1. statute, ordinance, limit, something prescribed, due a. prescribed task b. prescribed portion c. action prescribed (for oneself), resolve d. prescribed due e. prescribed limit, boundary f. enactment, decree, ordinance 1. specific decree 2. law in general g. enactments, statutes 1. conditions 2. enactments 3. decrees 4. civil enactments prescribed by God
Origin: from H2710
TWOT: 728a
Parts of Speech: Noun Masculine TBESH:
חֹק
choq
H:N-M
statute
1) statute, ordinance, limit, something prescribed, due 1a) prescribed task 1b) prescribed portion 1c) action prescribed (for oneself), resolve 1d) prescribed due 1e) prescribed limit, boundary 1f) enactment, decree, ordinance 1f1) specific decree 1f2) law in general 1g) enactments, statutes 1g1) conditions 1g2) enactments 1g3) decrees 1g4) civil enactments prescribed by God
חקק
châqaq
khaw-kak'
A primitive root; properly to hack, that is, engrave (Judges 5:14, to beascribe simply); by implication to enact (laws being cut in stone or metal tablets in primitive times) or (generally) prescribe