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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 · 51–100 of 127 · BSB

  1. 1 Kings 3:14חֻקַּי֙statutes my

    So if you walk in My ways and keep My statutes and commandments, just as your father David did, I will prolong your days.”

  2. 1 Kings 8:58וְחֻקָּיו֙and statutes his

    May He incline our hearts to Himself, to walk in all His ways and to keep the commandments and statutes and ordinances He commanded our fathers.

  3. 1 Kings 8:61בְּחֻקָּ֛יוin statutes his

    So let your heart be fully devoted to the LORD our God, as it is this day, to walk in His statutes and to keep His commandments.”

  4. 1 Kings 9:4חֻקַּ֥יstatutes my

    And as for you, if you walk before Me as your father David walked, with a heart of integrity and uprightness, doing all I have commanded you, and if you keep My statutes and ordinances,

  5. 2 Kings 17:15חֻקָּ֗יוstatutes his

    They rejected His statutes and the covenant He had made with their fathers, as well as the decrees He had given them. They pursued worthless idols and themselves became worthless, going after the surrounding nations that the LORD had commanded them not to imitate.

  6. 2 Kings 17:37הַחֻקִּ֨יםthe statutes

    And you must always be careful to observe the statutes, ordinances, laws, and commandments He wrote for you. Do not worship other gods.

  7. 1 Chronicles 16:17לְחֹ֔קto a statute

    He confirmed it to Jacob as a decree, to Israel as an everlasting covenant:

  8. 1 Chronicles 22:13הַֽחֻקִּ֣יםthe statutes

    Then you will succeed, if you carefully follow the statutes and ordinances that the LORD commanded Moses for Israel. Be strong and courageous. Do not be afraid or discouraged.

  9. 1 Chronicles 29:19וְחֻקֶּ֑יךָand decrees your

    And give my son Solomon a whole heart to keep and carry out all Your commandments, decrees, and statutes, and to build Your palace for which I have made provision.”

  10. 2 Chronicles 7:17וְחֻקַּ֥יand statutes my

    And as for you, if you walk before Me as your father David walked, doing all I have commanded you, and if you keep My statutes and ordinances,

  11. 2 Chronicles 19:10לְחֻקִּ֣יםand statutes

    For every dispute that comes before you from your brothers who dwell in their cities—whether it regards bloodshed or some other violation of law, commandments, statutes, or ordinances—you are to warn them, so that they will not incur guilt before the LORD and wrath will not come upon you and your brothers. Do this, and you will not incur guilt.

  12. 2 Chronicles 33:8וְהַֽחֻקִּ֥יםand the statutes

    I will never again cause the feet of the Israelites to leave the land that I assigned to your fathers, if only they are careful to do all that I have commanded them through Moses—all the laws, statutes, and judgments.”

  13. 2 Chronicles 34:31וְחֻקָּ֔יוand statutes his

    So the king stood by the pillar and made a covenant before the LORD to follow the LORD and to keep His commandments, decrees, and statutes with all his heart and all his soul, and to carry out the words of this covenant that were written in this book.

  14. 2 Chronicles 35:25לְחֹ֖קinto a decree

    Then Jeremiah lamented over Josiah, and to this day all the choirs of men and women sing laments over Josiah. They established them as a statute for Israel, and indeed they are written in the Book of Laments.

  15. Ezra 7:10חֹ֥קdecree

    For Ezra had set his heart to study the Law of the LORD, to practice it, and to teach its statutes and ordinances in Israel.

  16. Ezra 7:11וְחֻקָּ֖יוand statutes his

    This is the text of the letter King Artaxerxes had given to Ezra the priest and scribe, an expert in the commandments and statutes of the LORD to Israel:

  17. Nehemiah 1:7הַֽחֻקִּים֙the statutes

    We have behaved corruptly against You and have not kept the commandments, statutes, and ordinances that You gave Your servant Moses.

  18. Nehemiah 9:13חֻקִּ֥יםstatutes

    You came down on Mount Sinai and spoke with them from heaven. You gave them just ordinances, true laws, and good statutes and commandments.

  19. Nehemiah 9:14וְחֻקִּים֙and statutes

    You revealed to them Your holy Sabbath and gave them commandments and statutes and laws through Your servant Moses.

  20. Nehemiah 10:29וְחֻקָּֽיוand statutes his

    hereby join with their noble brothers and commit themselves with a sworn oath to follow the Law of God given through His servant Moses and to carefully obey all the commandments, ordinances, and statutes of the LORD our Lord.

