Definition
a primitive root; properly, 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
Traditional renderings: appoint, decree, governor, grave, lawgiver, note, pourtray, print, set.
Traditional renderings: appoint, decree, governor, grave, lawgiver, note, pourtray, print, set.
In the Greek Old Testament
How the ancient Greek translation of the Old Testament renders חָקַק:
Usage patterns
Occurrences
19 total
- Genesis 49:10וּמְחֹקֵ֖ק · nor the staffThe scepter will not depart from Judah, nor the staff from between his feet, until Shiloh comes and the allegiance of the nations is his.
- Numbers 21:18בִּמְחֹקֵ֖ק · with their sceptersThe princes dug the well; the nobles of the people hollowed it out with their scepters and with their staffs.” From the wilderness the Israelites went on to Mattanah,
- Deuteronomy 33:21מְחֹקֵ֖ק · a ruler’sHe chose the best land for himself, because a ruler’s portion was reserved for him there. He came with the leaders of the people; he administered the LORD’s justice and His ordinances for Israel.”
- Judges 5:9לְחוֹקְקֵ֣י · is with the princesMy heart is with the princes of Israel, with the volunteers among the people. Bless the LORD!
- Judges 5:14מְחֹ֣קְקִ֔ים · The commandersSome came from Ephraim, with their roots in Amalek; Benjamin came with your people after you. The commanders came down from Machir, the bearers of the marshal’s staff from Zebulun.
- Job 19:23וְיֻחָֽקוּ׃ · and inscribedI wish that my words were recorded and inscribed in a book,
- Psalm 60:7מְחֹֽקְקִי׃ · My scepterGilead is Mine, and Manasseh is Mine; Ephraim is My helmet, Judah is My scepter.
- Psalm 108:8מְחֹקְקִֽי׃ · [is] My scepterGilead is Mine, and Manasseh is Mine; Ephraim is My helmet, Judah is My scepter.
- Proverbs 8:15יְחֹ֣קְקוּ · lawsBy me kings reign, and rulers enact just laws;
- Proverbs 8:27בְּח֥וּקוֹ · when He inscribedI was there when He established the heavens, when He inscribed a circle on the face of the deep,
- Proverbs 8:29בְּ֝חוּק֗וֹ · when He marked out…when He set a boundary for the sea, so that the waters would not surpass His command, when He marked out the foundations of the earth.
- Proverbs 31:5מְחֻקָּ֑ק · what is decreed…lest they drink and forget what is decreed, depriving all the oppressed of justice.
- Isaiah 10:1הַחֹֽקְקִ֖ים · to those who enactWoe to those who enact unjust statutes and issue oppressive decrees,
- Isaiah 22:16חֹקְקִ֥י · and cutWhat are you doing here, and who authorized you to carve out a tomb for yourself here—to chisel your tomb in the height and cut your resting place in the rock?
- Isaiah 30:8חֻקָּ֑הּ · and inscribeGo now, write it on a tablet in their presence and inscribe it on a scroll; it will be for the days to come, a witness forever and ever.
- Isaiah 33:22מְחֹקְקֵ֑נוּ · is our lawgiverFor the LORD is our Judge, the LORD is our lawgiver, the LORD is our King. It is He who will save us.
- Isaiah 49:16חַקֹּתִ֑יךְ · I have inscribed youBehold, I have inscribed you on the palms of My hands; your walls are ever before Me.
- Ezekiel 4:1וְחַקּוֹתָ֥ · and draw“Now you, son of man, take a brick, place it before you, and draw on it the city of Jerusalem.
- Ezekiel 23:14חֲקֻקִ֖ים · engravedBut Oholibah carried her prostitution even further. She saw the men portrayed on the wall, images of the Chaldeans, engraved in vermilion,