Help QuickNav Adv. Options
NASB95

NASB95

Click to Change

Return to Top

Return to Top

Printer Icon

Print

Copy
Copy Options
Strong's
Red Letter
The Blue Letter Bible

Lexicon :: Strong's H2706 - ḥōq

Choose a new font size and typeface
חֹק
Transliteration
ḥōq
Pronunciation
khoke
Listen
Part of Speech
masculine noun
Root Word (Etymology)
Dictionary Aids

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]
Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew and English Lexicon, Unabridged, Electronic Database.
Copyright © 2002, 2003, 2006 by Biblesoft, Inc.
All rights reserved. Used by permission. BibleSoft.com

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

Read the Full Entry

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 2 / 3 (1Ki 9:4–Psa 119:145)

Tools

Unchecked Copy Box 1Ki 9:4

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 9:4 - “As for you, if you will walk before Me as your father David walked, in integrity of heart and uprightness, doing according to all that I have commanded you and will keep My statutes H2706 and My ordinances,

Tools

Unchecked Copy Box 2Ki 17:15

Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 17:15 - They rejected His statutes H2706 and His covenant which He made with their fathers and His warnings with which He warned them. And they followed vanity and became vain, and went after the nations which surrounded them, concerning which the LORD had commanded them not to do like them.

Tools

Unchecked Copy Box 2Ki 17:37

Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 17:37 - “The statutes H2706 and the ordinances and the law and the commandment which He wrote for you, you shall observe to do forever; and you shall not fear other gods.

Tools

Unchecked Copy Box 1Ch 16:17

Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 16:17 - He also confirmed it to Jacob for a statute, H2706
To Israel as an everlasting covenant,

Tools

Unchecked Copy Box 1Ch 22:13

Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 22:13 - “Then you will prosper, if you are careful to observe the statutes H2706 and the ordinances which the LORD commanded Moses concerning Israel. Be strong and courageous, do not fear nor be dismayed.

Tools

Unchecked Copy Box 2Ch 7:17

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 7:17 - “As for you, if you walk before Me as your father David walked, even to do according to all that I have commanded you, and will keep My statutes H2706 and My ordinances,

Tools

Unchecked Copy Box 2Ch 19:10

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 19:10 - “Whenever any dispute comes to you from your brethren who live in their cities, between blood and blood, between law and commandment, statutes H2706 and ordinances, you shall warn them so that they may not be guilty before the LORD, and wrath may not come on you and your brethren. Thus you shall do and you will not be guilty.

Tools

Unchecked Copy Box 2Ch 33:8

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 33:8 - and I will not again remove the foot of Israel from the land which I have appointed for your fathers, if only they will observe to do all that I have commanded them according to all the law, the statutes H2706 and the ordinances given through Moses.”

Tools

Unchecked Copy Box 2Ch 34:31

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 34:31 - Then 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 H2706 with all his heart and with all his soul, to perform the words of the covenant written in this book.

Tools

Unchecked Copy Box 2Ch 35:25

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 35:25 - Then Jeremiah chanted a lament for Josiah. And all the male and female singers speak about Josiah in their lamentations to this day. And they made them an ordinance H2706 in Israel; behold, they are also written in the Lamentations.

Tools

Unchecked Copy Box Ezr 7:10

Unchecked Copy BoxEzr 7:10 - For Ezra had set his heart to [fn]study the law of the LORD and to practice it, and to teach His statutes H2706 and ordinances in Israel.

Tools

Unchecked Copy Box Ezr 7:11

Unchecked Copy BoxEzr 7:11 - Now this is the copy of the decree which King Artaxerxes gave to Ezra the priest, the scribe, [fn]learned in the words of the commandments of the LORD and His statutes H2706 to Israel:

Tools

Unchecked Copy Box Neh 1:7

Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 1:7 - “We have acted very corruptly against You and have not kept the commandments, nor the statutes, H2706 nor the ordinances which You commanded Your servant Moses.

Tools

Unchecked Copy Box Neh 9:13

Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 9:13 - “Then You came down on Mount Sinai,
And spoke with them from heaven;
You gave them just ordinances and true laws,
Good statutes H2706 and commandments.

Tools

Unchecked Copy Box Neh 9:14

Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 9:14 - “So You made known to them Your holy sabbath,
And laid down for them commandments, statutes H2706 and law,
Through Your servant Moses.

Tools

Unchecked Copy Box Neh 10:29

Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 10:29 - are joining with their [fn]kinsmen, their nobles, and are [fn]taking on themselves a curse and an oath to walk in God’s law, which was given through Moses, God’s servant, and to keep and to observe all the commandments of [fn]GOD our Lord, and His ordinances and His statutes; H2706

Tools

Unchecked Copy Box Job 14:5

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 14:5 - “Since his days are determined,
The number of his months is with You;
And his limits H2706 You have [fn]set so that he cannot pass.

Tools

Unchecked Copy Box Job 14:13

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 14:13 - “Oh that You would hide me in [fn]Sheol,
That You would conceal me until Your wrath returns to You,
That You would set a limit H2706 for me and remember me!

Tools

Unchecked Copy Box Job 23:12

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 23:12 - “I have not departed from the command of His lips;
I have treasured the words of His mouth [fn]more than my [fn]necessary H2706 food. H2706

Tools

Unchecked Copy Box Job 23:14

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 23:14 - “For He performs what H2706 is appointed H2706 for me,
And many such decrees are with Him.

Tools

Unchecked Copy Box Job 26:10

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 26:10 - “He has inscribed a circle on the surface of the waters
At the boundary of light and darkness.

