Hebrew

Decree

חֵקֶקStrong’s H2711

cheqeq (che-qeq)

Appears in 2 verses of the Old Testament

In short

Cheqeq is the Hebrew word usually translated “resolves of” and “decrees of”. It appears in 2 verses of the Old Testament.

“And the princes of Issachar were with Deborah; even Issachar, and also Barak: he was sent on foot into the valley. For the divisions of Reuben there were great thoughts of heart.”

Judges 5:15 KJV

Meaning

Decree, resolve, statute, action prescribed

How it's translated

resolves of 1
decrees of 1

Word-by-word English from the STEPBible tagged text.

Where it's used most

Judges 1
Isaiah 1

2 books in all.

Related words

Explore in Scripture

Isaiah 10:1Woe unto them that decree unrighteous decrees, and that write grievousness which they have prescribed;

Hebrew dictionary

חֵקֶק cheqeq · decree

decree, resolve, statute, action prescribed Another spelling of choq (חֹק ": decree" H2706)

From STEPBible’s Hebrew lexicon (based on Brown-Driver-Briggs).

Webster's 1828 Dictionary

How the English word “decree” was understood when the King James Version was still the common Bible of English readers.

DECREE, noun

[Latin To judge; to divide.]

Judicial decision, or determination of a litigated cause; as a decree of the court of chancery.
In the civil law, a determination or judgment of the emperor on a suit between parties.
An edict or law made by a council for regulating any business within their jurisdiction; as the decrees of ecclesiastical councils.
In general, an order, edict or law made by a superior as a rule to govern inferiors.“There went a decree from Cesar Augustus, that all the world should be taxed” Luke 2:1

All definitions and other forms of “decree”

Established law, or rule.“He made a decree for the rain” Job 28:26
In theology, predetermined purpose of God; the purpose or determination of an immutable Being, whose plan of operations is, like himself, unchangeable.

DECREE, verb transitive

To determine judicially; to resolve by sentence; as, the court decreed that the property should be restored; or they decreed a restoration of the property.
To determine or resolve legislatively; to fix or appoint; to set or constitute by edict or in purpose.“Thou shalt decree a thing, and it shall be established” Job 22:28

Noah Webster, An American Dictionary of the English Language (1828). Verse references are checked against the KJV. Read the full entry.

Verses are from the King James Version. Word meanings come from the original Hebrew, not from any one translation.