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Lexicon :: Strong's H2710 - ḥāqaq

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חָקַק
Transliteration
ḥāqaq
Pronunciation
khaw-kak'
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Part of Speech
verb
Root Word (Etymology)
A primitive root
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TWOT Reference: 728

Strong’s Definitions

חָקַק châqaq, khaw-kak'; a primitive root; properly, to hack, i.e. engrave (Judges 5:14, to be a scribe simply); by implication, to enact (laws being cut in stone or metal tablets in primitive times) or (generally) prescribe:—appoint, decree, governor, grave, lawgiver, note, pourtray, print, set.

KJV Translation Count — Total: 19x

The KJV translates Strong's H2710 in the following manner: lawgiver (6x), governor* (2x), decree (2x), grave* (2x), portray (2x), law (1x), printed (1x), set (1x), note (1x), appoint.

KJV Translation Count — Total: 19x
The KJV translates Strong's H2710 in the following manner: lawgiver (6x), governor* (2x), decree (2x), grave* (2x), portray (2x), law (1x), printed (1x), set (1x), note (1x), appoint.

  1. to cut out, decree, inscribe, set, engrave, portray, govern

    1. (Qal)

      1. to cut in

      2. to cut in or on, cut upon, engrave, inscribe

      3. to trace, mark out

      4. to engrave, inscribe (of a law)

    2. (Poel)

      1. to inscribe, enact, decree

      2. one who decrees, lawgiver (participle)

    3. (Pual) something decreed, the law (participle)

    4. (Hophal) to be inscribed

Strong’s Definitions [?](Strong’s Definitions Legend)
חָקַק châqaq, khaw-kak'; a primitive root; properly, to hack, i.e. engrave (Judges 5:14, to be a scribe simply); by implication, to enact (laws being cut in stone or metal tablets in primitive times) or (generally) prescribe:—appoint, decree, governor, grave, lawgiver, note, pourtray, print, set.
STRONGS H2710: Abbreviations
† [חָקַק] verb cut in, inscribe, decree (Late Hebrew id., Aramaic חֲקַק, Zinjirli חקק; Phoenician id. Participle Hiph.; Arabic حَقَّ be just, right, obligatory, also make or decide to be just, etc.; حَقًّ justness, truth, necessity, obligation; Ethiopic ሕቅ፡ adjective moderate, sufficient; compare also חקה) —
Qal וְחַקּוֺתָ֫ 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. Participle מְחֻקָּק that which is decreed Proverbs 31:5 (late).
Hoph. Imperfect יֻחָ֑קֿוּ Job 19:23 inscribed in (בְּ) a book.
Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew and English Lexicon, Unabridged, Electronic Database.
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BLB Scripture Index of Brown-Driver-Briggs

Genesis

49:10; 49:10

Numbers

21:18; 21:18

Deuteronomy

33:21; 33:21

Judges

5:9; 5:9; 5:14; 5:14; 5:14

Job

19:23

Psalms

60:9; 60:9; 108:9; 108:9

Proverbs

8:15; 8:15; 8:27; 8:27; 8:29; 8:29; 31:5

Isaiah

10:1; 10:1; 22:16; 22:16; 30:8; 30:8; 33:22; 33:22; 49:16; 49:16

Ezekiel

4:1; 4:1; 23:14; 23:14

H2710

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Strong's Number H2710 matches the Hebrew חָקַק (ḥāqaq),
which occurs 19 times in 19 verses in the WLC Hebrew.

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 49:10

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 49:10 - The scepter will not depart from Judah, Nor the lawgiver from between his feet, Until Shiloh come, And to him will be the obedience of peoples.

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Unchecked Copy Box Num 21:18

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 21:18 - Well which princes digged, which the nobles of the people hollowed out at the word of the lawgiver, with their staves. And from the wilderness they went to Mattanah;

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Unchecked Copy Box Deu 33:21

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 33:21 - And he provided the first part for himself, For there was reserved the portion of the lawgiver; And he came with the heads of the people; The justice of Jehovah and his judgments Hath he executed with Israel.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jdg 5:9

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 5:9 - My heart is toward the governors of Israel, who offered themselves willingly among the people. Bless Jehovah!

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Unchecked Copy Box Jdg 5:14

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 5:14 - Out of Ephraim came those whose root was in Amalek; After thee was Benjamin among thy peoples. Out of Machir came down governors, And out of Zebulun they that handled the staff of the ruler.

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 19:23

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 19:23 - Oh would that my words were written! oh that they were inscribed in a book!

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 60:7

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 60:7 - Gilead is mine, and Manasseh is mine, and Ephraim is the strength of my head; Judah is my law-giver;

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 108:8

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 108:8 - Gilead is mine, Manasseh is mine, and Ephraim is the strength of my head; Judah is my law-giver;

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Unchecked Copy Box Pro 8:15

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 8:15 - By me kings reign, and rulers make just decrees;

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Unchecked Copy Box Pro 8:27

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 8:27 - When he prepared the heavens I was there; when he ordained the circle upon the face of the deep;

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Unchecked Copy Box Pro 8:29

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 8:29 - when he imposed on the sea his decree that the waters should not pass his commandment, when he appointed the foundations of the earth:

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Unchecked Copy Box Pro 31:5

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 31:5 - -- lest they drink and forget the law, and pervert the judgment of any of the children of affliction.

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 10:1

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 10:1 - Woe unto them that decree iniquitous decrees, and to the writers that prescribe oppression,

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 22:16

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 22:16 - What hast thou here? and whom hast thou here, that thou hast hewn thee out a sepulchre here, as he that heweth out his sepulchre on high, cutting out in the rock a habitation for himself?

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 30:8

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 30:8 - Now go, write it before them on a tablet, and record it in a book, that it may be for the time to come, as a witness for ever,

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 33:22

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 33:22 - For Jehovah is our judge, Jehovah, our lawgiver, Jehovah, our king: he will save us.

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 49:16

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 49:16 - Lo, I have graven thee upon the palms of my hands; thy walls are continually before me.

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Unchecked Copy Box Eze 4:1

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 4:1 - And thou, son of man, take thee a brick, and lay it before thee, and portray upon it a city, -- Jerusalem:

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Unchecked Copy Box Eze 23:14

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 23:14 - And she increased her fornications; for she saw men portrayed upon the wall, the images of the Chaldeans portrayed with vermilion,
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