חֻקָּה

1. singular statute, of special ritual laws: of passover Exod 13:10 (J); elsewhere only in P (and H), חקת הפסח Exod 12:43; Num 9:12; Num 9:14 התורה ׳ח Num 19:2; Num 31:21 משׁפט ׳ח Num 27:11; Num 35:29 עולם ׳ח Exod 12:14; Exod 12:17; Exod 27:21; Exod 28:43; Exod 29:9; Lev 3:17; Lev 7:36; Lev 10:9; Lev 16:29; Lev 16:31; Lev 16:34; Lev 23:21; Lev 23:31; Lev 24:3; Num 10:8; Num 15:15; Num 18:23; Num 19:10; Num 19:21 (all P), Lev 17:7; Lev 23:14; Lev 23:41 (H); חֻקָּה אַחַת לַגֵּר ולאזרךְ Num 9:14; Num 15:15.

2. plural statutes:
  a. of nature שׁמים ׳ח Job 38:33; Jer 33:25 of moon and stars Jer 31:35 of weeks of harvest Jer 5:24.
  b. figurative of a firmly established custom הגוי(םׅ ׳ח Lev 20:23 (H) 2Kgs 17:8 העמים ׳ח Jer 10:3 עמרי ׳ח Mic 6:16 idolatry ישׂראל ׳ח 2Kgs 17:19 sexual offences Lev 18:30 (H).
  c. דוד ׳ח statutes of David 1Kgs 3:3.
  d. || משׁפטים 2Sam 22:23 = Ps 18:23 (of the law known to David); || מצות Ps 89:32 ׳ברית וח 1Kgs 11:11 elsewhere of the prescriptions of the codes of D, H, P, Ezekiel: usually חקות ומשׁפטים Lev 18:5; Lev 18:26; Lev 19:37; Lev 20:22 (H), Lev 25:18; Num 9:3 (P), 1Kgs 11:33; Ezek 5:7; Ezek 11:20; Ezek 18:9; Ezek 20:11; Ezek 20:13; Ezek 20:19; Ezek 20:21 preceded by מצות Deut 30:16 followed by מצות Lev 26:15 (H), Deut 11:1; 1Kgs 6:12 תורה ומצוה 2Kgs 17:34 or else משׁפטים וחקות Lev 18:4; Lev 26:43 (H), Ezek 5:6 (twice in verse); Ezek 18:17; Ezek 20:16; Ezek 20:24; Ezek 37:24 preceded by מצות Deut 8:11 in different order, ועדות ׳מצות ומ ׳ח 1Kgs 2:3 frequently also ומצות ׳ח Lev 26:3 (H), Deut 6:2; 1Kgs 11:38; 2Chr 7:19 or ׳מצות (ו)ח Deut 10:13; Deut 28:15; Deut 28:45; Deut 30:10; 1Kgs 9:6; 1Kgs 11:34; Ezek 43:11 (Co), 2Kgs 17:13 followed by תורות Gen 26:5 (R); מצות ׳ועדות וח 2Kgs 23:3 ׳תורה וח Jer 44:10 ׳ותורה וח ועדות Jer 44:23 ותורות ׳ח Ezek 44:5; Ezek 43:11 (Co); ׳תורות יח Ezek 44:24 special ordinances are המזבח ׳ח Ezek 43:18 ׳בית י ׳ח Ezek 44:5 חיים ׳ח Ezek 33:15 (which are life to those who keep them); עולם תמיד ׳ח (ᵐ5 ᵑ6 ᵑ9 Talm Co strike out עולם) Ezek 46:14.
  e. phrases of obedience are ׳הלך ב Lev 18:3; Lev 20:23; Lev 26:3 (H), 1Kgs 3:3; 1Kgs 6:12; 2Kgs 17:8; 2Kgs 17:19; Jer 44:10; Jer 44:23; Ezek 5:6; Ezek 5:7; Ezek 11:20; Ezek 18:9; Ezek 18:17; Ezek 20:13; Ezek 20:16; Ezek 20:19; Ezek 20:21; Ezek 33:15 שׁמר Lev 18:4; Lev 18:5; Lev 18:26; Lev 19:19; Lev 19:37; Lev 20:8; Lev 20:22 (H), Gen 26:5 (R), Deut 6:2; Deut 8:11; Deut 10:13; Deut 11:1; Deut 28:45; Deut 30:10; Deut 30:16; 1Kgs 2:3; 1Kgs 9:6; 1Kgs 11:11; 1Kgs 11:34; 1Kgs 11:38; 2Kgs 17:13; 2Kgs 23:3; Ezek 18:19; Ezek 18:21; Ezek 37:24; Ezek 43:11; Ezek 44:24 עשׂה Lev 25:18 (P), Deut 28:15; 1Kgs 11:33 ׳עשׂה כח 2Kgs 17:34 אֶשְׁתַּעֲשָׁ֑ע ׳בח Ps 119:16 phrases of disobedience are ׳מאס ח Ezek 20:24 ׳מאס בח Lev 26:15 (H); געל Lev 26:43 (H); עזב 2Chr 7:19 חלל Ps 89:32. — [חֹק and חֻקָּה differ somewhat in shade of meaning and frequency in various writings: e.g. חֹק oftener in Job Psalms Proverbs (חֻקָּה not at all Proverbs, once Job), and in Chronicles (חֻקָּה only 2Chr 7:19); חֻקָּה often in Kings, rarely in Hexateuch except in P (H); in prophets, חֹק occurs Amos 2:4; Isa 5:14; Isa 24:5; Mic 7:11; Jer 3 t., Ezek 6 t., חֻקָּה only Ezekiel, Jeremiah (6 t.) and Mic 6:16 חֻקִּים especially in Deuteronomy and Ps 119, חֻקּוֺת especially in H, Ezekiel and sometimes (8 t.) Deuteronomy; חֹק עוֺלָם usually = due, ׳חֻקַּת ע much more often statute, ordinance, etc.]