חֹק choq

Hebrew word for “statute” · Strong’s H2706 · used 127 times in 124 verses

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Meaning

: decree; 1) statute, ordinance, limit, something prescribed, due;

Senses in the lexicon

• statute: decree (100)
• statute: portion (20)
• statute: allotment (7)

How it is translated

Glosses given for choq in context, with how often each is used:

• statutes 50
• decrees 26
• decree 17
• prescribed portion 15
• limit 4
• statute 3
• allowance 2
• allotment 2
• boundary 2
• custom 1
• fixed orders 1
• conditions 1

Where it is used

Also in 13 more books.

Chapters where it is used most

Psalms 119 (21), Deuteronomy 4 (7), Leviticus 10 (4), Deuteronomy 6 (4), Numbers 18 (3), Genesis 47 (2), Exodus 15 (2), Exodus 18 (2), Leviticus 6 (2), Deuteronomy 5 (2)

Forms

• חק 21
• החקים 19
• חקיך 15
• לחק 12
• חקיו 8
• חקי 7
• חקים 6
• וחקיו 6
• והחקים 5
• וחק 5

Words used with it

Words that share verses with choq more often than their overall frequency would suggest:

• מִשְׁפָּט mishpat “justice” 36
• שָׁמַר shamar “to keep” 33
• מִצְוָה mitsvah “commandment” 23
• לָמַד lamad “to learn” 16
• צָוָה tsavah “to command” 23
• תּוֹרָה torah “instruction” 16
• עוֹלָם olam “forever” 17
• אָב av “father” 14
• תְּרוּמָה terumah “contribution” 7
• הָלַךְ halakh “to go” 14
• מֹשֶׁה mosheh “Moses” 11
• ךָּ ka “you” 10

Key verses

The verses using choq that are most connected by cross-references (King James Version):

• Exodus 15:26 — And said, If thou wilt diligently hearken to the voice of the LORD thy God, and wilt do that which is right in his sight, and wilt give ear to his…
• Deuteronomy 4:1 — Now therefore hearken, O Israel, unto the statutes and unto the judgments, which I teach you, for to do them, that ye may live, and go in and possess the land…
• Nehemiah 9:13 — Thou camest down also upon mount Sinai, and spakest with them from heaven, and gavest them right judgments, and true laws, good statutes and commandments:
• Nehemiah 10:29 — They clave to their brethren, their nobles, and entered into a curse, and into an oath, to walk in God’s law, which was given by Moses the servant of God, and…
• Psalms 2:7 — I will declare the decree: the LORD hath said unto me, Thou art my Son; this day have I begotten thee.
• Psalms 50:16 — But unto the wicked God saith, What hast thou to do to declare my statutes, or that thou shouldest take my covenant in thy mouth?
• Psalms 147:19 — He sheweth his word unto Jacob, his statutes and his judgments unto Israel.
• Isaiah 24:5 — The earth also is defiled under the inhabitants thereof; because they have transgressed the laws, changed the ordinance, broken the everlasting covenant.
• Jeremiah 5:22 — Fear ye not me? saith the LORD: will ye not tremble at my presence, which have placed the sand for the bound of the sea by a perpetual decree, that it cannot…
• Ezekiel 36:27 — And I will put my spirit within you, and cause you to walk in my statutes, and ye shall keep my judgments, and do them.
• Amos 2:4 — Thus saith the LORD; For three transgressions of Judah, and for four, I will not turn away the punishment thereof; because they have despised the law of the…
• Zechariah 1:6 — But my words and my statutes, which I commanded my servants the prophets, did they not take hold of your fathers? and they returned and said, Like as the LORD…

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Hebrew and Greek text, tagging, glosses and lexicon definitions: STEPBible.org, Tyndale House Cambridge (TAHOT, TAGNT, TBESH, TBESG; CC BY 4.0), adapted. Counts follow King James verse numbering; a word counts each time it is written.