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KING JAMES BIBLE DICTIONARY

 

Hebrew - English Dictionary

H2706 - Statute

Strong's No.:H2706

Hebrew:חֹק

Transliteration:chôq

Phonetic:khoke

Word Origin:From H2710

Bible Usage:{appointed} {bound} {commandment} {convenient} {custom} decree ({-d}) {due} {law} {measure} X-(idiom) {necessary} ordinance ({-nary}) {portion} set {time} {statute} task.

Part of Speech:Noun Masculine

Strongs
Definition:

an enactment; hence an appointment (of {time} {space} {quantity} labor or usage)


Brown Driver
Biggs Definition:

1. statute, ordinance, limit, something prescribed, due

a. prescribed task

b. prescribed portion

c. action prescribed (for oneself), resolve

d. prescribed due

e. prescribed limit, boundary

f. enactment, decree, ordinance

1. specific decree

2. law in general

g. enactments, statutes

1. conditions

2. enactments

3. decrees

4. civil enactments prescribed by God


Bible References:
Statute

Translation
Occurrences:
appointed ( 1 )
bounds ( 2 )
commandments ( 1 )
convenient ( 1 )
custom ( 2 )
decree ( 7 )
decreed ( 1 )
due ( 4 )
law ( 4 )
measure ( 1 )
ordinance ( 6 )
ordinances ( 2 )
ordinary ( 1 )
portion ( 3 )
statute ( 13 )
statutes ( 73 )
task ( 1 )
time ( 1 )

 

Definitions are taken from Strong's Exhaustive Concordance
by James Strong (S.T.D.) (LL.D.) 1890.