חָקָהchâqâh
cut in, carve
Pronunciation: khaw-kaw' · Hebrew/Aramaic (Old Testament) · H2707
Meanings
Pu`al: = substantive carved work (1 Kings 6:35; Ezekiel 8:10; Ezekiel 23:14)
Hithpa`el: (= markest a line) (Job 13:27)
Same root
Where it appears
Appears 4 times in the Bible.
- 1 Kings 6:35 These doors were decorated with carvings of cherubim, palm trees, and open flowers—all overlaid evenly with gold.
- Job 13:27 You put my feet in stocks. You examine all my paths. You trace all my footprints.
- Ezekiel 8:10 So I went in and saw the walls covered with engravings of all kinds of crawling animals and detestable creatures. I also saw the various idols worshiped by the people of Israel.
- Ezekiel 23:14 “Then she carried her prostitution even further. She fell in love with pictures that were painted on a wall—pictures of Babylonian military officers, outfitted in striking red uniforms.
Source: Brown, Driver and Briggs, Hebrew and English Lexicon of the Old Testament (1906), public domain; markup by unfoldingWord, CC BY (github.com/unfoldingWord/Brown-Driver-Briggs-Enhanced).