TBESH · H2708
חֻקָּה · chuq.qah · statute
1) statute, ordinance, limit, enactment, something prescribed 1a) statute
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chuq.qah H2708
חֻקָּה (chuq.qah) means “statute” in the TBESH Hebrew lexicon from STEPBible.
חֻקָּה Hebrew · H2708 104 tagged occurrences in 100 verses
Pronunciation guide: khook-kaw' Strong’s Hebrew pronunciation spelling.
Lexicon entries
Strong’s Hebrew dictionary
feminine of H2706 (חֹק), and meaning substantially the same {an enactment; hence, an appointment (of time, space, quantity, labor or usage)}
KJV glosses: appointed, custom, manner, ordinance, site, statute.
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How translators render H2708
Counts below follow each translation’s tagged words. A rendering can cover a phrase. Differences in text editions and tagging can produce different totals.
| Rendering | Count |
|---|---|
| statute | 26 |
| my statutes | 25 |
| and statutes | 8 |
| his statutes | 6 |
| the statutes | 5 |
| in my statutes | 4 |
| its statutes | 4 |
| is the statute | 3 |
| statutes | 3 |
| a statutory | 2 |
| in the statutes | 2 |
| according to the customs | 1 |
| against my statutes | 1 |
| and my statutes | 1 |
| and the fixed order | 1 |
| are the statutes | 1 |
| customs | 1 |
| in the customs | 1 |
| in their customs | 1 |
| in your statutes | 1 |
| nor kept my statutes | 1 |
| or the statutes | 1 |
| portion | 1 |
| the appointed | 1 |
| the customs | 1 |
| the laws | 1 |
| who sets in order | 1 |
| Rendering | Count |
|---|---|
| my statutes | 16 |
| a statute | 11 |
| and his statutes | 8 |
| in my statutes | 7 |
| and my statutes | 5 |
| all my statutes | 4 |
| in the statutes | 4 |
| statute | 4 |
| his statutes | 3 |
| not in my statutes | 3 |
| ordinance | 3 |
| the ordinance | 3 |
| the ordinances | 3 |
| by an ordinance | 2 |
| thereof and all the ordinances | 2 |
| according to all the rites | 1 |
| according to the ordinance | 1 |
| all his statutes | 1 |
| an ordinance | 1 |
| and they shall be to you for an ordinance | 1 |
| by a statute | 1 |
| customs | 1 |
| for the customs | 1 |
| for the statutes | 1 |
| in the manners | 1 |
| in their ordinances | 1 |
| mine ordinances | 1 |
| myself in thy statutes | 1 |
| nor in his statutes | 1 |
| nor in my statutes | 1 |
| of it according to all the ordinances | 1 |
| shall be a statute | 1 |
| shall be for a statute | 1 |
| them for a statute | 1 |
| them my statutes | 1 |
| they after their statutes | 1 |
| this ordinance | 1 |
| this shall be a statute | 1 |
| thou the ordinances | 1 |
| unto thee concerning all the ordinances | 1 |
| unto us the appointed | 1 |
Verses containing H2708
Page 1 of 2. 100 verses in the selected STEP text, printed below in BSB where available. Read each verse in its chapter to follow the author’s thought.
- Genesis 26:5
· BSB · 1 occurrence
because Abraham listened to My voice and kept My charge, My commandments, My statutes, and My laws.”
Read word by word - Exodus 12:14
· BSB · 1 occurrence
And this day will be a memorial for you, and you are to celebrate it as a feast to the LORD, as a permanent statute for the generations to come.
Read word by word - Exodus 12:17
· BSB · 1 occurrence
So you are to keep the Feast of Unleavened Bread, for on this very day I brought your divisions out of the land of Egypt. You must keep this day as a permanent statute for the generations to come.
Read word by word - Exodus 12:43
· BSB · 1 occurrence
And the LORD said to Moses and Aaron, “This is the statute of the Passover: No foreigner is to eat of it.
Read word by word - Exodus 13:10
· BSB · 1 occurrence
Therefore you shall keep this statute at the appointed time year after year.
Read word by word - Exodus 27:21
· BSB · 1 occurrence
In the Tent of Meeting, outside the veil that is in front of the Testimony, Aaron and his sons are to tend the lamps before the LORD from evening until morning. This is to be a permanent statute for the Israelites for the generations to come.
