Strong's H2710
חָקַק
- Language:
- Hebrew/Aramaic (Old Testament)
Definition
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
Derivation
a primitive root;
KJV Translation
In the King James Version, חָקַק is translated as: appoint, decree, governor, grave, lawgiver, note, pourtray, print, set..
About Strong's Concordance
Strong's Exhaustive Concordance, compiled by James Strong in 1890, assigns a unique number to every Hebrew and Aramaic root word in the Old Testament. The Hebrew dictionary covers all 8,674 root words. This entry is in the public domain.