  21. Job 14:5חֻקָּ֥יוlimits his

    Since his days are determined and the number of his months is with You, and since You have set limits that he cannot exceed,

  22. Job 14:13חֹ֣קa limit

    If only You would hide me in Sheol and conceal me until Your anger has passed! If only You would appoint a time for me and then remember me!

  23. Job 23:12מֵ֝חֻקִּ֗יmore than portion my

    I have not departed from the command of His lips; I have treasured the words of His mouth more than my daily bread.

  24. Job 23:14חֻקִּ֑יdecree my

    For He carries out His decree against me, and He has many such plans.

  25. Job 26:10חֹֽק־a limit

    He has inscribed a horizon on the face of the waters at the boundary between light and darkness.

  26. Job 28:26חֹ֑קa decree

    when He set a limit for the rain and a path for the thunderbolt,

  27. Job 38:10חֻקִּ֑יboundary my

    when I fixed its boundaries and set in place its bars and doors,

  28. Psalms 2:7חֹ֥ק[the] decree of

    I will proclaim the decree spoken to Me by the LORD: “You are My Son; today I have become Your Father.

  29. Psalms 50:16חֻקָּ֑יdecrees my

    To the wicked, however, God says, “What right have you to recite My statutes and to bear My covenant on your lips?

  30. Psalms 81:4חֹ֣ק[is] a decree

    For this is a statute for Israel, an ordinance of the God of Jacob.

  31. Psalms 94:20חֹֽקa decree

    Can a corrupt throne be Your ally— one devising mischief by decree?

  32. Psalms 99:7וְחֹ֣קand a decree

    He spoke to them from the pillar of cloud; they kept His decrees and the statutes He gave them.

  33. Psalms 105:10לְחֹ֑קto a decree

    He confirmed it to Jacob as a decree, to Israel as an everlasting covenant:

  34. Psalms 105:45חֻ֭קָּיוdecrees his

    that they might keep His statutes and obey His laws. Hallelujah!

  35. Psalms 119:5חֻקֶּֽיךָdecrees your

    Oh, that my ways were committed to keeping Your statutes!

  36. Psalms 119:8חֻקֶּ֥יךָdecrees your

    I will keep Your statutes; do not utterly forsake me.

  37. Psalms 119:12חֻקֶּֽיךָdecrees your

    Blessed are You, O LORD; teach me Your statutes.

  38. Psalms 119:23בְּחֻקֶּֽיךָon decrees your

    Though rulers sit and slander me, Your servant meditates on Your statutes.

  39. Psalms 119:26חֻקֶּֽיךָdecrees your

    I recounted my ways, and You answered me; teach me Your statutes.

  40. Psalms 119:33חֻקֶּ֗יךָdecrees your

    Teach me, O LORD, the way of Your statutes, and I will keep them to the end.

  41. Psalms 119:48בְחֻקֶּֽיךָon decrees your

    I lift up my hands to Your commandments, which I love, and I meditate on Your statutes.

  42. Psalms 119:54חֻקֶּ֗יךָdecrees your

    Your statutes are songs to me in the house of my pilgrimage.

  43. Psalms 119:64חֻקֶּ֥יךָdecrees your

    The earth is filled with Your loving devotion, O LORD; teach me Your statutes.

  44. Psalms 119:68חֻקֶּֽיךָdecrees your

    You are good, and You do what is good; teach me Your statutes.

  45. Psalms 119:71חֻקֶּֽיךָdecrees your

    It was good for me to be afflicted, that I might learn Your statutes.

  46. Psalms 119:80בְּחֻקֶּ֑יךָin decrees your

    May my heart be blameless in Your statutes, that I may not be put to shame.

  47. Psalms 119:83חֻ֝קֶּ֗יךָdecrees your

    Though I am like a wineskin dried up by smoke, I do not forget Your statutes.

  48. Psalms 119:112חֻקֶּ֗יךָdecrees your

    I have inclined my heart to perform Your statutes, even to the very end.

  49. Psalms 119:117בְחֻקֶּ֣יךָfor decrees your

    Uphold me, and I will be saved, that I may always regard Your statutes.

  50. Psalms 119:118מֵחֻקֶּ֑יךָfrom decrees your

    You reject all who stray from Your statutes, for their deceitfulness is in vain.

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