2708. chuqqah

Strong's Lexicon

chuqqah: Statute, ordinance, decree, regulation

Original Word: חֻקָּה
Part of Speech: Noun Feminine
Transliteration: chuqqah
Pronunciation: khook-kaw'
Phonetic Spelling: (khook-kaw')
Definition: Statute, ordinance, decree, regulation
Meaning: an enactment, an appointment

NAS Exhaustive Concordance

Word Origin
fem. of choq
Definition
something prescribed, an enactment, statute
NASB Translation
appointed (1), customs (5), due (1), fixed order (1), fixed patterns (1), ordinance (5), ordinances (1), statute (25), statutes (62), statutory (2).

Brown-Driver-Briggs

חֻקָּה₁₀₄ noun feminine^{Exodus 13:10} something prescribed, enactment, statute; — ׳ח Numbers 9:14 2t.; construct חֻקַּת Exodus 12:14 28t.; plural חֻקּוֺת Jeremiah 5:24 12t.; חֻקֹּת Leviticus 20:23; Jeremiah 31:35; suffix חֻקּוֺתַי Genesis 26:5 14t.; חֻקֹּתַי Leviticus 18:4 21t. etc.; —

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

2 plural statutes:

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

b. figurative of a firmly established custom הגוי(םׅ ׳ח Leviticus 20:23 (H) 2 Kings 17:8; העמים ׳ח Jeremiah 10:3 עמרי ׳ח Micah 6:16; idolatry ישׂראל ׳ח 2 Kings 17:19; sexual offences Leviticus 18:30 (H).

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

d. "" משׁפטים 2 Samuel 22:23 = Psalm 18:23 (of the law known to David); "" מצות Psalm 89:32; ׳ברית וח 1 Kings 11:11; elsewhere of the prescriptions of the codes of D, H, P, Ezekiel: usually חקות ומשׁפטים Leviticus 18:5,26; Leviticus 19:37; Leviticus 20:22 (H), Leviticus 25:18; Numbers 9:3 (P), 1 Kings 11:33; Ezekiel 5:7; Ezekiel 11:20; Ezekiel 18:9; Ezekiel 20:11,13,19,21; preceded by מצות Deuteronomy 30:16; followed by מצות Leviticus 26:15 (H), Deuteronomy 11:1; 1 Kings 6:12; תורה ומצוה 2 Kings 17:34; or else משׁפטים וחקות Leviticus 18:4; Leviticus 26:43 (H), Ezekiel 5:6 (twice in verse); Ezekiel 18:17; Ezekiel 20:16,24; Ezekiel 37:24; preceded by מצות Deuteronomy 8:11; in different order, ועדות ׳מצות ומ ׳ח 1 Kings 2:3; frequently also ומצות ׳ח Leviticus 26:3 (H), Deuteronomy 6:2; 1 Kings 11:38; 2Chronicles 7:19; or ׳מצות (ו)ח Deuteronomy 10:13; Deuteronomy 28:15,45; Deuteronomy 30:10; 1 Kings 9:6; 1 Kings 11:34; Ezekiel 43:11 (Co), 2 Kings 17:13; followed by תורות Genesis 26:5 (R); מצות ׳ועדות וח 2 Kings 23:3; ׳תורה וח Jeremiah 44:10; ׳ותורה וח ועדות Jeremiah 44:23; ותורות ׳ח Ezekiel 44:5; Ezekiel 43:11 (Co); ׳תורות יח Ezekiel 44:24; special ordinances are המזבח ׳ח Ezekiel 43:18; ׳בית י ׳ח Ezekiel 44:5; חיים ׳ח Ezekiel 33:15 (which are life to those who keep them); עולם תמיד ׳ח (ᵐ5 ᵑ6 ᵑ9 Talm Co strike out עולם) Ezekiel 46:14.

