Strongs Number: H2710
- Hebrew Word
- חָקַק
- Transliteration
- châqaq
- Phonetic
- khaw-kak'
- Part of Speech
- Verb
- Strongs Definition
-
properly to {hack} that {is} engrave (
to be a scribe simply); by implication to enact (laws being cut in stone or metal tablets in primitive times) or (generally) prescribe - BDB Definition
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1. to cut out, decree, inscribe, set, engrave, portray, govern
a. (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)
b. (Poel)
1. to inscribe, enact, decree
2. one who decrees, lawgiver (participle)
c. (Pual) something decreed, the law (participle)
d. (Hophal) to be inscribed
- Origin
- A primitive root
- Bible Usage
- {appoint} {decree} {governor} {grave} {lawgiver} {note} {pourtray} {print} set.