Read word by word - Exodus 28:43
· BSB · 1 occurrence
Aaron and his sons must wear them whenever they enter the Tent of Meeting or approach the altar to minister in the Holy Place, so that they will not incur guilt and die. This is to be a permanent statute for Aaron and his descendants.
Read word by word - Exodus 29:9
· BSB · 1 occurrence
Wrap the sashes around Aaron and his sons and tie headbands on them. The priesthood shall be theirs by a permanent statute. In this way you are to ordain Aaron and his sons.
Read word by word - Leviticus 3:17
· BSB · 1 occurrence
This is a permanent statute for the generations to come, wherever you live: You must not eat any fat or any blood.”
Read word by word - Leviticus 7:36
· BSB · 1 occurrence
On the day they were anointed, the LORD commanded that this be given them by the sons of Israel. It is a permanent portion for the generations to come.
Read word by word - Leviticus 10:9
· BSB · 1 occurrence
“You and your sons are not to drink wine or strong drink when you enter the Tent of Meeting, or else you will die; this is a permanent statute for the generations to come.
Read word by word - Leviticus 16:29
· BSB · 1 occurrence
This is to be a permanent statute for you: On the tenth day of the seventh month, you shall humble yourselves and not do any work—whether the native or the foreigner who resides among you—
Read word by word - Leviticus 16:31
· BSB · 1 occurrence
It is a Sabbath of complete rest for you, that you may humble yourselves; it is a permanent statute.
Read word by word - Leviticus 16:34
· BSB · 1 occurrence
This is to be a permanent statute for you, to make atonement once a year for the Israelites because of all their sins.” And all this was done as the LORD had commanded Moses.
Read word by word - Leviticus 17:7
· BSB · 1 occurrence
They must no longer offer their sacrifices to the goat demons to which they have prostituted themselves. This will be a permanent statute for them for the generations to come.’
Read word by word - Leviticus 18:3
· BSB · 1 occurrence
You must not follow the practices of the land of Egypt, where you used to live, and you must not follow the practices of the land of Canaan, into which I am bringing you. You must not walk in their customs.
Read word by word - Leviticus 18:4
· BSB · 1 occurrence
You are to practice My judgments and keep My statutes by walking in them. I am the LORD your God.
Read word by word - Leviticus 18:5
· BSB · 1 occurrence
Keep My statutes and My judgments, for the man who does these things will live by them. I am the LORD.
Read word by word - Leviticus 18:26
· BSB · 1 occurrence
But you are to keep My statutes and ordinances, and you must not commit any of these abominations—neither your native-born nor the foreigner who lives among you.
Read word by word - Leviticus 18:30
· BSB · 1 occurrence
You must keep My charge not to practice any of the abominable customs that were practiced before you, so that you do not defile yourselves by them. I am the LORD your God.”
Read word by word - Leviticus 19:19
· BSB · 1 occurrence
You are to keep My statutes. You shall not crossbreed two different kinds of livestock; you shall not sow your fields with two kinds of seed; and you shall not wear clothing made of two kinds of material.
Read word by word - Leviticus 19:37
· BSB · 1 occurrence
You must keep all My statutes and all My ordinances and follow them. I am the LORD.”
Read word by word - Leviticus 20:8
· BSB · 1 occurrence
And you shall keep My statutes and practice them. I am the LORD who sanctifies you.
Read word by word - Leviticus 20:22
· BSB · 1 occurrence
You are therefore to keep all My statutes and ordinances, so that the land where I am bringing you to live will not vomit you out.
Read word by word - Leviticus 20:23
· BSB · 1 occurrence
You must not follow the statutes of the nations I am driving out before you. Because they did all these things, I abhorred them.
Read word by word - Leviticus 23:14
· BSB · 1 occurrence
You must not eat any bread or roasted or new grain until the very day you have brought this offering to your God. This is to be a permanent statute for the generations to come, wherever you live.
Read word by word - Leviticus 23:21
· BSB · 1 occurrence
On that same day you are to proclaim a sacred assembly, and you must not do any regular work. This is to be a permanent statute wherever you live for the generations to come.
Read word by word - Leviticus 23:31
· BSB · 1 occurrence
You are not to do any work at all. This is a permanent statute for the generations to come, wherever you live.
