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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 - non auferetur sceptrum de Iuda et dux de femoribus eius donec veniat qui mittendus est et ipse erit expectatio gentium

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 21:18 - puteus quem foderunt principes et paraverunt duces multitudinis in datore legis et in baculis suis de solitudine Matthana

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Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 33:21 - et vidit principatum suum quod in parte sua doctor esset repositus qui fuit cum principibus populi et fecit iustitias Domini et iudicium suum cum Israhel

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Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 5:9 - cor meum diligit principes Israhel qui propria voluntate obtulistis vos discrimini benedicite Domino

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Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 5:14 - ex Ephraim delevit eos in Amalech et post eum ex Beniamin in populos tuos o Amalech de Machir principes descenderunt et de Zabulon qui exercitum ducerent ad bellandum

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Unchecked Copy BoxJob 19:23 - quis mihi tribuat ut scribantur sermones mei quis mihi det ut exarentur in libro

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 60:7 - [Vulgate 59:9] meus est Galaad et meus Manasse et Efraim fortitudo capitis mei Iudas legifer meus

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 108:8

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 108:8 - [Vulgate 107:9] meus est Galaad et meus est Manasse et Efraim hereditas capitis mei Iuda dux meus

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Unchecked Copy BoxPro 8:15 - per me reges regnant et legum conditores iusta decernunt

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Unchecked Copy BoxPro 8:27 - quando praeparabat caelos aderam quando certa lege et gyro vallabat abyssos

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Unchecked Copy BoxPro 8:29 - quando circumdabat mari terminum suum et legem ponebat aquis ne transirent fines suos quando adpendebat fundamenta terrae

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Unchecked Copy BoxPro 31:5 - ne forte bibat et obliviscatur iudiciorum et mutet causam filiorum pauperis

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 10:1 - vae qui condunt leges iniquas et scribentes iniustitiam scripserunt

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 22:16 - quid tu hic aut quasi quis hic quia excidisti tibi hic sepulchrum excidisti in excelso memoriam diligenter in petra tabernaculum tibi

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 30:8 - nunc ingressus scribe eis super buxum et in libro diligenter exara illud et erit in die novissimo in testimonium usque ad aeternum

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 33:22 - Dominus enim iudex noster Dominus legifer noster Dominus rex noster ipse salvabit nos

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 49:16 - ecce in manibus meis descripsi te muri tui coram oculis meis semper

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Unchecked Copy BoxEze 4:1 - et tu fili hominis sume tibi laterem et pones eum coram te et describes in eo civitatem Hierusalem

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Unchecked Copy BoxEze 23:14 - et auxit fornicationes suas cumque vidisset viros depictos in pariete imagines Chaldeorum expressas coloribus
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