Châgag — H2287

Definition

verb

properly, to move in acircle, i.e. (specifically) to march in asacred procession, to observe afestival; by implication, to be giddy

1. to hold a feast, hold a festival, make pilgrimage, keep a pilgrim-feast, celebrate, dance, stagger
1. (Qal)
1. to keep a pilgrim-feast
2. to reel

Usually translated as

feast, celebrate, reel to and fro, dance, a

Origin

a primitive root (compare H2283, H2328)

• Châgâʼ (H2283)
• Chûwg (H2328)

Greek equivalents

• heortázō (G1858)
• tarássō (G5015)

Occurrences

Châgag occurs 16 times in 14 verses of the King James.

Distribution of the word across the Bible: Exodus (3), Leviticus (2), Numbers (1), Deuteronomy (1), 1 Samuel (1), Psalms (2), Nahum (1), Zechariah (3)

• 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 (וְיָחֹ֥גּוּ) unto me in the wilderness.
• Exodus 12:14 — And this day shall be unto you for a memorial; and ye shall keep (וְחַגֹּתֶ֥ם) it a feast to the LORD throughout your generations; ye shall keep it a feast by an ordinance for ever.
• 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 (תְּחָגֻּֽהוּ) by an ordinance for ever.
• Exodus 23:14 — Three times thou shalt keep a feast (תָּחֹ֥ג) 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 (תָּחֹ֥גּוּ) a feast unto the LORD seven days: on the first day shall be a sabbath, and on the eighth day shall be a sabbath.
• Leviticus 23:41 — And ye shall keep (וְחַגֹּתֶ֤ם) it a feast unto the LORD seven days in the year. It shall be a statute for ever in your generations: ye shall celebrate it in the seventh month.
• Leviticus 23:41 — And ye shall keep it a feast unto the LORD seven days in the year. It shall be a statute for ever in your generations: ye shall celebrate (תָּחֹ֥גּוּ) it in the seventh month.
• 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 (וְחַגֹּתֶ֥ם) a feast unto the LORD seven days:
• Deuteronomy 16:15 — Seven days shalt thou keep a solemn feast (תָּחֹג֙) unto the LORD thy God in the place which the LORD shall choose: because the LORD thy God shall bless thee in all thine increase, and in all the works of thine hands, therefore thou shalt surely rejoice.
• 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 (וְחֹ֣גְגִ֔ים), because of all the great spoil that they had taken out of the land of the Philistines, and out of the land of Judah.
• 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 praise, with a multitude that kept holyday (חוֹגֵֽג).
• Psalms 107:27 — They reel to and fro (יָח֣וֹגּוּ), 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 (חָגִּ֧י) thy solemn feasts, perform thy vows: for the wicked shall no more pass through thee; he is utterly cut off.
• 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, the LORD of hosts, and to keep (וְלָחֹ֖ג) the feast of tabernacles.
• 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 keep (לָחֹ֖ג) the feast of tabernacles.
• Zechariah 14:19 — This shall be the punishment of Egypt, and the punishment of all nations that come not up to keep (לָחֹ֖ג) the feast of tabernacles.