Chaqaq חָקַק
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| חָקַק | |
|---|---|
| Transliteration | chaqaq |
| Strong's number | H2710 |
| Language | Hebrew |
| Part of speech | verb |
| Gloss | to decree |
| Occurrences | 19 in 19 verses |
| Most frequent in | Isaiah (5) |
Chaqaq (Hebrew חָקַק, Strong's H2710) is a Hebrew verb meaning “to decree”. It occurs 19 times in 19 verses of the Old Testament.
Definition
1) to cut out, decree, inscribe, set, engrave, portray, govern
1a) (Qal)
1a1) to cut in
1a2) to cut in or on, cut upon, engrave, inscribe
1a3) to trace, mark out
1a4) to engrave, inscribe (of a law)
1b) (Poel)
1b1) to inscribe, enact, decree
1b2) one who decrees, lawgiver (participle)
1c) (Pual) something decreed, the law (participle)
1d) (Hophal) to be inscribed
1a) (Qal)
1a1) to cut in
1a2) to cut in or on, cut upon, engrave, inscribe
1a3) to trace, mark out
1a4) to engrave, inscribe (of a law)
1b) (Poel)
1b1) to inscribe, enact, decree
1b2) one who decrees, lawgiver (participle)
1c) (Pual) something decreed, the law (participle)
1d) (Hophal) to be inscribed
From the STEPBible Brief Lexicon of Hebrew (based on the abridged Brown-Driver-Briggs), STEPBible.org, CC BY 4.0.
Translated as
| KJV | lawgiver (6), governors (2), decree (2), printed (1), set (1), appointed (1), law (1), graveth (1), note (1), graven (1), pourtray (1), pourtrayed (1) |
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| BSB | my scepter (2), nor the staff (1), their scepters (1), ruler's (1), is with the princes (1), commanders (1), inscribed (1), laws (1), he inscribed (1), he marked out (1), what is decreed (1), those who enact (1), and 6 other renderings |
Verses
Every verse with Chaqaq, with the English words that translate it highlighted (KJV or BSB; other translations show the KJV here).
Genesis
- Genesis 49:10The sceptre shall not depart from Judah, nor a lawgiver from between his feet, until Shiloh come; and unto him shall the gathering of the people be.The scepter will not depart from Judah, nor the staff from between his feet, until Shiloh comes and the allegiance of the nations is his.
Numbers
- Numbers 21:18The princes digged the well, the nobles of the people digged it, by the direction of the lawgiver, with their staves. And from the wilderness they went to Mattanah:The princes dug the well; the nobles of the people hollowed it out with their scepters and with their staffs.” From the wilderness the Israelites went on to Mattanah,
Deuteronomy
- Deuteronomy 33:21And he provided the first part for himself, because there, in a portion of the lawgiver, was he seated; and he came with the heads of the people, he executed the justice of the Lord, and his judgments with Israel.He chose the best land for himself, because a ruler’s portion was reserved for him there. He came with the leaders of the people; he administered the LORD’s justice and His ordinances for Israel.”
Judges
- Judges 5:9My heart is toward the governors of Israel, that offered themselves willingly among the people. Bless ye the Lord.My heart is with the princes of Israel, with the volunteers among the people. Bless the LORD!
- Judges 5:14Out of Ephraim was there a root of them against Amalek; after thee, Benjamin, among thy people; out of Machir came down governors, and out of Zebulun they that handle the pen of the writer.Some came from Ephraim, with their roots in Amalek; Benjamin came with your people after you. The commanders came down from Machir, the bearers of the marshal’s staff from Zebulun.
Job
- Job 19:23Oh that my words were now written! oh that they were printed in a book!I wish that my words were recorded and inscribed in a book,
Psalms
- Psalm 60:7Gilead is mine, and Manasseh is mine; Ephraim also is the strength of mine head; Judah is my lawgiver;Gilead is Mine, and Manasseh is Mine; Ephraim is My helmet, Judah is My scepter.
- Psalm 108:8Gilead is mine; Manasseh is mine; Ephraim also is the strength of mine head; Judah is my lawgiver;Gilead is Mine, and Manasseh is Mine; Ephraim is My helmet, Judah is My scepter.
Proverbs
- Proverbs 8:15By me kings reign, and princes decree justice.By me kings reign, and rulers enact just laws;
- Proverbs 8:27When he prepared the heavens, I was there: when he set a compass upon the face of the depth:I was there when He established the heavens, when He inscribed a circle on the face of the deep,
- Proverbs 8:29When he gave to the sea his decree, that the waters should not pass his commandment: when he appointed the foundations of the earth:when He set a boundary for the sea, so that the waters would not surpass His command, when He marked out the foundations of the earth.
- Proverbs 31:5Lest they drink, and forget the law, and pervert the judgment of any of the afflicted.lest they drink and forget what is decreed, depriving all the oppressed of justice.
Isaiah
- Isaiah 10:1Woe unto them that decree unrighteous decrees, and that write grievousness which they have prescribed;Woe to those who enact unjust statutes and issue oppressive decrees,
- Isaiah 22:16What hast thou here? and whom hast thou here, that thou hast hewed thee out a sepulchre here, as he that heweth him out a sepulchre on high, and that graveth an habitation for himself in a rock?What are you doing here, and who authorized you to carve out a tomb for yourself here—to chisel your tomb in the height and cut your resting place in the rock?
- Isaiah 30:8Now go, write it before them in a table, and note it in a book, that it may be for the time to come for ever and ever:Go now, write it on a tablet in their presence and inscribe it on a scroll; it will be for the days to come, a witness forever and ever.
- Isaiah 33:22For the Lord is our judge, the Lord is our lawgiver, the Lord is our king; he will save us.For the LORD is our Judge, the LORD is our lawgiver, the LORD is our King. It is He who will save us.
- Isaiah 49:16Behold, I have graven thee upon the palms of my hands; thy walls are continually before me.Behold, I have inscribed you on the palms of My hands; your walls are ever before Me.
Ezekiel
- Ezekiel 4:1Thou also, son of man, take thee a tile, and lay it before thee, and pourtray upon it the city, even Jerusalem:“Now you, son of man, take a brick, place it before you, and draw on it the city of Jerusalem.
- 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).