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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.
Copyright © 2002, 2003, 2006 by Biblesoft, Inc.
All rights reserved. Used by permission. BibleSoft.com

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 - “You will also be driven H7696 insane H7696 by the sight of [fn]what you see.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Sa 21:14

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 21:14 - Then Achish said to his servants, “Look, you see the man is behaving H7696 like H7696 an H7696 insane H7696 person H7696. Why do you bring him to me?

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Sa 21:15

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 21:15 - “Do I lack insane H7696 people H7696, that you have brought this one to behave H7696 like H7696 an H7696 insane H7696 person H7696 in my presence? Shall this one come into my house?”

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ki 9:11

Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 9:11 -

Now Jehu went out to the servants of his master, and one said to him, “Is everything well? Why did this crazy H7696 fellow H7696 come to you?” And he said to them, “You know very well the man and his talk.”

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 29:26

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 29:26 - “The LORD has made you priest instead of Jehoiada the priest, to be the [fn]overseer of the house of the LORD for every insane H7696 person H7696 who prophesies, to put him in the stocks and in the iron collar.

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Unchecked Copy Box Hos 9:7

Unchecked Copy BoxHos 9:7 -

The days of punishment have come,

The days of retribution have come;

[fn]Let Israel know this!

The prophet is a fool,

The [fn]inspired person is insane H7696,

Because of the grossness of your wrongdoing,

And because your [fn]hostility is so great.

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