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Leviticus 3:17
“It shall be a perpetual statute for your generations throughout all your dwellings, that ye eat neither fat nor blood.” (KJV)
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Lexical meaning
חֻקָּהchuqqâh · khook-kaw'
H2708 · Hebrew
H2708 · Hebrew
- Definition
- {an enactment; hence, an appointment (of time, space, quantity, labor or usage)}
- Derivation
- feminine of H2706 (חֹק), and meaning substantially the same
- KJV renderings
- appointed, custom, manner, ordinance, site, statute.
- Grammar
- חֻקַּ֤ת — common noun, both genders, singular, construct
- Usage
- Occurs 105 times in the Hebrew Bible.Genesis 26:5Exodus 12:14Exodus 12:17Exodus 12:43Exodus 13:10
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 חֻקָּה 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.