Lexicon / H2711
חֵקֶק
che.qeq
  • decree
  • something prescribed
  • a statute
  • due

STEPBible TBESH

Glosses: decree

decree, resolve, statute, action prescribed

Another spelling of choq (חֹק ": decree" H2706)

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