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Lexicon :: Strong's H2708 - ḥuqqâ

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חֻקָּה
Transliteration
ḥuqqâ
Pronunciation
khook-kaw'
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Part of Speech
feminine noun
Root Word (Etymology)
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TWOT Reference: 728b

Strong’s Definitions

חֻקָּה chuqqâh, khook-kaw'; feminine of H2706, and meaning substantially the same:—appointed, custom, manner, ordinance, site, statute.

KJV Translation Count — Total: 104x

The KJV translates Strong's H2708 in the following manner: statute (77x), ordinance (22x), custom (2x), appointed (1x), manners (1x), rites (1x).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 104x
The KJV translates Strong's H2708 in the following manner: statute (77x), ordinance (22x), custom (2x), appointed (1x), manners (1x), rites (1x).

  1. statute, ordinance, limit, enactment, something prescribed

    1. statute

Strong’s Definitions [?](Strong’s Definitions Legend)
חֻקָּה chuqqâh, khook-kaw'; feminine of H2706, and meaning substantially the same:—appointed, custom, manner, ordinance, site, statute.
STRONGS H2708: Abbreviations
† חֻקָּה 104 noun feminineExodus 13:10 something prescribed, enactment, statute; — ח׳ Numbers 9:14 + 2 times; construct חֻקַּת Exodus 12:14 + 28 times; plural חֻקּוֺת Jeremiah 5:24 + 12 times; חֻקֹּת Leviticus 20:23; Jeremiah 31:35; suffix חֻקּוֺתַי Genesis 26:5 + 14 times; חֻקֹּתַי Leviticus 18:4 + 21 times etc.; —
1. singular statute, of special ritual laws: of passover Exodus 13:10 (J); elsewhere only in P (and H), חקת הפסח Exodus 12:43; Numbers 9:12, 14; התורה ח׳ Numbers 19:2; Numbers 31:21; משׁפט ח׳ Numbers 27:11; Numbers 35:29; עולם ח׳ Exodus 12:14, 17; Exodus 27:21; Exodus 28:43; Exodus 29:9; Leviticus 3:17; Leviticus 7:36; Leviticus 10:9; Leviticus 16:29, 31, 34; Leviticus 23:21, 31; Leviticus 24:3; Numbers 10:8; Numbers 15:15; Numbers 18:23; Numbers 19:10, 21 (all P), Leviticus 17:7; Leviticus 23:14, 41 (H); חֻקָּה אַחַת לַגֵּר ולאזרךְ Numbers 9:14; Numbers 15:15.
2. plural statutes:
a. of nature שׁמים ח׳ Job 38:33; Jeremiah 33:25; of moon and stars Jeremiah 31:35; of weeks of harvest Jeremiah 5:24.
b. figurative of a firmly established custom הגוי(םׅ ח׳ Leviticus 20:23 (H) 2 Kings 17:8; העמים ח׳ Jeremiah 10:3 עמרי ח׳ Micah 6:16; idolatry ישׂראל ח׳ 2 Kings 17:19; sexual offences Leviticus 18:30 (H).
c. דוד ח׳ statutes of David 1 Kings 3:3.
d. || משׁפטים 2 Samuel 22:23 ＝Psalm 18:23 (of the law known to David); || מצות Psalm 89:32; ברית וח׳ 1 Kings 11:11; elsewhere of the prescriptions of the codes of D, H, P, Ezekiel: usually חקות ומשׁפטים Leviticus 18:5, 26; Leviticus 19:37; Leviticus 20:22 (H), Leviticus 25:18; Numbers 9:3 (P), 1 Kings 11:33; Ezekiel 5:7; Ezekiel 11:20; Ezekiel 18:9; Ezekiel 20:11, 13, 19, 21; preceded by מצות Deuteronomy 30:16; followed by מצות Leviticus 26:15 (H), Deuteronomy 11:1; 1 Kings 6:12; תורה ומצוה 2 Kings 17:34; or else משׁפטים וחקות Leviticus 18:4; Leviticus 26:43 (H), Ezekiel 5:6 (twice in verse); Ezekiel 18:17; Ezekiel 20:16, 24; Ezekiel 37:24; preceded by מצות Deuteronomy 8:11; in different order, ועדות מצות ומ׳ ח׳ 1 Kings 2:3; frequently also ומצות ח׳ Leviticus 26:3 (H), Deuteronomy 6:2; 1 Kings 11:38; 2 Chronicles 7:19; or מצות (ו)ח׳ Deuteronomy 10:13; Deuteronomy 28:15, 45; Deuteronomy 30:10; 1 Kings 9:6; 1 Kings 11:34; Ezekiel 43:11 (Co), 2 Kings 17:13; followed by תורות Genesis 26:5 (R); מצות ועדות וח׳ 2 Kings 23:3; תורה וח׳ Jeremiah 44:10; ותורה וח׳ ועדות Jeremiah 44:23; ותורות ח׳ Ezekiel 44:5; Ezekiel 43:11 (Co); תורות יח׳ Ezekiel 44:24; special ordinances are המזבח ח׳ Ezekiel 43:18; בית י׳ ח׳ Ezekiel 44:5; חיים ח׳ Ezekiel 33:15 (which are life to those who keep them); עולם תמיד ח׳ (Greek Version of the LXX Syriac Version Vulgate Talm Co strike out עולם) Ezekiel 46:14.
e. phrases of obedience are הלך ב׳ Leviticus 18:3; Leviticus 20:23; Leviticus 26:3 (H), 1 Kings 3:3; 1 Kings 6:12; 2 Kings 17:8, 19; Jeremiah 44:10, 23; Ezekiel 5:6, 7; Ezekiel 11:20; Ezekiel 18:9, 17; Ezekiel 20:13, 16, 19, 21; Ezekiel 33:15; שׁמר Leviticus 18:4, 5, 26; Leviticus 19:19, 37; Leviticus 20:8, 22 (H), Genesis 26:5 (R), Deuteronomy 6:2; Deuteronomy 8:11; Deuteronomy 10:13; Deuteronomy 11:1; Deuteronomy 28:45; Deuteronomy 30:10, 16; 1 Kings 2:3; 1 Kings 9:6; 1 Kings 11:11, 34, 38; 2 Kings 17:13; 2 Kings 23:3; Ezekiel 18:19, 21; Ezekiel 37:24; Ezekiel 43:11; Ezekiel 44:24; עשׂה Leviticus 25:18 (P), Deuteronomy 28:15; 1 Kings 11:33; עשׂה כח׳ 2 Kings 17:34; אֶשְׁתַּעֲשָׁ֑ע בח׳ Psalm 119:16; phrases of disobedience are מאס ח׳ Ezekiel 20:24 מאס בח׳ Leviticus 26:15 (H); געל Leviticus 26:43 (H); עזב 2 Chronicles 7:19; חלל Psalm 89:32. —
[חֹק and חֻקָּה differ somewhat in shade of meaning and frequency in various writings: e.g. חֹק oftener in Job Psalms Proverbs (חֻקָּה not at all Proverbs, once Job), and in Chronicles (חֻקָּה only 2 Chronicles 7:19); חֻקָּה often in Kings, rarely in Hexateuch except in P (H); in prophets, חֹק occurs Amos 2:4; Isaiah 5:14; Isaiah 24:5; Micah 7:11 Jeremiah + 3 times, Ezekiel + 6 times, חֻקָּה only Ezekiel, Jeremiah (6 times) and Micah 6:16; חֻקִּים especially in Deuteronomy and Psalm 119, חֻקּוֺת especially in H, Ezekiel and sometimes (8 times) Deuteronomy; חֹק עוֺלָם usually ＝due, חֻקַּת ע׳ much more often statute, ordinance, etc.]
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BLB Scripture Index of Brown-Driver-Briggs

