חָקַק châqaq
Meaning
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
In the King James Version: appoint, decree, governor, grave, lawgiver, note, pourtray, print, set.
Derivation: a primitive root;
Where it is used
- Genesis 49:10 The scepter will not depart from Judah, nor the staff from between his feet, until Shiloh comes and the allegiance of the nations is his.
- Numbers 21:18 The princes dug the well; the nobles of the people hollowed it out with their scepters and with their staffs.” From the wilderness the Israelites went on to Mattanah,
- Deuteronomy 33:21 He chose the best land for himself, because a ruler’s portion was reserved for him there. He came with the leaders of the people; he administered the LORD’s justice and His ordinances for Israel.”
- Judges 5:9 My heart is with the princes of Israel, with the volunteers among the people. Bless the LORD!
- Judges 5:14 Some came from Ephraim, with their roots in Amalek; Benjamin came with your people after you. The commanders came down from Machir, the bearers of the marshal’s staff from Zebulun.
- Job 19:23 I wish that my words were recorded and inscribed in a book,
- Psalms 60:7 Gilead is Mine, and Manasseh is Mine; Ephraim is My helmet, Judah is My scepter.
- Psalms 108:8 Gilead is Mine, and Manasseh is Mine; Ephraim is My helmet, Judah is My scepter.
- Proverbs 8:15 By me kings reign, and rulers enact just laws;
- Proverbs 8:27 I was there when He established the heavens, when He inscribed a circle on the face of the deep,
- Proverbs 8:29 when 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 31:5 lest they drink and forget what is decreed, depriving all the oppressed of justice.
- Isaiah 10:1 Woe to those who enact unjust statutes and issue oppressive decrees,
- Isaiah 22:16 What are you doing here, and who authorized you to carve out a tomb for yourself here—to chisel your tomb in the height and cut your resting place in the rock?
- Isaiah 30:8 Go now, write it on a tablet in their presence and inscribe it on a scroll; it will be for the days to come, a witness forever and ever.
- Isaiah 33:22 For the LORD is our Judge, the LORD is our lawgiver, the LORD is our King. It is He who will save us.
- Isaiah 49:16 Behold, I have inscribed you on the palms of My hands; your walls are ever before Me.
- Ezekiel 4:1 “Now you, son of man, take a brick, place it before you, and draw on it the city of Jerusalem.
- Ezekiel 23:14 But Oholibah carried her prostitution even further. She saw the men portrayed on the wall, images of the Chaldeans, engraved in vermilion,