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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
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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 105:101 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

Word / Phrase / Strong's Search

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

Page 1 / 3 (Gen 47:22–1Ki 8:61)

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 47:22 - Only the land of the priests bought he not; for the priests had a portion H2706 assigned them of Pharaoh, and did eat their portion H2706 which Pharaoh gave them: wherefore they sold not their lands.
Unchecked Copy BoxGen 47:26 - And Joseph made it a law H2706 over the land of Egypt unto this day, that Pharaoh should have the fifth part; except the land of the priests only, which became not Pharaoh's.
Unchecked Copy BoxExo 5:14 - And the officers of the children of Israel, which Pharaoh's taskmasters had set over them, were beaten, and demanded, Wherefore have ye not fulfilled your task H2706 in making brick both yesterday and to day, as heretofore?
Unchecked Copy BoxExo 12:24 - And ye shall observe this thing for an ordinance H2706 to thee and to thy sons for ever.
Unchecked Copy BoxExo 15:25 - And he cried unto the LORD; and the LORD shewed him a tree, which when he had cast into the waters, the waters were made sweet: there he made for them a statute H2706 and an ordinance, and there he proved them,
Unchecked Copy BoxExo 15:26 - And said, If thou wilt diligently hearken to the voice of the LORD thy God, and wilt do that which is right in his sight, and wilt give ear to his commandments, and keep all his statutes, H2706 I will put none of these diseases upon thee, which I have brought upon the Egyptians: for I am the LORD that healeth thee.
Unchecked Copy BoxExo 18:16 - When they have a matter, they come unto me; and I judge between one and another, and I do make them know the statutes H2706 of God, and his laws.
Unchecked Copy BoxExo 18:20 - And thou shalt teach them ordinances H2706 and laws, and shalt shew them the way wherein they must walk, and the work that they must do.
Unchecked Copy BoxExo 29:28 - And it shall be Aaron's and his sons' by a statute H2706 for ever from the children of Israel: for it is an heave offering: and it shall be an heave offering from the children of Israel of the sacrifice of their peace offerings, even their heave offering unto the LORD.
Unchecked Copy BoxExo 30:21 - So they shall wash their hands and their feet, that they die not: and it shall be a statute H2706 for ever to them, even to him and to his seed throughout their generations.
Unchecked Copy BoxLev 6:18 - All the males among the children of Aaron shall eat of it. It shall be a statute H2706 for ever in your generations concerning the offerings of the LORD made by fire: every one that toucheth them shall be holy.
Unchecked Copy BoxLev 6:22 - And the priest of his sons that is anointed in his stead shall offer it: it is a statute H2706 for ever unto the LORD; it shall be wholly burnt.
Unchecked Copy BoxLev 7:34 - For the wave breast and the heave shoulder have I taken of the children of Israel from off the sacrifices of their peace offerings, and have given them unto Aaron the priest and unto his sons by a statute H2706 for ever from among the children of Israel.
Unchecked Copy BoxLev 10:11 - And that ye may teach the children of Israel all the statutes H2706 which the LORD hath spoken unto them by the hand of Moses.
Unchecked Copy BoxLev 10:13 - And ye shall eat it in the holy place, because it is thy due, H2706 and thy sons' due, H2706 of the sacrifices of the LORD made by fire: for so I am commanded.
Unchecked Copy BoxLev 10:14 - And the wave breast and heave shoulder shall ye eat in a clean place; thou, and thy sons, and thy daughters with thee: for they be thy due, H2706 and thy sons' due, H2706 which are given out of the sacrifices of peace offerings of the children of Israel.
Unchecked Copy BoxLev 10:15 - The heave shoulder and the wave breast shall they bring with the offerings made by fire of the fat, to wave it for a wave offering before the LORD; and it shall be thine, and thy sons' with thee, by a statute H2706 for ever; as the LORD hath commanded.
Unchecked Copy BoxLev 24:9 - And it shall be Aaron's and his sons'; and they shall eat it in the holy place: for it is most holy unto him of the offerings of the LORD made by fire by a perpetual statute. H2706
Unchecked Copy BoxLev 26:46 - These are the statutes H2706 and judgments and laws, which the LORD made between him and the children of Israel in mount Sinai by the hand of Moses.
Unchecked Copy BoxNum 18:8 - And the LORD spake unto Aaron, Behold, I also have given thee the charge of mine heave offerings of all the hallowed things of the children of Israel; unto thee have I given them by reason of the anointing, and to thy sons, by an ordinance H2706 for ever.
Unchecked Copy BoxNum 18:11 - And this is thine; the heave offering of their gift, with all the wave offerings of the children of Israel: I have given them unto thee, and to thy sons and to thy daughters with thee, by a statute H2706 for ever: every one that is clean in thy house shall eat of it.
Unchecked Copy BoxNum 18:19 - All the heave offerings of the holy things, which the children of Israel offer unto the LORD, have I given thee, and thy sons and thy daughters with thee, by a statute H2706 for ever: it is a covenant of salt for ever before the LORD unto thee and to thy seed with thee.
Unchecked Copy BoxNum 30:16 - These are the statutes, H2706 which the LORD commanded Moses, between a man and his wife, between the father and his daughter, being yet in her youth in her father's house.
Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 4:1 - Now therefore hearken, O Israel, unto the statutes H2706 and unto the judgments, which I teach you, for to do them, that ye may live, and go in and possess the land which the LORD God of your fathers giveth you.
Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 4:5 - Behold, I have taught you statutes H2706 and judgments, even as the LORD my God commanded me, that ye should do so in the land whither ye go to possess it.
Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 4:6 - Keep therefore and do them; for this is your wisdom and your understanding in the sight of the nations, which shall hear all these statutes, H2706 and say, Surely this great nation is a wise and understanding people.
Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 4:8 - And what nation is there so great, that hath statutes H2706 and judgments so righteous as all this law, which I set before you this day?
Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 4:14 - And the LORD commanded me at that time to teach you statutes H2706 and judgments, that ye might do them in the land whither ye go over to possess it.
Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 4:40 - Thou shalt keep therefore his statutes, H2706 and his commandments, which I command thee this day, that it may go well with thee, and with thy children after thee, and that thou mayest prolong thy days upon the earth, which the LORD thy God giveth thee, for ever.
Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 4:45 - These are the testimonies, and the statutes, H2706 and the judgments, which Moses spake unto the children of Israel, after they came forth out of Egypt,
Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 5:1 - And Moses called all Israel, and said unto them, Hear, O Israel, the statutes H2706 and judgments which I speak in your ears this day, that ye may learn them, and keep, and do them.
Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 5:31 - But as for thee, stand thou here by me, and I will speak unto thee all the commandments, and the statutes, H2706 and the judgments, which thou shalt teach them, that they may do them in the land which I give them to possess it.
Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 6:1 - Now these are the commandments, the statutes, H2706 and the judgments, which the LORD your God commanded to teach you, that ye might do them in the land whither ye go to possess it:
Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 6:17 - Ye shall diligently keep the commandments of the LORD your God, and his testimonies, and his statutes, H2706 which he hath commanded thee.
Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 6:20 - And when thy son asketh thee in time to come, saying, What mean the testimonies, and the statutes, H2706 and the judgments, which the LORD our God hath commanded you?
Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 6:24 - And the LORD commanded us to do all these statutes, H2706 to fear the LORD our God, for our good always, that he might preserve us alive, as it is at this day.
Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 7:11 - Thou shalt therefore keep the commandments, and the statutes, H2706 and the judgments, which I command thee this day, to do them.
Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 11:32 - And ye shall observe to do all the statutes H2706 and judgments which I set before you this day.
Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 12:1 - These are the statutes H2706 and judgments, which ye shall observe to do in the land, which the LORD God of thy fathers giveth thee to possess it, all the days that ye live upon the earth.
Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 16:12 - And thou shalt remember that thou wast a bondman in Egypt: and thou shalt observe and do these statutes. H2706
Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 17:19 - And it shall be with him, and he shall read therein all the days of his life: that he may learn to fear the LORD his God, to keep all the words of this law and these statutes, H2706 to do them:
Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 26:16 - This day the LORD thy God hath commanded thee to do these statutes H2706 and judgments: thou shalt therefore keep and do them with all thine heart, and with all thy soul.
Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 26:17 - Thou hast avouched the LORD this day to be thy God, and to walk in his ways, and to keep his statutes, H2706 and his commandments, and his judgments, and to hearken unto his voice:
Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 27:10 - Thou shalt therefore obey the voice of the LORD thy God, and do his commandments and his statutes, H2706 which I command thee this day.
Unchecked Copy BoxJos 24:25 - So Joshua made a covenant with the people that day, and set them a statute H2706 and an ordinance in Shechem.
Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 11:39 - And it came to pass at the end of two months, that she returned unto her father, who did with her according to his vow which he had vowed: and she knew no man. And it was a custom H2706 in Israel,
Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 30:25 - And it was so from that day forward, that he made it a statute H2706 and an ordinance for Israel unto this day.
Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 3:14 - And if thou wilt walk in my ways, to keep my statutes H2706 and my commandments, as thy father David did walk, then I will lengthen thy days.
Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 8:58 - That he may incline our hearts unto him, to walk in all his ways, and to keep his commandments, and his statutes, H2706 and his judgments, which he commanded our fathers.
Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 8:61 - Let your heart therefore be perfect with the LORD our God, to walk in his statutes, H2706 and to keep his commandments, as at this day.

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