e. phrases of obedience are ׳הלך ב Leviticus 18:3; Leviticus 20:23; Leviticus 26:3 (H), 1 Kings 3:3; 1 Kings 6:12; 2 Kings 17:8,19; Jeremiah 44:10,23; Ezekiel 5:6,7; Ezekiel 11:20; Ezekiel 18:9,17; Ezekiel 20:13,16,19,21; Ezekiel 33:15; שׁמר Leviticus 18:4,5,26; Leviticus 19:19,37; Leviticus 20:8,22 (H), Genesis 26:5 (R), Deuteronomy 6:2; Deuteronomy 8:11; Deuteronomy 10:13; Deuteronomy 11:1; Deuteronomy 28:45; Deuteronomy 30:10,16; 1 Kings 2:3; 1 Kings 9:6; 1 Kings 11:11,34,38; 2 Kings 17:13; 2 Kings 23:3; Ezekiel 18:19,21; Ezekiel 37:24; Ezekiel 43:11; Ezekiel 44:24; עשׂה Leviticus 25:18 (P), Deuteronomy 28:15; 1 Kings 11:33; ׳עשׂה כח 2 Kings 17:34; אֶשְׁתַּעֲשָׁ֑ע ׳בח Psalm 119:16; phrases of disobedience are ׳מאס ח Ezekiel 20:24 ׳מאס בח Leviticus 26:15 (H); געל Leviticus 26:43 (H); עזב2Chronicles 7:19; חלל Psalm 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; Isaiah 24:5; Micah 7:11 Jeremiah 3 t., Ezekiel 6 t., חֻקָּה only Ezekiel, Jeremiah (6 t.) and Micah 6:16; חֻקִּים especially in Deuteronomy and Psalm 119, חֻקּוֺת especially in H, Ezekiel and sometimes (8 t.) Deuteronomy; חֹק עוֺלָם usually = due, ׳חֻקַּת ע much more often statute, ordinance, etc.]

