חֵקֶק
chekek · resolve, decree
Hebrew word · Strong’s number H2711 · appears 2 times in the Bible
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chekek (חֵקֶק) is a Hebrew word of the Bible that means “resolve, decree”.
Resolve, a decision someone fixes; also "decree." It is of the same family as "statute."
How to say it
che·kek
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
- Rules someone in power lays down for others.
- What one settles on inwardly.
From Brown-Driver-Briggs (1906)
How it is translated
The words this translation uses for it, most frequent first.
- decrees ×1
- were the resolves ×1
Related words
Words of the same family, by Strong’s numbering.
Where it appears
- Judges 5:15
The chiefs of Issachar were with Deborah; and as Issachar, so Barak: into the valley he was sent on foot. In the divisions of Reuben great were the resolves of heart.
- Isaiah 10:1
Woe to those who decree decrees of wickedness, and to the writers who write suffering,