חוּג
chûwg · H2328 · Hebrew · 1 occurrence
Meanings
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to draw a circle, compass
Tracing out a circular boundary or horizon
ExamplesJob 26:10 ‘He has inscribed a circle on the surface of the waters At the boundary of light and darkness.
How it’s used In 3 roles
Every occurrence, grouped by the words it is grammatically related to.
the word studied the word it goes with
Who or what does itSubject
1 occurrences in 1 groups
- Not stated: he, she or it 1
What it acts on, or what is saidObject
1 occurrences in 1 groups
- חֹקstatute, decree, portion 1
With prepositionsPrepositional phrases
1 occurrences in 2 groups
- עַדto, as far as, until+ תַּכְלִיתend, limit 1
- עַלon, upon, over, against+ פָּנִיםface, presence, before 1
When two words share a role, as in “Paul and Barnabas said”, the verse appears under each, so a section’s counts can add up to more than the number of occurrences.
MACULA Greek Linguistic Datasets, available at https://github.com/Clear-Bible/macula-greek/, licensed CC BY 4.0; MACULA Hebrew Linguistic Datasets © 2022-2024 by Biblica, Inc., CC BY 4.0. Westminster Leningrad Codex (tanach.us). OpenScriptures Hebrew Bible morphology (hb.openscriptures.org), CC BY 4.0.
Near synonyms 1 word
- עָגֹל ʻâgôl · H5696 · round
- Hebrew adjective/noun for roundness or circular shape, semantically parallel to חוּג in describing circular or spherical form
In the other Testament 1 word
- κύκλῳ kýklōi · G2945 · around, in a circle
- Greek term for a circle or circular form, the direct translation equivalent for the Hebrew חוּג which denotes a compass or circle, particularly in Job 26:10 where God draws a circle on the face of the waters
Word family 5 words
Words formed from the same root. They share a form, not always a meaning.
Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew Lexicon H2328. chug [חוּג] verb draw round, make a circle (Aramaic circumivit; noun , חוּגְתָּא,…
[חוּג] verb draw round, make a circle (Aramaic circumivit; noun , חוּגְתָּא, circle, vault of heavens) —
Qal Perfect מים עלפֿני חָג חֹק Job 26:10 (compare Pro 8:27), hath drawn as a circle a bound, etc., of the horizon-line.
Brown, Driver and Briggs, A Hebrew and English Lexicon of the Old Testament (1906), public domain
Sources
eRhema lexical overview, based on the UBS Dictionary of Biblical Hebrew and the UBS Dictionary of the Greek New Testament (© United Bible Societies, CC BY-SA 4.0) and Macula Hebrew and Greek (Clear Bible, CC BY 4.0); released under CC BY-SA 4.0
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