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Lexicon :: Strong's H2287 - ḥāḡaḡ

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חָגַג
Transliteration
ḥāḡaḡ
Pronunciation
khaw-gag'
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Part of Speech
verb
Root Word (Etymology)
A primitive root [compare חָגָּא (H2283), חוּג (H2328)]
Dictionary Aids

TWOT Reference: 602

Strong’s Definitions

חָגַג châgag, khaw-gag'; a primitive root (compare H2283, H2328); properly, to move in a circle, i.e. (specifically) to march in a sacred procession, to observe a festival; by implication, to be giddy:—celebrate, dance, (keep, hold) a (solemn) feast (holiday), reel to and fro.

KJV Translation Count — Total: 16x

The KJV translates Strong's H2287 in the following manner: keep (8x), ...feast (3x), celebrate (1x), keep a solemn feast (1x), dancing (1x), holyday (1x), reel to and fro (1x).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 16x
The KJV translates Strong's H2287 in the following manner: keep (8x), ...feast (3x), celebrate (1x), keep a solemn feast (1x), dancing (1x), holyday (1x), reel to and fro (1x).

  1. to hold a feast, hold a festival, make pilgrimage, keep a pilgrim-feast, celebrate, dance, stagger

    1. (Qal)

      1. to keep a pilgrim-feast

      2. to reel

Strong’s Definitions [?](Strong’s Definitions Legend)
חָגַג châgag, khaw-gag'; a primitive root (compare H2283, H2328); properly, to move in a circle, i.e. (specifically) to march in a sacred procession, to observe a festival; by implication, to be giddy:—celebrate, dance, (keep, hold) a (solemn) feast (holiday), reel to and fro.
STRONGS H2287: Abbreviations
† [חָגַג] verb make pilgrimage, keep a pilgrim-feast (Arabic حَجَّ betake oneself to or towards an object of reverence; make a pilgrimage to Mecaa; Sabean חגג make pilgrimage SabDenkm86. compare 85; Syriac Ycgfo celebrate a feast. In Palmyrene חגגו is proper name VogNo. 61; compare also Phoenician proper name חגי, חגת); —
Qal Perfect 2nd person masculine plural חַגֹּתֶם Exodus 12:14 + 2 times; Imperfect 2nd person masculine singular תָּחֹג Exodus 23:14; Deuteronomy 16:15; 3rd person masculine plural יָח֫וֺגּוּ Psalm 107:27 (Bö§ 1118 (2)); וְיָחֹ֫גּוּ Exodus 5:1; 2nd person masculine plural תָּחֹ֫גּוּ Leviticus 23:39, 41; suffix תְּחָגֻּ֫הוּ Exodus 12:14; Imperative feminine חָגִּי Nahum 2:1; Infinitive construct חֹג Zechariah 14:18 + 2 times, Participle חוֺגֵג Psalm 42:5; plural חֹגְַגִים 1 Samuel 30:16; —
1. keep a pilgrim-feast, absolute Exodus 5:1 (JE) of one proposed by Moses; שׁלשׁ רגלים תחג לי three times shalt thou make pilgrimage unto me (in the year) Exodus 23:14 (covt. code); of pilgrim-feasts in general Nahum 2:1, the Passover Exodus 12:14 (P); elsewhere feast of Booths; all celebrated in part by sacred processions and dances; המון חוגג Psalm 42:5 multitude keeping festival (led by the Psalmist in procession); חגג חג Leviticus 23:39 (H), Numbers 29:12 (P), Nahum 2:1; Zechariah 14:16, 18, 19; חגג אתו חג Exodus 12:14 (P), Leviticus 23:41 (H); אתוֺ Leviticus 23:41 (H); suffix Exodus 12:14 (P).
2. behave as at a חָג 1 Samuel 30:16 (of the Amalekites when surprised by David i.e. enjoying themselves merrily, Dr; others, circling in the sacred dance).
3. reel, in giddiness on the sea Psalm 107:27 (compare חָגָּא Isaiah 19:17); this either points to an earlier meaning of v; or better, the Psalm being late, means reel as from festival excesses (|| וְיָנוּעוּ כַשִּׁכּוֺר).
Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew and English Lexicon, Unabridged, Electronic Database.
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BLB Scripture Index of Brown-Driver-Briggs

