חָגַג
châgag · khaw-gag'
properly, to move in acircle, i.e. (specifically) to march in asacred procession, to observe afestival; by implication, to be giddy
Lexicon
Derivation: a primitive root (compare H2283 (חָגָא), H2328 (חוּג));
properly, to move in acircle, i.e. (specifically) to march in asacred procession, to observe afestival; by implication, to be giddy
- properly, to move in acircle, i.e. (specifically) to march in asacred procession, to observe afestival
- by implication, to be giddy
Definition from Strong's Exhaustive Concordance (1890). Wording is Strong's own, including his etymological notes, which are not separate meanings.
KJV renderings: celebrate, dance, (keep, hold) a (solemn) feast (holiday), reel to and fro.
Letters
- חHet8
Picture: courtyard wall or enclosure
- Concrete
- wall · fence · tent wall
- Extended
- to separate · protection · the inside vs. the outside · private
- גGimel3
Picture: throwing stick (or camel)
- Concrete
- staff · throw stick · camel · foot
- Extended
- to carry · to gather up · walking · pride lifted up
- גGimel3
Picture: throwing stick (or camel)
- Concrete
- staff · throw stick · camel · foot
- Extended
- to carry · to gather up · walking · pride lifted up
Possible cultural reading (auto-composed)
to separate and protect › to carry, to lift up › to carry, to lift up
To separate and protect that works to carry, to lift up that works to carry, to lift up.
Interpretive, not lexical. The dictionary sense of חָגַג above is the attested meaning; this pictographic reading is a tradition about how the sign-shapes may have been heard. Both can be held at once, they are answering different questions.
Usage
16 occurrences · 16 OT · 0 NT · 13 distinct forms
KJV renderings of this word, by how often each one is used.
- and ye shall keep3 · 19%
- to keep2 · 13%
- that they may hold a feast1 · 6%
- ye shall keep it a feast1 · 6%
- thou shalt keep a feast1 · 6%
- ye shall keep1 · 6%
- ye shall celebrate1 · 6%
- shalt thou keep a solemn feast1 · 6%
- and dancing1 · 6%
- that kept holyday1 · 6%
- they reel to and fro1 · 6%
- keep1 · 6%
- and to keep1 · 6%
Inflected forms found in the text.
Counts are computed from the tagged Hebrew and Greek text aligned to the King James Version, not from an estimate.