BDB3073 [H2708]
1. singular statute , of special ritual laws: of passover Exod 13:10 (J ); elsewhere only in P (and H ), חקת הפסח Exod 12:43; Num 9:12; Num 9:14 התורה ׳ ח Num 19:2; Num 31:21 משׁפט ׳ ח Num 27:11; Num 35:29 עולם ׳ ח Exod 12:14; Exod 12:17; Exod 27:21; Exod 28:43; Exod 29:9; Lev 3:17; Lev 7:36; Lev 10:9; Lev 16:29; Lev 16:31; Lev 16:34; Lev 23:21; Lev 23:31; Lev 24:3; Num 10:8; Num 15:15; Num 18:23; Num 19:10; Num 19:21 (all P ), Lev 17:7; Lev 23:14; Lev 23:41 (H ); חֻקָּה אַחַת לַגֵּר ולאזרךְ Num 9:14; Num 15:15.
2. plural statutes:
\ \ a. of natureשׁמים ׳ ח Job 38:33; Jer 33:25 of moon and stars Jer 31:35 of weeks of harvest Jer 5:24.
\ \ b. figurative of a firmly established customהגוי(םׅ ׳ ח Lev 20:23 (H ) 2Kgs 17:8 העמים ׳ ח Jer 10:3 עמרי ׳ ח Mic 6:16 idolatry ישׂראל ׳ ח 2Kgs 17:19 sexual offences Lev 18:30 (H ).
\ \ c.דוד ׳ ח statutes of David 1Kgs 3:3.
\ \ d. ||משׁפטים 2Sam 22:23 = Ps 18:23 (of the law known to David); || מצות Ps 89:32 ׳ ברית וח 1Kgs 11:11 elsewhere of the prescriptions of the codes of D , H , P , Ezekiel: usually חקות ומשׁפטים Lev 18:5; Lev 18:26; Lev 19:37; Lev 20:22 (H ), Lev 25:18; Num 9:3 (P ), 1Kgs 11:33; Ezek 5:7; Ezek 11:20; Ezek 18:9; Ezek 20:11; Ezek 20:13; Ezek 20:19; Ezek 20:21 preceded by מצות Deut 30:16 followed by מצות Lev 26:15 (H ), Deut 11:1; 1Kgs 6:12 תורה ומצוה 2Kgs 17:34 or else משׁפטים וחקות Lev 18:4; Lev 26:43 (H ), Ezek 5:6 (twice in verse); Ezek 18:17; Ezek 20:16; Ezek 20:24; Ezek 37:24 preceded by מצות Deut 8:11 in different order, ועדות ׳ מצות ומ ׳ ח 1Kgs 2:3 frequently also ומצות ׳ ח Lev 26:3 (H ), Deut 6:2; 1Kgs 11:38; 2Chr 7:19 or ׳ מצות (ו)ח Deut 10:13; Deut 28:15; Deut 28:45; Deut 30:10; 1Kgs 9:6; 1Kgs 11:34; Ezek 43:11 (Co ), 2Kgs 17:13 followed by תורות Gen 26:5 (R ); מצות ׳ ועדות וח 2Kgs 23:3 ׳ תורה וח Jer 44:10 ׳ ותורה וח ועדות Jer 44:23 ותורות ׳ ח Ezek 44:5; Ezek 43:11 (Co ); ׳ תורות יח Ezek 44:24 special ordinances are המזבח ׳ ח Ezek 43:18 ׳ בית י ׳ ח Ezek 44:5 חיים ׳ ח Ezek 33:15 (which are life to those who keep them); עולם תמיד ׳ ח (ᵐ5 ᵑ6 ᵑ9 Talm Co strike out עולם ) Ezek 46:14.
\ \ e. phrases of obedience are׳ הלך ב Lev 18:3; Lev 20:23; Lev 26:3 (H ), 1Kgs 3:3; 1Kgs 6:12; 2Kgs 17:8; 2Kgs 17:19; Jer 44:10; Jer 44:23; Ezek 5:6; Ezek 5:7; Ezek 11:20; Ezek 18:9; Ezek 18:17; Ezek 20:13; Ezek 20:16; Ezek 20:19; Ezek 20:21; Ezek 33:15 שׁמר Lev 18:4; Lev 18:5; Lev 18:26; Lev 19:19; Lev 19:37; Lev 20:8; Lev 20:22 (H ), Gen 26:5 (R ), Deut 6:2; Deut 8:11; Deut 10:13; Deut 11:1; Deut 28:45; Deut 30:10; Deut 30:16; 1Kgs 2:3; 1Kgs 9:6; 1Kgs 11:11; 1Kgs 11:34; 1Kgs 11:38; 2Kgs 17:13; 2Kgs 23:3; Ezek 18:19; Ezek 18:21; Ezek 37:24; Ezek 43:11; Ezek 44:24 עשׂה Lev 25:18 (P ), Deut 28:15; 1Kgs 11:33 ׳ עשׂה כח 2Kgs 17:34 אֶשְׁתַּעֲשָׁ֑ע ׳ בח Ps 119:16 phrases of disobedience are ׳ מאס ח Ezek 20:24 ׳ מאס בח Lev 26:15 (H ); געל Lev 26:43 (H ); עזב 2Chr 7:19 חלל Ps 89:32. — [חֹק and חֻקָּה differ somewhat in shade of meaning and frequency in various writings: e.g. חֹק oftener in Job Psalms Proverbs (חֻקָּה not at all Proverbs, once Job), and in Chronicles (חֻקָּה only 2Chr 7:19); חֻקָּה often in Kings, rarely in Hexateuch except in P (H ); in prophets, חֹק occurs Amos 2:4; Isa 5:14; Isa 24:5; Mic 7:11; Jer 3 t., Ezek 6 t., חֻקָּה only Ezekiel, Jeremiah (6 t.) and Mic 6:16 חֻקִּים especially in Deuteronomy and Ps 119, חֻקּוֺת especially in H , Ezekiel and sometimes (8 t.) Deuteronomy; חֹק עוֺלָם usually = due , ׳ חֻקַּת ע much more often statute, ordinance , etc.]
\ \ a. of nature
\ \ b. figurative of a firmly established custom
\ \ c.
\ \ d. ||
\ \ e. phrases of obedience are
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