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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 BoxGen 49:10 - The sceptre H7626 shall not depart H5493 from Judah, H3063 nor a lawgiver H2710 from between his feet, H7272 until H3588 Shiloh H7886 come; H935 and unto him shall the gathering H3349 of the people H5971 be.

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 21:18 - The princes H8269 digged H2658 the well, H875 the nobles H5081 of the people H5971 digged H3738 it, by the direction of the lawgiver, H2710 with their staves. H4938 And from the wilderness H4057 they went to Mattanah: H4980

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Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 33:21 - And he provided H7200 the first part H7225 for himself, because there, in a portion H2513 of the lawgiver, H2710 was he seated; H5603 and he came H857 with the heads H7218 of the people, H5971 he executed H6213 the justice H6666 of the LORD, H3068 and his judgments H4941 with Israel. H3478

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Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 5:9 - My heart H3820 is toward the governors H2710 of Israel, H3478 that offered themselves willingly H5068 among the people. H5971 Bless H1288 ye the LORD. H3068

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Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 5:14 - Out of Ephraim H669 was there a root H8328 of them against Amalek; H6002 after H310 thee, Benjamin, H1144 among thy people; H5971 out of Machir H4353 came down H3381 governors, H2710 and out of Zebulun H2074 they that handle H4900 the pen H7626 of the writer. H5608

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Unchecked Copy BoxJob 19:23 - Oh that H5414 my words H4405 were now H645 written! H3789 oh that H5414 they were printed H2710 in a book! H5612

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 60:7 - Gilead H1568 is mine, and Manasseh H4519 is mine; Ephraim H669 also is the strength H4581 of mine head; H7218 Judah H3063 is my lawgiver; H2710

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 108:8 - Gilead H1568 is mine; Manasseh H4519 is mine; Ephraim H669 also is the strength H4581 of mine head; H7218 Judah H3063 is my lawgiver; H2710

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Unchecked Copy BoxPro 8:15 - By me kings H4428 reign, H4427 and princes H7336 decree H2710 justice. H6664

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Unchecked Copy BoxPro 8:27 - When he prepared H3559 the heavens, H8064 I was there: when he set H2710 a compass H2329 upon the face H6440 of the depth: H8415

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Unchecked Copy BoxPro 8:29 - When he gave H7760 to the sea H3220 his decree, H2706 that the waters H4325 should not pass H5674 his commandment: H6310 when he appointed H2710 the foundations H4144 of the earth: H776

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Unchecked Copy BoxPro 31:5 - Lest they drink, H8354 and forget H7911 the law, H2710 and pervert H8138 the judgment H1779 of any of the afflicted. H1121 H6040

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 10:1 - Woe H1945 unto them that decree H2710 unrighteous H205 decrees, H2711 and that write H3789 grievousness H5999 which they have prescribed; H3789

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 22:16 - What hast thou here? and whom hast thou here, that thou hast hewed thee out H2672 a sepulchre H6913 here, H6311 as he that heweth him out H2672 a sepulchre H6913 on high, H4791 and that graveth H2710 an habitation H4908 for himself in a rock? H5553

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 30:8 - Now go, H935 write H3789 it before them in a table, H3871 and note H2710 it in a book, H5612 that it may be for the time H3117 to come H314 for H5704 ever H5703 and ever: H5769

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 33:22 - For the LORD H3068 is our judge, H8199 the LORD H3068 is our lawgiver, H2710 the LORD H3068 is our king; H4428 he will save H3467 us.

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 49:16 - Behold, I have graven H2710 thee upon the palms of my hands; H3709 thy walls H2346 are continually H8548 before me.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEze 4:1 - Thou also, son H1121 of man, H120 take H3947 thee a tile, H3843 and lay H5414 it before H6440 thee, and pourtray H2710 upon it the city, H5892 even Jerusalem: H3389

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Unchecked Copy BoxEze 23:14 - And that she increased H3254 her whoredoms: H8457 for when she saw H7200 men H582 pourtrayed H2707 upon the wall, H7023 the images H6754 of the Chaldeans H3778 pourtrayed H2710 with vermilion, H8350
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