Châqaq — H2710

Definition

verb

properly, to hack, i.e. engrave (Judges 5:14, to be a scribe simply); by implication, to enact (laws being cut in stone or metal tablets in primitive times) or (gen.) prescribe

1. to cut out, decree, inscribe, set, engrave, portray, govern
1. (Qal)
1. to cut in
2. to cut in or on, cut upon, engrave, inscribe
3. to trace, mark out
4. to engrave, inscribe (of a law)
2. (Poel)
1. to inscribe, enact, decree
2. one who decrees, lawgiver (participle)
3. (Pual) something decreed, the law (participle)
4. (Hophal) to be inscribed

Usually translated as

lawgiver, decree, note, set, appoint, governor, grave, pourtray, print

Origin

a primitive root

Greek equivalents

• árchōn (G758)
• aphorízō (G873)
• basileús (G935)
• gráphō (G1125)
• diatássō (G1299)
• ereunáō (G2045)
• hēgéomai (G2233)
• ischyrós (G2478)

Occurrences

Châqaq occurs 18 times in the King James.

Distribution of the word across the Bible: Genesis (1), Numbers (1), Deuteronomy (1), Judges (2), Job (1), Psalms (2), Proverbs (4), Isaiah (5), Ezekiel (1)

• Genesis 49:10 — The sceptre shall not depart from Judah, nor a lawgiver (וּמְחֹקֵ֖ק) from between his feet, until Shiloh come; and unto him shall the gathering of the people be.
• Numbers 21:18 — The princes digged the well, the nobles of the people digged it, by the direction of the lawgiver (בִּמְחֹקֵ֖ק), with their staves. And from the wilderness they went to Mattanah:
• Deuteronomy 33:21 — And he provided the first part for himself, because there, in a portion of the lawgiver (מְחֹקֵ֖ק), was he seated; and he came with the heads of the people, he executed the justice of the LORD, and his judgments with Israel.
• Judges 5:9 — My heart is toward the governors (לְחוֹקְקֵ֣י) of Israel, that offered themselves willingly among the people. Bless ye the LORD.
• Judges 5:14 — Out of Ephraim was there a root of them against Amalek; after thee, Benjamin, among thy people; out of Machir came down governors (מְחֹ֣קְקִ֔ים), and out of Zebulun they that handle the pen of the writer.
• Job 19:23 — Oh that my words were now written! oh that they were printed (וְיֻחָֽקוּ) in a book!
• Psalms 60:7 — Gilead is mine, and Manasseh is mine; Ephraim also is the strength of mine head; Judah is my lawgiver (מְחֹֽקְקִי);
• Psalms 108:8 — Gilead is mine; Manasseh is mine; Ephraim also is the strength of mine head; Judah is my lawgiver (מְחֹקְקִֽי);
• Proverbs 8:15 — By me kings reign, and princes decree (יְחֹ֣קְקוּ) justice.
• Proverbs 8:27 — When he prepared the heavens, I was there: when he set (בְּח֥וּקוֹ) a compass upon the face of the depth:
• Proverbs 8:29 — When he gave to the sea his decree, that the waters should not pass his commandment: when he appointed (בְּ֝חוּק֗וֹ) the foundations of the earth:
• Proverbs 31:5 — Lest they drink, and forget the law (מְחֻקָּ֑ק), and pervert the judgment of any of the afflicted.
• Isaiah 10:1 — Woe unto them that decree (הַחֹֽקְקִ֖ים) unrighteous decrees, and that write grievousness which they have prescribed;
• Isaiah 22:16 — What hast thou here? and whom hast thou here, that thou hast hewed thee out a sepulchre here, as he that heweth him out a sepulchre on high, and that graveth (חֹקְקִ֥י) an habitation for himself in a rock?
• Isaiah 30:8 — Now go, write it before them in a table, and note (חֻקָּ֑הּ) it in a book, that it may be for the time to come for ever and ever:
• Isaiah 33:22 — For the LORD is our judge, the LORD is our lawgiver (מְחֹקְקֵ֑נוּ), the LORD is our king; he will save us.
• Isaiah 49:16 — Behold, I have graven (חַקֹּתִ֑יךְ) thee upon the palms of my hands; thy walls are continually before me.
• Ezekiel 4:1 — Thou also, son of man, take thee a tile, and lay it before thee (וְחַקּוֹתָ֥), and pourtray upon it the city, even Jerusalem: