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KING JAMES BIBLE DICTIONARY

 

Hebrew - English Dictionary

H2710 - Graven

Strong's No.:H2710

Hebrew:חָקַק

Transliteration:châqaq

Phonetic:khaw-kak'

Word Origin:A primitive root

Bible Usage:{appoint} {decree} {governor} {grave} {lawgiver} {note} {pourtray} {print} set.

Part of Speech:Verb

Strongs
Definition:

properly to {hack} that {is} engrave ( to be a scribe simply); by implication to enact (laws being cut in stone or metal tablets in primitive times) or (generally) prescribe


Brown Driver
Biggs 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


Bible References:
Graven

Translation
Occurrences:
appointed ( 1 )
decree ( 2 )
governors ( 2 )
graven ( 1 )
graveth ( 1 )
law ( 1 )
lawgiver ( 6 )
note ( 1 )
pourtray ( 1 )
pourtrayed ( 1 )
printed ( 1 )
set ( 1 )

 

Definitions are taken from Strong's Exhaustive Concordance
by James Strong (S.T.D.) (LL.D.) 1890.