שִׂיחַ siach
Hebrew word for “to muse” · Strong’s H7878 · used 20 times in 20 verses
Meaning
1) to put forth, mediate, muse, commune, speak, complain, ponder, sing;
How it is translated
Glosses given for siach in context, with how often each is used:
- will meditate 5
- will complain 3
- tell 2
- meditate 2
- tell out 1
- complain 1
- speak 1
- meditates 1
- me meditate 1
- will meditate on 1
- will speak to 1
- will he consider 1
Where it is used
Chapters where it is used most
Psalms 119 (6), Psalms 77 (3), Judges 5 (1), 1 Chronicles 16 (1), Job 7 (1), Job 12 (1), Psalms 55 (1), Psalms 69 (1), Psalms 105 (1), Psalms 143 (1)
Forms
- אשׂיחה 7
- שׂיחו 3
- ואשׂיחה 2
- שׂיח 1
- ישׂיחו 1
- ישׂיח 1
- אשׂיח 1
- לשׂיח 1
- אשׂוחח 1
- תשׂיחך 1
Words used with it
Words that share verses with siach more often than their overall frequency would suggest:
- פָּלָא pala “to wonder” 4
- פִּקּוּד piqqud “precept” 3
- נְגִינָה neginah “music” 2
- זָכַר zakhar “to remember” 3
- הָגָה hagah “to mutter” 2
- הָמָה hamah “to roar” 2
- פֹּעַל poal “work” 2
- זָמַר zamar “to sing” 2
- רוּחַ ruach “spirit” 3
- שִׁיר shir “to sing” 2
- חֹק choq “statute” 2
- יָשַׁב yashav “to dwell” 3
Key verses
The verses using siach that are most connected by cross-references (King James Version):
- Job 7:11 — Therefore I will not refrain my mouth; I will speak in the anguish of my spirit; I will complain in the bitterness of my soul.
- Psalms 55:17 — Evening, and morning, and at noon, will I pray, and cry aloud: and he shall hear my voice.
- Psalms 69:12 — They that sit in the gate speak against me; and I was the song of the drunkards.
- Psalms 77:3 — I remembered God, and was troubled: I complained, and my spirit was overwhelmed. Selah.
- Psalms 77:6 — I call to remembrance my song in the night: I commune with mine own heart: and my spirit made diligent search.
- Psalms 105:2 — Sing unto him, sing psalms unto him: talk ye of all his wondrous works.
- Psalms 119:27 — Make me to understand the way of thy precepts: so shall I talk of thy wondrous works.
- Psalms 119:78 — Let the proud be ashamed; for they dealt perversely with me without a cause: but I will meditate in thy precepts.
- Psalms 143:5 — I remember the days of old; I meditate on all thy works; I muse on the work of thy hands.
- Psalms 145:5 — I will speak of the glorious honour of thy majesty, and of thy wondrous works.
- Proverbs 6:22 — When thou goest, it shall lead thee; when thou sleepest, it shall keep thee; and when thou awakest, it shall talk with thee.
- Isaiah 53:8 — He was taken from prison and from judgment: and who shall declare his generation? for he was cut off out of the land of the living: for the transgression of my…
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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.