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Old Testament Hebrew Lexical DictionaryHebrew Lexicon

Strong's #2710 - חָקַק

Transliteration
châqaq
Phonetics
khaw-kak'
Origin
a primitive root
Parts of Speech
Verb
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Definition   
Brown-Driver-Briggs'

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

Greek Equivalent Words:
Strong #: 873 ‑ ἀφορίζω (af‑or‑id'‑zo);  1299 ‑ διατάσσω (dee‑at‑as'‑so);  2478 ‑ ἰσχυρός (is‑khoo‑ros');  2045 ‑ ἐραυνάω (er‑yoo‑nah'‑o);  758 ‑ ἄρχων (ar'‑khone);  935 ‑ βασιλεύς (bas‑il‑yooce');  2233 ‑ ἡγέομαι (hayg‑eh'‑om‑ahee);  1125 ‑ γράφω (graf'‑o);  
Frequency Lists
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KJV (19)
Genesis 1
Numbers 1
Deuteronomy 1
Judges 2
Job 1
Psalms 2
Proverbs 4
Isaiah 5
Ezekiel 2
NAS (20)
Genesis 2
Numbers 1
Deuteronomy 1
Judges 2
Job 1
Psalms 2
Proverbs 4
Isaiah 5
Ezekiel 2
HCS (19)
Genesis 1
Numbers 1
Deuteronomy 1
Judges 2
Job 1
Psalms 2
Proverbs 4
Isaiah 5
Ezekiel 2
BSB (19)
Genesis 1
Numbers 1
Deuteronomy 1
Judges 2
Job 1
Psalms 2
Proverbs 4
Isaiah 5
Ezekiel 2
ESV (17)
Genesis 1
Numbers 1
Deuteronomy 1
Judges 2
Job 1
Psalms 2
Proverbs 4
Isaiah 3
Ezekiel 2
WEB (18)
Genesis 1
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Deuteronomy 1
Judges 2
Job 1
Psalms 2
Proverbs 4
Isaiah 4
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Ancient Hebrew Lexicon Definitions

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)

AHL Definitions Copyright: ©1999-2024
Jeff Benner, Ancient Hebrew Research Center Used by permission of the author.
Brown-Driver-Briggs Expanded Definition
 [חָקַק] verb cut in, inscribe, decree (Late Hebrew id., Aramaic חֲקַק, Zinjirli חקק; Phoenician id. Participle Hiph`il; Arabic be just, right, obligatory, also make or decide to be just, etc.; justness, truth, necessity, obligation; Ethiopic adjective moderate, sufficient; compare also חקה) —

Qalוְחַקּוֺתָ֫ Ezekiel 4:1; suffix חַקֹּתִיךְ Isaiah 49:16; Infinitive suffix בְּחֻקּוֺ Proverbs 8:27; בְּחוּקוֺ Proverbs 8:29 (assimilated to בְּשׂוּמוֺ); חֻקָּהּ Isaiah 30:8; Participle חֹקְקִי Isaiah 22:16 (archaic case ending Ges§ 90. 3 a); plural חֹקְקִים Isaiah 10:1; construct חוֺקְקֵי Judges 5:9 (possibly Po`el = מחוקקי with מְ omitted, see Ges§ 52 (2), note 6); Participle Pass. plural חֲקֻקִֿים Ezekiel 23:14 (Co חקוקים); —

1 cut in, with בְּ, Isaiah 22:16, of a dwelling-place = tomb, in a rock.

2 cut in or on, upon, engrave, inscribe, with על on roll of a book Isaiah 30:8; representation of city on brick (as in Babylonia) Ezekiel 4:1; images on a wall Ezekiel 23:14; figurative of Zion's walls on palms of ׳י Isaiah 49:16.

3 trace, mark out, a circle, with על over the face of deep Proverbs 8:27; with accusative, foundations of earth Proverbs 8:29.

4 of a law, engrave, inscribe (on a tablet), figurative for enact, decree חקקים חקקי און Isaiah 10:1 ("" כתב עמל); חוֺקקֵי ישׂראל poetic = commanders (see Po`el) Judges 5:9 ("" מחקקים Judges 5:14).

Po`el Imperfect יְחוֺקְקוּ Proverbs 8:15; Participle מְחֹקֵק Genesis 49:10; Numbers 21:18; Deuteronomy 33:21; suffix מְחֹקְקִי Psalm 60:9; Psalm 108:9; מְחֹקְקֵנוּ Isaiah 33:22; plural מְחֹקְקִים Judges 5:14; — inscribe (as a law), enact (poetry): with accusative צֶדֶק Proverbs 8:15 elsewhere participle

a. prescriber of laws, hence (as sovereign authority in a warlike clan) commander Deuteronomy 33:21 (of warlike tribe of Gad), Judges 5:14; Isaiah 33:22 (of ׳י; "" שֹׁפְטֵנוּ, מַלְכֵּנוּ).

b. commander's staff Genesis 49:10 ("" שֵׁבֶט), Numbers 21:18 (both poetry), Psalm 60:9 = Psalm 108:9.

