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Lexicon :: Strong's H2287 - ḥāḡaḡ

Aa
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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And afterward H310 Moses H4872 and Aaron H175 came H935 and said H559 to Pharaoh H6547, “This H3541 is H3541 what H3541 the LORD H3068, the God H430 of Israel H3478 says H559: ‘Let H7971 My people H5971 go H7971 so that they may celebrate H2287 a H2287 feast H2287 to Me in the wilderness H4057.’”

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‘Now this H2088 day H3117 shall be a memorial H2146 to you, and you shall celebrate H2287 it as a feast H2282 to the LORD H3068; throughout your generations H1755 you are to celebrate H2287 it as [fn]a permanent H5769 ordinance H2708.

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“Three H7969 times H7272 a year H8141 you shall celebrate H2287 a H2287 feast H2287 to Me.

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‘On exactly H389 the fifteenth H2568 H6240 day H3117 of the seventh H7637 month H2320, when you have gathered H622 in H622 the crops H8393 of the land H776, you shall celebrate H2287 the feast H2282 of the LORD H3068 for seven H7651 days H3117, with a [fn]rest H7677 on the first H7223 day H3117 and a [fn]rest H7677 on the eighth H8066 day H3117.

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Unchecked Copy BoxLev 23:41 - ‘So you shall celebrate H2287 it as a feast H2282 to the LORD H3068 for seven H7651 days H3117 in the year H8141. It shall be a permanent H5769 statute H2708 throughout your generations H1755; you shall celebrate H2287 it in the seventh H7637 month H2320.

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‘Then on the fifteenth H2568 H6240 day H3117 of the seventh H7637 month H2320 you shall have H1961 a holy H6944 assembly H4744; you shall do H6213 no H3808 H3605 laborious H5656 work H4399, and you shall celebrate H2287 with a feast H2282 to the LORD H3068 for seven H7651 days H3117.

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Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 16:15 - “For seven H7651 days H3117 you shall celebrate H2287 a H2287 feast H2287 to the LORD H3068 your God H430 in the place H4725 which H834 the LORD H3068 chooses H977, because H3588 the LORD H3068 your God H430 will bless H1288 you in all H3605 your produce H8393 and in all H3605 the work H4639 of your hands H3027, so that you will be altogether H389 joyful H8056.

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Now when he had brought H3381 him down H3381, behold H2009, they were dispersed H5203 over H5921 all H3605 the land H776, eating H398 and drinking H8354 and celebrating H2287 because of all H3605 the great H1419 plunder H7998 that they had taken H3947 from the land H776 of the Philistines H6430 and from the land H776 of Judah H3063.

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I remember H2142 these H428 things H428 and pour H8210 out H8210 my soul H5315 within H5921 me.

For I used to go H5674 over H5674 with the multitude H5519 and walk H1718 them to the house H1004 of God H430,

With a voice H6963 of joy H7440 and thanksgiving H8426, a multitude H1995 celebrating H2287 a H2287 festival H2287.

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They reeled H2287 and staggered H5128 like a drunken H7910 person H7910,

And [fn]were H1104 at H1104 their wits’ H2451 end H1104.

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[fn]Behold H2009, on the mountains H2022, the feet H7272 of him who brings H1319 good H1319 news H1319,

Who announces H8085 peace H7965!

Celebrate H2287 your feasts H2282, Judah H3063,

Pay H7999 your vows H5088.

For never H3808 H5750 again H3254 will the [fn]wicked H1100 one pass H5674 through you;

He is eliminated H3772 completely H3605.

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Then it will come H1961 about H1961 that any H3605 who are left H3498 of all H3605 the nations H1471 that came H935 against H5921 Jerusalem H3389 will go H5927 up H5927 from year H8141 to year H8141 to worship H2331 the King H4428, the LORD H3068 of armies H6635, and to celebrate H2287 the Feast H2282 of Booths H5521.

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Unchecked Copy BoxZec 14:18 - And if H518 the family H4940 of Egypt H4714 does not go H5927 up H5927 or enter H935, then no H3808 rain will fall on them; it will be the plague H4046 with which H834 the LORD H3068 strikes H5062 the nations H1471 that do not go H5927 up H5927 to celebrate H2287 the Feast H2282 of Booths H5521.

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Unchecked Copy BoxZec 14:19 - This H2088 will be the [fn]punishment H2403 of Egypt H4714, and the [fn]punishment H2403 of all H3605 the nations H1471 that do not go H5927 up H5927 to celebrate H2287 the Feast H2282 of Booths H5521.
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