חֵקֶקchêqeq

something prescribed, a statute or due

Pronunciation: khay'-kek · Hebrew/Aramaic (Old Testament) · H2711

Meanings

1. prescribed task (Exodus 5:14)

2. prescribed portion (Genesis 47:22; Proverbs 30:8; Proverbs 31:15)

3. action prescribed (Judges 5:15; Judges 5:16)

4. prescribed due (Leviticus 6:11; Leviticus 10:13; Leviticus 10:14)

5. prescribed limit, boundary (Jeremiah 5:22; Proverbs 8:29; Job 26:10)

6. enactment, decree, ordinance

a. specific decree (Genesis 47:26; Exodus 12:24; Judges 11:39)

d. law in general, according to law, right (Psalms 94:20; Ezra 7:10; Isaiah 25:5)

7. enactments, statutes

c. conditions (Jeremiah 32:11)

d. enactments (Ezekiel 20:18; Ezekiel 20:25)

e. decrees (Isaiah 10:1)

f. civil enactments prescribed by God, id. (Exodus 18:16; Exodus 18:20)

Same root

חָקַקchâqaq · H2710properly, 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

Where it appears

Appears 2 times in the Bible.

Judges 5:15 The princes of Issachar were with Deborah and Barak. They followed Barak, rushing into the valley. But in the tribe of Reuben there was great indecision.
Isaiah 10:1 What sorrow awaits the unjust judges and those who issue unfair laws.

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).