Choq חֹק

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Choq
חֹק
Transliterationchoq
Strong's numberH2706 (H2706G, H2706H, H2706I)
LanguageHebrew
Part of speechmasculine noun
Glossstatute: decree
Occurrences127 in 124 verses
Most frequent inPsalms (30)

Choq (Hebrew חֹק, Strong's H2706) is a Hebrew masculine noun meaning “statute: decree”. It occurs 127 times in 124 verses of the Old Testament.

Definition

H2706G: statute: decree

: decree
1) statute, ordinance, limit, something prescribed, due
1a) prescribed task
1b) prescribed portion
1c) action prescribed (for oneself), resolve
1d) prescribed due
1e) prescribed limit, boundary
1f) enactment, decree, ordinance
1f1) specific decree
1f2) law in general
1g) enactments, statutes
1g1) conditions
1g2) enactments
1g3) decrees
1g4) civil enactments prescribed by God

H2706H: statute: portion

: portion
1) statute, ordinance, limit, something prescribed, due
1a) prescribed task
1b) prescribed portion
1c) action prescribed (for oneself), resolve
1d) prescribed due
1e) prescribed limit, boundary
1f) enactment, decree, ordinance
1f1) specific decree
1f2) law in general
1g) enactments, statutes
1g1) conditions
1g2) enactments
1g3) decrees
1g4) civil enactments prescribed by God

H2706I: statute: allotment

: allotment/boundary
1) statute, ordinance, limit, something prescribed, due
1a) prescribed task
1b) prescribed portion
1c) action prescribed (for oneself), resolve
1d) prescribed due
1e) prescribed limit, boundary
1f) enactment, decree, ordinance
1f1) specific decree
1f2) law in general
1g) enactments, statutes
1g1) conditions
1g2) enactments
1g3) decrees
1g4) civil enactments prescribed by God

From the STEPBible Brief Lexicon of Hebrew (based on the abridged Brown-Driver-Briggs), STEPBible.org, CC BY 4.0.

Translated as

KJVstatutes (74), statute (13), decree (7), ordinance (6), law (4), due (4), portion (3), ordinances (3), custom (2), bounds (2), task (1), time (1), and 7 other renderings
BSBstatutes (38), your statutes (21), statute (8), his statutes (8), my statutes (8), decree (6), portion (4), are the statutes (2), rations (1), law (1), your quota (1), is your share (1), and 21 other renderings

Verses

Every verse with Choq, with the English words that translate it highlighted (KJV or BSB; other translations show the KJV here).

Genesis

Exodus

Leviticus

Numbers

Deuteronomy

Joshua

Judges

1 Samuel

1 Kings

2 Kings

1 Chronicles

2 Chronicles

Ezra

Nehemiah

Job

Psalms

Proverbs

Isaiah

Jeremiah

Ezekiel

Amos

Micah

Zephaniah

Zechariah

Malachi

Notes

  1. Definition and verse list from STEPBible's tagged Hebrew Old Testament (TAHOT) and Greek New Testament (TAGNT) and Brief Lexicons, STEPBible.org, CC BY 4.0.
  2. English renderings from the public-domain KJV with Strong's numbers (eBible.org) and the Berean Standard Bible interlinear (public domain).
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