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חֹק

choqH2706

statute: decree

Used 127 times in the tagged text.

H2706G · חֹק · statute: decree

What it means

  • statute, ordinance, limit, something prescribed, due
Full dictionary entry (technical)
  • : decree
  • 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

H2706H · חֹק · statute: portion

What it means

  • statute, ordinance, limit, something prescribed, due
Full dictionary entry (technical)
  • : portion
  • 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

H2706I · חֹק · statute: allotment

What it means

  • statute, ordinance, limit, something prescribed, due
Full dictionary entry (technical)
  • : allotment/boundary
  • 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

Same idea, other words · Law and commandment

Torah means instruction before it means law. The Bible also speaks of statutes and commandments, and Paul's use of nomos has to be read in each context.

Where it appears

  • Genesis3
  • Exodus8
  • Leviticus11
  • Numbers4
  • Deuteronomy21
  • Joshua1
  • Judges1
  • 1 Samuel1
  • 1 Kings4
  • 2 Kings2
  • 1 Chronicles3
  • 2 Chronicles5
  • Ezra2
  • Nehemiah4
  • Job7
  • Psalms30
  • Proverbs3
  • Isaiah2
  • Jeremiah3
  • Ezekiel6
  • Amos1
  • Micah1
  • Zephaniah1
  • Zechariah1
  • Malachi2

Every use · 1–50 of 127 · BSB

  1. Genesis 47:22חֹ֨קan allowance

    However, he did not acquire the priests’ portion of the land, for it had been given to them by Pharaoh. They ate the rations that Pharaoh supplied; so they did not sell their land.

  2. Genesis 47:22חֻקָּם֙allowance their

    However, he did not acquire the priests’ portion of the land, for it had been given to them by Pharaoh. They ate the rations that Pharaoh supplied; so they did not sell their land.

  3. Genesis 47:26לְחֹק֩to a statute

    So Joseph established a law that a fifth of the produce belongs to Pharaoh, and it is in effect in the land of Egypt to this day. Only the priests’ land does not belong to Pharaoh.

  4. Exodus 5:14חָקְכֶ֤םprescribed portion your

    Then the Israelite foremen, whom Pharaoh’s taskmasters had set over the people, were beaten and asked, “Why have you not fulfilled your quota of bricks yesterday or today, as you did before?”

  5. Exodus 12:24לְחָק־to a decree

    And you are to keep this command as a permanent statute for you and your descendants.

  6. Exodus 15:25חֹ֥קa decree

    And Moses cried out to the LORD, and the LORD showed him a log. And when he cast it into the waters, they were sweetened. There the LORD made for them a statute and an ordinance, and there He tested them,

  7. Exodus 15:26חֻקָּ֑יוdecrees his

    saying, “If you will listen carefully to the voice of the LORD your God, and do what is right in His eyes, and pay attention to His commands, and keep all His statutes, then I will not bring on you any of the diseases I inflicted on the Egyptians. For I am the LORD who heals you.”

  8. Exodus 18:16חֻקֵּ֥י[the] statutes of

    “Whenever they have a dispute, it is brought to me to judge between one man and another, and I make known to them the statutes and laws of God.”

  9. Exodus 18:20הַחֻקִּ֖יםthe statutes

    Teach them the statutes and laws, and show them the way to live and the work they must do.

  10. Exodus 29:28לְחָק־to a prescribed portion of

    This will belong to Aaron and his sons as a regular portion from the Israelites, for it is the heave offering the Israelites will make to the LORD from their peace offerings.

  11. Exodus 30:21חָק־a decree of

    Thus they are to wash their hands and feet so that they will not die; this shall be a permanent statute for Aaron and his descendants for the generations to come.”

  12. Leviticus 6:18חָק־a prescribed portion of

    Any male among the sons of Aaron may eat it. This is a permanent portion from the offerings made by fire to the LORD for the generations to come. Anything that touches them will become holy.”

