חֹק
statute
also: ordinance, limit, something prescribed, due fuller range ↓
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Grammar key — what these labels mean
Part of speech
- Noun
- A naming word — a person, place, thing, or idea.
Noun type
- Common
- A common noun — a general class of person, place, or thing (“king,” “city,” “water”), not a specific name.
State
- Absolute
- The independent form of a noun, not bound to a following word.
- Construct
- A noun bound to a following noun in a possessive / “of” relationship (the construct chain).
Gender
- Masculine
- Grammatically masculine.
Number
- Plural
- More than one (in Hebrew, generally three or more).
- Singular
- One.
Grammatical forms
- Noun, Common, Masculine, Plural, Construct 46 times (36%)
- Noun, Common, Masculine, Plural, Absolute 32 times (25%)
- Noun, Common, Masculine, Singular, Construct 27 times (21%)
- Noun, Common, Masculine, Singular, Absolute 23 times (18%)
Parsed forms decoded from the imported morphology (morphhb / Westminster Leningrad Codex — WLC text public domain, morphhb tagging CC BY 4.0), counted across 128 parsed occurrences — not distinct verses.
Every verse where H2706 appears — 124 distinct verses across 25 books. Click any verse to open its interlinear word-by-word view. Verse text shown in the World English Bible for context — . Each verse’s Hebrew form is shown with its reference; the English is not keyword-highlighted, since the data carries no word-level English alignment. Use “Compare translations” on any verse to read it across multiple English versions. This concordance covers the Hebrew Bible; Septuagint (Greek Old Testament) occurrences are not indexed here.
Genesis 2 verses
- Genesis 47:22 חֹ֨ק חֻקָּ/ם֙ n c ms n c ms cs + sfx pers 3mp Only he didn't buy the land of the priests, for the priests had a portion from Pharaoh, and ate their portion which Pharaoh gave them. That is why they didn't sell their land.
- Genesis 47:26 לְ/חֹק֩ prep + n c ms Joseph made it a statute concerning the land of Egypt to this day, that Pharaoh should have the fifth. Only the land of the priests alone didn't become Pharaoh's.
Exodus 8 verses
- Exodus 5:14 חָקְ/כֶ֤ם n c ms cs + sfx pers 2mp The officers of the children of Israel, whom Pharaoh's taskmasters had set over them, were beaten, and demanded, "Why haven't you fulfilled your quota both yesterday and today, in making brick as before?"
- Exodus 12:24 לְ/חָק prep + n c ms You shall observe this thing for an ordinance to you and to your sons forever.
- Exodus 15:25 חֹ֥ק n c ms Then he cried to Yahweh. Yahweh shown him a tree, and he threw it into the waters, and the waters were made sweet. There he made a statute and an ordinance for them, and there he tested them;
- Exodus 15:26 חֻקָּ֑י/ו n c mp cs + sfx pers 3ms and he said, "If you will diligently listen to the voice of Yahweh your God, and will do that which is right in his eyes, and will pay attention to his commandments, and keep all his statutes, I will put none of the diseases on you, which I have put on the Egyptians; for I am Yahweh who heals you."
- Exodus 18:16 חֻקֵּ֥י n c mp cs When they have a matter, they come to me, and I judge between a man and his neighbor, and I make them know the statutes of God, and his laws."
- Exodus 18:20 הַ/חֻקִּ֖ים ptcl def.art + n c mp You shall teach them the statutes and the laws, and shall show them the way in which they must walk, and the work that they must do.
- Exodus 29:28 לְ/חָק prep + n c ms cs and it shall be for Aaron and his sons as their portion forever from the children of Israel; for it is a heave-offering: and it shall be a heave-offering from the children of Israel of the sacrifices of their peace-offerings, even their heave-offering to Yahweh.
- Exodus 30:21 חָק n c ms cs So they shall wash their hands and their feet, that they not die: and it shall be a statute forever to them, even to him and to his descendants throughout their generations."
Leviticus 9 verses
- Leviticus 6:18 חָק n c ms cs Every male among the children of Aaron shall eat of it, as their portion forever throughout your generations, from the offerings of Yahweh made by fire. Whoever touches them shall be holy.'"
- Leviticus 6:22 חָק n c ms cs The anointed priest that will be in his place from among his sons shall offer it. By a statute forever, it shall be wholly burnt to Yahweh.
- Leviticus 7:34 לְ/חָק prep + n c ms cs For the waved breast and the heaved thigh I have taken from the children of Israel out of the sacrifices of their peace offerings, and have given them to Aaron the priest and to his sons as their portion forever from the children of Israel.'"
- Leviticus 10:11 הַ֣/חֻקִּ֔ים ptcl def.art + n c mp and that you are to teach the children of Israel all the statutes which Yahweh has spoken to them by Moses."
- Leviticus 10:13 חָקְ/ךָ֤ וְ/חָק n c ms cs + sfx pers 2ms conj + n c ms cs and you shall eat it in a holy place, because it is your portion, and your sons' portion, of the offerings of Yahweh made by fire: for so I am commanded.
