חָקַק

Strong’s Definition

properly, to hack, i.e. engrave (Judges 5:14, to be a scribe simply); by implication, to enact (laws being cut in stone or metal tablets in primitive times) or (gen.) prescribe

Etymology & Derivation

a primitive root;

KJV Usage

appoint, decree, governor, grave, lawgiver, note, pourtray, print, set.

Detailed Definition

From the Brown–Driver–Briggs (BDB) Hebrew lexicon outline.

• 1.to cut out, decree, inscribe, set, engrave, portray, govern
• 2.(qal)
• 3.(poel)
• 4.(pual) something decreed, the law (participle)
• 5.(hophal) to be inscribed

Scholarly Notes

Transliteration: châqaq; Pronunciation: khaw-kak'