Lexical Summary choq: something prescribed or owed, a statute Original Word: חֹקTransliteration: choq Phonetic Spelling: (khoke) Part of Speech: Noun Masculine Short Definition: something prescribed or owed, a statute Meaning: something prescribed or owed, a statute Strong's Concordance appointed, bound, commandment, convenient, custom, decreed, due, law, From chaqaq; an enactment; hence, an appointment (of time, space, quantity, labor or usage) -- appointed, bound, commandment, convenient, custom, decree(-d), due, law, measure, X necessary, ordinance(- nary), portion, set time, statute, task. see HEBREW chaqaq Brown-Driver-Briggs H2706. choq חֹק127 noun masculineMicah 7:11 something prescribed, a statute or due; — ׳ח Genesis 47:22 22t.; חָקֿ Exodus 30:21 14t.; suffix חֻקִּי Proverbs 30:8 3t.; חָקְךָ Leviticus 10:13-14, etc. + 4 t. suffixes; plural חֻקִּים Deuteronomy 4:5 31t.; construct חֻקֵּי Exodus 18:16; חוּקֵּ֯י Ezekiel 20:18; also חִקֲקֵי Judges 5:15; Isaiah 10:1 (Ges§ 93. 1 R 7); חֻקָּו֯ Job 14:5 etc. + 44 t. suffixes — 1 prescribed task, assigned to Israel in Egypt Exodus 5:14 (E). 2 prescribed portion, or allowance of food Genesis 47:22 (twice in verse) (J); Proverbs 30:8; 31:15; Ezekiel 16:27; מחקי Job 23:12 (RV; < ᵑ9 ᵐ5 Ol Me Di SS בְּחֵקִי in my bosom). 3 action prescribed for oneself, resolve: לֵב חִקֲקֵי Judges 5:15 resolves of mind "" לֵב חִקְרֵי 5:16. 4 prescribed due of the priests from offerings Leviticus 6:11; 10:13 (twice in verse); 10:14 (twice in verse) (P); due of ׳י 6:15 (P); ׳לח עולם Exodus 29:28; Leviticus 7:34; 10:15; Numbers 18:8, 11, 19 (all P), Leviticus 24:9(H); portion of oil for the תּרומה Ezekiel 45:14. 5 prescribed limit, boundary: of sea Jeremiah 5:22; Proverbs 8:29; Job 26:10; 38:10; of heavens Psalm 148:6; of land of Israel Micah 7:11; of time Job 14:5, 13; so חֹ֑ק לִבְלִי פִיהָ מָּֽעֲרָה Isaiah 5:14 Sh®°ôl openeth wide her mouth, without limit. 6 enactment, decree, ordinance of either God or man: a. specific decree: law of fifth in Egypt Genesis 47:26 (J); of passover Exodus 12:24 (J); lament for Jephthah's daughter Judges 11:39; for Josiah 2 Chronicles 35:25; ומשׁפט חק Exodus 15:25; Joshua 24:25 (both E), 1 Samuel 30:25; עולם חק Exodus 30:21; "" מִשְׁמָּט עֵדוּת, Psalm 81:5; 81:6 (law of a festival). b. of ׳י in nature Job 28:26. c. respecting Messianic king Psalm 2:7; day of ׳י Zephaniah 2:2 ᵑ0, but on text see We and טֶרֶם, below; covenant with Jacob Psalm 105:10 = 1 Chronicles 16:17; destiny of man Job 23:14. d. law in General חק עלי according to law, right Psalm 94:20 (others against law); ח ׳לַמֵּד ומשׁפט Ezra 7:10; "" בּרית and תורות Isaiah 25:5; "" עדות Psalm 99:7. 7 plural חֻקִּים enactments, statutes of a law: a. of ׳י in nature Jeremiah 31:36. b. of the prophets Zechariah 1:6. c. conditions of deed of purchase Jeremiah 32:11. d. enactments "" מִשְׁמָּטִים: ancestral Ezekiel 20:18; given by God as punishment for disobedience 20:25. e. decrees of unjust judges חִקֲקֵיאָֿוֶן Isaiah 10:1. f. civil enactments prescribed by God: האלהים חֻקֵּי Exodus 18:16 (E; "" תּוֺרֹתָיו), 18:20 (E; "" id.) g. elsewhere of prescriptions of the several codes of Hex: Leviticus 10:11; Numbers 30:17 (P), Deuteronomy 4:6; 6:24; 16:12; Psalm 119:5 20t., Malachi 3:7; "" י ׳תּוֺרַת Amos 2:4; ׳ח ותורות Psalm 105:45; הת ׳דברי ׳והח Deuteronomy 17:19; "" ברית Psalm 50:16; ׳ח ועדות וברית 2 Kings 17:15; usually either "" משׁפטים Deuteronomy 4:1, 5, 8, 14; 5:1; 11:32; 12:1; 26:16; 1 Kings 9:4 2 Chronicles 7:17; 1 Chronicles 22:13; Ezekiel 11:12; 36:27, or else ׳ח ומשׁפטים combined with other synonym (usually preceding): e.g. ׅ דבר(ים Psalm 147:19; תורה2 Chronicles 33:8; Malachi 3:22; מצוה Deuteronomy 5:28; 6:1; 7:11; מצות Nehemiah 1:7; 1 Kings 8:58; תורה מצוה,2 Chronicles 19:10; עֵדֹת Deuteronomy 4:45; 6:20; sometimes following: e.g. תורות Leviticus 26:46; תורה מצוה, 2 Kings 17:37; or in different order, e.g. ׳ח ומצות ׳מ ותורות Nehemiah 9:13; ומ ׳מצות ׳וח 10:30; ׳ומ ׳ח ומצות Deuteronomy 26:17. Apart from משׁפטים it is combined with מצות, e.g. ׳מ ׳וח Exodus 15:26 (R), Deuteronomy 27:10; ׳ח ׳ומ 4:40; 1 Kings 3:14; 8:61; ׳מ ׳וח ותורה Nehemiah 9:14; ׳מ וח ׳ועדות Deuteronomy 6:17; 1 Chronicles 29:19; 2 Chronicles 34:31; מ ׳דברי ׳וח Ezra 7:11; it is used with verbs: נתן Leviticus 26:46 3t.; צוּה Numbers 30:17 9t.; למּד Deuteronomy 4:1 10t.; שׁמר 26:17 16t.; עשׂה 6:24 5t.; לעשׂות שׁמר 11:32 4t.; בְּ הלך 1 Kings 8:61 3t. — [On usage of חֹק see חֻקָּה near the end] |