TBESH · H2287
חָגַג · cha.gag · to celebrate
1) to hold a feast, hold a festival, make pilgrimage, keep a pilgrim-feast, celebrate, dance, stagger 1a) (Qal) 1a1) to keep a pilgrim-feast 1a2) to reel
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cha.gag H2287
חָגַג (cha.gag) means “to celebrate” in the TBESH Hebrew lexicon from STEPBible.
חָגַג Hebrew · H2287 16 tagged occurrences in 14 verses
Pronunciation guide: khaw-gag' Strong’s Hebrew pronunciation spelling.
Lexicon entries
Strong’s Hebrew dictionary
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
KJV glosses: celebrate, dance, (keep, hold) a (solemn) feast (holiday), reel to and fro.
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How translators render H2287
Counts below follow each translation’s tagged words. A rendering can cover a phrase. Differences in text editions and tagging can produce different totals.
| Rendering | Count |
|---|---|
| you are to celebrate | 3 |
| to celebrate | 2 |
| and celebrating | 1 |
| and to celebrate | 1 |
| and you are to celebrate | 1 |
| and you shall observe | 1 |
| celebrate | 1 |
| procession | 1 |
| so that they may hold a feast | 1 |
| they reeled | 1 |
| you are to celebrate a feast | 1 |
| you shall celebrate a feast | 1 |
| Rendering | Count |
|---|---|
| and ye shall keep | 3 |
| to keep | 2 |
| and dancing | 1 |
| and to keep | 1 |
| keep | 1 |
| shalt thou keep a solemn feast | 1 |
| that kept holyday | 1 |
| that they may hold a feast | 1 |
| they reel to and fro | 1 |
| thou shalt keep a feast | 1 |
| ye shall celebrate | 1 |
| ye shall keep | 1 |
| ye shall keep it a feast | 1 |
Verses containing H2287
Page 1 of 1. 14 verses in the selected STEP text, printed below in BSB where available. Read each verse in its chapter to follow the author’s thought.
- Exodus 5:1
· BSB · 1 occurrence
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.’”
Read word by word - Exodus 12:14
· BSB · 2 occurrences
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.
Read word by word - Exodus 23:14
· BSB · 1 occurrence
Three times a year you are to celebrate a feast to Me.
Read word by word - Leviticus 23:39
· BSB · 1 occurrence
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.
Read word by word - Leviticus 23:41
· BSB · 2 occurrences
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.
Read word by word - Numbers 29:12
· BSB · 1 occurrence
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.
Read word by word - Deuteronomy 16:15
· BSB · 1 occurrence
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.
Read word by word - 1 Samuel 30:16
· BSB · 1 occurrence
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.
Read word by word - Psalms 42:4
· BSB · 1 occurrence
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.
Read word by wordSource alternate reference: 42.5
- Psalms 107:27
· BSB · 1 occurrence
They reeled and staggered like drunkards, and all their skill was useless.
Read word by word - Nahum 1:15
· BSB · 1 occurrence
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.
Read word by wordSource alternate reference: 2.1
- Zechariah 14:16
· BSB · 1 occurrence
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.
Read word by word - Zechariah 14:18
· BSB · 1 occurrence
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.
Read word by word - Zechariah 14:19
· BSB · 1 occurrence
This will be the punishment of Egypt and of all the nations that do not go up to celebrate the Feast of Tabernacles.
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