חָקָה
chaka · carve, engrave
Hebrew word · Strong’s number H2707 · appears 4 times in the Bible
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chaka (חָקָה) is a Hebrew word of the Bible that means “carve, engrave”.
Engrave, carve a design on a surface. As a participle, "what is engraved."
How to say it
cha·ka
Approximate pronunciation. Vowels sound as in Spanish (a as in father, e as in bed, i as in machine, o as in note, u as in rule); the syllable in bold is stressed. The voice is your device's.
Its senses in the Bible
- To mark or carve a figure or sign on a surface.
From Brown-Driver-Briggs (1906)
How it is translated
The words this translation uses for it, most frequent first.
- carved ×2
- what was incised ×1
- you set a mark ×1
Related words
Words that come from it
Words of the same family, by Strong’s numbering.
Where it appears
- 1 Kings 6:35
And he carved cherubim and palm trees and open flowers, and overlaid them with gold fitted over what was incised.
- Job 13:27
You put my feet in the stocks and watch all my paths; on the soles of my feet you set a mark.
- Ezekiel 8:10
And I went in and looked, and look, every form of creeping thing and of detestable beast, and all the idols of the house of Israel, carved on the wall all around, all around.
- Ezekiel 23:14
And she added to her prostitutions; and she saw men carved on the wall, images of Chaldeans engraved in vermilion,