H2710 חָקַק
Strong's Hebrew Concordance · 19 KJV occurrences
חָקַק
châqaq · khaw-kak'
Definition
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
KJV Renderings
appoint, decree, governor, grave, lawgiver, note, pourtray, print, set.
Derivation / Etymology
a primitive root;
Sample KJV Verses (8 of 19)
- Genesis 49:10The sceptre 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.
- Deuteronomy 33:21And 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 5:14Out 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.
- Psalms 108:8Gilead is mine; Manasseh is mine; Ephraim also is the strength of mine head; Judah is my lawgiver;
- Proverbs 8:27When he prepared the heavens, I was there: when he set a compass upon the face of the depth:
- Proverbs 31:5Lest they drink, and forget the law, and pervert the judgment of any of the afflicted.
- Isaiah 30:8¶ Now go, write it before them in a table, and note it in a book, that it may be for the time to come for ever and ever:
- Isaiah 49:16Behold, I have graven thee upon the palms of my hands; thy walls are continually before me.