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Statute

חֻקָּהStrong’s H2708

chuqqah (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.”
Genesis 26:5 KJV
Meaning
  1. 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.

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Explore in Scripture
All 100 verses, by book
Genesis 1
26:5
2 Samuel 1
22:23
2 Chronicles 1
7:19
Job 1
38:33
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.