Strong's Exhaustive Concordance

appointed, custom, manner, ordinance, site, statute

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

see HEBREW choq

Forms and Transliterations

בְּחֻקֹּ֣ת בְּחֻקֹּתֶ֥יךָ בְּחֻקֹּתַ֖י בְּחֻקֹּתַ֣י בְּחֻקֹּתַי֙ בְּחֻקּ֖וֹת בְּחֻקּ֣וֹת בְּחֻקּ֤וֹת בְּחֻקּ֥וֹת בְּחֻקּוֹתַ֖י בְּחֻקּוֹתַ֣י בְּחֻקּוֹתַ֧י בְּחֻקּוֹתַ֨י בְּחֻקּוֹתַי֙ בחקות בחקותי בחקת בחקתי בחקתיך הַחֻקָּ֥ה החקה וְ֝חֻקֹּתָ֗יו וְחֻקֶּ֑יךָ וְחֻקֹּתַ֔י וְחֻקֹּתַ֥י וְחֻקֹּתָ֔יו וְחֻקֹּתָ֖יו וְחֻקֹּתָ֧יו וְחֻקֹּתָֽי׃ וְחֻקּוֹתַ֖י וְחֻקּוֹתַ֣י וּבְחֻקֹּתֵיהֶ֖ם וּבְחֻקֹּתַ֔י וּבְחֻקֹּתָ֛יו ובחקתי ובחקתיהם ובחקתיו וחקותי וחקיך וחקתי וחקתי׃ וחקתיו חֻקַּ֖ת חֻקַּ֣ת חֻקַּ֤ת חֻקַּ֥ת חֻקָּ֤ה חֻקָּ֥ה חֻקֹּ֛ת חֻקֹּתַ֔י חֻקֹּתַ֖י חֻקֹּתַ֥י חֻקֹּתַי֙ חֻקֹּתַי֮ חֻקֹּתָ֔יו חֻקֹּתָ֖יו חֻקֹּתָ֣יו חֻקֹּתָ֤יו חֻקֹּתָ֥יו חֻקֹּתָיו֙ חֻקֹּתָיו֩ חֻקּ֛וֹת חֻקּ֣וֹת חֻקּ֥וֹת חֻקּוֹתַ֔י חֻקּוֹתַ֣י חֻקּוֹתַ֥י חֻקּוֹתַי֙ חקה חקות חקותי חקת חקתי חקתיו כְּחֻקַּ֥ת כְּחֻקֹּתָם֙ כחקת כחקתם לְחֻקַּ֣ת לְחֻקַּ֥ת לחקת מֵחֻקּ֤וֹת מחקות bə·ḥuq·qō·ṯay bə·ḥuq·qō·ṯe·ḵā bə·ḥuq·qō·w·ṯay bə·ḥuq·qō·wṯ bə·ḥuq·qōṯ bechukKot bechukkoTai bechukkoTeicha bəḥuqqōṯ bəḥuqqōṯay bəḥuqqōṯeḵā bəḥuqqōwṯ bəḥuqqōwṯay chukKah chukKat chukKot chukkoTai chukkoTav chukoTai ha·ḥuq·qāh hachukKah haḥuqqāh ḥuq·qāh ḥuq·qaṯ ḥuq·qō·ṯāw ḥuq·qō·ṯay ḥuq·qō·w·ṯay ḥuq·qō·wṯ ḥuq·qōṯ ḥuqqāh ḥuqqaṯ ḥuqqōṯ ḥuqqōṯāw ḥuqqōṯay ḥuqqōwṯ ḥuqqōwṯay kə·ḥuq·qaṯ kə·ḥuq·qō·ṯām kechukKat kechukkoTam kəḥuqqaṯ kəḥuqqōṯām lə·ḥuq·qaṯ lechukKat ləḥuqqaṯ mê·ḥuq·qō·wṯ mechukKot mêḥuqqōwṯ ū·ḇə·ḥuq·qō·ṯāw ū·ḇə·ḥuq·qō·ṯay ū·ḇə·ḥuq·qō·ṯê·hem ūḇəḥuqqōṯāw ūḇəḥuqqōṯay ūḇəḥuqqōṯêhem uvechukkoTai uvechukkoTav uvechukkoteiHem vechukKeicha vechukkoTai vechukkoTav wə·ḥuq·qe·ḵā wə·ḥuq·qō·ṯāw wə·ḥuq·qō·ṯay wə·ḥuq·qō·ṯāy wə·ḥuq·qō·w·ṯay wəḥuqqeḵā wəḥuqqōṯāw wəḥuqqōṯay wəḥuqqōṯāy wəḥuqqōwṯay

Englishman's Concordance

Genesis 26:5
HEB: מִשְׁמַרְתִּ֔י מִצְוֹתַ֖י חֻקּוֹתַ֥י וְתוֹרֹתָֽי׃
NAS: My commandments, My statutes and My laws.
KJV: my commandments, my statutes, and my laws.
INT: my charge my commandments my statutes and my laws

Exodus 12:14
HEB: לַֽיהוָ֑ה לְדֹרֹ֣תֵיכֶ֔ם חֻקַּ֥ת עוֹלָ֖ם תְּחָגֻּֽהוּ׃
NAS: it [as] a permanent ordinance.
KJV: ye shall keep it a feast by an ordinance for ever.
INT: to the LORD your generations ordinance it a permanent celebrate

Exodus 12:17
HEB: הַזֶּ֛ה לְדֹרֹתֵיכֶ֖ם חֻקַּ֥ת עוֹלָֽם׃
NAS: as a permanent ordinance.
KJV: in your generations by an ordinance for ever.
INT: this your generations ordinance A permanent

Exodus 12:43
HEB: וְאַהֲרֹ֔ן זֹ֖את חֻקַּ֣ת הַפָּ֑סַח כָּל־
NAS: This is the ordinance of the Passover:
KJV: and Aaron, This [is] the ordinance of the passover:
INT: and Aaron likewise is the ordinance of the Passover all manner

Exodus 13:10
HEB: וְשָׁמַרְתָּ֛ אֶת־ הַחֻקָּ֥ה הַזֹּ֖את לְמוֹעֲדָ֑הּ
NAS: this ordinance at its appointed time
KJV: Thou shalt therefore keep this ordinance in his season
INT: shall keep ordinance its appointed

