Lexical Definition

‎חֻקָּה‎ chuqqâh (khook-kaw') statute ^H:N-F
feminine of ‎חֹק‎, and meaning substantially the same

appointed, custom, manner, ordinance, site, statute.

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

1) statute, ordinance, limit, enactment, something prescribed
1a) statute

See Greek: διαστολή

Brown-Driver-Briggs

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

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

2. plural statutes:
a. of nature ‎שׁמים‎ ‎׳‎‎ח‎ Job 38:33; Jer 33:25 of moon and stars Jer 31:35 of weeks of harvest Jer 5:24.
b. figurative of a firmly established custom ‎הגוי(םׅ‎ ‎׳‎‎ח‎ Lev 20:23 (H) 2Kgs 17:8 ‎העמים‎ ‎׳‎‎ח‎ Jer 10:3 ‎עמרי‎ ‎׳‎‎ח‎ Mic 6:16 idolatry ‎ישׂראל‎ ‎׳‎‎ח‎ 2Kgs 17:19 sexual offences Lev 18:30 (H).
c. ‎דוד‎ ‎׳‎‎ח‎ statutes of David 1Kgs 3:3.
d. || ‎משׁפטים‎ 2Sam 22:23 = Ps 18:23* (of the law known to David); || ‎מצות‎ Ps 89:32* ‎׳‎‎ברית וח‎ 1Kgs 11:11 elsewhere of the prescriptions of the codes of D, H, P, Ezekiel: usually ‎חקות ומשׁפטים‎ Lev 18:5; Lev 18:26; Lev 19:37; Lev 20:22 (H), Lev 25:18; Num 9:3 (P), 1Kgs 11:33; Ezek 5:7; Ezek 11:20; Ezek 18:9; Ezek 20:11; Ezek 20:13; Ezek 20:19; Ezek 20:21 preceded by ‎מצות‎ Deut 30:16 followed by ‎מצות‎ Lev 26:15 (H), Deut 11:1; 1Kgs 6:12 ‎תורה ומצוה‎ 2Kgs 17:34 or else ‎משׁפטים וחקות‎ Lev 18:4; Lev 26:43 (H), Ezek 5:6 (twice in verse); Ezek 18:17; Ezek 20:16; Ezek 20:24; Ezek 37:24 preceded by ‎מצות‎ Deut 8:11 in different order, ‎ועדות‎ ‎׳‎‎מצות ומ‎ ‎׳‎‎ח‎ 1Kgs 2:3 frequently also ‎ומצות‎ ‎׳‎‎ח‎ Lev 26:3 (H), Deut 6:2; 1Kgs 11:38; 2Chr 7:19 or ‎׳‎‎מצות (ו)ח‎ Deut 10:13; Deut 28:15; Deut 28:45; Deut 30:10; 1Kgs 9:6; 1Kgs 11:34; Ezek 43:11 (Co), 2Kgs 17:13 followed by ‎תורות‎ Gen 26:5 (R); ‎מצות‎ ‎׳‎‎ועדות וח‎ 2Kgs 23:3 ‎׳‎‎תורה וח‎ Jer 44:10 ‎׳‎‎ותורה וח‎ ‎ועדות‎ Jer 44:23 ‎ותורות‎ ‎׳‎‎ח‎ Ezek 44:5; Ezek 43:11 (Co); ‎׳‎‎תורות יח‎ Ezek 44:24 special ordinances are ‎המזבח‎ ‎׳‎‎ח‎ Ezek 43:18 ‎׳‎‎בית י‎ ‎׳‎‎ח‎ Ezek 44:5 ‎חיים‎ ‎׳‎‎ח‎ Ezek 33:15 (which are life to those who keep them); ‎עולם תמיד‎ ‎׳‎‎ח‎ (ᵐ5 ᵑ6 ᵑ9 Talm Co strike out ‎עולם‎) Ezek 46:14.
e. phrases of obedience are ‎׳‎‎הלך ב‎ Lev 18:3; Lev 20:23; Lev 26:3 (H), 1Kgs 3:3; 1Kgs 6:12; 2Kgs 17:8; 2Kgs 17:19; Jer 44:10; Jer 44:23; Ezek 5:6; Ezek 5:7; Ezek 11:20; Ezek 18:9; Ezek 18:17; Ezek 20:13; Ezek 20:16; Ezek 20:19; Ezek 20:21; Ezek 33:15 ‎שׁמר‎ Lev 18:4; Lev 18:5; Lev 18:26; Lev 19:19; Lev 19:37; Lev 20:8; Lev 20:22 (H), Gen 26:5 (R), Deut 6:2; Deut 8:11; Deut 10:13; Deut 11:1; Deut 28:45; Deut 30:10; Deut 30:16; 1Kgs 2:3; 1Kgs 9:6; 1Kgs 11:11; 1Kgs 11:34; 1Kgs 11:38; 2Kgs 17:13; 2Kgs 23:3; Ezek 18:19; Ezek 18:21; Ezek 37:24; Ezek 43:11; Ezek 44:24 ‎עשׂה‎ Lev 25:18 (P), Deut 28:15; 1Kgs 11:33 ‎׳‎‎עשׂה כח‎ 2Kgs 17:34 ‎אֶשְׁתַּעֲשָׁ֑ע‎ ‎׳‎‎בח‎ Ps 119:16 phrases of disobedience are ‎׳‎‎מאס ח‎ Ezek 20:24 ‎׳‎‎מאס בח‎ Lev 26:15 (H); ‎געל‎ Lev 26:43 (H); ‎עזב‎ 2Chr 7:19 ‎חלל‎ Ps 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 2Chr 7:19); ‎חֻקָּה‎ often in Kings, rarely in Hexateuch except in P (H); in prophets, ‎חֹק‎ occurs Amos 2:4; Isa 5:14; Isa 24:5; Mic 7:11; Jer 3 t., Ezek 6 t., ‎חֻקָּה‎ only Ezekiel, Jeremiah (6 t.) and Mic 6:16 ‎חֻקִּים‎ especially in Deuteronomy and Ps 119, ‎חֻקּוֺת‎ especially in H, Ezekiel and sometimes (8 t.) Deuteronomy; ‎חֹק עוֺלָם‎ usually = due, ‎׳‎‎חֻקַּת ע‎ much more often statute, ordinance, etc.]

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