Lexical Summary chag: a festival gathering, feast, pilgrim feast Original Word: חַגTransliteration: chag Phonetic Spelling: (khag) Part of Speech: Noun Masculine Short Definition: a festival gathering, feast, pilgrim feast Meaning: a festival gathering, feast, pilgrim feast Strong's Concordance solemn feast day, sacrifice, solemnity Or chag {khawg}; from chagag; a festival, or a victim therefor -- (solemn) feast (day), sacrifice, solemnity. see HEBREW chagag Brown-Driver-Briggs H2282. chag חַג noun masculineIsaiah 29:1 festival-gathering, feast, pilgrim-feast (Late Hebrew id.; Aramaic , חַגָּא; Arabic pilgrimage; Sabean חג DHMEpigr. Denkm. 31; NöZMG 1887. 719; RSProph. Lect. ii. n. 6; > WeSkizzen iii. 106, 165 sacred dance) — חַג absolute and construct Exodus 10:9 36t.; חָ֑ג Numbers 28:17 13t.; suffix חַגִּי Exodus 23:18; חַגֶּ֑ךָ Deuteronomy 16:14; חַגָּהּ Hosea 2:13; חַגֵּנוּ Psalm 81:4; plural חַגִּים Isaiah 29:1-2t.; suffix חַגַּיִךְ Nahum 2:1; חַגֵּיכֶם Amos 5:21 2t.; — 1 feast, especially one observed by a pilgrimage (Exodus 23:14, 17): a. special feast to the golden calf Exodus 32:5 (J; where there was a sacred dance 32:19); a feast in the 8th month observed by Jeroboam in place of the feast of the 7th month in Judah 1 Kings 12:32-33, pilgrim feast proposed by Moses Exodus 10:9 (JE); feast at Shiloh Judges 21:19. Elsewhere b. apparently always of the three great pilgrim feasts, celebrated by processions and dancing: (1) in General Isaiah 30:29; Amos 8:10; Nahum 2:1; ינקפו חגים let feasts come round Isaiah 29:1; "" עצרות Amos 5:21; לי ׳חַג Leviticus 23:41 (H); distinguished from the more General מועדים (sacred seasons) Ezekiel 45:17; 46:11; Hosea 9:5 (חג יום), and from specific שׁבתות חדשׁים, as well, 2:13; (2) in particular: unleavened cakes and Passover (ה)מצות חג Exodus 23:15 = 34:18 (JE); Leviticus 23:6 (P), Deuteronomy 16:16; 2 Chronicles 8:13; 30:13, 21; 35:17; Ezra 6:22; חג Exodus 12:14 (P); first day of the seven Numbers 28:17 (P); the last day Exodus 13:6 (J); the seven Ezekiel 45:21, 23; הפסח חג Exodus 34:25, חגי 23:18 (both J E); חַגֵּנוּ לְיּוֺם בַּכֶּסֶה Psalm 81:4 (probably the full moon of Passover); הקציר חג Exodus 23:16 = שׁבעת חג 34:22 (JE), compare Deuteronomy 16:10, 16; 2 Chronicles 8:13; האס(י)ף חג Exodus 23:16 = 34:22 (JE) = הסכ(ו)ת חג Leviticus 23:34 (P), Deuteronomy 16:13, 16; 31:10; 2 Chronicles 8:13; Ezra 3:4; Zechariah 14:16, 18, 19; also י ׳חג Leviticus 23:39 (H), הֶחָג 1 Kings 8:2, 65 2 Chronicles 5:3; 7:8-9, Ezra 4:5; Nehemiah 8:14; הַגֶּךָ֑ (i.e. of people) Deuteronomy 16:14; 7days Numbers 29:12 (P), Nehemiah 8:18. — Verbs with חג are: חגג Leviticus 23:39, 41 (H), Exodus 12:14; Numbers 29:12 (P), Nahum 2:1; Zechariah 14:16, 18, 19; שׁמר Exodus 23:15 = 34:18 (JE); התקדשׁ Isaiah 30:29; but usually עשׂה Exodus 34:22 (JE), Deuteronomy 16:10, 13; 1 Kings 8:65; 12:32-33, 2 Chronicles 7:8-9, 30:13, 21; 35:17; Ezra 3:4; 6:22; Nehemiah 8:18. 2 festival sacrifice (compare Late Hebrew חֲגִיגָה) Psalm 118:27 (see מזבח 12); Malachi 2:3 (RV after Thes Ke and others: but AV Ew Or feast). |
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