חָקַק chaqaq

Hebrew word for “to decree” · Strong’s H2710 · used 19 times in 19 verses

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Meaning

1) to cut out, decree, inscribe, set, engrave, portray, govern;

How it is translated

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

• ruler's staff 2
• commander 2
• commanders 2
• commander's staff 2
• when marked out he 2
• may be inscribed 1
• enact 1
• what is decreed 1
• those who decree 1
• cutting 1
• inscribe 1
• have inscribed 1

Where it is used

Chapters where it is used most

Proverbs 8 (3), Judges 5 (2), Genesis 49 (1), Numbers 21 (1), Deuteronomy 33 (1), Job 19 (1), Psalms 60 (1), Psalms 108 (1), Proverbs 31 (1), Isaiah 10 (1)

Forms

• מחקק 2
• מחקקי 2
• בחוקו 2
• ומחקק 1
• במחקק 1
• לחוקקי 1
• מחקקים 1
• ויחקו 1
• יחקקו 1
• החקקים 1

Words used with it

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

• אֶפְרַיִם ephrayim “Ephraim” 3
• כָּתַב katav “to write” 3
• מָעוֹז maoz “security” 2
• רֹאשׁ rosh “head” 3
• גִּלְעָד gilad “Gilead” 2
• מְנַשֶּׁה menashsheh “Manasseh” 2
• יְהוּדָה yehudah “Judah” 3
• נִי ni “me” 3
• סֵפֶר sepher “scroll” 2
• שֵׁבֶט shevet “tribe” 2
• מִי mi “who?” 2
• ךָּ ka “you” 2

Key verses

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

• Genesis 49:10 — The 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.
• Judges 5:9 — My heart is toward the governors of Israel, that offered themselves willingly among the people. Bless ye the LORD.
• Judges 5:14 — Out 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…
• Proverbs 8:15 — By me kings reign, and princes decree justice.
• Proverbs 8:27 — When he prepared the heavens, I was there: when he set a compass upon the face of the depth:
• Proverbs 8:29 — When he gave to the sea his decree, that the waters should not pass his commandment: when he appointed the foundations of the earth:
• Isaiah 10:1 — Woe unto them that decree unrighteous decrees, and that write grievousness which they have prescribed;
• Isaiah 22:16 — What 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…
• Isaiah 30:8 — Now 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:
• Isaiah 33:22 — For the LORD is our judge, the LORD is our lawgiver, the LORD is our king; he will save us.
• Isaiah 49:16 — Behold, I have graven thee upon the palms of my hands; thy walls are continually before me.
• Ezekiel 4:1 — Thou also, son of man, take thee a tile, and lay it before thee, and pourtray upon it the city, even Jerusalem:

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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.