H2710 חָקַק (khaw-kak')

KJV renderings

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

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

Derivation

a primitive root;

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