Words the Bible translates as decree
English uses one word here. The Bible uses 16 words, and they do not mean the same thing. Each is listed with what it actually means, most frequent first.
- ḥoqחֹקa statute: a binding rule that has been laid down and set in force, whether by God or by a human authority.
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- an allotted portion: a fixed share, ration, or due that is assigned to someone.
- a fixed limit: a boundary or bound that has been set and may not be crossed.
- te'emטְעֵםan official order handed down by a king or governing authority: a decree, command, or ruling that those under it must obey.
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- good sense: the sound judgment and tact to say and do the fitting thing.
- the taste of food or drink; the act of tasting.
- millahמִלָּהa spoken word, and by extension the matter it concerns or the command it carries
- dogmaδόγμαdecreenot studied yet
- datדָּתan authoritative rule handed down by a ruler: a royal decree, or the settled law of a kingdom
- ḥaqaqחָקַקto cut into a hard surface, and so to lay down as fixed: to engrave or inscribe, and by extension to decree, prescribe, or enact
- katavכְּתָבa writing: text set down in written form, especially an official record, list, or decree.
- datדָּתa binding law or royal decree: an authoritative rule issued and enforced by a king, or ascribed to God.
- gazarגָּזַרto decree, decide: to settle a matter firmly by an authoritative word
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- to cut, divide, or cut off: to sever something by a decisive stroke, and so to separate or remove it
- zamamזָמַםto settle the mind on a course of action and mean to carry it out: to purpose, resolve, deliberately intend.
- ta'amטַעַםthe flavor of a food or drink: what it tastes like on the tongue.
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- good sense: the sound judgment a person shows in sizing up a situation and acting fittingly.
- an official order: the binding decision a king or governing authority hands down.
- ketavכְּתָבsomething written: an inscription, an official signed document, or what such a document lays down.
- dogmatizōδογματίζωto decreenot studied yet
- esarאֱסָרa royal ban: a binding prohibition issued by a king, forbidding an act to everyone under his rule
- gezerahגְּזֵרָהdecreenot studied yet
- ḥeqeqחֵקֶקdecreenot studied yet
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