Exodus

5:1; 5:1; 12:14; 12:14; 12:14; 12:14; 12:14; 23:14; 23:14

Leviticus

23:39; 23:39; 23:41; 23:41; 23:41

Numbers

29:12

Deuteronomy

16:15

1 Samuel

30:16; 30:16

Psalms

42:5; 42:5; 107:27; 107:27

Isaiah

19:17

Nahum

2:1; 2:1; 2:1

Zechariah

14:16; 14:18; 14:18; 14:19

H2287

Word / Phrase / Strong's Search

Strong's Number H2287 matches the Hebrew חָגַג (ḥāḡaḡ),
which occurs 16 times in 14 verses in the WLC Hebrew.

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 5:1

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 5:1 - Afterward Moses and Aaron went and said to Pharaoh, “Thus says the LORD, the God of Israel, ‘Let my people go, that they may hold a feast to me in the wilderness.’”

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 12:14

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 12:14 - “This day shall be for you a memorial day, and you shall keep it as a feast to the LORD; throughout your generations, as a statute forever, you shall keep it as a feast.

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 23:14

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 23:14 - “Three times in the year you shall keep a feast to me.

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Unchecked Copy Box Lev 23:39

Unchecked Copy BoxLev 23:39 - “On the fifteenth day of the seventh month, when you have gathered in the produce of the land, you shall celebrate the feast of the LORD seven days. On the first day shall be a solemn rest, and on the eighth day shall be a solemn rest.

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Unchecked Copy Box Lev 23:41

Unchecked Copy BoxLev 23:41 - You shall celebrate it as a feast to the LORD for seven days in the year. It is a statute forever throughout your generations; you shall celebrate it in the seventh month.

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Unchecked Copy Box Num 29:12

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 29:12 - “On the fifteenth day of the seventh month you shall have a holy convocation. You shall not do any ordinary work, and you shall keep a feast to the LORD seven days.

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Unchecked Copy Box Deu 16:15

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 16:15 - For seven days you shall keep the feast to the LORD your God at the place that the LORD will choose, because the LORD your God will bless you in all your produce and in all the work of your hands, so that you will be altogether joyful.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Sa 30:16

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 30:16 - And when he had taken him down, behold, they were spread abroad over all the land, eating and drinking and dancing, because of all the great spoil they had taken from the land of the Philistines and from the land of Judah.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 42:4

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 42:4 - These things I remember,
as I pour out my soul:
how I would go with the throng
and lead them in procession to the house of God
with glad shouts and songs of praise,
a multitude keeping festival.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 107:27

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 107:27 - they reeled and staggered like drunken men
and were at their wits’ end.[fn]

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Unchecked Copy Box Nah 1:15

Unchecked Copy BoxNah 1:15 - [fn] Behold, upon the mountains, the feet of him
who brings good news,
who publishes peace!
Keep your feasts, O Judah;
fulfill your vows,
for never again shall the worthless pass through you;
he is utterly cut off.

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Unchecked Copy Box Zec 14:16

Unchecked Copy BoxZec 14:16 - Then everyone who survives of all the nations that have come against Jerusalem shall go up year after year to worship the King, the LORD of hosts, and to keep the Feast of Booths.

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Unchecked Copy Box Zec 14:18

Unchecked Copy BoxZec 14:18 - And if the family of Egypt does not go up and present themselves, then on them there shall be no rain;[fn] there shall be the plague with which the LORD afflicts the nations that do not go up to keep the Feast of Booths.

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Unchecked Copy Box Zec 14:19

Unchecked Copy BoxZec 14:19 - This shall be the punishment to Egypt and the punishment to all the nations that do not go up to keep the Feast of Booths.
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