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Strong's #2706 - חֹק
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- statute, ordinance, limit, something prescribed, due
- prescribed task
- prescribed portion
- action prescribed (for oneself), resolve
- prescribed due
- prescribed limit, boundary
- enactment, decree, ordinance
- specific decree
- law in general
- enactments, statutes
- conditions
- enactments
- decrees
- civil enactments prescribed by God
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1180) qh (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) qqh (ההקק HhQQ) AC: Inscribe CO: ? AB: Custom: The appointment of a specific time, function or duty. A custom as something that is appointed.
V) qqh (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)
Nm) qqh (ההקק HhQQ) - Custom: KJV (2): thought, decree - Strongs: H2711 (חֵקֶק)
H) eqh (ההקה HhQH) AC: Inscribe CO: ? AB: ?: To write a decree or custom.
V) eqh (ההקה HhQH) - Inscribe: KJV (4): (vf: Hitpael, Pual, Participle) portray, carve, print - Strongs: H2707 (חָקָה)
J) qfh (ההוק HhWQ) AC: ? CO: ? AB: Custom: The appointment of a specific time, function or duty. A custom as something that is appointed.
Nm) qfh (ההוק HhWQ) - Custom: KJV (127): statute, ordinance, decree, due, law, portion, bounds, custom, appointed, commandment - Strongs: H2706 (חֹק)
Nf1) eqfh (ההוקה HhWQH) - Custom: KJV (104): statute, ordinance, custom, appointed, manners, rites - Strongs: H2708 (חֻקָּה)
Jeff Benner, Ancient Hebrew Research Center Used by permission of the author.
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]
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.
(c) an appointed time, Job 14:13, 38:26.
(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].