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Lexicon :: Strong's H2706 - ḥōq

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חֹק
Transliteration
ḥōq
Pronunciation
khoke
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Part of Speech
masculine noun
Root Word (Etymology)
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TWOT Reference: 728a

Strong’s Definitions

חֹק chôq, khoke; from H2710; an enactment; hence, an appointment (of time, space, quantity, labor or usage):—appointed, bound, commandment, convenient, custom, decree(-d), due, law, measure, × necessary, ordinance(-nary), portion, set time, statute, task.

KJV Translation Count — Total: 127x

The KJV translates Strong's H2706 in the following manner: statute (87x), ordinance (9x), decree (7x), due (4x), law (4x), portion (3x), bounds (2x), custom (2x), appointed (1x), commandments (1x), miscellaneous (7x).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 127x
The KJV translates Strong's H2706 in the following manner: statute (87x), ordinance (9x), decree (7x), due (4x), law (4x), portion (3x), bounds (2x), custom (2x), appointed (1x), commandments (1x), miscellaneous (7x).

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

    1. prescribed task

    2. prescribed portion

    3. action prescribed (for oneself), resolve

    4. prescribed due

    5. prescribed limit, boundary

    6. enactment, decree, ordinance

      1. specific decree

      2. law in general

    7. enactments, statutes

      1. conditions

      2. enactments

      3. decrees

      4. civil enactments prescribed by God

Strong’s Definitions [?](Strong’s Definitions Legend)
חֹק chôq, khoke; from H2710; an enactment; hence, an appointment (of time, space, quantity, labor or usage):—appointed, bound, commandment, convenient, custom, decree(-d), due, law, measure, × necessary, ordinance(-nary), portion, set time, statute, task.
STRONGS H2706: Abbreviations
חֹק 127 noun masculineMicah 7:11 something prescribed, a statute or due; — ח׳ Genesis 47:22 22 times; חָקֿ Exodus 30:21 14 times; suffix חֻקִּי Proverbs 30:8 3 times; חָקְךָ Leviticus 10:13,14 etc. + 4 times suffixes; plural חֻקִּים Deuteronomy 4:5 31 times; construct חֻקֵּי Exodus 18:16; חוּקֵּ֯י Ezekiel 20:18; also חִקֲקֵי [H2711 Judges 5:15; Isaiah 10:1] (Ges§ 93. 1 R 7); חֻקָּו֯ Job 14:5 etc. + 44 times 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; < Greek Version of the LXX Vulgate 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 מָּֽעֲרָה פִיהָ לִבְלִי חֹ֑ק Isaiah 5:14 She'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 MT, 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: חֻקֵּי האלהים 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 20 times, 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 3 times; צוּה Numbers 30:17 9 times; למּד Deuteronomy 4:1 10 times; שׁמר Deuteronomy 26:17 16 times; עשׂה Deuteronomy 6:24 5 times; שׁמר לעשׂות Deuteronomy 11:32 4 times; הלך בְּ 1 Kings 8:61 3 times — [On usage of חֹק see חֻקָּה near the end]
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BLB Scripture Index of Brown-Driver-Briggs

Genesis

47:22; 47:22; 47:26

Exodus

5:14; 12:24; 15:25; 15:26; 18:16; 18:16; 18:20; 29:28; 30:21; 30:21

Leviticus

6:11; 6:15; 7:34; 10:11; 10:13; 10:13; 10:14; 10:14; 10:15; 24:9; 26:46; 26:46

Numbers

18:8; 18:11; 18:19

Deuteronomy

4:1; 4:1; 4:5; 4:5; 4:6; 4:8; 4:14; 4:40; 4:45; 5:1; 5:28; 6:1; 6:17; 6:20; 6:24; 6:24; 7:11; 11:32; 11:32; 12:1; 16:12; 17:19; 26:16; 26:17; 26:17; 27:10