Read word by word - Leviticus 23:41
· BSB · 1 occurrence
You are to celebrate this as a feast to the LORD for seven days each year. This is a permanent statute for the generations to come; you are to celebrate it in the seventh month.
Read word by word - Leviticus 24:3
· BSB · 1 occurrence
Outside the veil of the Testimony in the Tent of Meeting, Aaron is to tend the lamps continually before the LORD from evening until morning. This is to be a permanent statute for the generations to come.
Read word by word - Leviticus 25:18
· BSB · 1 occurrence
You are to keep My statutes and carefully observe My judgments, so that you may dwell securely in the land.
Read word by word - Leviticus 26:3
· BSB · 1 occurrence
If you follow My statutes and carefully keep My commandments,
Read word by word - Leviticus 26:15
· BSB · 1 occurrence
and if you reject My statutes, despise My ordinances, and neglect to carry out all My commandments, and so break My covenant,
Read word by word - Leviticus 26:43
· BSB · 1 occurrence
For the land will be abandoned by them, and it will enjoy its Sabbaths by lying desolate without them. And they will pay the penalty for their iniquity, because they rejected My ordinances and abhorred My statutes.
Read word by word - Numbers 9:3
· BSB · 1 occurrence
You are to observe it at the appointed time, at twilight on the fourteenth day of this month, in accordance with its statutes and ordinances.”
Read word by word - Numbers 9:12
· BSB · 1 occurrence
they may not leave any of it until morning or break any of its bones. They must observe the Passover according to all its statutes.
Read word by word - Numbers 9:14
· BSB · 2 occurrences
If a foreigner dwelling among you wants to observe the Passover to the LORD, he is to do so according to the Passover statute and its ordinances. You are to apply the same statute to both the foreigner and the native of the land.’”
Read word by word - Numbers 10:8
· BSB · 1 occurrence
The sons of Aaron, the priests, are to sound the trumpets. This shall be a permanent statute for you and the generations to come.
Read word by word - Numbers 15:15
· BSB · 2 occurrences
The assembly is to have the same statute both for you and for the foreign resident; it is a permanent statute for the generations to come. You and the foreigner shall be the same before the LORD.
Read word by word - Numbers 18:23
· BSB · 1 occurrence
The Levites are to perform the work of the Tent of Meeting, and they must bear their iniquity. This is a permanent statute for the generations to come. The Levites will not receive an inheritance among the Israelites.
Read word by word - Numbers 19:2
· BSB · 1 occurrence
“This is the statute of the law that the LORD has commanded: Instruct the Israelites to bring you an unblemished red heifer that has no defect and has never been placed under a yoke.
Read word by word - Numbers 19:10
· BSB · 1 occurrence
The man who has gathered up the ashes of the heifer must also wash his clothes, and he will be ceremonially unclean until evening. This is a permanent statute for the Israelites and for the foreigner residing among them.
Read word by word - Numbers 19:21
· BSB · 1 occurrence
This is a permanent statute for the people: The one who sprinkles the water of purification must wash his clothes, and whoever touches the water of purification will be unclean until evening.
Read word by word - Numbers 27:11
· BSB · 1 occurrence
And if his father has no brothers, give his inheritance to the next of kin from his clan, that he may take possession of it. This is to be a statutory ordinance for the Israelites, as the LORD has commanded Moses.’”
Read word by word - Numbers 31:21
· BSB · 1 occurrence
Then Eleazar the priest said to the soldiers who had gone into battle, “This is the statute of the law which the LORD has commanded Moses:
Read word by word - Numbers 35:29
· BSB · 1 occurrence
This will be a statutory ordinance for you for the generations to come, wherever you live.
Read word by word - Deuteronomy 6:2
· BSB · 1 occurrence
so that you and your children and grandchildren may fear the LORD your God all the days of your lives by keeping all His statutes and commandments that I give you, and so that your days may be prolonged.
Read word by word - Deuteronomy 8:11
· BSB · 1 occurrence
Be careful not to forget the LORD your God by failing to keep His commandments and ordinances and statutes, which I am giving you this day.
Read word by word - Deuteronomy 10:13
· BSB · 1 occurrence
and to keep the commandments and statutes of the LORD that I am giving you this day for your own good?
Read word by word - Deuteronomy 11:1
· BSB · 1 occurrence
You shall therefore love the LORD your God and always keep His charge, His statutes, His ordinances, and His commandments.
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