Lexical Definition

‎חֹק‎ chôq (khoke) statute: decree ^H:N-M
from ‎חָקַק‎

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

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

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

See Greek: ἀριθμέω · αὐτάρκης · δικαίωμα · δόσις · ἐντολή · ἔργον · κρίμα · νόμος · ὅριον

Brown-Driver-Briggs

‎חֹק‎₁₂₇ noun masculine^{Mic 7:11} something prescribed, a statute or due; — ‎׳‎‎ח‎ Gen 47:22 + 22 t.; ‎חָקֿ‎ Exod 30:21 + 14 t.; suffix ‎חֻקִּי‎ Prov 30:8 + 3 t.; ‎חָקְךָ‎ Lev 10:13; Lev 10:14 etc. + 4 t. suffixes; plural ‎חֻקִּים‎ Deut 4:5 + 31 t.; construct ‎חֻקֵּי‎ Exod 18:16 ‎חוּקֵּ֯י‎ Ezek 20:18 also ‎חִקֲקֵי‎ Judg 5:15; Isa 10:1 (Ges^{«GKC:93»§ 93}. 1 R 7); ‎חֻקָּו֯‎ Job 14:5 etc. + 44 t. suffixes —

1. prescribed task, assigned to Israel in Egypt Exod 5:14 (E).

2. prescribed portion, or allowance of food Gen 47:22 (twice in verse) (J); Prov 30:8; Prov 31:15; Ezek 16:27 ‎מחקי‎ Job 23:12 (RV; < ᵐ5 ᵑ9 Ol Me Di SS ‎בְּחֵקִי‎ in my bosom).

3. action prescribed for oneself, resolve: ‎חִקֲקֵי לֵב‎ Judg 5:15 resolves of mind || ‎חִקְרֵי לֵב‎ vJudg 5:16.

4. prescribed due of the priests from offerings Lev 6:11*; Lev 10:13 (twice in verse); Lev 10:14 (twice in verse) (P); due of ‎׳‎‎י‎ Lev 6:15* (P); ‎עולם‎ ‎׳‎‎לח‎ Exod 29:28; Lev 7:34; Lev 10:15; Num 18:8; Num 18:11; Num 18:19 (all P), Lev 24:9(H); portion of oil for the ‎תּרומה‎ Ezek 45:14.

5. prescribed limit, boundary: of sea Jer 5:22; Prov 8:29; Job 26:10; Job 38:10 of heavens Ps 148:6 of land of Israel Mic 7:11 of time Job 14:5; Job 14:13 so ‎פָּֽעֲרָה‎ ‎פִיהָ לִבְלִי חֹ֑ק‎ Isa 5:14 Sh®°ôl openeth wide her mouth, without limit.

6. enactment, decree, ordinance of either God or man:
a. specific decree: law of fifth in Egypt Gen 47:26 (J); of passover Exod 12:24 (J); lament for Jephthah's daughter Judg 11:39 for Josiah 2Chr 35:25 ‎חק ומשׁפט‎ Exod 15:25; Josh 24:25 (both E), 1Sam 30:25 ‎חק עולם‎ Exod 30:21 || ‎עֵדוּת‎, ‎מִשְׁפָּט‎ Ps 81:5*; Ps 81:6* (law of a festival).
b. of ‎׳‎‎י‎ in nature Job 28:26.
c. respecting Messianic king Ps 2:7 day of ‎׳‎‎י‎ Zeph 2:2 ᵑ0, but on text see We and ‎טֶרֶם‎, below; covenant with Jacob Ps 105:10 = 1Chr 16:17 destiny of man Job 23:14.
d. law in general ‎עלי חק‎ according to law, right Ps 94:20 (others against law); ‎ומשׁפט‎ ‎׳‎‎לַמֵּד ח‎ Ezra 7:10 || ‎בּרית‎ and ‎תורות‎ Isa 25:5 || ‎עדות‎ Ps 99:7.