- Leviticus 10:14 חָקְ/ךָ֤ וְ/חָק n c ms cs + sfx pers 2ms conj + n c ms cs The waved breast and the heaved thigh you shall eat in a clean place, you, and your sons, and your daughters with you: for they are given as your portion, and your sons' portion, out of the sacrifices of the peace offerings of the children of Israel.
- Leviticus 10:15 לְ/חָק prep + n c ms cs The heaved thigh and the waved breast they shall bring with the offerings made by fire of the fat, to wave it for a wave offering before Yahweh: and it shall be yours, and your sons' with you, as a portion forever; as Yahweh has commanded."
- Leviticus 24:9 חָק n c ms cs It shall be for Aaron and his sons; and they shall eat it in a holy place: for it is most holy to him of the offerings of Yahweh made by fire by a perpetual statute."
- Leviticus 26:46 הַֽ/חֻקִּ֣ים ptcl def.art + n c mp These are the statutes, ordinances and laws, which Yahweh made between him and the children of Israel in Mount Sinai by Moses.
Numbers 4 verses
- Numbers 18:8 לְ/חָק prep + n c ms cs Yahweh spoke to Aaron, I, behold, I have given you the charge of my heave-offerings, even all the holy things of the children of Israel; to you have I given them by reason of the anointing, and to your sons, as a portion forever.
- Numbers 18:11 לְ/חָק prep + n c ms cs This is your: the heave-offering of their gift, even all the wave-offerings of the children of Israel; I have given them to you, and to your sons and to your daughters with you, as a portion forever; everyone who is clean in your house shall eat of it.
- Numbers 18:19 לְ/חָק prep + n c ms cs All the heave-offerings of the holy things, which the children of Israel offer to Yahweh, have I given you, and your sons and your daughters with you, as a portion forever: it is a covenant of salt forever before Yahweh to you and to your seed with you.
- Numbers 30:16 הַֽ/חֻקִּ֗ים ptcl def.art + n c mp These are the statutes, which Yahweh commanded Moses, between a man and his wife, between a father and his daughter, being in her youth, in her father's house.
Deuteronomy 21 verses
- Deuteronomy 4:1 הַֽ/חֻקִּים֙ ptcl def.art + n c mp Now, Israel, listen to the statutes and to the ordinances, which I teach you, to do them; that you may live, and go in and possess the land which Yahweh, the God of your fathers, gives you.
- Deuteronomy 4:5 חֻקִּים֙ n c mp Behold, I have taught you statutes and ordinances, even as Yahweh my God commanded me, that you should do so in the midst of the land where you go in to possess it.
- Deuteronomy 4:6 הַ/חֻקִּ֣ים ptcl def.art + n c mp Keep therefore and do them; for this is your wisdom and your understanding in the sight of the peoples, who shall hear all these statutes, and say, Surely this great nation is a wise and understanding people.
- Deuteronomy 4:8 חֻקִּ֥ים n c mp What great nation is there, that has statutes and ordinances so righteous as all this law, which I set before you this day?
- Deuteronomy 4:14 חֻקִּ֖ים n c mp Yahweh commanded me at that time to teach you statutes and ordinances, that you might do them in the land where you go over to possess it.
- Deuteronomy 4:40 חֻקָּ֣י/ו n c mp cs + sfx pers 3ms You shall keep his statutes, and his commandments, which I command you this day, that it may go well with you, and with your children after you, and that you may prolong your days in the land, which Yahweh your God gives you, forever.
- Deuteronomy 4:45 וְ/הַֽ/חֻקִּ֖ים conj + ptcl def.art + n c mp these are the testimonies, and the statutes, and the ordinances, which Moses spoke to the children of Israel, when they came forth out of Egypt,
- Deuteronomy 5:1 הַ/חֻקִּ֣ים ptcl def.art + n c mp Moses called to all Israel, and said to them, Hear, Israel, the statutes and the ordinances which I speak in your ears this day, that you may learn them, and observe to do them.
- Deuteronomy 5:31 וְ/הַ/חֻקִּ֥ים conj + ptcl def.art + n c mp But as for you, stand you here by me, and I will speak to you all the commandment, and the statutes, and the ordinances, which you shall teach them, that they may do them in the land which I give them to possess it.
- Deuteronomy 6:1 הַֽ/חֻקִּים֙ ptcl def.art + n c mp Now this is the commandment, the statutes, and the ordinances, which Yahweh your God commanded to teach you, that you might do them in the land where you go over to possess it;
- Deuteronomy 6:17 וְ/חֻקָּ֖י/ו conj + n c mp cs + sfx pers 3ms You shall diligently keep the commandments of Yahweh your God, and his testimonies, and his statutes, which he has commanded you.
- Deuteronomy 6:20 וְ/הַֽ/חֻקִּים֙ conj + ptcl def.art + n c mp When your son asks you in time to come, saying, What mean the testimonies, and the statutes, and the ordinances, which Yahweh our God has commanded you?
- Deuteronomy 6:24 הַ/חֻקִּ֣ים ptcl def.art + n c mp Yahweh commanded us to do all these statutes, to fear Yahweh our God, for our good always, that he might preserve us alive, as at this day.
