חָקַק (cha.qaq) means “to decree” in the TBESH Hebrew lexicon from STEPBible.
Pronunciation guide: khaw-kak' Strong’s Hebrew pronunciation spelling.
חָקַק · cha.qaq · to decree
1) to cut out, decree, inscribe, set, engrave, portray, govern 1a) (Qal) 1a1) to cut in 1a2) to cut in or on, cut upon, engrave, inscribe 1a3) to trace, mark out 1a4) to engrave, inscribe (of a law) 1b) (Poel) 1b1) to inscribe, enact, decree 1b2) one who decrees, lawgiver (participle) 1c) (Pual) something decreed, the law (participle) 1d) (Hophal) to be inscribed
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a primitive root; 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
KJV glosses: appoint, decree, governor, grave, lawgiver, note, pourtray, print, set.
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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 |
|---|---|
| a rulers | 1 |
| and cut | 1 |
| and draw | 1 |
| and inscribe | 1 |
| and inscribed | 1 |
| engraved | 1 |
| i have inscribed you | 1 |
| is my scepter | 1 |
| is our lawgiver | 1 |
| is with the princes | 1 |
| laws | 1 |
| my scepter | 1 |
| nor the staff | 1 |
| the commanders | 1 |
| to those who enact | 1 |
| what is decreed | 1 |
| when he inscribed | 1 |
| when he marked out | 1 |
| with their scepters | 1 |
| Rendering | Count |
|---|---|
| my lawgiver | 2 |
| and note | 1 |
| behold i have graven | 1 |
| decree | 1 |
| governors | 1 |
| nor a lawgiver | 1 |
| of the lawgiver | 1 |
| our lawgiver | 1 |
| pourtrayed | 1 |
| that graveth | 1 |
| the law | 1 |
| the lawgiver | 1 |
| thee and pourtray | 1 |
| there when he set | 1 |
| they were printed | 1 |
| toward the governors | 1 |
| unto them that decree | 1 |
| when he appointed | 1 |
Page 1 of 1. 19 verses in the selected STEP text, printed below in BSB where available. Read each verse in its chapter to follow the author’s thought.
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.
Read word by wordThe 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,
Read word by wordHe 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.”
Read word by wordMy heart is with the princes of Israel, with the volunteers among the people. Bless the LORD!
Read word by wordSome 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.
Read word by wordI wish that my words were recorded and inscribed in a book,
Read word by wordGilead is Mine, and Manasseh is Mine; Ephraim is My helmet, Judah is My scepter.
Read word by wordSource alternate reference: 60.9
Gilead is Mine, and Manasseh is Mine; Ephraim is My helmet, Judah is My scepter.
Read word by wordSource alternate reference: 108.9
By me kings reign, and rulers enact just laws;
Read word by wordI was there when He established the heavens, when He inscribed a circle on the face of the deep,
Read word by wordwhen 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.
Read word by wordlest they drink and forget what is decreed, depriving all the oppressed of justice.
Read word by wordWoe to those who enact unjust statutes and issue oppressive decrees,
Read word by wordWhat 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?
Read word by wordGo 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.
Read word by wordFor the LORD is our Judge, the LORD is our lawgiver, the LORD is our King. It is He who will save us.
Read word by wordBehold, I have inscribed you on the palms of My hands; your walls are ever before Me.
Read word by word“Now you, son of man, take a brick, place it before you, and draw on it the city of Jerusalem.
Read word by wordBut Oholibah carried her prostitution even further. She saw the men portrayed on the wall, images of the Chaldeans, engraved in vermilion,
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