H2711 - חֵקֶק (chêqeq)

H2711 חֵקֶק (chêqeq) khay'-kek

Hebrew

Strong's Definition

from 2710; an enactment, a resolution

KJV Usage: decree, thought

STEPBible — Tyndale Abridged Hebrew Lexicon

חֵקֶק (che.qeq) — decree. decree, resolve, statute, action prescribed Another spelling of choq (חֹק ": decree" H2706)

UBS Dictionary of Biblical Hebrew

חֹק (H2706 · H2711) — חֵקֶק

noun m · חקק

Act

task = specific actions required by somebody in authority

EXO 5:14 · JOB 23:14 · PRO 31:15

Act

customs, practices = patterns of behavior that a community expects its members to follow

JDG 11:39 · 2CH 35:25

Laws

law, decree = a pattern of behavior required by somebody in authority

GEN 47:26 · EXO 12:24 · EXO 15:25 · EXO 15:26 · EXO 18:16 · EXO 18:20 · EXO 30:21 · LEV 10:11 · LEV 26:46 · NUM 30:17 · DEU 4:1 · DEU 4:5 · DEU 4:6 · DEU 4:8 · DEU 4:14 · DEU 4:40 · DEU 4:45 · DEU 5:1 · DEU 5:31 · DEU 6:1 · DEU 6:17 · DEU 6:20 · DEU 6:24 · DEU 7:11 · DEU 11:32 · DEU 12:1 · DEU 16:12 · DEU 17:19 · DEU 26:16 · DEU 26:17 · DEU 27:10 · JOS 24:25 · 1SA 30:25 · 1KI 3:14 · 1KI 8:58 · 1KI 8:61 · 1KI 9:4 · 2KI 17:15 · 2KI 17:37 · 1CH 16:17 · 1CH 22:13 · 1CH 29:19 · 2CH 7:17 · 2CH 19:10 · 2CH 33:8 · 2CH 34:31 · EZR 7:10 · EZR 7:11 · NEH 1:7 · NEH 9:13 · NEH 9:14 · NEH 10:30 · JOB 23:12 · JOB 23:12 · JOB 28:26 · PSA 2:7 · PSA 50:16 · PSA 81:5 · PSA 94:20 · PSA 99:7 · PSA 105:10 · PSA 105:45 · PSA 119:5 · PSA 119:8 · PSA 119:12 · PSA 119:23 · PSA 119:26 · PSA 119:33 · PSA 119:48 · PSA 119:54 · PSA 119:64 · PSA 119:68 · PSA 119:71 · PSA 119:80 · PSA 119:83 · PSA 119:112 · PSA 119:117 · PSA 119:118 · PSA 119:124 · PSA 119:135 · PSA 119:145 · PSA 119:155 · PSA 119:171 · PSA 147:19 · ISA 10:1 · ISA 24:5 · JER 31:36 · JER 32:11 · EZK 11:12 · EZK 20:18 · EZK 20:25 · EZK 36:27 · AMO 2:4 · ZEC 1:6 · MAL 3:7 · MAL 3:22

Quantity

allowance, allotment, share, portion = a certain quantity of food items, that someone in authority has ordered to be given to individuals or groups of people on a regular basis

GEN 47:22 · GEN 47:22 · EXO 29:28 · LEV 6:11 · LEV 6:15 · LEV 7:34 · LEV 10:13 · LEV 10:13 · LEV 10:14 · LEV 10:14 · LEV 10:15 · LEV 24:9 · NUM 18:8 · NUM 18:11 · NUM 18:19 · EZK 45:14

Quantity

daily allotment = a certain quantity of food that an individual needs every day in order to survive

JOB 23:12 · PRO 30:8 · EZK 16:27

Space

bounds, limit, boundary = point in space that may not or cannot be crossed

JOB 26:10 · JOB 38:10 · PSA 148:6 · PRO 8:29 · ISA 5:14 · JER 5:22 · EZK 16:27 · MIC 7:11

Time

bound, limit, appointed time = point in time set for a particular purpose

JOB 14:5 · JOB 14:13 · ZEP 2:2

noun m

Think

Collocation: חִקְקֵי־לֵב

searching of heart, deliberation literally, possibly: inquiries of heart; hence: = action by which humans reflect on a certain matter in order to make a well founded decision

JDG 5:15

¹ JOB 23:12 MT HOTTP-Ca [c] or [f] NIV [f] NJPS [f] | LXX HOTTP-Cb RSV NJB NRSV REB GNT חֵיק "(in my) heart" ² ISA 10:1 MT חִקְקֵי = חֶקֶק ³ EZK 16:27 RSV "allotted portion" NJPS "maintenance" NJB "food" NRSV "rations" = [e] | NIV REB CEV "territory" = [f] ⁴ ZEP 2:2 MT HOTTP-B NIV "appointed time" NJPS ESV "decree" CEV "(before) it's too late" | RSV NJB NRSV REB GNT "(before) you are driven away = לֹא תִּדְחְקוּ ⁵ JDG 5:15 MT חִקְקֵי = חֵקֶק LXX "ἐξικνούμενοι"

Reinier de Blois

Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew Lexicon

חֹק 127 n.m. something prescribed, a statute or due prescribed task

prescribed-portion or allowance of food

action prescribed for oneself, resolve

prescribed due of the priest from offerings

prescribed limit, boundary

enactment, decree, ordinance of either God or man

pl. חֻקִּים enactments, statutes of a law

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