: 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
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H2706 — חֹק
choq · statute: decree · Hebrew/Aramaic
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Genesis 47:22 · חֹ֨ק · חֻקָּם֙However, 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.Genesis 47:26 · לְחֹק֩So 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.Exodus 5:14 · חָקְכֶ֤םThen 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?”Exodus 12:24 · לְחָק־And you are to keep this command as a permanent statute for you and your descendants.Exodus 15:25 · חֹ֥קAnd 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,Exodus 15:26 · חֻקָּ֑יוsaying, “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.”Exodus 18:16 · חֻקֵּ֥י“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.”Exodus 18:20 · הַחֻקִּ֖יםTeach them the statutes and laws, and show them the way to live and the work they must do.Exodus 29:28 · לְחָק־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.Exodus 30:21 · חָק־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.”Leviticus 6:18 · חָק־Any male among the sons of Aaron may eat it. This is a permanent portion from the food offerings to the LORD for the generations to come. Anything that touches them will become holy.”Leviticus 6:22 · חָק־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.Leviticus 7:34 · לְחָק־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.’”Leviticus 10:11 · הַ֣חֻקִּ֔יםso that you may teach the Israelites all the statutes that the LORD has given them through Moses.”Leviticus 10:13 · חָקְךָ֤ · וְחָק־You shall eat it in a holy place, because it is your share and your sons’ share of the food offerings to the LORD; for this is what I have been commanded.Leviticus 10:14 · חָקְךָ֤ · וְחָק־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.Leviticus 10:15 · לְחָק־They are to bring the thigh of the contribution and the breast of the wave offering, together with the fat portions of the food offerings, to wave as a wave offering before the LORD. It will belong permanently to you and your children, as the LORD has commanded.”Leviticus 24:9 · חָק־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 food offerings to the LORD—his portion forever.”Leviticus 26:46 · הַֽחֻקִּ֣יםThese are the statutes, ordinances, and laws that the LORD established between Himself and the Israelites through Moses on Mount Sinai.Numbers 18:8 · לְחָק־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.Numbers 18:11 · לְחָק־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.Numbers 18:19 · לְחָק־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.”Numbers 30:16 · הַֽחֻקִּ֗יםThese 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.Deuteronomy 4:1 · הַֽחֻקִּים֙Hear 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.Deuteronomy 4:5 · חֻקִּים֙See, 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.Deuteronomy 4:6 · הַחֻקִּ֣יםObserve 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.”Deuteronomy 4:8 · חֻקִּ֥יםAnd what nation is great enough to have righteous statutes and ordinances like this entire law I set before you today?Deuteronomy 4:14 · חֻקִּ֖יםAt 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.Deuteronomy 4:40 · חֻקָּ֣יוKeep 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.Deuteronomy 4:45 · וְהַֽחֻקִּ֖יםThese are the testimonies, statutes, and ordinances that Moses proclaimed to them after they had come out of Egypt,Deuteronomy 5:1 · הַחֻקִּ֣יםThen 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.Deuteronomy 5:31 · וְהַחֻקִּ֥יםBut 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.”Deuteronomy 6:1 · הַֽחֻקִּים֙These 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,Deuteronomy 6:17 · וְחֻקָּ֖יוYou are to diligently keep the commandments of the LORD your God and the testimonies and statutes He has given you.Deuteronomy 6:20 · וְהַֽחֻקִּים֙In 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?”Deuteronomy 6:24 · הַחֻקִּ֣יםAnd 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.Deuteronomy 7:11 · הַֽחֻקִּ֣יםSo keep the commandments and statutes and ordinances that I am giving you to follow this day.Deuteronomy 11:32 · הַֽחֻקִּ֖יםbe careful to follow all the statutes and ordinances that I am setting before you today.Deuteronomy 12:1 · הַֽחֻקִּ֣יםThese 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.Deuteronomy 16:12 · הַֽחֻקִּ֖יםRemember that you were slaves in Egypt, and carefully follow these statutes.Deuteronomy 17:19 · הַחֻקִּ֥יםIt 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.Deuteronomy 26:16 · הַחֻקִּ֥יםThe 