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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 22:23Psalm 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.
[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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H2708

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Strong's Number H2708 matches the Hebrew חֻקָּה (ḥuqqâ),
which occurs 105 times in 101 verses in the WLC Hebrew.

Page 1 / 3 (Gen 26:5–Deu 11:1)

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 26:5 - because Abraham [fn]obeyed Me and fulfilled his duty to Me, and kept My commandments, My statutes H2708, and My laws.”
Unchecked Copy BoxExo 12:14 -

‘Now this day shall be a memorial to you, and you shall celebrate it as a feast to the LORD; throughout your generations you are to celebrate it as [fn]a permanent ordinance H2708.

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 12:17 - ‘You shall also keep the Feast of Unleavened Bread, for on this very day I brought your [fn]multitudes out of the land of Egypt; therefore you shall keep this day throughout your generations as a [fn]permanent ordinance H2708.
Unchecked Copy BoxExo 12:43 -

And the LORD said to Moses and Aaron, “This is the ordinance H2708 of the Passover: no [fn]foreigner is to eat it;

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 13:10 - “Therefore, you shall keep this ordinance H2708 at its appointed time from [fn]year to year.
Unchecked Copy BoxExo 27:21 - “In the tent of meeting, outside the veil which is before the testimony, Aaron and his sons shall keep it in order from evening to morning before the LORD; it shall be a permanent statute H2708 throughout their generations [fn]for the sons of Israel.
Unchecked Copy BoxExo 28:43 - “And they shall be on Aaron and on his sons when they enter the tent of meeting, or when they approach the altar to minister in the Holy Place, so that they do not incur [fn]guilt and die. It shall be a statute H2708 forever to him and to his [fn]descendants after him.
Unchecked Copy BoxExo 29:9 - “And you shall wrap their waists with sashes, Aaron and his sons, and fit [fn]caps on them, and they shall have the priesthood by a permanent statute H2708. So you shall [fn]ordain Aaron and his sons.
Unchecked Copy BoxLev 3:17 - ‘It is a permanent statute H2708 throughout your generations in all your dwelling places: you shall not eat any fat or any blood.’”
Unchecked Copy BoxLev 7:36 - [fn]These the LORD had commanded to be given them from the sons of Israel on the day that He anointed them. It is their allotted H2708 portion H2708 forever throughout their generations.’”
Unchecked Copy BoxLev 10:9 - “Do not drink wine or strong drink, neither you nor your sons with you, when you come into the tent of meeting, so that you do not die—it is a permanent statute H2708 throughout your generations
Unchecked Copy BoxLev 16:29 -

This shall be a permanent statute H2708 for you: in the seventh month, on the tenth day of the month, you shall humble [fn]yourselves and not do any work, whether the native, or the stranger who resides among you;

Unchecked Copy BoxLev 16:31 - “It is to be a Sabbath of solemn rest for you, so that you may humble [fn]yourselves; it is a permanent statute H2708.
Unchecked Copy BoxLev 16:34 - “Now you shall have this as a permanent statute H2708, to make atonement for the sons of Israel for all their sins once every year.” And just as the LORD had commanded Moses, so he did.
Unchecked Copy BoxLev 17:7 - “And they shall no longer offer their sacrifices to the [fn]goat demons with which they play the prostitute. This shall be a permanent statute H2708 to them throughout their generations.”’
Unchecked Copy BoxLev 18:3 - ‘You shall not do [fn]what is done in the land of Egypt where you lived, nor are you to do [fn]what is done in the land of Canaan where I am bringing you; you shall not walk in their statutes H2708.
Unchecked Copy BoxLev 18:4 - ‘You are to perform My judgments and keep My statutes H2708, [fn]to live in accord with them; I am the LORD your God.
Unchecked Copy BoxLev 18:5 - ‘So you shall keep My statutes H2708 and My judgments, which, if [fn]a person [fn]follows them, then he will live by them; I am the LORD.
Unchecked Copy BoxLev 18:26 - ‘But as for you, you are to keep My statutes H2708 and My judgments, and you shall not do any of these abominations, neither the native, nor the stranger who resides among you
Unchecked Copy BoxLev 18:30 - ‘So you are to keep your [fn]commitment to Me not to practice any of the abominable customs H2708 which have been practiced before you, so that you do not defile yourselves with them; I am the LORD your God.’”
Unchecked Copy BoxLev 19:19 -

‘You are to keep My statutes H2708. You shall not cross-breed two kinds of your cattle; you shall not sow your field with two kinds of seed, nor wear a garment of two kinds of material mixed together.

Unchecked Copy BoxLev 19:37 - ‘So you shall keep all My statutes H2708 and all My ordinances, and do them; I am the LORD.’”
Unchecked Copy BoxLev 20:8 - ‘So you shall keep My statutes H2708 and practice them; I am the LORD who sanctifies you.
Unchecked Copy BoxLev 20:22 -

‘You are therefore to keep all My statutes H2708 and all My ordinances, and do them, so that the land to which I am bringing you to [fn]live will not vomit you out.

