הָגָה hagah
Hebrew word for “to mutter” · Strong’s H1897 · used 25 times in 24 verses
Meaning
1) to moan, growl, utter, muse, mutter, meditate, devise, plot, speak;
How it is translated
Glosses given for hagah in context, with how often each is used:
- will utter 4
- will meditate 2
- will groan 2
- moan 2
- meditates 1
- do they devise? 1
- utters 1
- devise 1
- meditate 1
- make a sound 1
- have meditated 1
- considers 1
Where it is used
Chapters where it is used most
Isaiah 59 (3), Joshua 1 (1), Job 27 (1), Psalms 1 (1), Psalms 2 (1), Psalms 35 (1), Psalms 37 (1), Psalms 38 (1), Psalms 63 (1), Psalms 71 (1)
Forms
- יהגה 9
- יהגו 3
- תהגה 3
- אהגה 2
- והגית 1
- והגיתי 1
- הגיתי 1
- והמהגים 1
- תהגו 1
- הגה 1
Words used with it
Words that share verses with hagah more often than their overall frequency would suggest:
- לָשׁוֹן lashon “tongue” 5
- שָׂפָה saphah “lips” 4
- דָבַר davar “to speak” 6
- צָפַף tsaphaph “to whisper” 2
- קִיר חֶרֶשׂ qir cheres “Kir-hareseth” 2
- לֵב lev “heart” 4
- שִׂיחַ siach “to muse” 2
- כֵּן ken “so” 4
- יָלַל yalal “to wail” 2
- יוֹנָה yonah “dove” 2
- פֹּעַל poal “work” 2
- יוֹמָם yomam “by day” 2
Key verses
The verses using hagah that are most connected by cross-references (King James Version):
- Joshua 1:8 — This book of the law shall not depart out of thy mouth; but thou shalt meditate therein day and night, that thou mayest observe to do according to all that is…
- Psalms 1:2 — But his delight is in the law of the LORD; and in his law doth he meditate day and night.
- Psalms 2:1 — Why do the heathen rage, and the people imagine a vain thing?
- Psalms 37:30 — The mouth of the righteous speaketh wisdom, and his tongue talketh of judgment.
- Psalms 38:12 — They also that seek after my life lay snares and they that seek my hurt speak mischievous things, and imagine deceits all the day long.
- Psalms 71:24 — My tongue also shall talk of thy righteousness all the day long: for they are confounded, for they are brought unto shame, that seek my hurt.
- Proverbs 15:28 — The heart of the righteous studieth to answer: but the mouth of the wicked poureth out evil things.
- Isaiah 8:19 — And when they shall say unto you, Seek unto them that have familiar spirits, and unto wizards that peep, and that mutter: should not a people seek unto their…
- Isaiah 31:4 — For thus hath the LORD spoken unto me, Like as the lion and the young lion roaring on his prey, when a multitude of shepherds is called forth against him, he…
- Isaiah 38:14 — Like a crane or a swallow, so did I chatter: I did mourn as a dove: mine eyes fail with looking upward: O LORD, I am oppressed; undertake for me.
- Isaiah 59:3 — For your hands are defiled with blood, and your fingers with iniquity; your lips have spoken lies, your tongue hath muttered perverseness.
- Isaiah 59:13 — In transgressing and lying against the LORD, and departing away from our God, speaking oppression and revolt, conceiving and uttering from the heart words of…
See all 24 verses in the Word Atlas
Hebrew and Greek text, tagging, glosses and lexicon definitions: STEPBible.org, Tyndale House Cambridge (TAHOT, TAGNT, TBESH, TBESG; CC BY 4.0), adapted. Counts follow King James verse numbering; a word counts each time it is written.