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HebrewH2706Noun (Masculine)

חֹק

choq

118Occurrences
H2706Strong's #
Noun (Masculine)Part of Speech

Definition

Quick Definition(Strong's Concordance)

an enactment; hence, an appointment (of time, space, quantity, labor or usage)

from H2710 (חָקַק);

Full Lexicon Entry(Abbott-Smith)
decree 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

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Grammar & Morphology

Part of Speech

Noun (Masculine)

Morphology Code

H:N-M

Full Description

H:N-M

Occurrences

חֹק appears 118 times in the Old Testament.

Distribution by Book

Psalms
29
Deuteronomy
21
Exodus
8
Job
7
Leviticus
7
Ezk
6
2 Chronicles
5
1 Kings
4

Key Passages

1 Chronicles 16:17BSB

He confirmed it to Jacob as a decree,to Israel as an everlasting covenant:

Deuteronomy 4:1BSB

Hear now, O Israel, the statutes and ordinances I am teaching you to follow, so that you may live and may enter and take possession of the land that the LORD, the God of your fathers, is giving you.

Ezk 16:27BSB

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Leviticus 10:11BSB

so that you may teach the Israelites all the statutes that the LORD has given them through Moses.”

Psalms 119:23BSB

Though rulers sit and slander me,Your servant meditates on Your statutes.

Lexicon data from STEPBible.org (Tyndale House, Cambridge) under CC BY 4.0 license.