A primitive root; 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 -- appoint, decree, governor, grave, lawgiver, note, pourtray, print, set.
Englishman's Concordance
1) to cut out, decree, inscribe, set, engrave, portray, govern 1a) (Qal) 1a1) to cut in 1a2) to cut in or on, cut upon, engrave, inscribe 1a3) to trace, mark out 1a4) to engrave, inscribe (of a law) 1b) (Poel) 1b1) to inscribe, enact, decree 1b2) one who decrees, lawgiver (participle) 1c) (Pual) something decreed, the law (participle) 1d) (Hophal) to be inscribed Part of Speech: verb A Related Word by BDB/Strong’s Number: a primitive root Same Word by TWOT Number: 728
Brown-Driver-Briggs
[חָקַק] verbcut in, inscribe, decree (Late Hebrew id., Aramaic חֲקַק, Zinjirli חקק; Phoenician id. Participle Hiph`il; Arabic be just, right, obligatory, also make or decide to be just, etc.; justness, truth, necessity, obligation; Ethiopic adjective moderate, sufficient; compare also חקה) —
1cut in, with בְּ, Isaiah 22:16, of a dwelling-place=tomb, in a rock.
2cut in or on, upon, engrave, inscribe, with על on roll of a book Isaiah 30:8; representation of city on brick (as in Babylonia) Ezekiel 4:1; images on a wall Ezekiel 23:14; figurative of Zion's walls on palms of ׳יIsaiah 49:16.
3trace, mark out, a circle, with על over the face of deep Proverbs 8:27; with accusative, foundations of earth Proverbs 8:29.
4of a law, engrave, inscribe (on a tablet), figurative for enact, decreeחקקים חקקי אוןIsaiah 10:1 ("" כתב עמל); חוֺקקֵי ישׂראל poetic=commanders (see Po`el) Judges 5:9 ("" מחקקיםJudges 5:14).
Genesis 49:10 HEB:שֵׁ֙בֶט֙ מִֽיהוּדָ֔ה וּמְחֹקֵ֖ק מִבֵּ֣ין רַגְלָ֑יו NAS: Nor the ruler's staff from between KJV: from Judah, nor a lawgiver from between his feet, INT: the scepter Judah the ruler's between his feet
Numbers 21:18 HEB:נְדִיבֵ֣י הָעָ֔ם בִּמְחֹקֵ֖ק בְּמִשְׁעֲנֹתָ֑ם וּמִמִּדְבָּ֖ר NAS: dug, With the scepter [and] with their staffs. KJV: digged it, by [the direction of] the lawgiver, with their staves. INT: the nobles of the people the scepter their staffs the wilderness
Deuteronomy 33:21 HEB:שָׁ֛ם חֶלְקַ֥ת מְחֹקֵ֖ק סָפ֑וּן וַיֵּתֵא֙ NAS: [part] for himself, For there the ruler's portion KJV: for himself, because there, [in] a portion of the lawgiver, [was he] seated; INT: there portion the ruler's was reserved came
Judges 5:9 HEB: לִבִּי֙ לְחוֹקְקֵ֣י יִשְׂרָאֵ֔ל הַמִּֽתְנַדְּבִ֖ים NAS: My heart [goes out] to the commanders of Israel, KJV: My heart [is] toward the governors of Israel, INT: my heart the commanders of Israel the volunteers
Judges 5:14 HEB:מָכִ֗יר יָֽרְדוּ֙ מְחֹ֣קְקִ֔ים וּמִ֨זְּבוּלֻ֔ן מֹשְׁכִ֖ים NAS: From Machir commanders came down, KJV: came down governors, and out of Zebulun INT: Machir came commanders Zebulun wield
