments, statutes of a law:

a. of ׳י in nature Jeremiah 31:36.

b. of the prophets Zechariah 1:6.

c. conditions of deed of purchase Jeremiah 32:11.

d. enactments "" מִשְׁמָּטִים: ancestral Ezekiel 20:18; given by God as punishment for disobedience Ezekiel 20:25.

e. decrees of unjust judges חִקֲקֵיאָֿוֶן Isaiah 10:1.

f. civil enactments prescribed by God: חֻקֵּיהאלהים Exodus 18:16 (E; "" תּוֺרֹתָיו), Exodus 18:20 (E; "" id.)

g. elsewhere of prescriptions of the several codes of Hex: Leviticus 10:11; Numbers 30:17 (P), Deuteronomy 4:6; Deuteronomy 6:24; Deuteronomy 16:12; Psalm 119:5 20t., Malachi 3:7; "" ׳תּוֺרַת י Amos 2:4; ותורות׳ח Psalm 105:45; ׳והח׳דברי הת Deuteronomy 17:19; "" ברית Psalm 50:16; וברית ועדות׳ח 2 Kings 17:15; usually either "" משׁפטים Deuteronomy 4:1,5,8,14; Deuteronomy 5:1; Deuteronomy 11:32; Deuteronomy 12:1; Deuteronomy 26:16; 1 Kings 9:4 2 Chronicles 7:17; 1 Chronicles 22:13; Ezekiel 11:12; Ezekiel 36:27, or else ומשׁפטים׳ח combined with other synonym (usually preceding): e.g. דבר(ים ׅ Psalm 147:19; תורה 2 Chronicles 33:8; Malachi 3:22; מצוה Deuteronomy 5:28; Deuteronomy 6:1; Deuteronomy 7:11; מצות Nehemiah 1:7; 1 Kings 8:58; מצוה, תורה 2 Chronicles 19:10; עֵדֹת Deuteronomy 4:45; Deuteronomy 6:20; sometimes following: e.g. תורות Leviticus 26:46; מצוה, תורה 2 Kings 17:37; or in different order, e.g. ותורות׳מ ומצות׳ח Nehemiah 9:13; ׳וח׳מצות ומ Nehemiah 10:30; ומצות׳ח ׳ומ Deuteronomy 26:17. Apart from משׁפטים it is combined with מצות, e.g. ׳וח׳מ Exodus 15:26 (R), Deuteronomy 27:10; ׳ומ׳ח Deuteronomy 4:40; 1 Kings 3:14; 1 Kings 8:61; ותורה׳וח ׳מ Nehemiah 9:14; ׳ועדות וח׳מ Deuteronomy 6:17; 1 Chronicles 29:19; 2 Chronicles 34:31; ׳וח׳דברי מ Ezra 7:11; it is used with verbs: נתן Leviticus 26:46 3t.; צוּה Numbers 30:17 9t.; למּד Deuteronomy 4:1 10t.; שׁמר Deuteronomy 26:17 16t.; עשׂה Deuteronomy 6:24 5t.; שׁמר לעשׂות Deuteronomy 11:32 4t.; הלךבְּ 1 Kings 8:61 3t. — [On usage of חֹק see חֻקָּה near the end]

Gesenius' Hebrew and Chaldee Definition

חֹק m. followed by Makk. חָק־, with suff. חֻקִּי, but חָקְךָ Leviticus 10:13 חָקְכֶם Exodus 5:14 plur. חֻקִּים, constr. חֻקֵּי and חוּקֵּי Ezekiel 20:18, properly that which is established or definite (from the root חָקַק No. 3), e.g. חֻקִּי that which is appointed for me, Job 23:14. Specially

(a) an appointed portion of labour, a task, Exodus 5:14; Proverbs 31:15 of food, Proverbs 30:8.

(b) a defined limit, a bound, Job 26:10; Proverbs 8:29. לִבְלִי חֹק without limit, Isaiah 5:14, 24:5.

(d) an appointed law, a statute, an ordinance, Genesis 47:26; Exodus 12:24 used of the laws of nature [as prescribed by God], Job 28:26 of laws given by God to man, Deuteronomy 4:5,, 14 6:24 11:32 12:1 a decree of God, Psalms 2:7 a custom observed as though it were a law, Judges 11:39 right, privilege, observed as though it had been a law, Exodus 29:28 [This passage speaks of an actual ordinance of God].

