חֻקָּהchuqqâh
something prescribed, enactment, statute
Pronunciation: khook-kaw' · Hebrew/Aramaic (Old Testament) · H2708
Meanings
1. statute, singular (Exodus 13:10; Exodus 12:43; Numbers 9:12)
2. statutes, plural
e. due, statute, ordinance (Leviticus 18:3; Leviticus 20:23; Leviticus 26:3)
Same root
Where it appears
Appears 104 times in the Bible.
- Genesis 26:5 I will do this because Abraham listened to me and obeyed all my requirements, commands, decrees, and instructions.”
- Exodus 12:14 “This is a day to remember. Each year, from generation to generation, you must celebrate it as a special festival to the Lord. This is a law for all time.
- Exodus 12:17 “Celebrate this Festival of Unleavened Bread, for it will remind you that I brought your forces out of the land of Egypt on this very day. This festival will be a permanent law for you; celebrate this day from generation to generation.
- Exodus 12:43 Then the Lord said to Moses and Aaron, “These are the instructions for the festival of Passover. No outsiders are allowed to eat the Passover meal.
- Exodus 13:10 So observe the decree of this festival at the appointed time each year.
- Exodus 27:21 The lampstand will stand in the Tabernacle, in front of the inner curtain that shields the Ark of the Covenant. Aaron and his sons must keep the lamps burning in the Lord’s presence all night. This is a permanent law for the people of Israel, and it must be observed from generation to generation.
See every passage
- Genesis 26:5
- Exodus 12:14, 12:17, 12:43, 13:10, 27:21, 28:43, 29:9
- Leviticus 3:17, 7:36, 10:9, 16:29, 16:31, 16:34, 17:7, 18:3, 18:4, 18:5, 18:26, 18:30, 19:19, 19:37, 20:8, 20:22, 20:23, 23:14, 23:21, 23:31, 23:41, 24:3, 25:18, 26:3, 26:15, 26:43
- Numbers 9:3, 9:12, 9:14, 10:8, 15:15, 18:23, 19:2, 19:10, 19:21, 27:11, 31:21, 35:29
- Deuteronomy 6:2, 8:11, 10:13, 11:1, 28:15, 28:45, 30:10, 30:16
- 2 Samuel 22:23
- 1 Kings 2:3, 3:3, 6:12, 9:6, 11:11, 11:33, 11:34, 11:38
- 2 Kings 17:8, 17:13, 17:19, 17:34, 23:3
- 2 Chronicles 7:19
- Job 38:33
- Psalms 18:22, 89:31, 119:16
- Jeremiah 5:24, 10:3, 31:35, 33:25, 44:10, 44:23
- Ezekiel 5:6, 5:7, 11:20, 18:9, 18:17, 18:19, 18:21, 20:11, 20:13, 20:16, 20:19, 20:21, 20:24, 33:15, 37:24, 43:11, 43:18, 44:5, 44:24, 46:14
- Micah 6:16
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).