Pu`al Participle מְחֻקָּק that which is decreed Proverbs 31:5 (late).

Hoph`al Imperfect יֻחָ֑קֿוּ Job 19:23 inscribed in (בְּ) a book.


Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew and English Lexicon, Unabridged, Electronic Database.All rights reserved. Used by permission. BibleSoft.com
Gesenius' Hebrew and Chaldee Definition

חָקַק prop. to cut, to cut into, to hack, hauen, einhauen; compare the kindred roots, all of which are onomatopoetic, חָקָה, هَقَّ and هقهق to strike with a sword, hauen, then to stamp violently; also, to encounter violently; هَكَّ and هكهك id.; hacken, to hack. In passing, we may observe that especially in verbs geminate in the middle radical, there are many which are imitations of sound, and hence are common to many. languages; as לָקַק lecken [to lick], דָּבַב, טָפַף, tappen, הָלַל) hallen, צָלַל tinnio, fchallen, דָּקַק to beat, to beat to powder, etc.; and in the geminate forms, גַּרְגַּר gargarizavit, צִפְצֵף pipivit, צלצל tintinnum edidit, etc. Specially

(1) to carve out a sepulchre, in a rock, Isaiah 22:16 to engrave letters and figures on a tablet, Isaiah 30:8; Ezekiel 4:1.

(2) i.q. γράφειν, to delineate, to paint, Isaiah 49:16; Ezekiel 23:14.

(3) to decree, to ordain (verbs of inscribing and writing are used in the sense of decreeing, since it is the work of a legislator to write or inscribe his laws), Isaiah 10:1 to determine, to appoint, to describe, Proverbs 8:27, 29. Part. חֹקֵק poet. for שֹׂפֵט a judge, Judges 5:9.

Pual part. מְחֻקָּק what is decreed, Proverbs 31:5.

Hophal, fut. יֻחָקוּ for יֻחָקּוּ (with the omission of Dag. forte) to engrave, to inscribe, Job 19:23.

Poel, i.q. Kal No. 3, to decree, Proverbs 8:15. Part. מְחֹקֵק

(1) a law giver, Deuteronomy 33:21; Isaiah 33:22 a leader, Judges 5:14.

(2) a sceptre, Numbers 21:18; Psalms 60:9; Genesis 49:10.

Hence חֹק, חֻקָּה, [חֻקֹּק], and


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List of Word Forms
בְּ֝חוּק֗וֹ בְּח֥וּקוֹ בִּמְחֹקֵ֖ק בחוקו במחקק הַחֹֽקְקִ֖ים החקקים וְחַקּוֹתָ֥ וְיֻחָֽקוּ׃ וּמְחֹקֵ֖ק וחקות ויחקו׃ ומחקק חֲקֻקִ֖ים חַקֹּתִ֑יךְ חֹקְקִ֥י חֻקָּ֑הּ חקה חקקי חקקים חקתיך יְחֹ֣קְקוּ יחקקו לְחוֹקְקֵ֣י לחוקקי מְחֹ֣קְקִ֔ים מְחֹֽקְקִי׃ מְחֹקְקִֽי׃ מְחֹקְקֵ֑נוּ מְחֹקֵ֖ק מְחֻקָּ֑ק מחקק מחקקי׃ מחקקים מחקקנו bə·ḥū·qōw bechuKo beChukov bəḥūqōw bim·ḥō·qêq bimchoKek bimḥōqêq chakkoTich chakuKim chokeKi chukKah ha·ḥō·qə·qîm ḥă·qu·qîm hachokeKim haḥōqəqîm ḥaq·qō·ṯîḵ ḥaqqōṯîḵ ḥăquqîm ḥō·qə·qî ḥōqəqî ḥuq·qāh ḥuqqāh lə·ḥō·wq·qê lechokKei ləḥōwqqê mə·ḥō·qə·qê·nū mə·ḥō·qə·qî mə·ḥō·qə·qîm mə·ḥō·qêq mə·ḥuq·qāq mechoKek mechokeKenu meChokeki meChokeKim mechukKak məḥōqêq məḥōqəqênū məḥōqəqî məḥōqəqîm məḥuqqāq ū·mə·ḥō·qêq umechoKek ūməḥōqêq vechakkoTa veyuChaku wə·ḥaq·qō·w·ṯā wə·yu·ḥā·qū wəḥaqqōwṯā wəyuḥāqū yə·ḥō·qə·qū yeChokeku yəḥōqəqū
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