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Lexicon :: Strong's H7696 - šāḡaʿ

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שָׁגַע
Transliteration
šāḡaʿ
Pronunciation
shaw-gah'
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Part of Speech
verb
Root Word (Etymology)
A primitive root
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TWOT Reference: 2328

Strong’s Definitions

שָׁגַע shâgaʻ, shaw-gah'; a primitive root; to rave through insanity:—(be, play the) mad (man).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 7x

The KJV translates Strong's H7696 in the following manner: mad (5x), mad man (2x).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 7x
The KJV translates Strong's H7696 in the following manner: mad (5x), mad man (2x).

  1. to be mad

    1. (Pual)

      1. to be mad

      2. to be maddened (participle)

    2. (Hithpael) to show madness

Strong’s Definitions [?](Strong’s Definitions Legend)
שָׁגַע shâgaʻ, shaw-gah'; a primitive root; to rave through insanity:—(be, play the) mad (man).
STRONGS H7696: Abbreviations
† [שָׁגַע] Pu. be mad (Arabic bdb099302 coo, of male pigeon, utter long whinny, of camel (compare HoffmZAW iii (1883), 89 RSJPhil. Xiv. 119 f. GoldziherArab. Philol. i. 59 ff. LagBN 202); Ethiopic bdb099303 be mad (n ins. Di1055 BaES 50); Assyrian šegû, rage, howl; on meaning in Hebrew see especially WeSkizzen iii. 130); —
Pu. Participle as adjective : predicate וְהָיִיתָ מְשֻׁגָּע Deuteronomy 28:34 thou shalt be maddened (מִן because of), figurative for driven to despair; מ׳ of prophets, contemptuously Hosea 9:7, כָּלאִֿישׁ מ׳ וּמִתְנַבֵּא Jeremiah 29:26, as substantive 2 Kings 9:11; plural מְשֻׁגָּעִים 1 Samuel 21:16 madmen.
Hithp. shew madness; Participle אִישׁ מִשְׁתַּגֵּעַ 1 Samuel 21:15; Infinitive construct לְהִשְׁתַּגֵּעַ v.1 Samuel 21:16.
Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew and English Lexicon, Unabridged, Electronic Database.
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BLB Scripture Index of Brown-Driver-Briggs

Deuteronomy

28:34

1 Samuel

21:15

2 Kings

9:11

Jeremiah

29:26

Hosea

9:7

H7696

Word / Phrase / Strong's Search

Strong's Number H7696 matches the Hebrew שָׁגַע (šāḡaʿ),
which occurs 7 times in 6 verses in the WLC Hebrew.

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Unchecked Copy Box Deu 28:34

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 28:34 - so that you shall be mad for the sight of your eyes which you shall see.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Sa 21:14

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 21:14 - Then said Akhish to his servants, Look, you see the man is mad; why then have you brought him to me?

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Sa 21:15

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 21:15 - Do I lack madmen, that you have brought this fellow to play the madman in my presence? shall this fellow come into my house?

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ki 9:11

Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 9:11 - Then Yehu came forth to the servants of his lord: and one said to him, Is all well? why came this mad fellow to you? He said to them, You know the man and what his talk was.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 29:26

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 29:26 - The LORD has made you Kohen in the place of Yehoiada the Kohen, that there may be officers in the house of the LORD, for every man who is mad, and makes himself a prophet, that you should put him in the stocks and in shackles.

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Unchecked Copy Box Hos 9:7

Unchecked Copy BoxHos 9:7 - The days of visitation have come. The days of reckoning have come. Yisra'el will consider the prophet to be a fool, And the man who is inspired to be insane, Because of the abundance of your sins, And because your hostility is great.
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