Job 19:23 HEB:יִתֵּ֖ן בַּסֵּ֣פֶר וְיֻחָֽקוּ׃ NAS: Oh that they were inscribed in a book! KJV: oh that they were printed in a book! INT: that A book were inscribed
Psalm 60:7 HEB:רֹאשִׁ֑י יְ֝הוּדָ֗ה מְחֹֽקְקִי׃ NAS: of My head; Judah is My scepter. KJV: of mine head; Judah [is] my lawgiver; INT: of my head Judah is my scepter
Psalm 108:8 HEB:רֹאשִׁ֑י יְ֝הוּדָ֗ה מְחֹקְקִֽי׃ NAS: of My head; Judah is My scepter. KJV: of mine head; Judah [is] my lawgiver; INT: of my head Judah is my scepter
Proverbs 8:15 HEB:יִמְלֹ֑כוּ וְ֝רוֹזְנִ֗ים יְחֹ֣קְקוּ צֶֽדֶק׃ NAS: reign, And rulers decree justice. KJV: reign, and princes decree justice. INT: reign and rulers decree justice
Proverbs 8:27 HEB:שָׁ֣ם אָ֑נִי בְּח֥וּקוֹ ח֝֗וּג עַל־ NAS: I was there, When He inscribed a circle KJV: the heavens, I [was] there: when he set a compass INT: was there he inscribed A circle on
Proverbs 8:29 HEB:יַֽעַבְרוּ־ פִ֑יו בְּ֝חוּק֗וֹ מ֣וֹסְדֵי אָֽרֶץ׃ NAS: His command, When He marked out the foundations KJV: his commandment: when he appointed the foundations INT: transgress his command marked the foundations of the earth
Proverbs 31:5 HEB:יִ֭שְׁתֶּה וְיִשְׁכַּ֣ח מְחֻקָּ֑ק וִֽ֝ישַׁנֶּה דִּ֣ין NAS: and forget what is decreed, And pervert KJV: and forget the law, and pervert INT: will drink and forget is decreed and pervert the rights
Isaiah 10:1 HEB: ה֥וֹי הַחֹֽקְקִ֖ים חִקְקֵי־ אָ֑וֶן NAS: Woe to those who enact evil statutes KJV: Woe unto them that decree unrighteous INT: Woe enact decrees evil
Isaiah 22:16 HEB:מָרוֹם֙ קִבְר֔וֹ חֹקְקִ֥י בַסֶּ֖לַע מִשְׁכָּ֥ן NAS: on the height, You who carve a resting place KJV: on high, [and] that graveth an habitation INT: the height A tomb carve rock A resting
Isaiah 30:8 HEB:וְעַל־ סֵ֣פֶר חֻקָּ֑הּ וּתְהִי֙ לְי֣וֹם NAS: before them And inscribe it on a scroll, KJV: it before them in a table, and note it in a book, INT: on A scroll and inscribe may serve the time
Isaiah 33:22 HEB:שֹׁפְטֵ֔נוּ יְהוָ֖ה מְחֹקְקֵ֑נוּ יְהוָ֥ה מַלְכֵּ֖נוּ NAS: The LORD is our lawgiver, The LORD KJV: the LORD [is] our lawgiver, the LORD INT: is our judge the LORD is our lawgiver the LORD is our king
Isaiah 49:16 HEB:עַל־ כַּפַּ֖יִם חַקֹּתִ֑יךְ חוֹמֹתַ֥יִךְ נֶגְדִּ֖י NAS: Behold, I have inscribed you on the palms KJV:Behold, I have graven thee upon the palms of [my] hands; INT: on the palms have inscribed your walls before
Ezekiel 4:1 HEB:אוֹתָ֖הּ לְפָנֶ֑יךָ וְחַקּוֹתָ֥ עָלֶ֛יהָ עִ֖יר NAS: it before you and inscribe a city KJV: it before thee, and pourtray upon it the city, INT: place before and inscribe and A city
Ezekiel 23:14 HEB:(כַשְׂדִּ֔ים ק) חֲקֻקִ֖ים בַּשָּׁשַֽׁר׃ NAS: of the Chaldeans portrayed with vermilion, KJV: of the Chaldeans pourtrayed with vermilion, INT: images Chaldeans portrayed vermilion
be just, right, obligatory, also make or decide to be just, etc.; 
justness, truth, necessity, obligation; Ethiopic 
adjective moderate, sufficient; compare also חקה) —