Keraia
Lexicon

חָגַג

cha.gagto celebrateHow to read Hebrew
hebrewOld TestamentVerb16 occurrences8 books14 verses

Definition

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
Traditional renderings: celebrate, dance, (keep, hold) a (solemn) feast (holiday), reel to and fro.

In the Greek Old Testament

How the ancient Greek translation of the Old Testament renders חָגַג:

Usage patterns

Old TestamentNew Testament

Occurrences

16 total
  1. Exodus 5:1וְיָחֹ֥גּוּ · so that they may hold a feast
    After that, Moses and Aaron went to Pharaoh and said, “This is what the LORD, the God of Israel, says: ‘Let My people go, so that they may hold a feast to Me in the wilderness.’”
  2. Exodus 12:14וְחַגֹּתֶ֥ם · and you are to celebrate; תְּחָגֻּֽהוּ׃
    And this day will be a memorial for you, and you are to celebrate it as a feast to the LORD, as a permanent statute for the generations to come.
  3. Exodus 23:14תָּחֹ֥ג · you are to celebrate a feast
    Three times a year you are to celebrate a feast to Me.
  4. Leviticus 23:39תָּחֹ֥גּוּ · you are to celebrate
    On the fifteenth day of the seventh month, after you have gathered the produce of the land, you are to celebrate a feast to the LORD for seven days. There shall be complete rest on the first day and also on the eighth day.
  5. Leviticus 23:41וְחַגֹּתֶ֤ם · You are to celebrate; תָּחֹ֥גּוּ · you are to celebrate
    You are to celebrate this as a feast to the LORD for seven days each year. This is a permanent statute for the generations to come; you are to celebrate it in the seventh month.
  6. Numbers 29:12וְחַגֹּתֶ֥ם · and you shall observe
    On the fifteenth day of the seventh month, you are to hold a sacred assembly; you must not do any regular work, and you shall observe a feast to the LORD for seven days.
  7. Deuteronomy 16:15תָּחֹג֙ · you shall celebrate a feast
    For seven days you shall celebrate a feast to the LORD your God in the place He will choose, because the LORD your God will bless you in all your produce and in all the work of your hands, so that your joy will be complete.
  8. 1 Samuel 30:16וְחֹ֣גְגִ֔ים · and celebrating
    So he led David down, and there were the Amalekites spread out over all the land, eating, drinking, and celebrating the great amount of plunder they had taken from the land of the Philistines and the land of Judah.
  9. Psalm 42:4חוֹגֵֽג׃ · procession
    These things come to mind as I pour out my soul: how I walked with the multitude, leading the festive procession to the house of God with shouts of joy and praise.
  10. Psalm 107:27יָח֣וֹגּוּ · They reeled
    They reeled and staggered like drunkards, and all their skill was useless.
  11. Nahum 1:15חָגִּ֧י · Celebrate
    Look to the mountains—the feet of one who brings good news, who proclaims peace! Celebrate your feasts, O Judah; fulfill your vows. For the wicked will never again march through you; they will be utterly cut off.
  12. Zechariah 14:16וְלָחֹ֖ג · and to celebrate
    Then all the survivors from the nations that came against Jerusalem will go up year after year to worship the King, the LORD of Hosts, and to celebrate the Feast of Tabernacles.
  13. Zechariah 14:18לָחֹ֖ג · to celebrate
    And if the people of Egypt will not go up and enter in, then the rain will not fall on them; this will be the plague with which the LORD strikes the nations who do not go up to celebrate the Feast of Tabernacles.
  14. Zechariah 14:19לָחֹ֖ג · to celebrate
    This will be the punishment of Egypt and of all the nations that do not go up to celebrate the Feast of Tabernacles.