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.Deuteronomy 26:17 · חֻקָּ֧יוToday 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.Deuteronomy 27:10 · חֻקָּ֔יוYou shall therefore obey the voice of the LORD your God and follow His commandments and statutes I am giving you today.”Joshua 24:25 · חֹ֥קOn that day Joshua made a covenant for the people, and there at Shechem he established for them a statute and ordinance.Judges 11:39 · חֹ֖קAfter 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 Israel1 Samuel 30:25 · לְחֹ֤קAnd so it has been from that day forward. David established this statute and ordinance for Israel to this very day.1 Kings 3:14 · חֻקַּי֙So if you walk in My ways and keep My statutes and commandments, just as your father David did, I will prolong your days.”1 Kings 8:58 · וְחֻקָּיו֙May 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.1 Kings 8:61 · בְּחֻקָּ֛יוSo 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.”1 Kings 9:4 · חֻקַּ֥יAnd 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,2 Kings 17:15 · חֻקָּ֗יוThey 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 became worthless themselves, going after the surrounding nations that the LORD had commanded them not to imitate.2 Kings 17:37 · הַחֻקִּ֨יםAnd you must always be careful to observe the statutes, ordinances, laws, and commandments He wrote for you. Do not worship other gods.1 Chronicles 16:17 · לְחֹ֔קHe confirmed it to Jacob as a decree, to Israel as an everlasting covenant:1 Chronicles 22:13 · הַֽחֻקִּ֣יםThen 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.1 Chronicles 29:19 · וְחֻקֶּ֑יךָAnd 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.”2 Chronicles 7:17 · וְחֻקַּ֥יAnd 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,2 Chronicles 19:10 · לְחֻקִּ֣יםFor 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.2 Chronicles 33:8 · וְהַֽחֻקִּ֥יםI 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.”2 Chronicles 34:31 · וְחֻקָּ֔יוSo 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 the covenant that were written in this book.2 Chronicles 35:25 · לְחֹ֖קThen Jeremiah lamented over Josiah, and to this day all the male and female singers recite laments over Josiah. They established them as a statute for Israel, and indeed they are written in the Book of Laments.Ezra 7:10 · חֹ֥קFor Ezra had set his heart to study the Law of the LORD, to practice it, and to teach its statutes and ordinances in Israel.Ezra 7:11 · וְחֻקָּ֖יוThis 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:Nehemiah 1:7 · הַֽחֻקִּים֙We have behaved corruptly against You and have not kept the commandments, statutes, and ordinances that You gave Your servant Moses.Nehemiah 9:13 · חֻקִּ֥יםYou came down on Mount Sinai and spoke with them from heaven. You gave them just ordinances, true laws, and good statutes and commandments.Nehemiah 9:14 · וְחֻקִּים֙You revealed to them Your holy Sabbath and gave them commandments and statutes and laws through Your servant Moses.Nehemiah 10:29 · וְחֻקָּֽיו׃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 obey carefully all the commandments, ordinances, and statutes of the LORD our Lord.Job 14:5 · חֻקָּ֥יוSince his days are determined and the number of his months is with You, and since You have set limits that he cannot exceed,Job 14:13 · חֹ֣קIf 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!Job 23:12 · מֵ֝חֻקִּ֗יI have not departed from the command of His lips; I have treasured the words of His mouth more than my daily bread.Job 23:14 · חֻקִּ֑יFor He carries out His decree against me, and He has many such plans.Job 26:10 · חֹֽק־He has inscribed a horizon on the face of the waters at the boundary between light and darkness.Job 28:26 · חֹ֑קwhen He set a limit for the rain and a path for the thunderbolt,Job 38:10 · חֻקִּ֑יwhen I fixed its boundaries and set in place its bars and doors,Psalm 2:7 · חֹ֥קI will proclaim the decree spoken to Me by the LORD: “You are My Son; today I have become Your Father.Psalm 50:16 · חֻקָּ֑יTo the wicked, however, God says, “What right have you to recite My statutes and to bear My covenant on your lips?Psalm 81:4 · חֹ֣קFor this is a statute for Israel, an ordinance of the God of Jacob.Psalm 94:20 · חֹֽק׃Can a corrupt throne be Your ally—one devising mischief by decree?Psalm 99:7 · וְחֹ֣קHe spoke to them from the pillar of cloud; they kept His decrees and the statutes He gave them.Psalm 105:10 · לְחֹ֑קHe confirmed it to Jacob as a decree, to Israel as an everlasting covenant:Psalm 105:45 · חֻ֭קָּיוthat they might keep His statutes and obey His laws. Hallelujah!Psalm 119:5 · חֻקֶּֽיךָ׃Oh, that my ways were committed to keeping Your statutes!Psalm 119:8 · חֻקֶּ֥יךָI will keep Your statutes; do not utterly forsake me.Psalm 119:12 · חֻקֶּֽיךָ׃Blessed are You, O LORD; teach me Your statutes.Psalm 119:23 · בְּחֻקֶּֽיךָ׃Though rulers sit and slander me, Your servant meditates on Your statutes.Psalm 119:26 · חֻקֶּֽיךָ׃I recounted my ways, and You answered me; teach me Your statutes.Psalm 119:33 · חֻקֶּ֗יךָTeach me, O LORD, the way of Your statutes, and I will keep them to the end.Psalm 119:48 · בְחֻקֶּֽיךָ׃I lift up my hands to Your commandments, which I love, and I meditate on Your statutes.Psalm 119:54 · חֻקֶּ֗יךָYour statutes are songs to me in the house of my pilgrimage.Psalm 119:64 · חֻקֶּ֥יךָThe earth is filled with Your loving devotion, O LORD; teach me Your statutes.Psalm 119:68 · חֻקֶּֽיךָ׃You are good, and You do what is good; teach me Your statutes.Psalm 119:71 · חֻקֶּֽיךָ׃It was good for me to be afflicted, that I might learn Your statutes.Psalm 119:80 · בְּחֻקֶּ֑יךָMay my heart be blameless in Your statutes, that I may not be put to shame.Psalm 119:83 · חֻ֝קֶּ֗יךָThough I am like a wineskin dried up by smoke, I do not forget Your statutes.Psalm 119:112 · חֻקֶּ֗יךָI have inclined my heart to perform Your statutes, even to the very end.Psalm 119:117 · בְחֻקֶּ֣יךָUphold me, and I will be saved, that I may always regard Your statutes.Psalm 119:118 · מֵחֻקֶּ֑יךָYou reject all who stray from Your statutes, for their deceitfulness is in vain.Psalm 119:124 · וְחֻקֶּ֥יךָDeal with Your servant according to Your loving devotion, and teach me Your statutes.Psalm 119:135 · חֻקֶּֽיךָ׃Make Your face shine upon Your servant, and teach me Your statutes.Psalm 119:145 · חֻקֶּ֥יךָI call with all my heart; answer me, O LORD! I will obey Your statutes.Psalm 119:155 · חֻ֝קֶּיךָSalvation is far from the wicked because they do not seek Your statutes.Psalm 119:171 · חֻקֶּֽיךָ׃My lips pour forth praise, for You teach me Your statutes.Psalm 147:19 · חֻקָּ֥יוHe declares His word to Jacob, His statutes and judgments to Israel.Psalm 148:6 · חָק־He established them forever and ever; He issued a decree that will never pass away.Proverbs 8:29 · חֻקּ֗וֹwhen He set a boundary for the sea, so that the waters would not surpass His command, when He marked out the foundations of the earth.Proverbs 30:8 · חֻקִּֽי׃Keep falsehood and deceitful words far from me. Give me neither poverty nor riches; feed me with the bread that is my portion.Proverbs 31:15 · וְ֝חֹ֗קShe rises while it is still night to provide food for her household and portions for her maidservants.Isaiah 5:14 · חֹ֑קTherefore Sheol enlarges its throat and opens wide its enormous jaws, and down go Zion’s nobles and masses, her revelers and carousers!Isaiah 24:5 · חֹ֔קThe earth is defiled by its people; they have transgressed the laws; they have overstepped the decrees and broken the everlasting covenant.Jeremiah 5:22 · חָק־Do you not fear Me?” declares the LORD. “Do you not tremble before Me, the One who set the sand as the boundary for the sea, an enduring barrier it cannot cross? The waves surge, but they cannot prevail. They roar but cannot cross it.Jeremiah 31:36 · הַחֻקִּ֥ים“Only if this fixed order departed from My presence, declares the LORD, would Israel’s descendants ever cease to be a nation before Me.”Jeremiah 32:11 · וְהַחֻקִּ֖יםThen I took the deed of purchase—the sealed copy with its terms and conditions, as well as the open copy—Amos 2:4 · וְחֻקָּיו֙This is what the LORD says: “For three transgressions of Judah, even four, I will not revoke My judgment, because they reject the Law of the LORD and fail to keep His statutes; they are led astray by the lies in which their fathers walked.Micah 7:11 · חֹֽק׃The day for rebuilding your walls will come—the day for extending your boundary.Zephaniah 2:2 · חֹ֔קbefore the decree takes effect and the day passes like chaff, before the burning anger of the LORD comes upon you, before the Day of the LORD’s anger comes upon you.Zechariah 1:6 · וְחֻקַּ֗יBut did not My words and My statutes, which I commanded My servants the prophets, overtake your fathers? They repented and said, ‘Just as the LORD of Hosts purposed to do to us according to our ways and deeds, so He has done to us.’”Malachi 3:7 · מֵֽחֻקַּי֙Yet from the days of your fathers, you have turned away from My statutes and have not kept them. Return to Me, and I will return to you,” says the LORD of Hosts. “But you ask, ‘How can we return?’Malachi 4:4 · חֻקִּ֖ים“Remember the law of My servant Moses, the statutes and ordinances I commanded him for all Israel at Horeb.