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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 Yehudah, Nor the ruler's staff from between his feet, Until he comes to whom it belongs. To him will the obedience of the peoples be.

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Unchecked Copy Box Num 21:18

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 21:18 - The well, which the princes dug, Which the nobles of the people dug, With the scepter, and with their poles. From the wilderness they traveled to Mattanah;

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Unchecked Copy Box Deu 33:21

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 33:21 - He provided the first part for himself, For there was the lawgiver's portion reserved; He came with the heads of the people; He executed the righteousness of the LORD, His ordinances with Yisra'el.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jdg 5:9

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 5:9 - My heart is toward the governors of Yisra'el, Who offered themselves willingly among the people: Bless you the LORD.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jdg 5:14

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 5:14 - Out of Efrayim came down they whose root is in `Amalek; After you, Binyamin, among your peoples; Out of Makhir came down governors, Out of Zevulun those who handle the marshal's staff.

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 19:23

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

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 60:7

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 60:7 - Gil`ad is mine, and Menashsheh is mine. Efrayim also is the defense of my head. Yehudah is my scepter.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 108:8

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 108:8 - Gil`ad is mine. Menashsheh is mine. Efrayim also is my helmet. Yehudah is my scepter.

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Unchecked Copy Box Pro 8:15

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 8:15 - By me kings reign, And princes decree justice.

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Unchecked Copy Box Pro 8:27

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 8:27 - When he established the heavens, I was there; When he set a circle on the surface of the deep,

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Unchecked Copy Box Pro 8:29

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 8:29 - When he gave to the sea its boundary, That the waters should not violate his mitzvah, When he marked out the foundations of the eretz;

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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 justice due to anyone who is afflicted.

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 10:1

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 10:1 - Woe to those who decree unrighteous decrees, and to the writers who write perverseness;

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 22:16

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 22:16 - "What are you doing here? and who has you here, that you have hewed out a tomb here? Cutting him out a tomb on high, chiseling a habitation for himself in the rock!"

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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 inscribe it in a book, that it may be for the time to come forever and ever.

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 33:22

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

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 49:16

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 49:16 - Behold, I have engraved you on the palms of my hands; your walls are continually before me.

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Unchecked Copy Box Eze 4:1

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 4:1 - You also, son of man, take a tile, and lay it before you, and portray on it a city, even Yerushalayim:

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Unchecked Copy Box Eze 23:14

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 23:14 - She increased her prostitution; for she saw men portrayed on the wall, the images of the Kasdim portrayed with vermilion,
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