7. plural ‎חֻקִּים‎ enactments, statutes of a law:
a. of ‎׳‎‎י‎ in nature Jer 31:36.
b. of the prophets Zech 1:6.
c. conditions of deed of purchase Jer 32:11.
d. enactments || ‎מִשְׁפָּטִים‎: ancestral Ezek 20:18 given by God as punishment for disobedience Ezek 20:25.
e. decrees of unjust judges ‎חִקֲקֵיאָֿוֶן‎ Isa 10:1. feminine civil enactments prescribed by God: ‎חֻקֵּי‎ ‎האלהים‎ Exod 18:16 (E; || ‎תּוֺרֹתָיו‎), vExod 18:20 (E; || id.)
g. elsewhere of prescriptions of the several codes of Hex: Lev 10:11; Num 30:17* (P), Deut 4:6; Deut 6:24; Deut 16:12; Ps 119:5 + 20 t., Mal 3:7 || ‎׳‎‎תּוֺרַת י‎ Amos 2:4 ‎ותורות‎ ‎׳‎‎ח‎ Ps 105:45 ‎׳‎‎והח‎ ‎׳‎‎דברי הת‎ Deut 17:19 || ‎ברית‎ Ps 50:16 ‎וברית ועדות‎ ‎׳‎‎ח‎ 2Kgs 17:15 usually either || ‎משׁפטים‎ Deut 4:1; Deut 4:5; Deut 4:8; Deut 4:14; Deut 5:1; Deut 11:32; Deut 12:1; Deut 26:16; 1Kgs 9:4 = 2Chr 7:17; 1Chr 22:13; Ezek 11:12; Ezek 36:27, or else ‎ומשׁפטים‎ ‎׳‎‎ח‎ combined with other synonym (usually preceding): e.g. ‎דבר(ים ׅ‎ Ps 147:19 ‎תורה‎ 2Chr 33:8; Mal 3:22* ‎מצוה‎ Deut 5:28; Deut 6:1; Deut 7:11 ‎מצות‎ Neh 1:7; 1Kgs 8:58 ‎מצוה‎, ‎תורה‎ 2Chr 19:10 ‎עֵדֹת‎ Deut 4:45; Deut 6:20 sometimes following: e.g. ‎תורות‎ Lev 26:46 ‎מצוה‎, ‎תורה‎ 2Kgs 17:37 or in different order, e.g. ‎ותורות‎ ‎׳‎‎מ‎ ‎ומצות‎ ‎׳‎‎ח‎ Neh 9:13 ‎׳‎‎וח‎ ‎׳‎‎מצות ומ‎ Neh 10:30* ‎ומצות‎ ‎׳‎‎ח‎ ‎׳‎‎ומ‎ Deut 26:17. Apart from ‎משׁפטים‎ it is combined with ‎מצות‎, e.g. ‎׳‎‎וח‎ ‎׳‎‎מ‎ Exod 15:26 (R), Deut 27:10 ‎׳‎‎ומ‎ ‎׳‎‎ח‎ Deut 4:40; 1Kgs 3:14; 1Kgs 8:61 ‎ותורה‎ ‎׳‎‎וח‎ ‎׳‎‎מ‎ Neh 9:14 ‎׳‎‎ועדות וח‎ ‎׳‎‎מ‎ Deut 6:17; 1Chr 29:19; 2Chr 34:31 ‎׳‎‎וח‎ ‎׳‎‎דברי מ‎ Ezra 7:11 it is used with verbs: ‎נתן‎ Lev 26:46 + 3 t.; ‎צוּה‎ Num 30:17* + 9 t.; ‎למּד‎ Deut 4:1 + 10 t.; ‎שׁמר‎ Deut 26:17 + 16 t.; ‎עשׂה‎ Deut 6:24 + 5 t.; ‎שׁמר לעשׂות‎ Deut 11:32 + 4 t.; ‎הלך‎ ‎בְּ‎ 1Kgs 8:61 + 3 t. — [On usage of ‎חֹק‎ see ‎חֻקָּה‎ near the end]

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