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Lexicon :: Strong's H2710 - ḥāqaq

Aa
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

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 49:10 - The rod of authority will not be taken from Judah, and he will not be without a law-giver, till he comes who has the right to it, and the peoples will put themselves under his rule.

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 21:18

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 21:18 - The fountain made by the chiefs, made deep by the great ones of the people, with the law-givers' rod, and with their sticks. Then from the waste land they went on to Mattanah:

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Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 33:21

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 33:21 - He kept for himself the first part, for his was the ruler's right: he put in force the righteousness of the Lord, and his decisions for Israel.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 5:9

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 5:9 - Come, you rulers of Israel, you who gave yourselves freely among the people: give praise to the Lord.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 5:14

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 5:14 - Out of Ephraim they came down into the valley; after you, Benjamin, among your tribesmen; from Machir came down the captains, and from Zebulun those in whose hand is the ruler's rod.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJob 19:23

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 19:23 - If only my words might be recorded! if they might be put in writing in a book!

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 60:7

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 60:7 - Gilead is mine, and Manasseh is mine; and Ephraim is the strength of my head; Judah is my law-giver;

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 108:8

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 108:8 - Gilead is mine; Manasseh is mine; Ephraim is the strength of my head; Judah is my law-giver;

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Unchecked Copy BoxPro 8:15

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 8:15 - Through me kings have their power, and rulers give right decisions.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPro 8:27

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 8:27 - When he made ready the heavens I was there: when he put an arch over the face of the deep:

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Unchecked Copy BoxPro 8:29

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 8:29 - When he put a limit to the sea, so that the waters might not go against his word: when he put in position the bases of the earth:

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Unchecked Copy BoxPro 31:5

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 31:5 - For fear that through drinking they may come to have no respect for the law, wrongly judging the cause of those who are in trouble.

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 10:1

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 10:1 - Cursed are those who make evil decisions, and the writers who make the records of their cruel acts:

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 22:16

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 22:16 - Who are you, and by what right have you made for yourself a resting-place here?

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 30:8

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 30:8 - Now go, put it in writing before them on a board, and make a record of it in a book, so that it may be for the future, a witness for all time to come.

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 33:22

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 33:22 - For the Lord is our judge, the Lord is our law-giver, the Lord is our king; he will be our saviour.

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 49:16

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 49:16 - See, your name is marked on my hands; your walls are ever before me.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEze 4:1

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 4:1 - And you, son of man, take a back and put it before you and on it make a picture of a town, even Jerusalem.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEze 23:14

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 23:14 - And her loose behaviour became worse; for she saw men pictured on a wall, pictures of the Chaldaeans painted in bright red,
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