- Deuteronomy 7:11 הַֽ/חֻקִּ֣ים ptcl def.art + n c mp You shall therefore keep the commandment, and the statutes, and the ordinances, which I command you this day, to do them.
- Deuteronomy 11:32 הַֽ/חֻקִּ֖ים ptcl def.art + n c mp You shall observe to do all the statutes and the ordinances which I set before you this day.
- Deuteronomy 12:1 הַֽ/חֻקִּ֣ים ptcl def.art + n c mp These are the statutes and the ordinances which you shall observe to do in the land which Yahweh, the God of your fathers, has given you to possess it, all the days that you live on the earth.
- Deuteronomy 16:12 הַֽ/חֻקִּ֖ים ptcl def.art + n c mp You shall remember that you were a bondservant in Egypt: and you shall observe and do these statutes.
- Deuteronomy 17:19 הַ/חֻקִּ֥ים ptcl def.art + n c mp and it shall be with him, and he shall read therein all the days of his life; that he may learn to fear Yahweh his God, to keep all the words of this law and these statutes, to do them;
- Deuteronomy 26:16 הַ/חֻקִּ֥ים ptcl def.art + n c mp This day Yahweh your God commands you to do these statutes and ordinances: you shall therefore keep and do them with all your heart, and with all your soul.
- Deuteronomy 26:17 חֻקָּ֧י/ו n c mp cs + sfx pers 3ms You have declared Yahweh this day to be your God, and that you would walk in his ways, and keep his statutes, and his commandments, and his ordinances, and listen to his voice:
- Deuteronomy 27:10 חֻקָּ֔י/ו n c mp cs + sfx pers 3ms You shall therefore obey the voice of Yahweh your God, and do his commandments and his statutes, which I command you this day.
Joshua 1 verse
Judges 1 verse
1 Samuel 1 verse
1 Kings 4 verses
- 1 Kings 3:14 חֻקַּ/י֙ n c mp cs + sfx pers 1cs If you will walk in my ways, to keep my statutes and my commandments, as your father David did walk, then I will lengthen your days.
- 1 Kings 8:58 וְ/חֻקָּי/ו֙ conj + n c mp cs + sfx pers 3ms that he may incline our hearts to him, to walk in all his ways, and to keep his commandments, and his statutes, and his ordinances, which he commanded our fathers.
- 1 Kings 8:61 בְּ/חֻקָּ֛י/ו prep + n c mp cs + sfx pers 3ms Let your heart therefore be perfect with Yahweh our God, to walk in his statutes, and to keep his commandments, as at this day.
- 1 Kings 9:4 חֻקַּ֥/י n c mp cs + sfx pers 1cs As for you, if you will walk before me, as David your father walked, in integrity of heart, and in uprightness, to do according to all that I have commanded you, and will keep my statutes and my ordinances;
2 Kings 2 verses
- 2 Kings 17:15 חֻקָּ֗י/ו n c mp cs + sfx pers 3ms They rejected his statutes, and his covenant that he made with their fathers, and his testimonies which he testified to them; and they followed vanity, and became vain, and [went] after the nations that were round about them, concerning whom Yahweh had charged those who they should not do like them.
- 2 Kings 17:37 הַ/חֻקִּ֨ים ptcl def.art + n c mp and the statutes and the ordinances, and the law and the commandment, which he wrote for you, you shall observe to do forevermore; and you shall not fear other gods:
1 Chronicles 2 verses
- 1 Chronicles 16:17 לְ/חֹ֔ק prep + n c ms Confirmed the same to Jacob for a statute, To Israel for an everlasting covenant,
- 1 Chronicles 22:13 הַֽ/חֻקִּ֣ים ptcl def.art + n c mp Then shall you prosper, if you observe to do the statutes and the ordinances which Yahweh gave Moses concerning Israel. Be strong, and of good courage. Don't be afraid, neither be dismayed.
2 Chronicles 5 verses
- 2 Chronicles 7:17 וְ/חֻקַּ֥/י conj + n c mp cs + sfx pers 1cs As for you, if you will walk before me as David your father walked, and do according to all that I have commanded you, and will keep my statutes and my ordinances;
- 2 Chronicles 19:10 לְ/חֻקִּ֣ים prep + n c mp Whenever any controversy shall come to you from your brothers who dwell in their cities, between blood and blood, between law and commandment, statutes and ordinances, you shall warn them, that they not be guilty towards Yahweh, and so wrath come on you and on your brothers: this do, and you shall not be guilty.
- 2 Chronicles 33:8 וְ/הַֽ/חֻקִּ֥ים conj + ptcl def.art + n c mp neither will I any more remove the foot of Israel from off the land which I have appointed for your fathers, if only they will observe to do all that I have commanded them, even all the law and the statutes and the ordinances [given] by Moses.
- 2 Chronicles 34:31 וְ/חֻקָּ֔י/ו conj + n c mp cs + sfx pers 3ms The king stood in his place, and made a covenant before Yahweh, to walk after Yahweh, and to keep his commandments, and his testimonies, and his statutes, with all his heart, and with all his soul, to perform the words of the covenant that were written in this book.
