Strong's Hebrew · H2710

חָקַק

châqaq · khaw-kak'

Definitionproperly, to hack, i.e. engrave (Judges 5:14, to be a scribe simply); by implication, to enact (laws being cut in stone or metal tablets in primitive times) or (gen.) prescribe
Derivationa primitive root;
KJV usageappoint, decree, governor, grave, lawgiver, note, pourtray, print, set.
Occurrences19 in the KJV · 19 verses

חָקַק in Scripture

Genesis 49:10 The scepter 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 . Numbers 21:18 The princes digged the well, the nobles of the people digged it, by the direction of the lawgiver, with their staves. And from the wilderness they went to Mattanah: Deuteronomy 33:21 And he provided the first part for himself, because there, in a portion of the lawgiver, was he seated; and he came with the heads of the people, he executed the justice of the LORD, and his judgments with Israel. 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 handle the pen of the writer. Job 19:23 Oh that my words were now written! oh that they were printed in a book! Psalms 60:7 Gilead is mine, and Manasseh is mine; Ephraim also is the strength of mine head; Judah is my lawgiver; Psalms 108:8 Gilead is mine; Manasseh is mine; Ephraim also is the strength of mine head; Judah is my lawgiver; 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: Proverbs 31:5 Lest they drink, and forget the law, and pervert the judgment of any of the afflicted.
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