Exodus 27:21
HEB: לִפְנֵ֣י יְהוָ֑ה חֻקַּ֤ת עוֹלָם֙ לְדֹ֣רֹתָ֔ם
NAS: [it shall be] a perpetual statute throughout their generations
KJV: the LORD: [it shall be] a statute for ever
INT: before the LORD statute a perpetual their generations

Exodus 28:43
HEB: עָוֹ֖ן וָמֵ֑תוּ חֻקַּ֥ת עוֹלָ֛ם ל֖וֹ
NAS: and die. It [shall be] a statute forever
KJV: and die: [it shall be] a statute for ever
INT: guilt and die It a statute forever his descendants

Exodus 29:9
HEB: לָהֶ֛ם כְּהֻנָּ֖ה לְחֻקַּ֣ת עוֹלָ֑ם וּמִלֵּאתָ֥
NAS: by a perpetual statute. So you shall ordain
KJV: shall be theirs for a perpetual statute: and thou shalt consecrate
INT: like the priesthood statute A perpetual accomplish

Leviticus 3:17
HEB: חֻקַּ֤ת עוֹלָם֙ לְדֹרֹ֣תֵיכֶ֔ם
NAS: It is a perpetual statute throughout your generations
KJV: [It shall be] a perpetual statute for your generations
INT: statute perpetual your generations

Leviticus 7:36
HEB: בְּנֵ֣י יִשְׂרָאֵ֑ל חֻקַּ֥ת עוֹלָ֖ם לְדֹרֹתָֽם׃
NAS: that He anointed them. It is [their] due forever
KJV: that he anointed them, [by] a statute for ever
INT: the sons of Israel is due forever their generations

Leviticus 10:9
HEB: וְלֹ֣א תָמֻ֑תוּ חֻקַּ֥ת עוֹלָ֖ם לְדֹרֹתֵיכֶֽם׃
NAS: it is a perpetual statute throughout your generations--
KJV: lest ye die: [it shall be] a statute for ever
INT: you will not die statute ever your generations

Leviticus 16:29
HEB: וְהָיְתָ֥ה לָכֶ֖ם לְחֻקַּ֣ת עוֹלָ֑ם בַּחֹ֣דֶשׁ
NAS: [This] shall be a permanent statute for you: in the seventh
KJV: And [this] shall be a statute for ever
INT: become statute permanent month

Leviticus 16:31
HEB: אֶת־ נַפְשֹׁתֵיכֶ֑ם חֻקַּ֖ת עוֹלָֽם׃
NAS: your souls; it is a permanent statute.
KJV: your souls, by a statute for ever.
INT: you may humble your souls statute permanent

Leviticus 16:34
HEB: זֹּ֨את לָכֶ֜ם לְחֻקַּ֣ת עוֹלָ֗ם לְכַפֵּ֞ר
NAS: as a permanent statute, to make atonement
KJV: And this shall be an everlasting statute unto you, to make an atonement
INT: shall have likewise statute A permanent to make

Leviticus 17:7
HEB: זֹנִ֖ים אַחֲרֵיהֶ֑ם חֻקַּ֥ת עוֹלָ֛ם תִּֽהְיֶה־
NAS: shall be a permanent statute to them throughout their generations.'
KJV: whom they have gone a whoring. This shall be a statute for ever
INT: play after statute permanent become

Leviticus 18:3
HEB: לֹ֣א תַעֲשׂ֔וּ וּבְחֻקֹּתֵיהֶ֖ם לֹ֥א תֵלֵֽכוּ׃
NAS: you; you shall not walk in their statutes.
KJV: neither shall ye walk in their ordinances.
INT: nor to do their statutes nor walk

Leviticus 18:4
HEB: תַּעֲשׂ֛וּ וְאֶת־ חֻקֹּתַ֥י תִּשְׁמְר֖וּ לָלֶ֣כֶת
NAS: and keep My statutes, to live
KJV: and keep mine ordinances, to walk
INT: my judgments perform my statutes and keep to live