- 2 Chronicles 35:25 לְ/חֹ֖ק prep + n c ms Jeremiah lamented for Josiah: and all the singing men and singing women spoke of Josiah in their lamentations to this day; and they made them an ordinance in Israel: and, behold, they are written in the lamentations.
Ezra 2 verses
- Ezra 7:10 חֹ֥ק n c ms For Ezra had set his heart to seek the law of Yahweh, and to do it, and to teach in Israel statutes and ordinances.
- Ezra 7:11 וְ/חֻקָּ֖י/ו conj + n c mp cs + sfx pers 3ms Now this is the copy of the letter that the king Artaxerxes gave to Ezra the priest, the scribe, even the scribe of the words of the commandments of Yahweh, and of his statutes to Israel:
Nehemiah 4 verses
- Nehemiah 1:7 הַֽ/חֻקִּים֙ ptcl def.art + n c mp we have dealt very corruptly against you, and have not kept the commandments, nor the statutes, nor the ordinances, which you commanded your servant Moses.
- Nehemiah 9:13 חֻקִּ֥ים n c mp You came down also on Mount Sinai, and spoke with them from heaven, and gave them right ordinances and true laws, good statutes and commandments,
- Nehemiah 9:14 וְ/חֻקִּים֙ conj + n c mp and made known to them your holy Sabbath, and commanded them commandments, and statutes, and a law, by Moses your servant,
- Nehemiah 10:29 וְ/חֻקָּֽי/ו conj + n c mp cs + sfx pers 3ms They joined with their brothers, their nobles, and entered into a curse, and into an oath, to walk in God's law, which was given by Moses the servant of God, and to observe and do all the commandments of Yahweh our Lord, and his ordinances and his statutes;
Job 7 verses
- Job 14:5 חק/ו חֻקָּ֥י/ו n c ms cs + sfx pers 3ms n c mp cs + sfx pers 3ms Seeing his days are determined, The number of his months is with you, And you have appointed his bounds that he can't pass;
- Job 14:13 חֹ֣ק n c ms "Oh that you would hide me in Sheol, That you would keep me secret, until your wrath is past, That you would appoint me a set time, and remember me!
- Job 23:12 מֵ֝/חֻקִּ֗/י prep + n c ms cs + sfx pers 1cs I haven't gone back from the commandment of his lips. I have treasured up the words of his mouth more than my necessary food.
- Job 23:14 חֻקִּ֑/י n c ms cs + sfx pers 1cs For he performs that which is appointed for me. Many such things are with him.
- Job 26:10 חֹֽק n c ms He has described a boundary on the surface of the waters, And to the confines of light and darkness.
- Job 28:26 חֹ֑ק n c ms When he made a decree for the rain, And a way for the lightning of the thunder;
- Job 38:10 חֻקִּ֑/י n c ms cs + sfx pers 1cs Marked out for it my bound, Set bars and doors,
Psalms 31 verses
- Psalms 2:7 חֹ֥ק n c ms cs I will tell of the decree. Yahweh said to me, "You are my son. Today I have become your father.
- Psalms 50:16 חֻקָּ֑/י n c mp cs + sfx pers 1cs But to the wicked God says, "What right do you have to declare my statutes, That you have taken my covenant on your lips,
- Psalms 74:11 חוק/ך n c ms cs + sfx pers 2ms Why do you draw back your hand, even your right hand? Take it out of your pocket and consume them!
- Psalms 81:4 חֹ֣ק n c ms For it is a statute for Israel, An ordinance of the God of Jacob.
- Psalms 94:20 חֹֽק n c ms Shall the throne of wickedness have fellowship with you, Which brings about mischief by statute?
- Psalms 99:7 וְ/חֹ֣ק conj + n c ms He spoke to them in the pillar of cloud. They kept his testimonies, The statute that he gave them.
- Psalms 105:10 לְ/חֹ֑ק prep + n c ms And confirmed the same to Jacob for a statute; To Israel for an everlasting covenant,
- Psalms 105:45 חֻ֭קָּי/ו n c mp cs + sfx pers 3ms That they might keep his statutes, And observe his laws. Praise Yah!
- Psalms 119:5 חֻקֶּֽי/ךָ n c mp cs + sfx pers 2ms Oh that my ways were steadfast To obey your statutes!
- Psalms 119:8 חֻקֶּ֥י/ךָ n c mp cs + sfx pers 2ms I will observe your statutes. Don't utterly forsake me.
- Psalms 119:12 חֻקֶּֽי/ךָ n c mp cs + sfx pers 2ms Blessed are you, Yahweh. Teach me your statutes.
- Psalms 119:23 בְּ/חֻקֶּֽי/ךָ prep + n c mp cs + sfx pers 2ms Though princes sit and slander me, Your servant will meditate on your statutes.
- Psalms 119:26 חֻקֶּֽי/ךָ n c mp cs + sfx pers 2ms I declared my ways, and you answered me. Teach me your statutes.
- Psalms 119:33 חֻקֶּ֗י/ךָ n c mp cs + sfx pers 2ms Teach me, Yahweh, the way of your statutes. I will keep them to the end.
