חֹק (ḥōq) is a Hebrew noun meaning something prescribed. It appears 128 times in 25 books of the Hebrew Bible (Strong's H2706).

Also rendered

• statute
• decree

Same Hebrew root (TWOT 728a)

Root family 728: חָקַק ḥāqaq — engrave, portray, decree, inscribe, govern. (ASV and RSV similar, but ASV translates the participial form as “governor,” and RSV uses “commander” when the context is military.)

• חֻקָּה ḥuqqâ — something prescribed
• חָקַק ḥāqaq — cut in
• חֵקֶק ḥēqeq — something prescribed

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