Strong's Number H2710

חָקַק

chaqaq · khaw-kak'

Transliteration:

chaqaq{khaw-kak'}

Word Origin:

a primitive root; TWOT - 728

TWOT:

728

Part of Speech:

verb

Strong's Definition:

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

Usage in the KJV:

lawgiver 6, governor 2, decree 2, to grave 2, portray 2, law 1, printed 1, set 1, note 1, appoint 1

Total: 18
Occurs 19 times in the Hebrew text.

Definition:

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