Quick Definition
to celebrate
Strong's Definition
properly, to move in acircle, i.e. (specifically) to march in asacred procession, to observe afestival; by implication, to be giddy
Derivation: a primitive root (compare H2283 (חָגָא), H2328 (חוּג));
KJV Usage: celebrate, dance, (keep, hold) a (solemn) feast (holiday), reel to and fro.
TWOT Reference: 602
Outline of Biblical Usage
1) to hold a feast, hold a festival, make pilgrimage, keep a pilgrim-feast, celebrate, dance, stagger
1a) (Qal)
1a1) to keep a pilgrim-feast
1a2) to reel
Septuagint (LXX) Greek Equivalents
This Hebrew word is translated by the following Greek words in the Septuagint:
STEPBible — Tyndale Abridged Hebrew Lexicon
1) to hold a feast, hold a festival, make pilgrimage, keep a pilgrim-feast, celebrate, dance, stagger
1a) (Qal)
1a1) to keep a pilgrim-feast
1a2) to reel
Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew Lexicon
חָגַג
châgag
BDB Definition:
1) to hold a feast, hold a festival, make pilgrimage, keep a pilgrim-feast, celebrate, dance, stagger
1a) (Qal)
1a1) to keep a pilgrim-feast
1a2) to reel
Part of Speech: verb
A Related Word by BDB/Strongs Number: a primitive root [compare H2283, H2328]
Same Word by TWOT Number: 602
Total KJV Occurrences: 22