- Psalms 119:48 בְ/חֻקֶּֽי/ךָ prep + n c mp cs + sfx pers 2ms I reach out my hands for your commandments, which I love. I will meditate on your statutes.
- Psalms 119:54 חֻקֶּ֗י/ךָ n c mp cs + sfx pers 2ms Your statutes have been my songs, In the house where I live.
- Psalms 119:64 חֻקֶּ֥י/ךָ n c mp cs + sfx pers 2ms The earth is full of your loving kindness, Yahweh. Teach me your statutes.
- Psalms 119:68 חֻקֶּֽי/ךָ n c mp cs + sfx pers 2ms You are good, and do good. Teach me your statutes.
- Psalms 119:71 חֻקֶּֽי/ךָ n c mp cs + sfx pers 2ms It is good for me that I have been afflicted, That I may learn your statutes.
- Psalms 119:80 בְּ/חֻקֶּ֑י/ךָ prep + n c mp cs + sfx pers 2ms Let my heart be blameless toward your decrees, That I may not be disappointed.
- Psalms 119:83 חֻ֝קֶּ֗י/ךָ n c mp cs + sfx pers 2ms For I have become like a wineskin in the smoke. I don't forget your statutes.
- Psalms 119:112 חֻקֶּ֗י/ךָ n c mp cs + sfx pers 2ms I have set my heart to perform your statutes forever, Even to the end.
- Psalms 119:117 בְ/חֻקֶּ֣י/ךָ prep + n c mp cs + sfx pers 2ms Hold me up, and I will be safe, And will have respect for your statutes continually.
- Psalms 119:118 מֵ/חֻקֶּ֑י/ךָ prep + n c mp cs + sfx pers 2ms You reject all those who stray from your statutes, For their deceit is in vain.
- Psalms 119:124 וְ/חֻקֶּ֥י/ךָ conj + n c mp cs + sfx pers 2ms Deal with your servant according to your loving kindness. Teach me your statutes.
- Psalms 119:135 חֻקֶּֽי/ךָ n c mp cs + sfx pers 2ms Make your face shine on your servant. Teach me your statutes.
- Psalms 119:145 חֻקֶּ֥י/ךָ n c mp cs + sfx pers 2ms I have called with my whole heart. Answer me, Yahweh! I will keep your statutes.
- Psalms 119:155 חֻ֝קֶּי/ךָ n c mp cs + sfx pers 2ms Salvation is far from the wicked, For they don't seek your statutes.
- Psalms 119:171 חֻקֶּֽי/ךָ n c mp cs + sfx pers 2ms Let my lips utter praise, For you teach me your statutes.
- Psalms 147:19 חֻקָּ֥י/ו n c mp cs + sfx pers 3ms He shows his word to Jacob; His statutes and his ordinances to Israel.
- Psalms 148:6 חָק n c ms He has also established them forever and ever. He has made a decree which will not pass away.
Proverbs 3 verses
- Proverbs 8:29 חֻקּ֗/וֹ n c ms cs + sfx pers 3ms When he gave to the sea its boundary, That the waters should not violate his commandment, When he marked out the foundations of the earth;
- Proverbs 30:8 חֻקִּֽ/י n c ms cs + sfx pers 1cs Remove far from me falsehood and lies. Give me neither poverty nor riches. Feed me with the food that is needful for me;
- Proverbs 31:15 וְ֝/חֹ֗ק conj + n c ms She rises also while it is yet night, Gives food to her household, And portions for her servant girls.
Isaiah 2 verses
- Isaiah 5:14 חֹ֑ק n c ms Therefore Sheol has enlarged its desire, And opened its mouth without measure; And their glory, their multitude, their pomp, and he who rejoices among them, descend into it.
- Isaiah 24:5 חֹ֔ק n c ms The earth also is polluted under the inhabitants of it; because they have transgressed the laws, violated the statutes, broken the everlasting covenant.
Jeremiah 3 verses
- Jeremiah 5:22 חָק n c ms cs Don't you fear me? says Yahweh: won't you tremble at my presence, who have placed the sand for the bound of the sea, by a perpetual decree, that it can't pass it? and though the waves of it toss themselves, yet they can't prevail; though they roar, yet they can't pass over it.
- Jeremiah 31:36 הַ/חֻקִּ֥ים ptcl def.art + n c mp If these ordinances depart from before me, says Yahweh, then the seed of Israel also shall cease from being a nation before me forever.
- Jeremiah 32:11 וְ/הַ/חֻקִּ֖ים conj + ptcl def.art + n c mp So I took the deed of the purchase, both that which was sealed, containing the terms and conditions, and that which was open;
Ezekiel 6 verses
- Ezekiel 11:12 בְּ/חֻקַּ/י֙ prep + n c mp cs + sfx pers 1cs and you shall know that I am Yahweh: for you have not walked in my statutes, neither have you executed my ordinances, but have done after the ordinances of the nations that are round about you.
- Ezekiel 16:27 חֻקֵּ֑/ךְ n c ms cs + sfx pers 2fs See therefore, I have stretched out my hand over you, and have diminished your ordinary [food], and delivered you to the will of those who hate you, the daughters of the Philistines, who are ashamed of your lewd way.
