חָגַג chagag

Hebrew word for “to celebrate” · Strong’s H2287 · used 16 times in 14 verses

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Meaning

1) to hold a feast, hold a festival, make pilgrimage, keep a pilgrim-feast, celebrate, dance, stagger;

How it is translated

Glosses given for chagag in context, with how often each is used:

• will celebrate a festival 6
• celebrate a festival 4
• will celebrate as a festival 2
• may celebrate a festival 1
• celebrating 1
• celebrating a festival 1
• staggered 1

Where it is used

Chapters where it is used most

Zechariah 14 (3), Leviticus 23 (2), Exodus 5 (1), Exodus 12 (1), Exodus 23 (1), Numbers 29 (1), Deuteronomy 16 (1), 1 Samuel 30 (1), Psalms 42 (1), Psalms 107 (1)

Forms

• וחגתם 3
• תחג 2
• תחגו 2
• לחג 2
• ויחגו 1
• תחגהו 1
• וחגגים 1
• חוגג 1
• יחוגו 1
• חגי 1

Words used with it

Words that share verses with chagag more often than their overall frequency would suggest:

• חַג chag “feast” 8
• סֻכָּה sukkah “booth” 3
• שֶׁבַע sheva “seven” 4
• שְׁבִיעִי shevii “seventh” 3
• חֹדֶשׁ chodesh “month” 3
• תְּבוּאָה tevuah “produce” 2
• גּוֹי goy “nation” 3
• חֻקָּה chuqqah “statute” 2
• שָׁנָה shaneh “year” 3
• דּוֹר dor “generation” 2
• עָלָה alah “to ascend” 3
• אַךְ akh “surely” 2

Key verses

The verses using chagag that are most connected by cross-references (King James Version):

• Exodus 5:1 — And afterward Moses and Aaron went in, and told Pharaoh, Thus saith the LORD God of Israel, Let my people go, that they may hold a feast unto me in the…
• Exodus 12:14 — And this day shall be unto you for a memorial; and ye shall keep it a feast to the LORD throughout your generations; ye shall keep it a feast by an ordinance…
• Exodus 23:14 — Three times thou shalt keep a feast unto me in the year.
• Leviticus 23:39 — Also in the fifteenth day of the seventh month, when ye have gathered in the fruit of the land, ye shall keep a feast unto the LORD seven days: on the first…
• Numbers 29:12 — And on the fifteenth day of the seventh month ye shall have an holy convocation; ye shall do no servile work, and ye shall keep a feast unto the LORD seven…
• Deuteronomy 16:15 — Seven days shalt thou keep a solemn feast unto the LORD thy God in the place which the LORD shall choose: because the LORD thy God shall bless thee in all…
• 1 Samuel 30:16 — And when he had brought him down, behold, they were spread abroad upon all the earth, eating and drinking, and dancing, because of all the great spoil that…
• Psalms 42:4 — When I remember these things, I pour out my soul in me: for I had gone with the multitude, I went with them to the house of God, with the voice of joy and…
• Psalms 107:27 — They reel to and fro, and stagger like a drunken man, and are at their wits’ end.
• Nahum 1:15 — Behold upon the mountains the feet of him that bringeth good tidings, that publisheth peace! O Judah, keep thy solemn feasts, perform thy vows: for the wicked…
• Zechariah 14:16 — And it shall come to pass, that every one that is left of all the nations which came against Jerusalem shall even go up from year to year to worship the King,…
• Zechariah 14:18 — And if the family of Egypt go not up, and come not, that have no rain; there shall be the plague, wherewith the LORD will smite the heathen that come not up to…

See all 14 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.