Hebrew word study

חָקַקchâqaq — properly, to hack, i.e. engrave (Judges 5:14, to be a scr…

Pronounced “khaw-kak'”

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

Translated in the King James as: appoint, decree, governor, grave, lawgiver, note, pourtray, print, set.

Appears 19 times in Scripture

Origin: a primitive root;

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Where it appears

Genesis — 1×

Genesis 49:10

Numbers — 1×

Numbers 21:18

Deuteronomy — 1×

Deuteronomy 33:21

Judges — 2×

Judges 5:9 Judges 5:14

Job — 1×

Job 19:23

Psalms — 2×

Psalms 60:7 Psalms 108:8

Proverbs — 4×

Proverbs 8:15 Proverbs 8:27 Proverbs 8:29 Proverbs 31:5

Isaiah — 5×

Isaiah 10:1 Isaiah 22:16 Isaiah 30:8 Isaiah 33:22 Isaiah 49:16

Ezekiel — 2×

Ezekiel 4:1 Ezekiel 23:14

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