  13. Leviticus 6:22חָק־a prescribed portion of

    The priest, who is one of Aaron’s sons and will be anointed to take his place, is to prepare it. As a permanent portion for the LORD, it must be burned completely.

  14. Leviticus 7:34לְחָק־to a prescribed portion of

    I have taken from the sons of Israel the breast of the wave offering and the thigh of the contribution of their peace offerings, and I have given them to Aaron the priest and his sons as a permanent portion from the sons of Israel.’”

  15. Leviticus 10:11הַ֣חֻקִּ֔יםthe statutes

    so that you may teach the Israelites all the statutes that the LORD has given them through Moses.”

  16. Leviticus 10:13חָקְךָ֤[is] prescribed portion your

    You shall eat it in a holy place, because it is your share and your sons’ share of the offerings made by fire to the LORD; for this is what I have been commanded.

  17. Leviticus 10:13וְחָק־and [the] prescribed portion of

    You shall eat it in a holy place, because it is your share and your sons’ share of the offerings made by fire to the LORD; for this is what I have been commanded.

  18. Leviticus 10:14חָקְךָ֤prescribed portion your

    And you and your sons and daughters may eat the breast of the wave offering and the thigh of the contribution in a ceremonially clean place, because these portions have been assigned to you and your children from the peace offerings of the sons of Israel.

  19. Leviticus 10:14וְחָק־and [the] prescribed portion of

    And you and your sons and daughters may eat the breast of the wave offering and the thigh of the contribution in a ceremonially clean place, because these portions have been assigned to you and your children from the peace offerings of the sons of Israel.

  20. Leviticus 10:15לְחָק־to a prescribed portion of

    They are to bring the thigh of the contribution and the breast of the wave offering, together with the fat portions of the offerings made by fire, to wave as a wave offering before the LORD. It will belong permanently to you and your children, as the LORD has commanded.”

  21. Leviticus 24:9חָק־a prescribed portion of

    It belongs to Aaron and his sons, who are to eat it in a holy place; for it is to him a most holy part of the offerings made by fire to the LORD—his portion forever.”

  22. Leviticus 26:46הַֽחֻקִּ֣ים[are] the statutes

    These are the statutes, ordinances, and laws that the LORD established between Himself and the Israelites through Moses on Mount Sinai.

  23. Numbers 18:8לְחָק־to a prescribed portion of

    Then the LORD said to Aaron, “Behold, I have put you in charge of My offerings. As for all the sacred offerings of the Israelites, I have given them to you and your sons as a portion and a permanent statute.

  24. Numbers 18:11לְחָק־to a prescribed portion of

    And this is yours as well: the offering of their gifts, along with all the wave offerings of the Israelites. I have given this to you and your sons and daughters as a permanent statute. Every ceremonially clean person in your household may eat it.

  25. Numbers 18:19לְחָק־to a prescribed portion of

    All the holy offerings that the Israelites present to the LORD I give to you and to your sons and daughters as a permanent statute. It is a permanent covenant of salt before the LORD for you and your offspring.”

  26. Numbers 30:16הַֽחֻקִּ֗ים[are] the statutes

    These are the statutes that the LORD commanded Moses concerning the relationship between a man and his wife, and between a father and a young daughter still in his home.

  27. Deuteronomy 4:1הַֽחֻקִּים֙the statutes

    Hear now, O Israel, the statutes and ordinances I am teaching you to follow, so that you may live and may enter and take possession of the land that the LORD, the God of your fathers, is giving you.

  28. Deuteronomy 4:5חֻקִּים֙statutes

    See, I have taught you statutes and ordinances just as the LORD my God has commanded me, so that you may follow them in the land that you are about to enter and possess.

  29. Deuteronomy 4:6הַחֻקִּ֣יםthe statutes

    Observe them carefully, for this will show your wisdom and understanding in the sight of the peoples, who will hear of all these statutes and say, “Surely this great nation is a wise and understanding people.”

  30. Deuteronomy 4:8חֻקִּ֥יםstatutes

    And what nation is great enough to have righteous statutes and ordinances like this entire law I set before you today?

