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Lexicon :: Strong's H2706 - ḥōq

Aa
חֹק
Transliteration
ḥōq
Pronunciation
khoke
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Part of Speech
masculine noun
Root Word (Etymology)
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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 105:10 ＝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 24:5; || 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; 24:5

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

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

Page 3 / 3 (Psa 119:155–Mal 4:4)

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 119:155 - Salvation H3444 is far H7350 from the wicked: H7563 for H3588 they seek H1875 not H3808 thy statutes. H2706

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 119:171 - My lips H8193 shall utter H5042 praise, H8416 when H3588 thou hast taught me H3925 thy statutes. H2706

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 147:19 - He sheweth H5046 his word H1697 unto Jacob, H3290 his statutes H2706 and his judgments H4941 unto Israel. H3478

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 148:6 - He hath also stablished H5975 them for ever H5703 and ever: H5769 he hath made H5414 a decree H2706 which H3808➔ shall H5674➔ not ➔H3808 pass. ➔H5674

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Unchecked Copy BoxPro 8:29 - When he gave H7760 to the sea H3220 his decree, H2706 that the waters H4325 should H5674➔ not H3808 pass ➔H5674 his commandment: H6310 when he appointed H2710 the foundations H4144 of the earth: H776

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Unchecked Copy BoxPro 30:8 - Remove far H7368 from me H4480 vanity H7723 and lies: H1697 H3577 give H5414 me H589 neither H408 poverty H7389 nor riches; H6239 feed me H2963 with food H3899 convenient for me: H2706

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Unchecked Copy BoxPro 31:15 - She riseth also H6965 while it is yet H5750 night, H3915 and giveth H5414 meat H2964 to her household, H1004 and a portion H2706 to her maidens. H5291

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 5:14 - Therefore H3651 hell H7585 hath enlarged H7337 herself, H5315 and opened H6473 her mouth H6310 without H1097 measure: H2706 and H3381➔ their glory, H1926 and their multitude, H1995 and their pomp, H7588 and he that rejoiceth, H5938 shall descend ➔H3381 into it.

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 24:5 - The earth also H776 is defiled H2610 under H8478 the inhabitants thereof; H3427 because H3588 they have transgressed H5674 the laws, H8451 changed H2498 the ordinance, H2706 broken H6565 the H1285➔ everlasting H5769 covenant. ➔H1285

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 5:22 - Fear ye H3372 not H3808 me? H853 saith H5002 the LORD: H3068 will ye H2342➔ not H3808 tremble ➔H2342 at H518 my presence, H6440 which H834 have placed H7760 the sand H2344 for the bound H1366 of the sea H3220 by a H2706➔ perpetual H5769 decree, ➔ H2706 that H3808➔ it H5674➔ cannot ➔H3808 pass it: ➔H5674 and though H1607➔ the waves thereof H1530 toss themselves, ➔H1607 yet H3808➔ can they H3201➔ not ➔H3808 prevail; ➔H3201 though they roar, H1993 yet H3808➔ can they H5674➔ not ➔H3808 pass over it? ➔H5674

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 31:36 - If H518 those H428 ordinances H2706 depart H4185 from before me, H6440 saith H5002 the LORD, H3068 then the seed H2233 of Israel H3478 also H1571 shall cease H7673 from being H1961 a nation H1471 before me H6440 for ever. H3605 H3117

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 32:11 - So I took H3947 the evidence H5612 of the purchase, H4736 both that which was sealed H2856 according to the law H4687 and custom, H2706 and H853 that which was open: H1540

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Unchecked Copy BoxEze 11:12 - And ye shall know H3045 that H3588 I H589 am the LORD: H3068 for H834 ye have H1980➔ not H3808 walked ➔H1980 in my statutes, H2706 neither H3808 executed H6213 my judgments, H4941 but H4941➔ have done H6213 after the manners ➔H4941 of the heathen H1471 that H834 are round about you. H5439

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Unchecked Copy BoxEze 16:27 - Behold, therefore H2009 I have stretched out H5186 my hand H3027 over thee, H5921 and have diminished H1639 thine ordinary H2706 food, and delivered thee H5414 unto the will H5315 of them that hate thee, H8130 the daughters H1323 of the Philistines, H6430 which are ashamed H3637 of thy H1870➔ lewd H2154 way. ➔H1870

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Unchecked Copy BoxEze 20:18 - But I said H559 unto H413 their children H1121 in the wilderness, H4057 Walk ye H3212 not H408 in the statutes H2706 of your fathers, H1 neither H408 observe H8104 their judgments, H4941 nor H408 defile yourselves H2930 with their idols: H1544

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Unchecked Copy BoxEze 20:25 - Wherefore H1571➔ I H589 gave H5414 them also ➔H1571 statutes H2706 that were not H3808 good, H2896 and judgments H4941 whereby they should H2421➔ not H3808 live; ➔H2421

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Unchecked Copy BoxEze 36:27 - And H853 I will put H5414 my spirit H7307 within you, H7130 and cause H6213 you to walk H3212 in my statutes, H2706 and H4941➔ ye shall keep H8104 my judgments, ➔H4941 and do H6213 them.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEze 45:14 - Concerning H2706➔ the H8081➔ ordinance ➔ H2706 of oil, ➔H8081 the bath H1324 of oil, H8081 ye shall offer the tenth part H4643 of a bath H1324 out H4480 of the cor, H3734 which is an homer H2563 of ten H6235 baths; H1324 for H3588 ten H6235 baths H1324 are an homer: H2563

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Unchecked Copy BoxAmo 2:4 - Thus H3541 saith H559 the LORD; H3068 For H5921 three H7969 transgressions H6588 of Judah, H3063 and for H5921 four, H702 I will H7725➔ not H3808 turn away ➔H7725➔ the punishment thereof; ➔H7725 because H5921 they have despised H3988 the law H8451 of the LORD, H3068 and H2706➔ have H8104➔ not H3808 kept ➔H8104 his commandments, ➔ H2706 and H8582➔ their lies H3577 caused them to err, ➔H8582 after H310 the which H834 their fathers H1 have walked: H1980

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Unchecked Copy BoxMic 7:11 - In the day H3117 that H1129➔ thy walls H1447 are to be built, ➔H1129 in that H1931 day H3117 shall H7368➔ the decree H2706 be far removed. ➔H7368

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Unchecked Copy BoxZep 2:2 - Before H2962 the decree H2706 bring forth, H3205 before the day H3117 pass H5674 as the chaff, H4671 before H2962 the fierce H2740 anger H639 of the LORD H3068 come H935 upon you, H5921 before H2962 the day H3117 of the H639➔ LORD'S H3068 anger ➔H639 come H935 upon you. H5921

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Unchecked Copy BoxZec 1:6 - But H389 my words H1697 and my statutes, H2706 which H834 I commanded H6680 my servants H5650 the prophets, H5030 did H3808➔ they H5381➔ not ➔H3808 take hold ➔H5381 of your fathers? H1 and they returned H7725 and said, H559 Like as H834 the LORD H3068 of hosts H6635 thought H2161 to do H6213 unto us, according to our ways, H1870 and according to our doings, H4611 so H3651 hath he dealt H6213 with us. H854

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Unchecked Copy BoxMal 3:7 - Even from the days H3117 of your fathers H1 ye are gone away H5493 from mine ordinances, H2706 and H3808➔ have H8104➔ not ➔H3808 kept ➔H8104 them. Return H7725 unto me, H413 and I will return H7725 unto you, H413 saith H559 the LORD H3068 of hosts. H6635 But ye said, H559 Wherein H4100 shall we return? H7725

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