Joshua

24:25

Judges

5:15; 5:16; 11:39

1 Samuel

30:25

1 Kings

3:14; 8:58; 8:61; 8:61; 9:4

2 Kings

17:15; 17:37

1 Chronicles

16:17; 22:13; 29:19

2 Chronicles

7:17; 19:10; 33:8; 34:31; 35:25

Ezra

7:10; 7:11

Nehemiah

1:7; 9:13; 9:14; 10:30

Job

14:5; 14:5; 14:13; 23:12; 23:14; 26:10; 28:26; 38:10

Psalms

2:7; 50:16; 81:5; 81:6; 94:20; 99:7; 105:10; 105:45; 119:5; 147:19; 148:6

Proverbs

8:29; 30:8; 30:8; 31:15

Isaiah

5:14; 10:1; 25:5

Jeremiah

5:22; 31:36; 32:11

Ezekiel

11:12; 16:27; 20:18; 20:18; 20:25; 36:27; 45:14

Amos

2:4

Micah

7:11; 7:11

Zephaniah

2:2

Zechariah

1:6

Malachi

3:7

H2706

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Strong's Number H2706 matches the Hebrew חֹק (ḥōq),
which occurs 128 times in 124 verses in the WLC Hebrew.

Page 2 / 3 (1Ki 9:4–Psa 119:145)

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ki 9:4

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 9:4 - And as for you, if you will walk before me, as David your father walked, with integrity of heart and uprightness, doing according to all that I have commanded you, and keeping my statutes and my rules,

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ki 17:15

Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 17:15 - They despised his statutes and his covenant that he made with their fathers and the warnings that he gave them. They went after false idols and became false, and they followed the nations that were around them, concerning whom the LORD had commanded them that they should not do like them.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ki 17:37

Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 17:37 - And the statutes and the rules and the law and the commandment that he wrote for you, you shall always be careful to do. You shall not fear other gods,

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 16:17 - which he confirmed to Jacob as a statute,
to Israel as an everlasting covenant,

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ch 22:13

Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 22:13 - Then you will prosper if you are careful to observe the statutes and the rules that the LORD commanded Moses for Israel. Be strong and courageous. Fear not; do not be dismayed.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 7:17 - And as for you, if you will walk before me as David your father walked, doing according to all that I have commanded you and keeping my statutes and my rules,

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ch 19:10

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 19:10 - whenever a case comes to you from your brothers who live in their cities, concerning bloodshed, law or commandment, statutes or rules, then you shall warn them, that they may not incur guilt before the LORD and wrath may not come upon you and your brothers. Thus you shall do, and you will not incur guilt.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ch 33:8

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 33:8 - and I will no more remove the foot of Israel from the land that I appointed for your fathers, if only they will be careful to do all that I have commanded them, all the law, the statutes, and the rules given through Moses.”

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ch 34:31

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 34:31 - And the king stood in his place and made a covenant before the LORD, to walk after the LORD and to keep his commandments and his testimonies and his statutes, with all his heart and all his soul, to perform the words of the covenant that were written in this book.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 35:25 - Jeremiah also uttered a lament for Josiah; and all the singing men and singing women have spoken of Josiah in their laments to this day. They made these a rule in Israel; behold, they are written in the Laments.

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Unchecked Copy Box Ezr 7:10

Unchecked Copy BoxEzr 7:10 - For Ezra had set his heart to study the Law of the LORD, and to do it and to teach his statutes and rules in Israel.

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Unchecked Copy Box Ezr 7:11

Unchecked Copy BoxEzr 7:11 - This is a copy of the letter that King Artaxerxes gave to Ezra the priest, the scribe, a man learned in matters of the commandments of the LORD and his statutes for Israel:

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Unchecked Copy Box Neh 1:7

Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 1:7 - We have acted very corruptly against you and have not kept the commandments, the statutes, and the rules that you commanded your servant Moses.

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Unchecked Copy Box Neh 9:13

Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 9:13 - You came down on Mount Sinai and spoke with them from heaven and gave them right rules and true laws, good statutes and commandments,

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Unchecked Copy Box Neh 9:14

Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 9:14 - and you made known to them your holy Sabbath and commanded them commandments and statutes and a law by Moses your servant.