Unchecked Copy BoxLev 20:23 - ‘Furthermore, you shall not [fn]follow the customs H2708 of the nation which I am going to drive out before you, because they did all these things; therefore I have felt disgust for them.
Unchecked Copy BoxLev 23:14 - ‘Until this very day, until you have brought in the offering of your God, you shall eat neither bread nor roasted grain nor new produce. It is to be a permanent statute H2708 throughout your generations in all your dwelling places.
Unchecked Copy BoxLev 23:21 - ‘On this very day you shall make a proclamation as well; you are to have a holy convocation. You shall do no laborious work. It is to be a permanent statute H2708 in all your dwelling places throughout your generations.
Unchecked Copy BoxLev 23:31 - “You shall not do any work. It is to be a permanent statute H2708 throughout your generations in all your dwelling places.
Unchecked Copy BoxLev 23:41 - ‘So you shall celebrate it as a feast to the LORD for seven days in the year. It shall be a permanent statute H2708 throughout your generations; you shall celebrate it in the seventh month.
Unchecked Copy BoxLev 24:3 - “Outside the veil of the testimony in the tent of meeting, Aaron shall keep it in order from evening to morning before the LORD continually; it shall be a permanent statute H2708 throughout your generations.
Unchecked Copy BoxLev 25:18 -

‘You shall therefore [fn]follow My statutes H2708 and keep My judgments so as to carry them out, so that you may live securely on the land.

Unchecked Copy BoxLev 26:3 - ‘If you walk in My statutes H2708 and keep My commandments so as to carry them out,
Unchecked Copy BoxLev 26:15 - if, instead, you reject My statutes H2708, and if your soul loathes My ordinances so as not to carry out all My commandments, but rather to break My covenant,
Unchecked Copy BoxLev 26:43 - ‘For the land will be abandoned by them, and will restore its Sabbaths while it is made desolate without them. They, meanwhile, will be making amends for their wrongdoing, [fn]because they rejected My ordinances and their soul loathed My statutes H2708.
Unchecked Copy BoxNum 9:3 - “On the fourteenth day of this month, [fn]at twilight, you shall celebrate it at its appointed time; you shall celebrate it in accordance with all its statutes H2708 and all its ordinances.”
Unchecked Copy BoxNum 9:12 - ‘They shall not leave any of it until morning, nor break a bone of it; they shall celebrate it in accordance with the whole statute H2708 of the Passover.
Unchecked Copy BoxNum 9:14 - ‘And if a stranger resides among you and [fn]celebrates the Passover to the LORD, according to the statute H2708 of the Passover and its ordinance, so he shall celebrate it; you shall have [fn]the same statute H2708, both for the stranger and for the native of the land.’”
Unchecked Copy BoxNum 10:8 - “The sons of Aaron, moreover, the priests, shall blow the trumpets; and this shall be a permanent statute H2708 for you throughout your generations.
Unchecked Copy BoxNum 15:15 - As for the assembly, there shall be one statute H2708 for you and for the stranger who resides among you, a permanent statute H2708 throughout your generations; as you are, so shall the stranger be before the LORD.
Unchecked Copy BoxNum 18:23 - “Only the Levites shall perform the service of the tent of meeting, and they shall bear their own guilt; it shall be a permanent statute H2708 throughout your generations, and among the sons of Israel they shall have no inheritance.
Unchecked Copy BoxNum 19:2 - “This is the statute H2708 of the law which the LORD has commanded, saying, ‘Speak to the sons of Israel that they bring you an unblemished red heifer in which there is no defect and on which a yoke has never [fn]been mounted.
Unchecked Copy BoxNum 19:10 - ‘And the one who gathers the ashes of the heifer shall wash his clothes and will be unclean until evening; and it shall be a permanent statute H2708 for the sons of Israel and for the stranger who resides among them.
Unchecked Copy BoxNum 19:21 - ‘So it shall be a permanent statute H2708 for them. And the one who sprinkles the water for impurity shall wash his clothes, and the one who touches the water for impurity will be unclean until evening.
Unchecked Copy BoxNum 27:11 - ‘And if his father has no brothers, then you shall give his inheritance to his nearest relative in his own family, and he shall take possession of it; and it shall be a statutory H2708 ordinance to the sons of Israel, just as the LORD has commanded Moses.’”
Unchecked Copy BoxNum 31:21 -

Then Eleazar the priest said to the men of war who had gone to battle, “This is the statute H2708 of the Law which the LORD has commanded Moses:

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 35:29 -

‘These things shall be a statutory H2708 ordinance for you throughout your generations in all your dwelling places.

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 6:2 - so that you, your son, and your grandson will fear the LORD your God, to keep all His statutes H2708 and His commandments which I command you, all the days of your life, and that your days may be prolonged.
Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 8:11 -

“Be careful that you do not forget the LORD your God by failing to keep His commandments, His ordinances, and His statutes H2708 which I am commanding you today;

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 10:13 - and to keep the LORD’S commandments and His statutes H2708 which I am commanding you today for your good?
Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 11:1 -

“You shall therefore love the LORD your God, and always keep His directive, His statutes H2708, His ordinances, and His commandments.


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