  31. Deuteronomy 4:14חֻקִּ֖יםstatutes

    At that time the LORD commanded me to teach you the statutes and ordinances you are to follow in the land that you are crossing the Jordan to possess.

  32. Deuteronomy 4:40חֻקָּ֣יוstatutes his

    Keep His statutes and commandments, which I am giving you today, so that you and your children after you may prosper, and that you may live long in the land that the LORD your God is giving you for all time.

  33. Deuteronomy 4:45וְהַֽחֻקִּ֖יםand the statutes

    These are the testimonies, statutes, and ordinances that Moses proclaimed to them after they had come out of Egypt,

  34. Deuteronomy 5:1הַחֻקִּ֣יםthe statutes

    Then Moses summoned all Israel and said to them: Hear, O Israel, the statutes and ordinances that I declare in your hearing this day. Learn them and observe them carefully.

  35. Deuteronomy 5:31וְהַחֻקִּ֥יםand the statutes

    But you stand here with Me, that I may speak to you all the commandments and statutes and ordinances you are to teach them to follow in the land that I am giving them to possess.”

  36. Deuteronomy 6:1הַֽחֻקִּים֙the statutes

    These are the commandments and statutes and ordinances that the LORD your God has instructed me to teach you to follow in the land that you are about to enter and possess,

  37. Deuteronomy 6:17וְחֻקָּ֖יוand statutes his

    You are to diligently keep the commandments of the LORD your God and the testimonies and statutes He has given you.

  38. Deuteronomy 6:20וְהַֽחֻקִּים֙and the statutes

    In the future, when your son asks, “What is the meaning of the decrees and statutes and ordinances that the LORD our God has commanded you?”

  39. Deuteronomy 6:24הַחֻקִּ֣יםthe statutes

    And the LORD commanded us to observe all these statutes and to fear the LORD our God, that we may always be prosperous and preserved, as we are to this day.

  40. Deuteronomy 7:11הַֽחֻקִּ֣יםthe statutes

    So keep the commandments and statutes and ordinances that I am giving you to follow this day.

  41. Deuteronomy 11:32הַֽחֻקִּ֖יםthe statutes

    be careful to follow all the statutes and ordinances that I am setting before you today.

  42. Deuteronomy 12:1הַֽחֻקִּ֣ים[are] the statutes

    These are the statutes and ordinances you must be careful to follow all the days you live in the land that the LORD, the God of your fathers, has given you to possess.

  43. Deuteronomy 16:12הַֽחֻקִּ֖יםthe statutes

    Remember that you were slaves in Egypt, and carefully follow these statutes.

  44. Deuteronomy 17:19הַחֻקִּ֥יםthe statutes

    It is to remain with him, and he is to read from it all the days of his life, so that he may learn to fear the LORD his God by carefully observing all the words of this instruction and these statutes.

  45. Deuteronomy 26:16הַחֻקִּ֥יםthe statutes

    The LORD your God commands you this day to follow these statutes and ordinances. You must be careful to follow them with all your heart and with all your soul.

  46. Deuteronomy 26:17חֻקָּ֧יוstatutes his

    Today you have proclaimed that the LORD is your God and that you will walk in His ways, keep His statutes and commandments and ordinances, and listen to His voice.

  47. Deuteronomy 27:10חֻקָּ֔יוstatutes his

    You shall therefore obey the voice of the LORD your God and follow His commandments and statutes I am giving you today.”

  48. Joshua 24:25חֹ֥קa decree

    On that day Joshua made a covenant for the people, and there at Shechem he established for them a statute and ordinance.

  49. Judges 11:39חֹ֖קa custom

    After two months, she returned to her father, and he did to her as he had vowed. And she had never had relations with a man. So it has become a custom in Israel

  50. 1 Samuel 30:25לְחֹ֤קinto a statute

    And so it has been from that day forward. David established this statute as an ordinance for Israel to this very day.

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