Chaqah חָקָה
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| חָקָה | |
|---|---|
| Transliteration | chaqah |
| Strong's number | H2707 |
| Language | Hebrew |
| Part of speech | verb |
| Gloss | to engrave |
| Occurrences | 4 in 4 verses |
| Most frequent in | Ezekiel (2) |
Chaqah (Hebrew חָקָה, Strong's H2707) is a Hebrew verb meaning “to engrave”. It occurs 4 times in 4 verses of the Old Testament.
Definition
1) to cut, carve, cut in
1a) (Pual) carved (participle)
1b) (Hithpael) to engrave, cut a limit
1a) (Pual) carved (participle)
1b) (Hithpael) to engrave, cut a limit
From the STEPBible Brief Lexicon of Hebrew (based on the abridged Brown-Driver-Briggs), STEPBible.org, CC BY 4.0.
Translated as
| KJV | pourtrayed (2), work (1), print (1) |
|---|---|
| BSB | carvings (1), you set a limit (1), engraved (1), portrayed (1) |
Verses
Every verse with Chaqah, with the English words that translate it highlighted (KJV or BSB; other translations show the KJV here).
1 Kings
- 1 Kings 6:35And he carved thereon cherubims and palm trees and open flowers: and covered them with gold fitted upon the carved work.He carved into them cherubim, palm trees, and open flowers; and he overlaid them with gold, hammered evenly over the carvings.
Job
- Job 13:27Thou puttest my feet also in the stocks, and lookest narrowly unto all my paths; thou settest a print upon the heels of my feet.You put my feet in the stocks and stand watch over all my paths; You set a limit for the soles of my feet.
Ezekiel
- Ezekiel 8:10So I went in and saw; and behold every form of creeping things, and abominable beasts, and all the idols of the house of Israel, pourtrayed upon the wall round about.So I went in and looked, and engraved all around the wall was every kind of crawling creature and detestable beast, along with all the idols of the house of Israel.
- Ezekiel 23:14And that she increased her whoredoms: for when she saw men pourtrayed upon the wall, the images of the Chaldeans pourtrayed with vermilion,But Oholibah carried her prostitution even further. She saw the men portrayed on the wall, images of the Chaldeans, engraved in vermilion,
Notes
- 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.
- English renderings from the public-domain KJV with Strong's numbers (eBible.org) and the Berean Standard Bible interlinear (public domain).