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Word Study · Strong's H2706 · Hebrew

חֹק

choq

khoke

Strong's 1890 spelling: chôq

an enactment

Strong's Dictionary · 1890 · public domain

an enactment; hence, an appointment (of time, space, quantity, labor or usage)

Rendered in the KJV as

appointed, bound, commandment, convenient, custom, decree(-d), due, law, measure, [idiom] necessary, ordinance(-nary), portion, set time, statute, task.

  • 127
    occurrencesin the Old Testament
  • 25 of 39
    Old Testament bookswhere the word stands
  • 80
    inflected formsdistinct spellings

Across 127 occurrences

The word itself

Inflected forms · 80

  • חֻקֶּֽיךָ׃7
  • לְחָק־7
  • חָק־6
  • חֹ֥ק4
  • הַֽחֻקִּים֙3
  • הַחֻקִּ֣ים3
  • הַחֻקִּ֥ים3
  • חֻקֶּ֥יךָ3
  • חֻקֶּ֗יךָ3
  • חֻקִּ֖ים3
  • בְּחֻקַּי֙2
  • הַֽחֻקִּ֣ים2

and 68 more spellings in the ledger below.

How it is rendered · 54

  • decrees your15
  • the statutes15
  • a decree6
  • and statutes his6
  • statutes6
  • to a prescribed portion of6
  • and the statutes4
  • statutes his4
  • [are] the statutes3
  • a prescribed portion of3
  • and [the] prescribed portion of3
  • decrees his3

The sense the word carries at each spot — how the translators read it there, not a fixed translation.

How it parses · 29

  • the definite article (“the”) + noun · masculine plural19
  • noun · masculine plural · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 2nd person masculine singular15
  • noun · masculine singular15
  • noun · masculine plural · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 3rd person masculine singular8
  • conjunction (“and”) + noun · masculine plural · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 3rd person masculine singular6
  • noun · masculine plural6
  • noun · masculine singular · in construct (“…of”)6
  • preposition + noun · masculine singular6
  • preposition + noun · masculine singular · in construct (“…of”)6
  • conjunction (“and”) + the definite article (“the”) + noun · masculine plural5
  • preposition + noun · masculine plural · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 2nd person masculine singular5
  • conjunction (“and”) + noun · masculine singular · in construct (“…of”)3
Show the grammar codes as tagged
  • HTd/Ncmpa · 19
  • HNcmpc/Sp2ms · 15
  • HNcmsa · 15
  • HNcmpc/Sp3ms · 8
  • HC/Ncmpc/Sp3ms · 6
  • HNcmpa · 6
  • HNcmsc · 6
  • HR/Ncmsa · 6
  • HR/Ncmsc · 6
  • HC/Td/Ncmpa · 5
  • HR/Ncmpc/Sp2ms · 5
  • HC/Ncmsc · 3

All 127, in canonical order

The ledger of occurrences

Where this word lives

Psalms carries the most and opens below; every other book is one click.

Genesis3 occurrences
Exodus8 occurrences
Leviticus11 occurrences
Numbers4 occurrences
Deuteronomy21 occurrences
Joshua1 occurrence
Judges1 occurrence
1 Samuel1 occurrence
1 Kings4 occurrences
2 Kings2 occurrences
1 Chronicles3 occurrences
2 Chronicles5 occurrences
Ezra2 occurrences
Nehemiah4 occurrences
Job7 occurrences
Psalms30 occurrences
Proverbs3 occurrences
Isaiah2 occurrences
Jeremiah3 occurrences
Ezekiel6 occurrences
Amos1 occurrence
Micah1 occurrence
Zephaniah1 occurrence
Zechariah1 occurrence
Malachi2 occurrences
Hebrew and Greek text, word tagging and grammar: STEP Bible (www.STEPBible.org), CC BY 4.0 — their grammar codes written out in English here, and shown as tagged under each list. Dictionary: Strong's Exhaustive Concordance (1890, public domain). English verse text: Berean Standard Bible (public domain, 2023).