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List of Word Forms

בְּחֻקֶּ֑יךָ בְּחֻקֶּֽיךָ׃ בְּחֻקַּי֙ בְּחֻקָּ֛יו בְּחוּקֵּ֤י בְחֻקֶּ֣יךָ בְחֻקֶּֽיךָ׃ בחוקי בחקי בחקיו בחקיך בחקיך׃ הַ֣חֻקִּ֔ים הַֽחֻקִּ֖ים הַֽחֻקִּ֗ים הַֽחֻקִּ֣ים הַֽחֻקִּים֙ הַחֻקִּ֖ים הַחֻקִּ֣ים הַחֻקִּ֥ים הַחֻקִּ֨ים החקים וְ֝חֹ֗ק וְהַֽחֻקִּ֖ים וְהַֽחֻקִּ֥ים וְהַֽחֻקִּים֙ וְהַחֻקִּ֖ים וְהַחֻקִּ֥ים וְחָק־ וְחֹ֣ק וְחֹ֨ק וְחֻקִּים֙ וְחֻקֶּ֥יךָ וְחֻקַּ֗י וְחֻקַּ֥י וְחֻקָּ֔יו וְחֻקָּ֖יו וְחֻקָּֽיו׃ וְחֻקָּיו֙ והחקים וחק וחק־ וחקי וחקיו וחקיו׃ וחקיך וחקים חָקְךָ֤ חָקְכֶ֤ם חָק־ חֹ֑ק חֹ֔ק חֹ֖ק חֹ֣ק חֹ֥ק חֹ֨ק חֹֽק־ חֹֽק׃ חֻ֝קֶּ֗יךָ חֻ֝קֶּיךָ חֻ֭קָּיו חֻקִּ֑י חֻקִּ֖ים חֻקִּ֥ים חֻקִּֽי׃ חֻקִּים֙ חֻקֵּ֑ךְ חֻקֵּ֥י חֻקֶּ֗יךָ חֻקֶּ֥יךָ חֻקֶּֽיךָ׃ חֻקַּ֥י חֻקַּי֙ חֻקָּ֑י חֻקָּ֑יו חֻקָּ֔יו חֻקָּ֗יו חֻקָּ֣יו חֻקָּ֥יו חֻקָּ֧יו חֻקָּם֙ חֻקּ֗וֹ חֻקָּ֥יו חק חק־ חק׃ חקו חקי חקי׃ חקיו חקיך חקיך׃ חקים חקך חקכם חקם לְחָק־ לְחֹ֑ק לְחֹ֔ק לְחֹ֖ק לְחֹ֤ק לְחֹק֩ לְחֻקִּ֣ים לחק לחק־ לחקים מֵ֝חֻקִּ֗י מֵֽחֻקַּי֙ מֵחֻקֶּ֑יךָ מחקי מחקיך bə·ḥuq·qāw bə·ḥuq·qay bə·ḥūq·qê bə·ḥuq·qe·ḵā ḇə·ḥuq·qe·ḵā bechukKai bechukKav bechukKei bechukKeicha bəḥuqqāw bəḥuqqay bəḥūqqê bəḥuqqeḵā ḇəḥuqqeḵā chakeCha chakeChem chok chukKai chukKam chukKav chukKech chukKei chukKeicha chukKi chukKim chukKo ha·ḥuq·qîm ḥā·qə·ḵā ḥā·qə·ḵem hachukKim haḥuqqîm ḥāq- ḥāqəḵā ḥāqəḵem ḥōq ḥōq- ḥuq·qām ḥuq·qāw ḥuq·qay ḥuq·qāy ḥuq·qê ḥuq·qe·ḵā ḥuq·qêḵ ḥuq·qî ḥuq·qîm ḥuq·qōw ḥuqqām ḥuqqāw ḥuqqay ḥuqqāy ḥuqqê ḥuqqêḵ ḥuqqeḵā ḥuqqî ḥuqqîm ḥuqqōw lə·ḥāq- lə·ḥōq lə·ḥuq·qîm leChok lechukKim ləḥāq- ləḥōq ləḥuqqîm mê·ḥuq·qay mê·ḥuq·qe·ḵā mê·ḥuq·qî mechukKai mechukKeicha mechukKi mêḥuqqay mêḥuqqeḵā mêḥuqqî vechok vechukKai vechukKav vechukKeicha vechukKim vehachukKim wə·ha·ḥuq·qîm wə·ḥāq- wə·ḥōq wə·ḥuq·qāw wə·ḥuq·qay wə·ḥuq·qe·ḵā wə·ḥuq·qîm wəhaḥuqqîm wəḥāq- wəḥōq wəḥuqqāw wəḥuqqay wəḥuqqeḵā wəḥuqqîm