Tools

Unchecked Copy Box Job 28:26

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 28:26 - When He set a limit H2706 for the rain
And a course for the thunderbolt,

Tools

Unchecked Copy Box Job 38:10

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 38:10 - And I [fn]placed boundaries H2706 on it
And set a bolt and doors,

Tools

Unchecked Copy Box Psa 2:7

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 2:7 - “I will surely tell of the [fn]decree H2706 of the LORD:
He said to Me, ‘You are My Son,
Today I have begotten You.

Tools

Unchecked Copy Box Psa 50:16

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 50:16 - But to the wicked God says,
“What right have you to tell of My statutes H2706
And to take My covenant in your mouth?

Tools

Unchecked Copy Box Psa 74:11

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 74:11 - Why do You withdraw Your hand, even Your right hand?
From within Your bosom, destroy them!

Tools

Unchecked Copy Box Psa 81:4

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 81:4 - For it is a statute H2706 for Israel,
An ordinance of the God of Jacob.

Tools

Unchecked Copy Box Psa 94:20

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 94:20 - Can a [fn]throne of destruction be allied with You,
One which devises [fn]mischief by decree? H2706

Tools

Unchecked Copy Box Psa 99:7

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 99:7 - He spoke to them in the pillar of cloud;
They kept His testimonies
And the statute H2706 that He gave them.

Tools

Unchecked Copy Box Psa 105:10

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 105:10 - Then He confirmed it to Jacob for a statute, H2706
To Israel as an everlasting covenant,

Tools

Unchecked Copy Box Psa 105:45

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 105:45 - So that they might keep His statutes H2706
And observe His laws,
[fn]Praise [fn]the LORD!

Tools

Unchecked Copy Box Psa 119:5

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 119:5 - Oh that my ways may be established
To keep Your statutes! H2706

Tools

Unchecked Copy Box Psa 119:8

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 119:8 - I shall keep Your statutes; H2706
Do not forsake me utterly!

Tools

Unchecked Copy Box Psa 119:12

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 119:12 - Blessed are You, O LORD;
Teach me Your statutes. H2706

Tools

Unchecked Copy Box Psa 119:23

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 119:23 - Even though princes sit and talk against me,
Your servant meditates on Your statutes. H2706

Tools

Unchecked Copy Box Psa 119:26

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 119:26 - I have told of my ways, and You have answered me;
Teach me Your statutes. H2706

Tools

Unchecked Copy Box Psa 119:33

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 119:33 - He.
Teach me, O LORD, the way of Your statutes, H2706
And I shall observe it to the end.

Tools

Unchecked Copy Box Psa 119:48

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 119:48 - And I shall lift up my hands to Your commandments,
Which I love;
And I will meditate on Your statutes. H2706

Tools

Unchecked Copy Box Psa 119:54

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 119:54 - Your statutes H2706 are my songs
In the house of my pilgrimage.

Tools

Unchecked Copy Box Psa 119:64

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 119:64 - The earth is full of Your lovingkindness, O LORD;
Teach me Your statutes. H2706

Tools

Unchecked Copy Box Psa 119:68

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 119:68 - You are good and do good;
Teach me Your statutes. H2706

Tools

Unchecked Copy Box Psa 119:71

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 119:71 - It is good for me that I was afflicted,
That I may learn Your statutes. H2706

Tools

Unchecked Copy Box Psa 119:80

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 119:80 - May my heart be [fn]blameless in Your statutes, H2706
So that I will not be ashamed.

Tools

Unchecked Copy Box Psa 119:83

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 119:83 - Though I have become like a wineskin in the smoke,
I do not forget Your statutes. H2706

Tools

Unchecked Copy Box Psa 119:112

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 119:112 - I have inclined my heart to perform Your statutes H2706
Forever, even to the end.

Tools

Unchecked Copy Box Psa 119:117

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 119:117 - Uphold me that I may be safe,
That I may have regard for Your statutes H2706 continually.

Tools

Unchecked Copy Box Psa 119:118

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 119:118 - You have [fn]rejected all those who wander from Your statutes, H2706
For their deceitfulness is [fn]useless.

Tools

Unchecked Copy Box Psa 119:124

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 119:124 - Deal with Your servant according to Your lovingkindness
And teach me Your statutes. H2706

Tools

Unchecked Copy Box Psa 119:135

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 119:135 - Make Your face shine upon Your servant,
And teach me Your statutes. H2706

Tools

Unchecked Copy Box Psa 119:145

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 119:145 - Qoph.
I cried with all my heart; answer me, O LORD!
I will observe Your statutes. H2706

Search Results Continued...

1. LOAD PAGE 1 Gen 47:22–1Ki 8:61

2. Currently on page 2/3 (1Ki 9:4–Psa 119:145) 1Ki 9:4–Psa 119:145

3. LOAD PAGE 3 Psa 119:155–Mal 4:4

BLB Searches
Search the Bible
NASB95
  [?]

Advanced Options

Other Searches

Multi-Verse Retrieval
x
NASB95
Daily Devotionals
x

Blue Letter Bible offers several daily devotional readings in order to help you refocus on Christ and the Gospel of His peace and righteousness.

Daily Bible Reading Plans
x

Recognizing the value of consistent reflection upon the Word of God in order to refocus one's mind and heart upon Christ and His Gospel of peace, we provide several reading plans designed to cover the entire Bible in a year.

One-Year Plans

Two-Year Plan

Translations available: King James Version, New King James Version, New Living Translation, New International Version, English Standard Version, Christian Standard Bible, New American Standard Bible 2020, New American Standard Bible 1995, Legacy Standard Bible 2021, New English Translation, Revised Standard Version, American Standard Version, Young's Literal Translation, Darby Translation, Webster's Bible, Hebrew Names Version, Reina-Valera 1960, Latin Vulgate, Westminster Leningrad Codex, Septuagint, Morphological Greek New Testament, and Textus Receptus.