Lexicon / H2706
חֹק
choq
  • statute: decree
  • statute: portion
  • statute: allotment
  • something prescribed
  • a statute
  • due

STEPBible TBESH

Glosses: statute: decree; statute: portion; statute: allotment

: decree

1) statute, ordinance, limit, something prescribed, due

1a) prescribed task

1b) prescribed portion

1c) action prescribed (for oneself), resolve

1d) prescribed due

1e) prescribed limit, boundary

1f) enactment, decree, ordinance

1f1) specific decree

1f2) law in general

1g) enactments, statutes

1g1) conditions

1g2) enactments

1g3) decrees

1g4) civil enactments prescribed by God

: portion

1) statute, ordinance, limit, something prescribed, due

1a) prescribed task

1b) prescribed portion

1c) action prescribed (for oneself), resolve

1d) prescribed due

1e) prescribed limit, boundary

1f) enactment, decree, ordinance

1f1) specific decree

1f2) law in general

1g) enactments, statutes

1g1) conditions

1g2) enactments

1g3) decrees

1g4) civil enactments prescribed by God

: allotment/boundary

1) statute, ordinance, limit, something prescribed, due

1a) prescribed task

1b) prescribed portion

1c) action prescribed (for oneself), resolve

1d) prescribed due

1e) prescribed limit, boundary

1f) enactment, decree, ordinance

1f1) specific decree

1f2) law in general

1g) enactments, statutes

1g1) conditions

1g2) enactments

1g3) decrees

1g4) civil enactments prescribed by God

BDB (Brown-Driver-Briggs)

Glosses: something prescribed; a statute; due

Root √חקק: חָקַק vb cut in inscribe decree Qal cut in cut in on upon engrave inscribe or. trace mark out , engrave inscribe of a law. Po‛el inscribe enact prescriber commander of laws, hence (as sovereign authority in a warlike clan) commander’s staff (as a law),(poet.) Pu that which is decreed . Hoph inscribed .

חֹק n.m something prescribed a statute due prescribed task prescribed-portion or allowance of food action prescribed resolve for oneself, prescribed due of the priest from offerings prescribed limit boundary , enactment decree ordinance . of either God or man חֻקִּים enactments statutes pl. of a law 127. or