Original Language Studio
Job 26:10
“He hath compassed the waters with bounds, until the day and night come to an end.” (KJV)
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Lexical meaning
חֹקchôq · khoke
H2706 · Hebrew
H2706 · Hebrew
- Definition
- an enactment; hence, an appointment (of time, space, quantity, labor or usage)
- Derivation
- from H2710 (חָקַק);
- KJV renderings
- appointed, bound, commandment, convenient, custom, decree(-d), due, law, measure, [idiom] necessary, ordinance(-nary), portion, set time, statute, task.
- Grammar
- חֹֽק — common noun, masculine, singular, absolute
- Usage
- Occurs 128 times in the Hebrew Bible.Genesis 47:22Genesis 47:22Genesis 47:26Exodus 5:14Exodus 12:24
Theological interpretation (AI)
The card on the left shows lexical data from published sources. Interpretation is separate: ask the Companion to explain how traditions read חֹק here.
Hebrew text: Westminster Leningrad Codex (public domain). Morphology & lemmas: Open Scriptures Hebrew Bible, CC BY 4.0 (hb.openscriptures.org). Lexicon: Strong's Hebrew Dictionary (1894, public domain; JSON edition © Open Scriptures, CC BY-SA). Verse numbers follow the Hebrew text, which occasionally differs from English Bibles.