Strong's Lexicon

H2707

H2707 — חָקָה

Hebrew / Aramaic entry for Bible study and original-language reference.

Hebrewchaqahverb-stemOccurrences: 4TWOT: 727

Definition / Gloss

Strong's Number:	H2707
Word:	חָקָה
Part of Speech:	verb-stem
Etymology:	a primitive root
Language:	Hebrew
Occurrences:	4
Transliteration:	chaqah
Phonetic Spelling/Pronunciation:	khaw-kaw'
Meaning:	1. to carve 2. (by implication) to delineate 3. also to entrench
KJV Renderings:	carved work, portrayed, set a print.

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Brown-Driver-Briggs Enhanced

BDB3069

חָקָה verb only Pu`al cut in, carve (Late Hebrew represent, imitate; || חקק) —

Pu`al Participle מְחֻקֶּה 1Kgs 6:35; Ezek 8:10 + Ezek 23:14 ( Co מְחֻקִּים, after ᵐ5 ᵑ6 ᵑ7 ᵑ9 ), carved figure on wall Ezek 8:10; Ezek 23:14 (where read אנשׁים מחקים, see above) = substantive carved work 1Kgs 6:35 (on doors of temple).

Hithpa`el Imperfect 2 masculine singular עלשָֿׁרְשֵׁי רַגְלַי תִּתְחַקֶּה Job 13:27 thou gravest thee a graving (= markest a line) for (i.e. about) the soles of my feet, fixest limits for them (see Di).

חֻקָּה see below חקק. below

Other Resources

Theological Wordbook of the Old Testament
R. Laird Harris, Gleason L. Archer, and Bruce K. Waltke

Englishman's Hebrew Concordance

חקה (g’hah-kāh’)

Job 13:27

KJV: Thou puttest my feet also in the stocks, and lookest narrowly unto all my paths; thou settest a print upon the heels of my feet.lookest…: Heb. observestheels: Heb. roots

EHCC: thou settest a print upon the heels