חֻקָּה chuqqah

Hebrew word for “statute” · Strong’s H2708 · used 104 times in 100 verses

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Meaning

1) statute, ordinance, limit, enactment, something prescribed; 1a) statute

How it is translated

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

• statutes 63
• statute 30
• customs 3
• fixed orders 2
• decrees 2
• will be a statute 1
• prescribed portion 1
• any of the customs 1
• appointments 1

Where it is used

Also in 2 more books.

Chapters where it is used most

Ezekiel 20 (6), Leviticus 18 (5), Leviticus 23 (4), 1 Kings 11 (4), 2 Kings 17 (4), Ezekiel 18 (4), Exodus 12 (3), Leviticus 16 (3), Leviticus 20 (3), Leviticus 26 (3)

Forms

• חקת 21
• חקתי 12
• חקותי 9
• לחקת 8
• וחקתיו 8
• חקות 8
• חקתיו 7
• בחקותי 6
• בחקתי 4
• בחקות 4

Words used with it

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

• שָׁמַר shamar “to keep” 42
• מִשְׁפָּט mishpat “justice” 36
• מִצְוָה mitsvah “commandment” 22
• עוֹלָם olam “forever” 23
• דּוֹר dor “generation” 16
• הָלַךְ halakh “to go” 29
• צָוָה tsavah “to command” 15
• הֶם hem “them” 18
• תּוֹרָה torah “instruction” 12
• חָיָה chayah “to live” 10
• שַׁבָּת shabbat “Sabbath” 7
• אִם im “if” 12

Key verses

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

• Exodus 12:14 — And this day shall be unto you for a memorial; and ye shall keep it a feast to the LORD throughout your generations; ye shall keep it a feast by an ordinance…
• Exodus 27:21 — In the tabernacle of the congregation without the vail, which is before the testimony, Aaron and his sons shall order it from evening to morning before the…
• Deuteronomy 28:15 — But it shall come to pass, if thou wilt not hearken unto the voice of the LORD thy God, to observe to do all his commandments and his statutes which I command…
• 1 Kings 2:3 — And keep the charge of the LORD thy God, to walk in his ways, to keep his statutes, and his commandments, and his judgments, and his testimonies, as it is…
• 2 Kings 17:13 — Yet the LORD testified against Israel, and against Judah, by all the prophets, and by all the seers, saying, Turn ye from your evil ways, and keep my…
• 2 Kings 23:3 — And the king stood by a pillar, and made a covenant before the LORD, to walk after the LORD, and to keep his commandments and his testimonies and his statutes…
• Jeremiah 31:35 — Thus saith the LORD, which giveth the sun for a light by day, and the ordinances of the moon and of the stars for a light by night, which divideth the sea when…
• Ezekiel 18:21 — But if the wicked will turn from all his sins that he hath committed, and keep all my statutes, and do that which is lawful and right, he shall surely live, he…
• Ezekiel 20:13 — But the house of Israel rebelled against me in the wilderness: they walked not in my statutes, and they despised my judgments, which if a man do, he shall even…
• Ezekiel 20:21 — Notwithstanding the children rebelled against me: they walked not in my statutes, neither kept my judgments to do them, which if a man do, he shall even live…
• Ezekiel 37:24 — And David my servant shall be king over them; and they all shall have one shepherd: they shall also walk in my judgments, and observe my statutes, and do them.
• Micah 6:16 — For the statutes of Omri are kept, and all the works of the house of Ahab, and ye walk in their counsels; that I should make thee a desolation, and the…

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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.