Strong's Hebrew · H2710
חָקַק
châqaq · khaw-kak'
appoint, decree, governor, grave, lawgiver, note, pourtray, print, set.
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
Derivation
a primitive root;
Appears 19 times in Scripture
“My heart is with the princes of Israel, with the volunteers among the people. Bless the LORD!”
“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.””
“Gilead is Mine, and Manasseh is Mine; Ephraim is My helmet, Judah is My scepter.”
“By me kings reign, and rulers enact just laws;”
“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.”
“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.”
“I was there when He established the heavens, when He inscribed a circle on the face of the deep,”
“I wish that my words were recorded and inscribed in a book,”
“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,”
“Gilead is Mine, and Manasseh is Mine; Ephraim is My helmet, Judah is My scepter.”
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Lexicon: Strong's Exhaustive Concordance (James Strong, 1890, public domain), digital edition by Open Scriptures (CC BY-SA). Verse mappings: Berean Standard Bible interlinear tables (public domain).