- Ezekiel 20:18 בְּ/חוּקֵּ֤י prep + n c mp cs I said to their children in the wilderness, Don't you walk in the statutes of your fathers, neither observe their ordinances, nor defile yourselves with their idols.
- Ezekiel 20:25 חֻקִּ֖ים n c mp Moreover also I gave them statutes that were not good, and ordinances in which they should not live;
- Ezekiel 36:27 בְּ/חֻקַּ/י֙ prep + n c mp cs + sfx pers 1cs I will put my Spirit within you, and cause you to walk in my statutes, and you shall keep my ordinances, and do them.
- Ezekiel 45:14 וְ/חֹ֨ק conj + n c ms cs and the set portion of oil, of the bath of oil, the tenth part of a bath out of the cor, [which is] ten baths, even a homer; (for ten baths are a homer;)
Amos 1 verse
Micah 1 verse
Zephaniah 1 verse
Zechariah 1 verse
Malachi 2 verses
- Malachi 3:7 מֵֽ/חֻקַּ/י֙ prep + n c mp cs + sfx pers 1cs From the days of your fathers you have turned aside from my ordinances, and have not kept them. Return to me, and I will return to you," says Yahweh of Hosts. "But you say, 'How shall we return?'
- Malachi 4:4 חֻקִּ֖ים n c mp "Remember the law of Moses my servant, which I commanded to him in Horeb for all Israel, even statutes and ordinances.
About this entry
At a glance — auto-summarized from this page’s data, not written by a person. Every figure links to its source below. This summary describes the numbers; it doesn’t interpret them.
At its core, חק (chôq) means “statute.” Not a single-sense word: its full sense range also takes in “ordinance”, “limit”, and “something prescribed”. With 124 verses in 25 books, it is a common word in the Hebrew Bible. Its uses concentrate in Psalms (25% of all occurrences). First canonically at Genesis 47:22, it enters the text early. Dig into 124-verse concordance and the renderings breakdown below.
Gloss history
Strong's 1890 vs modern scholarship
About this word
Strong's H2706 catalogs a Hebrew word from the Hebrew Old Testament.
These counts are not copied from any lexicon or concordance. They are computed here, from the morphology-tagged Hebrew Old Testament. What Lemma adds →
- 124
- distinct verses
- The word appears in 124 distinct verses.
- 25 / 39
- OT books
- The word appears in 25 of 39 Old Testament books.
- #347
- by frequency
- Top 500 most frequent Hebrew words (rank 347 of 8,640 Hebrew words by occurrence).
View all 124 occurrences in the concordance →
Most concentrated in
- Psalms 31 verses 25%
- Deuteronomy 21 verses 17%
- Leviticus 9 verses 7%
By section of the Old Testament
By traditional corpus
Conventional, traditional groupings — biblical authorship is debated, so this is a traditional corpus grouping, not an authorship claim. Each share is this word’s portion of its verses in that division of the Hebrew canon. Each figure is a share of the word’s 124 distinct verses.
- Writings (Ketuvim) 54 verses · 44%
- Torah (Pentateuch) 44 verses · 35%
- Prophets (Nevi'im) 26 verses · 21%
How translations render this word
Counts come from each version’s own published word-to-Strong’s tagging or interlinear alignment — an approximate guide to how each version renders this word, not a word-level alignment the data otherwise carries. Because each total is that version’s own tagged count, the per-version totals vary from one another and need not match the appearance or distinct-verse counts above. These counts may also differ from a printed concordance because Lemma counts each distinctly tagged rendering and does not collapse phrase taggings into a single head-word total. This is a fixed set of word-tagged versions (KJV, ASV, BSB, ULT) and does not change with the reading translation you choose elsewhere. Each version’s license is shown beside its name below (and on Sources).
- King James Version: Statutes 61×, Statute 6×, Decree 5×
- American Standard Version: Statutes 61×, Statute 9×, Decree 4×
- Berean Standard Bible: Statutes 76×, Statute 9×, Decree 6×
- unfoldingWord Literal Text: Statutes 70×, Statute 14×, Portion 6×
King James Version Public Domain
Renders H2706 across 127 tagged occurrences — most commonly:
Plus other, less common renderings. Plus 23 renderings that appear only once — usually multi-word phrases or single function words the recovered tagging swept in, not distinct renderings.
American Standard Version Public Domain
Renders H2706 across 127 tagged occurrences — most commonly:
Plus other, less common renderings. Plus 23 renderings that appear only once — usually multi-word phrases or single function words the recovered tagging swept in, not distinct renderings.
Berean Standard Bible Public Domain
Renders H2706 across 122 tagged occurrences — most commonly:
Plus 19 renderings that appear only once — usually multi-word phrases or single function words the recovered tagging swept in, not distinct renderings. Not rendered by a distinct English word in 6 further occurrences.
unfoldingWord Literal Text CC BY-SA 4.0
Renders H2706 across 131 tagged occurrences — most commonly:
Plus 16 renderings that appear only once — usually multi-word phrases or single function words the recovered tagging swept in, not distinct renderings.
