- Original: חקק - Transliteration: Chaqaq - Phonetic: khaw-kak' - Definition: 1. to cut out, decree, inscribe, set, engrave, portray, govern a. (Qal) 1. to cut in 2. to cut in or on, cut upon, engrave, inscribe 3. to trace, mark out 4. to engrave, inscribe (of a law) b. (Poel) 1. to inscribe, enact, decree 2. one who decrees, lawgiver (participle) c. (Pual) something decreed, the law (participle) d. (Hophal) to be inscribed - Origin: a primitive root - TWOT entry: 728 - Part(s) of speech: Verb - Strong's: A primitive root; properly to hack that is engrave (Jude 5:14 to be a scribe simply); by implication to enact (laws being cut in stone or metal tablets in primitive times) or (generally) prescribe: - appoint decree governor grave lawgiver note pourtray print set. Total KJV Occurrences: 19 • appointed, 1 Proverbs 8:29 • decree, 2 Proverbs 8:15; Isaiah 10:1 • governors, 2 Judges 5:9; Judges 5:14 • graven, 1 Isaiah 49:16 • graveth, 1 Isaiah 22:16 • law, 1 Proverbs 31:5 • lawgiver, 6 Genesis 49:10; Numbers 21:18; Deuteronomy 33:21; Psalm 60:7; Psalm 108:8; Isaiah 33:22 • note, 1 Isaiah 30:8 • portray, 1 Ezekiel 4:1 • portrayed, 1 Ezekiel 23:14 • printed, 1 Job 19:23 • set, 1 Proverbs 8:27