Genesis

26:5; 26:5; 26:5

Exodus

12:14; 12:14; 12:17; 12:43; 13:10; 13:10; 27:21; 28:43; 29:9

Leviticus

3:17; 7:36; 10:9; 16:29; 16:31; 16:34; 17:7; 18:3; 18:4; 18:4; 18:4; 18:5; 18:5; 18:26; 18:26; 18:30; 19:19; 19:37; 19:37; 20:8; 20:22; 20:22; 20:23; 20:23; 20:23; 23:14; 23:21; 23:31; 23:41; 24:3; 25:18; 25:18; 26:3; 26:3; 26:15; 26:15; 26:43; 26:43

Numbers

9:3; 9:12; 9:14; 9:14; 9:14; 10:8; 15:15; 15:15; 18:23; 19:2; 19:10; 19:21; 27:11; 31:21; 35:29

Deuteronomy

6:2; 6:2; 8:11; 8:11; 10:13; 10:13; 11:1; 11:1; 28:15; 28:15; 28:45; 28:45; 30:10; 30:10; 30:16; 30:16

2 Samuel

22:23

1 Kings

2:3; 2:3; 3:3; 3:3; 6:12; 6:12; 9:6; 9:6; 11:11; 11:11; 11:33; 11:33; 11:34; 11:34; 11:38; 11:38

2 Kings

17:8; 17:8; 17:13; 17:13; 17:19; 17:19; 17:34; 17:34; 23:3; 23:3

2 Chronicles

7:19; 7:19; 7:19

Job

38:33

Psalms

18:23; 89:32; 89:32; 119; 119:16

Isaiah

5:14; 24:5

Jeremiah

5:24; 5:24; 10:3; 31:35; 31:35; 33:25; 44:10; 44:10; 44:23; 44:23

Ezekiel

5:6; 5:6; 5:7; 5:7; 11:20; 11:20; 18:9; 18:9; 18:17; 18:17; 18:19; 18:21; 20:11; 20:13; 20:13; 20:16; 20:16; 20:19; 20:19; 20:21; 20:21; 20:24; 20:24; 33:15; 33:15; 37:24; 37:24; 43:11; 43:11; 43:11; 43:18; 44:5; 44:5; 44:24; 44:24; 46:14

Amos

2:4

Micah

6:16; 6:16; 7:11

H2708

Word / Phrase / Strong's Search

Strong's Number H2708 matches the Hebrew חֻקָּה (ḥuqqâ),
which occurs 22 times in 20 verses in 'Eze' in the WLC Hebrew.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEze 5:6

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 5:6 - ‘But she has rebelled against My ordinances more wickedly than the nations, and against My statutes H2708 more than the lands which surround her; for they have rejected My ordinances and have not walked [fn]in My statutes H2708.’

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Unchecked Copy BoxEze 5:7

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 5:7 - “Therefore, this is what the Lord GOD says: ‘Because you have more turmoil than the nations that surround you and have not walked in My statutes H2708, nor executed My ordinances, nor acted in accordance with the ordinances of the nations around you,’

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Unchecked Copy BoxEze 11:20

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 11:20 - so that they may walk in My statutes H2708, and keep My ordinances and do them. Then they will be My people, and I shall be their God.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEze 18:9

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 18:9 - if he walks in My statutes H2708 and keeps My ordinances so as to deal faithfully—he is righteous and will certainly live,” declares the Lord GOD.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEze 18:17

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 18:17 - he keeps his hand from [fn]the poor, does not take any kind of interest on loans, but executes My ordinances, and walks in My statutes H2708; he will not die for his father’s guilt, he will certainly live.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEze 18:19

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 18:19 -

“Yet you say, ‘Why should the son not suffer the punishment for the father’s guilt?’ When the son has practiced justice and righteousness and has kept all My statutes H2708 and done them, he shall certainly live.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEze 18:21

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 18:21 -

“But if the wicked person turns from all his sins which he has committed and keeps all My statutes H2708 and practices justice and righteousness, he shall certainly live; he shall not die.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEze 20:11

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 20:11 - “I gave them My statutes H2708 and informed them of My ordinances, which, if [fn]a person [fn]follows them, then he will live by them.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEze 20:13

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 20:13 - “But the house of Israel rebelled against Me in the wilderness. They did not walk in My statutes H2708 and they rejected My ordinances, which, if [fn]a person [fn]follows them, then he will live by them; and they greatly profaned My Sabbaths. Then I [fn]resolved to pour out My wrath on them in the wilderness, to annihilate them.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEze 20:16

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 20:16 - because they rejected My ordinances, and as for My statutes H2708, they did not walk in them; they also profaned My Sabbaths, because their heart continually followed their idols.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEze 20:19

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 20:19 - ‘I am the LORD your God; walk in My statutes H2708 and keep My ordinances and [fn]follow them.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEze 20:21

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 20:21 - “But the children rebelled against Me; they did not walk in My statutes H2708, nor were they careful to [fn]follow My ordinances which, if [fn]a person [fn]follows them, then he will live by them; they profaned My Sabbaths. So I [fn]resolved to pour out My wrath on them, to [fn]use up My anger against them in the wilderness.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEze 20:24

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 20:24 - because they had not [fn]complied with My ordinances, but had rejected My statutes H2708 and had profaned My Sabbaths, and their eyes were [fn]on the idols of their fathers.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEze 33:15

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 33:15 - if a wicked person returns a pledge, pays back what he has taken by robbery, walks by the statutes H2708 [fn]which ensure life without committing injustice, he shall certainly live; he shall not die.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEze 37:24

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 37:24 -

“And My servant David will be king over them, and they will all have one shepherd; and they will walk in My ordinances, and keep My statutes H2708 and [fn]follow them.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEze 43:11

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 43:11 - “And if they are ashamed of everything that they have done, make known to them the plan of the house, its layout, its exits, its entrances, all its plans, all its [fn]statutes H2708, and all its laws. And write it in their sight, so that they may observe its entire plan and all its statutes H2708 and execute them.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEze 43:18

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 43:18 -

And He said to me, “Son of man, this is what the Lord [fn]GOD says: ‘These are the statutes H2708 for the altar on the day it is built, to offer burnt offerings on it and to sprinkle blood on it.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEze 44:5

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 44:5 - And the LORD said to me, “Son of man, [fn]pay attention, see with your eyes and hear with your ears everything that I say to you concerning all the statutes H2708 of the house of the LORD and all its laws; and [fn]pay attention to the entrance of the house, with all the exits of the sanctuary.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEze 44:24

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 44:24 - “In a dispute they shall take their stand to judge; they shall judge it according to My ordinances. They shall also keep My laws and My statutes H2708 in all My appointed feasts, and sanctify My Sabbaths.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEze 46:14

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 46:14 - “You shall also provide a grain offering with it morning by morning, a sixth of an ephah and a third of a hin of oil to moisten the fine flour, a grain offering to the LORD continually by [fn]a permanent ordinance H2708.
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