18 senses and sub-senses in the full BDB
What do BDB’s symbols mean?
BDB uses these scholarly abbreviations:
| Symbol | Meaning |
|---|---|
| 𝔊 | the Septuagint (the ancient Greek translation, LXX) |
| 𝔙 | the Vulgate (the Latin translation) |
| 𝔖 | the Syriac version (the Peshitta) |
| 𝔗 | the Targum (the Aramaic translation) |
| ψ | the Psalms |
| √ | root (the underlying root or stem) |
| ‖ | parallel passage (a synonymous or contrasted parallel) |
| † | the dagger: every passage where the word occurs is cited |
The 18 senses and sub-senses the full Brown-Driver-Briggs lexicon distinguishes for this word, in lexicon order (not ranked by frequency), with BDB’s own verbatim wording and sub-sense lettering. Shown in Hebrew script with BDB’s own scholarly abbreviations. The condensed entry is in the Lexicon Entry tab. See also the Forms in the corpus table below.
- 1. prescribed task, assigned to Isr. in Egypt Ex 5:14 (E). e.g. Exodus 5:14
- 2. prescribed portion, or allowance of food Gn 47:22(×2) (J); Pr 30:8; 31:15; Ez 16:27; מחקי Jb 23:12 (RV; בְּחֵקִי in my bosom). e.g. Genesis 47:22
- 3. action prescribed for oneself, resolve: חִקֲקֵי לֵב Ju 5:15 resolves of mind ‖ חִקְרֵי לֵב v 16. e.g. Judges 5:15
- 4. prescribed due of the priests from offerings Lv 6:11; 10:13(×2), 14(×2) (P); due of י׳ Lv 6:15 (P); לח׳ עולם Ex 29:28; Lv 7:34; 10:15; Nu 18:8, 11, 19 (all P), Lv 24:9 (H); portion of oil for the תּרומה Ez 45:14. e.g. Leviticus 6:11
- 5. prescribed limit, boundary: of sea Je 5:22; Pr 8:29; 30:8; waters Jb 26:10; heavens ψ 148:6; land of Israel Mi 7:11; of time Jb 14:5, 13; so פָּֽעֲרָה פִיהָ לִבְלִי חֹ֑ק Is 5:14 She’ôl openeth wide her mouth, without limit. e.g. Jeremiah 5:22
- 6. enactment, decree, ordinance of either God or man:
- a. specific decree: law of fifth in Egypt Gn 47:26 (J); of passover Ex 12:24 (J); lament for Jephthah’s daughter Ju 11:39; for Josiah 2 Ch 35:25; חק ומשׁפט Ex 15:25; Jos 24:25 (both E), 1 S 30:25; חק עולם Ex 30:21; ‖ עֵדוּת, מִשְׁפָּט ψ 81:5, 6 (law of a festival). e.g. Genesis 47:26
- b. of י׳ in nature Jb 28:26. e.g. Job 28:26
- c. respecting Mess. king ψ 2:7; day of י׳ Zp 2:2 MT, but on text v. We and טֶרֶם (p. 382); covenant with Jacob ψ 105:10 = 1 Ch 16:17; destiny of man Jb 23:14. e.g. Psalms 2:7
- d. law in general עלי חק according to law, right ψ 94:20 (others against law); לַמֵּד ח׳ ומשׁפט Ezr 7:10; ‖ בּרית and תורות Is 24:5; ‖ עדות ψ 99:7. e.g. Psalms 94:20
- 7. pl. חֻקִּים enactments, statutes of a law:
- a. of י׳ in nature Je 31:36. e.g. Jeremiah 31:36
- b. of the prophets Zc 1:6. e.g. Zechariah 1:6
- c. conditions of deed of purchase Je 32:11. e.g. Jeremiah 32:11
- d. enactments ‖ מִשְׁפָּטִים: ancestral Ez 20:18; given by God as punishment for disobedience 20:25. e.g. Ezekiel 20:18
- e. decrees of unjust judges חִקֲקֵי־אָוֶן Is 10:1. e.g. Isaiah 10:1
- f. civil enactments prescribed by God: חֻקֵּי האלהים Ex 18:16 (E; ‖ תּוֹרֹתָיו), v 20 (E; ‖ id.) e.g. Exodus 18:16
- g. elsewhere of prescriptions of the several codes of Hex: Lv 10:11; Nu 30:17 (P), Dt 4:6; 6:24; 16:12 ψ 119:5 + 20 times, Mal 3:7; ‖ תּוֹרַת י׳ Am 2:4; ח׳ ותורות ψ 105:45; דברי הת׳ והח׳ Dt 17:19; ‖ ברית ψ 50:16; ח׳ וברית ועדות 2 K 17:15; usually either ‖ משׁפטים Dt 4:1, 5, 8, 14; 5:1; 11:32; 12:1; 26:16, 1 K 9:4 = 2 Ch 7:17, 1 Ch 22:13; Ez 11:12; 36:27, or else ח׳ ומשׁפטים combined with others synon. (usually preceding): e.g. דבר(ים) ψ 147:19; תורה 2 Ch 33:8; Mal 3:22; מצוה Dt 5:28; 6:1; 7:11; מצות Ne 1:7; 1 K 8:58; מצוה, תורה 2 Ch 19:10; עֵדֹת Dt 4:45; 6:20; sometimes foll.: e.g. תורות Lv 26:46; מצוה, תורה 2 K 17:37; or in different order, e.g. מ׳ ותורות ח׳ ומצות Ne 9:13; מצות ומ׳ וח׳ Ne 10:30; ח׳ ומצות ומ׳ Dt 26:17. Apart from משׁפטים it is combined with מצות, e.g. מ׳ וח׳ Ex 15:26 (R), Dt 27:10; ח׳ ומ׳ Dt 4:40; 1 K 3:14; 8:61; מ׳ וח׳ ותורה Ne 9:14; מ׳ ועדות וח׳ Dt 6:17; 1 Ch 29:19; 2 Ch 34:31; דברי מ׳ וח׳ Ezr 7:11; it is used c. vbs.: נתן Lv 26:46 + 3 times; צוּה Nu 30:17 + 9 times; למּד Dt 4:1 + 10 times; שׁמר Dt 26:17 + 16 times; עשׂה Dt 6:24 + 5 times; שׁמר לעשׂות Dt 11:32 + 4 times; הלך בְּ 1 K 8:61 + 3 times—[On usage of חֹק v. חֻקָּה ad fin.] e.g. Leviticus 10:11
