2708. chuqqah
Lexical Summary
chuqqah: something prescribed, an enactment, statute
Original Word: חֻקָּה
Transliteration: chuqqah
Phonetic Spelling: (khook-kaw')
Part of Speech: Noun Feminine
Short Definition: something prescribed, an enactment, statute
Meaning: something prescribed, an enactment, statute
Strong's Concordance
appointed, custom, manner, ordinance, site, statute

Feminine of choq, and meaning substantially the same -- appointed, custom, manner, ordinance, site, statute.

see HEBREW choq

Brown-Driver-Briggs

H2708. chuqqah

חֻקָּה104 noun feminineExodus 13:10 something prescribed, enactment, statute; — ׳חNumbers 9:14 2t.; construct חֻקַּתExodus 12:14 28t.; plural חֻקּוֺתJeremiah 5:24 12t.; חֻקֹּתLeviticus 20:23; Jeremiah 31:35; suffix חֻקּוֺתַיGenesis 26:5 14t.; חֻקֹּתַיLeviticus 18:4 21t. etc.; —

1 singular statute, of special ritual laws: of passover Exodus 13:10 (J); elsewhere only in P (and H), הפסח חקת12:43; Numbers 9:12, 14; ׳ח התורה19:2; 31:21; ׳ח משׁפט27:11; 35:29; ׳ח עולםExodus 12:14, 17; 27:21; 28:43; 29:9; Leviticus 3:17; 7:36; 10:9; 16:29, 31, 34; 23:21, 31; 24:3; Numbers 10:8; 15:15; 18:23; 19:10, 21 (all P), Leviticus 17:7; 23:14, 41 (H); ולאזרךְ לַגֵּר אַחַת חֻקָּהNumbers 9:14; 15:15.

2 plural statutes:

a. of nature ׳ח שׁמיםJob 38:33; Jeremiah 33:25; of moon and stars 31:35; of weeks of harvest 5:24.

b. figurative of a firmly established custom ׳ח הגוי(םׅLeviticus 20:23 (H) 2 Kings 17:8; ׳ח העמיםJeremiah 10:3 ׳ח עמריMicah 6:16; idolatry ׳ח ישׂראל2 Kings 17:19; sexual offences Leviticus 18:30 (H).

c. ׳ח דוד‎ statutes of David 1 Kings 3:3.

d. "" משׁפטים2 Samuel 22:23 = Psalm 18:23 (of the law known to David); "" מצות89:32; וח ׳ברית1 Kings 11:11; elsewhere of the prescriptions of the codes of D, H, P, Ezekiel: usually ומשׁפטים חקותLeviticus 18:5, 26; 19:37; 20:22 (H), 25:18; Numbers 9:3 (P), 1 Kings 11:33; Ezekiel 5:7; 11:20; 18:9; 20:11, 13, 19, 21; preceded by מצותDeuteronomy 30:16; followed by מצותLeviticus 26:15 (H), Deuteronomy 11:1; 1 Kings 6:12; ומצוה תורה2 Kings 17:34; or else וחקות משׁפטיםLeviticus 18:4; 26:43 (H), Ezekiel 5:6 (twice in verse); 18:17; 20:16, 24; 37:24; preceded by מצותDeuteronomy 8:11; in different order, ׳ח ומ ׳מצות ועדות1 Kings 2:3; frequently also ׳ח ומצותLeviticus 26:3 (H), Deuteronomy 6:2; 1 Kings 11:38; 2 Chronicles 7:19; or (ו)ח ׳מצותDeuteronomy 10:13; 28:15, 45; 30:10; 1 Kings 9:6; 11:34; Ezekiel 43:11 (Co), 2 Kings 17:13; followed by תורותGenesis 26:5 (R); וח ׳ועדות מצות2 Kings 23:3; וח ׳תורהJeremiah 44:10; ועדות וח ׳ותורה44:23; ׳ח ותורותEzekiel 44:5; 43:11 (Co); יח ׳תורות44:24; special ordinances are ׳ח המזבח43:18; ׳ח י ׳בית44:5; ׳ח חיים33:15 (which are life to those who keep them); ׳ח תמיד עולם‎ (ᵑ9 ᵑ6 ᵐ5‎ Talm Co strike out עולם‎) 46:14.

e. phrases of obedience are ב ׳הלךLeviticus 18:3; 20:23; 26:3 (H), 1 Kings 3:3; 6:12; 2 Kings 17:8, 19; Jeremiah 44:10, 23; Ezekiel 5:6-7, 11:20; 18:9, 17; 20:13, 16, 19, 21; 33:15; שׁמרLeviticus 18:4-5, 26; 19:19, 37; 20:8, 22 (H), Genesis 26:5 (R), Deuteronomy 6:2; 8:11; 10:13; 11:1; 28:45; 30:10, 16; 1 Kings 2:3; 9:6; 11:11, 34, 38; 2 Kings 17:13; 23:3; Ezekiel 18:19, 21; 37:24; 43:11; 44:24; עשׂהLeviticus 25:18 (P), Deuteronomy 28:15; 1 Kings 11:33; כח ׳עשׂה2 Kings 17:34; ׳בח אֶשְׁתַּעֲשָׁ֑עPsalm 119:16; phrases of disobedience are ח ׳מאסEzekiel 20:24 בח ׳מאסLeviticus 26:15 (H); געל26:43 (H); עזב2 Chronicles 7:19; חללPsalm 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 2 Chronicles 7:19); חֻקָּה‎ often in Kings, rarely in Hexateuch except in P (H); in prophets, חֹק‎ occurs Amos 2:4; Isaiah 5:14; 24:5; Micah 7:11 Jeremiah 3 t., Ezekiel 6 t., חֻקָּה‎ only Ezekiel, Jeremiah (6 t.) and 6:16; חֻקִּים‎ especially in Deuteronomy and Psalm 119, חֻקּוֺת‎ especially in H, Ezekiel and sometimes (8 t.) Deuteronomy; עוֺלָם חֹק‎ usually = due, ע ׳חֻקַּת‎ much more often statute, ordinance, etc.]








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