Statute
חֻקָּהStrong’s H2708chuqqah (chuq-qah)
Appears in 100 verses of the Old Testament
In short
Chuqqah is the Hebrew word usually translated “statutes my”, “statute of” and “statutes his”. It appears in 100 verses of the Old Testament.
“Because that Abraham obeyed my voice, and kept my charge, my commandments, my statutes, and my laws.”
Meaning
- Statute, ordinance, limit, enactment, something prescribedstatute
How it's translated
- statutes my 22
- a statute of 22
- in statutes my 9
- and statutes his 8
- and statutes my 6
- statutes of 5
- statute of 4
- statutes his 4
Word-by-word English from the STEPBible tagged text.
Where it's used most
- Leviticus 26
- Ezekiel 20
- Numbers 12
- Deuteronomy 8
- 1 Kings 8
- Exodus 7
14 books in all.
Related words
Explore in Scripture
- Exodus 12:14And this day shall be unto you for a memorial; and ye shall keep it a feast to the LORD throughout your generations; ye shall keep it a feast by an ordinance for ever.
- Exodus 12:17And ye shall observe the feast of unleavened bread; for in this selfsame day have I brought your armies out of the land of Egypt: therefore shall ye observe this day in your generations by an ordinance for ever.
- Exodus 12:43And the LORD said unto Moses and Aaron, This is the ordinance of the passover: There shall no stranger eat thereof:
- Exodus 13:10Thou shalt therefore keep this ordinance in his season from year to year.
- Exodus 27:21In the tabernacle of the congregation without the vail, which is before the testimony, Aaron and his sons shall order it from evening to morning before the LORD: it shall be a statute for ever unto their generations on the behalf of the children of Israel.
- Exodus 28:43And they shall be upon Aaron, and upon his sons, when they come in unto the tabernacle of the congregation, or when they come near unto the altar to minister in the holy place; that they bear not iniquity, and die: it shall be a statute for ever unto him and his seed after him.
All 100 verses, by book
- Genesis 1
- 26:5
- Leviticus 26
- 3:177:3610:916:2916:3116:3417:718:318:418:518:2618:3019:1919:3720:820:2220:2323:1423:2123:3123:4124:325:1826:326:1526:43
- 2 Samuel 1
- 22:23
- 2 Chronicles 1
- 7:19
- Job 1
- 38:33
- Ezekiel 20
- 5:65:711:2018:918:1718:1918:2120:1120:1320:1620:1920:2120:2433:1537:2443:1143:1844:544:2446:14
- Micah 1
- 6:16
Hebrew dictionary
חֻקָּה chuqqah · statute
1) statute, ordinance, limit, enactment, something prescribed 1a) statute
From STEPBible’s Hebrew lexicon (based on Brown-Driver-Briggs).
Verses are from the King James Version. Word meanings come from the original Hebrew, not from any one translation.