Senses from the full Brown-Driver-Briggs lexicon (Brown, Driver, Briggs; Oxford 1906 — public domain), digitized via Sefaria, supplemented by the OpenScriptures HebrewLexicon (CC BY 4.0). Full attribution on Sources.
Word origin
n.m. Mi 7:11 something prescribed, a statute or due;—ח׳ Gn 47:22 + 22 times; חָק־ Ex 30:21 + 14 times; sf. חֻקִּי Pr 30:8 + 3 times; חָקְךָ Lv 10:13, 14 etc. + 4 times sfs.; pl. חֻקִּים Dt 4:5 + 31 times; cstr. חֻקֵּי Ex 18:16; חוּקֵּ֯י Ez 20:18; also חִקֲקֵי Ju 5:15; Is 10:1 (Ges§ 93, 1 R 7); חֻקָּו֯ Jb 14:5 etc. + 44 times sfs.—
— Brown-Driver-Briggs (Oxford 1906, public domain), digitized via Sefaria, supplemented by the OpenScriptures HebrewLexicon (CC BY 4.0). See Sources.
Derived from חקק (châqaq) (H2710) — to decree.
Jastrow Dictionary
A second Hebrew/Aramaic lexicon for comparison, covering Aramaic and post-biblical (Talmudic, Targumic, Midrashic) usage that the biblical-Hebrew BDB does not. Matched by lemma rather than by Strong’s number, so a lemma may carry more than one Jastrow headword (shown separately below), and the entries cover usage well beyond the Bible.
חָק
- , v. חָקַק, חֲקַק.
חֹק
- , v. חוֹק, חוּקָּה.
A Dictionary of the Targumim, the Talmud Babli and Yerushalmi, and the Midrashic Literature (Marcus Jastrow; London, Luzac, 1903) — Public Domain. Digitized via Sefaria. Digitized via Sefaria. Full attribution on Sources.
Forms in the corpus
The 80 distinct written forms H2706 takes in the Hebrew Bible, most frequent first — each parse links to that state’s occurrences in the concordance. Hebrew forms include their vowel points and cantillation, so a single lemma takes many written forms.
The 60 most common forms are shown; 20 rarer forms follow in the full concordance.
Same root — word family
Other BDB entries built from the same root as H2706, grouped by Strong’s listed origin. These share a root / origin per the lexicon — not necessarily a shared meaning. Each links to that word’s own entry.
Derives from
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Proper names from this root
People and places named from this root — a name, not an additional meaning of the word.
Compare all same-root words → Showing 4 of 5 — not the complete family. 1 of the same-root words is a proper name (a person or place). They share a root, not necessarily a meaning.
Septuagint verse parallels
This word appears in 95 verses that also exist in the Greek Old Testament (Septuagint), out of the 124 Hebrew verses it occurs in. You can read those verses in Greek by switching the Old Testament edition to the Septuagint.
Read these verses in the Septuagint
- Genesis 47:22
- Exodus 5:14
- Leviticus 6:18
- Numbers 18:8
- Deuteronomy 4:1
- Joshua 24:25
- Judges 11:39
- 1 Samuel 30:25
- 1 Kings 3:14
- 2 Kings 17:15
- 1 Chronicles 16:17
- 2 Chronicles 7:17
This is a verse-level parallel only — the same verses exist in both the Hebrew and Greek Old Testaments. No word-level Hebrew↔Greek correspondence is claimed: the data carries no such alignment, so no Greek word is shown as this Hebrew word’s translation. Coverage is not total — the Septuagint omits the deuterocanon and renumbers the Psalms, so some Hebrew verses have no direct Greek parallel.