Leviticus 18:5
HEB: וּשְׁמַרְתֶּ֤ם אֶת־ חֻקֹּתַי֙ וְאֶת־ מִשְׁפָּטַ֔י
NAS: So you shall keep My statutes and My judgments,
KJV: Ye shall therefore keep my statutes, and my judgments:
INT: shall keep my statutes and my judgments which

Leviticus 18:26
HEB: אַתֶּ֗ם אֶת־ חֻקֹּתַי֙ וְאֶת־ מִשְׁפָּטַ֔י
NAS: But as for you, you are to keep My statutes and My judgments
KJV: Ye shall therefore keep my statutes and my judgments,
INT: keep you my statutes and my judgments and shall not

Leviticus 18:30
HEB: לְבִלְתִּ֨י עֲשׂ֜וֹת מֵחֻקּ֤וֹת הַתּֽוֹעֵבֹת֙ אֲשֶׁ֣ר
NAS: of the abominable customs which
KJV: not [any one] of these abominable customs, which were committed
INT: not practice customs of the abominable which

Leviticus 19:19
HEB: אֶֽת־ חֻקֹּתַי֮ תִּשְׁמֹרוּ֒ בְּהֶמְתְּךָ֙
NAS: You are to keep My statutes. You shall not breed together
KJV: Ye shall keep my statutes. Thou shalt not let thy cattle
INT: my statutes keep of your cattle

Leviticus 19:37
HEB: אֶת־ כָּל־ חֻקֹּתַי֙ וְאֶת־ כָּל־
NAS: all My statutes and all
KJV: Therefore shall ye observe all my statutes, and all my judgments,
INT: observe all my statutes and all my ordinances

Leviticus 20:8
HEB: וּשְׁמַרְתֶּם֙ אֶת־ חֻקֹּתַ֔י וַעֲשִׂיתֶ֖ם אֹתָ֑ם
NAS: You shall keep My statutes and practice
KJV: And ye shall keep my statutes, and do
INT: shall keep my statutes and practice I am

Leviticus 20:22
HEB: אֶת־ כָּל־ חֻקֹּתַי֙ וְאֶת־ כָּל־
NAS: all My statutes and all
KJV: Ye shall therefore keep all my statutes, and all my judgments,
INT: to keep all my statutes and all my ordinances

Leviticus 20:23
HEB: וְלֹ֤א תֵֽלְכוּ֙ בְּחֻקֹּ֣ת הַגּ֔וֹי אֲשֶׁר־
NAS: Moreover, you shall not follow the customs of the nation
KJV: And ye shall not walk in the manners of the nation,
INT: shall not follow the customs of the nation which

105 Occurrences

Strong's Hebrew 2708
105 Occurrences

bə·ḥuq·qōṯ — 5 Occ.
bə·ḥuq·qō·ṯay — 10 Occ.
bə·ḥuq·qō·ṯe·ḵā — 1 Occ.
ḥuq·qāh — 2 Occ.
ḥuq·qaṯ — 20 Occ.
ḥuq·qō·wṯ — 9 Occ.
ḥuq·qō·w·ṯay — 20 Occ.
ḥuq·qō·ṯāw — 7 Occ.
ḥu·qō·w·ṯay — 1 Occ.
ha·ḥuq·qāh — 1 Occ.
kə·ḥuq·qaṯ — 1 Occ.
kə·ḥuq·qō·ṯām — 1 Occ.
lə·ḥuq·qaṯ — 8 Occ.
mê·ḥuq·qō·wṯ — 1 Occ.
ū·ḇə·ḥuq·qō·ṯay — 1 Occ.
ū·ḇə·ḥuq·qō·ṯāw — 1 Occ.
ū·ḇə·ḥuq·qō·ṯê·hem — 1 Occ.
wə·ḥuq·qe·ḵā — 1 Occ.
wə·ḥuq·qō·ṯay — 6 Occ.
wə·ḥuq·qō·ṯāw — 8 Occ.