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Unchecked Copy Box Neh 10:29

Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 10:29 - join with their brothers, their nobles, and enter into a curse and an oath to walk in God’s Law that was given by Moses the servant of God, and to observe and do all the commandments of the LORD our Lord and his rules and his statutes.

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 14:5

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 14:5 - Since his days are determined,
and the number of his months is with you,
and you have appointed his limits that he cannot pass,

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 14:13

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 14:13 - Oh that you would hide me in Sheol,
that you would conceal me until your wrath be past,
that you would appoint me a set time, and remember me!

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Unchecked Copy BoxJob 23:12 - I have not departed from the commandment of his lips;
I have treasured the words of his mouth more than my portion of food.

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 23:14

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 23:14 - For he will complete what he appoints for me,
and many such things are in his mind.

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 26:10

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 26:10 - He has inscribed a circle on the face of the waters
at the boundary between light and darkness.

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 28:26

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 28:26 - when he made a decree for the rain
and a way for the lightning of the thunder,

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Unchecked Copy BoxJob 38:10 - and prescribed limits for it
and set bars and doors,

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 2:7 - I will tell of the decree:
The LORD said to me, “You are my Son;
today I have begotten you.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 50:16

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 50:16 - But to the wicked God says:
“What right have you to recite my statutes
or take my covenant on your lips?

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 74:11

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 74:11 - Why do you hold back your hand, your right hand?
Take it from the fold of your garment[fn] and destroy them!

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 81:4

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 81:4 - For it is a statute for Israel,
a rule[fn] of the God of Jacob.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 94:20

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 94:20 - Can wicked rulers be allied with you,
those who frame[fn] injustice by statute?

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 99:7

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 99:7 - In the pillar of the cloud he spoke to them;
they kept his testimonies
and the statute that he gave them.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 105:10

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 105:10 - which he confirmed to Jacob as a statute,
to Israel as an everlasting covenant,

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 105:45

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 105:45 - that they might keep his statutes
and observe his laws.
Praise the LORD!

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 119:5

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 119:5 - Oh that my ways may be steadfast
in keeping your statutes!

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 119:8

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 119:8 - I will keep your statutes;
do not utterly forsake me!

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 119:12

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 119:12 - Blessed are you, O LORD;
teach me your statutes!

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 119:23

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 119:23 - Even though princes sit plotting against me,
your servant will meditate on your statutes.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 119:26

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 119:26 - When I told of my ways, you answered me;
teach me your statutes!

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 119:33

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 119:33 - He
Teach me, O LORD, the way of your statutes;
and I will keep it to the end.[fn]

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 119:48

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 119:48 - I will lift up my hands toward your commandments, which I love,
and I will meditate on your statutes.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 119:54

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 119:54 - Your statutes have been my songs
in the house of my sojourning.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 119:64

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 119:64 - The earth, O LORD, is full of your steadfast love;
teach me your statutes!

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 119:68

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 119:68 - You are good and do good;
teach me your statutes.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 119:71

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 119:71 - It is good for me that I was afflicted,
that I might learn your statutes.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 119:80

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 119:80 - May my heart be blameless in your statutes,
that I may not be put to shame!

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 119:83

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 119:83 - For I have become like a wineskin in the smoke,
yet I have not forgotten your statutes.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 119:112

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 119:112 - I incline my heart to perform your statutes
forever, to the end.[fn]

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 119:117

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 119:117 - Hold me up, that I may be safe
and have regard for your statutes continually!

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 119:118

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 119:118 - You spurn all who go astray from your statutes,
for their cunning is in vain.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 119:124

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 119:124 - Deal with your servant according to your steadfast love,
and teach me your statutes.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 119:135

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 119:135 - Make your face shine upon your servant,
and teach me your statutes.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 119:145

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With my whole heart I cry; answer me, O LORD!
I will keep your statutes.

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