Hâgâh — H1897

Definition

verb

to murmur (in pleasure or anger); by implication, to ponder

1. to moan, growl, utter, muse, mutter, meditate, devise, plot, speak
1. (Qal)
1. to roar, growl, groan
2. to utter, speak
3. to meditate, devise, muse, imagine
2. (Poal) to utter
3. (Hiphil) to mutter

Usually translated as

meditate, mourn, speak, imagine, mutter, talk, utter, roar, sore, study

Origin

a primitive root (compare H1901)

• Hâgîyg (H1901)

Occurrences

Hâgâh occurs 25 times in 24 verses of the King James.

Distribution of the word across the Bible: Joshua (1), Job (1), Psalms (10), Proverbs (3), Isaiah (8), Jeremiah (1)

• Joshua 1:8 — This book of the law shall not depart out of thy mouth; but thou shalt meditate (וְהָגִ֤יתָ) therein day and night, that thou mayest observe to do according to all that is written therein: for then thou shalt make thy way prosperous, and then thou shalt have good success.
• Job 27:4 — My lips shall not speak wickedness, nor my tongue utter (יֶהְגֶּ֥ה) deceit.
• Psalms 1:2 — But his delight is in the law of the LORD; and in his law doth he meditate (יֶהְגֶּ֗ה) day and night.
• Psalms 2:1 — Why do the heathen rage, and the people imagine (יֶהְגּוּ) a vain thing?
• Psalms 35:28 — And my tongue shall speak (תֶּהְגֶּ֣ה) of thy righteousness and of thy praise all the day long.
• Psalms 37:30 — The mouth of the righteous speaketh (יֶהְגֶּ֣ה) wisdom, and his tongue talketh of judgment.
• Psalms 38:12 — They also that seek after my life lay snares for me: and they that seek my hurt speak mischievous things, and imagine (יֶהְגּֽוּ) deceits all the day long.
• Psalms 63:6 — When I remember thee upon my bed, and meditate (אֶהְגֶּה) on thee in the night watches.
• Psalms 71:24 — My tongue also shall talk (תֶּהְגֶּ֣ה) of thy righteousness all the day long: for they are confounded, for they are brought unto shame, that seek my hurt.
• Psalms 77:12 — I will meditate (וְהָגִ֥יתִי) also of all thy work, and talk of thy doings.
• Psalms 115:7 — They have hands, but they handle not: feet have they, but they walk not: neither speak (יֶ֝הְגּ֗וּ) they through their throat.
• Psalms 143:5 — I remember the days of old; I meditate (הָגִ֥יתִי) on all thy works; I muse on the work of thy hands.
• Proverbs 8:7 — For my mouth shall speak (יֶהְגֶּ֣ה) truth; and wickedness is an abomination to my lips.
• Proverbs 15:28 — The heart of the righteous studieth (יֶהְגֶּ֣ה) to answer: but the mouth of the wicked poureth out evil things.
• Proverbs 24:2 — For their heart studieth (יֶהְגֶּ֣ה) destruction, and their lips talk of mischief.
• 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 (וְהַמַּהְגִּ֑ים): should not a people seek unto their God? for the living to the dead?
• Isaiah 16:7 — Therefore shall Moab howl for Moab, every one shall howl: for the foundations of Kir-hareseth shall ye mourn (תֶּהְגּ֖וּ); surely they are stricken.
• Isaiah 31:4 — For thus hath the LORD spoken unto me, Like as the lion and the young lion roaring (יֶהְגֶּה֩) on his prey, when a multitude of shepherds is called forth against him, he will not be afraid of their voice, nor abase himself for the noise of them: so shall the LORD of hosts come down to fight for mount Zion, and for the hill thereof.
• Isaiah 33:18 — Thine heart shall meditate (יֶהְגֶּ֣ה) terror. Where is the scribe? where is the receiver? where is he that counted the towers?
• Isaiah 38:14 — Like a crane or a swallow, so did I chatter: I did mourn (אֶהְגֶּ֖ה) 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 (תֶהְגֶּֽה) perverseness.
• Isaiah 59:11 — We roar all like bears, and mourn (נֶהְגֶּ֑ה) sore like doves: we look for judgment, but there is none; for salvation, but it is far off from us.
• Isaiah 59:11 — We roar all like bears, and mourn (הָגֹ֣ה) sore like doves: we look for judgment, but there is none; for salvation, but it is far off from us.
• Isaiah 59:13 — In transgressing and lying against the LORD, and departing away from our God, speaking oppression and revolt, conceiving and uttering (וְהֹג֛וֹ) from the heart words of falsehood.
• Jeremiah 48:31 — Therefore will I howl for Moab, and I will cry out for all Moab; mine heart shall mourn (יֶהְגֶּֽה) for the men of Kir-heres.