חַג
chag · H2282 · Hebrew · 62 occurrences
Meanings
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feast, festival
Celebration, usually of a religious nature; associated with joy
ExamplesExodus 10:9 Moses said, “We shall go with our young and our old; with our sons and our daughters, with our flocks and our herds we shall go, for we must hold a feast to the LORD.”
Exodus 12:14 ‘Now this day shall be a memorial to you, and you shall celebrate it as a feast to the LORD; throughout your generations you are to celebrate it as a permanent ordinance.
Exodus 13:6 “For seven days you shall eat unleavened bread, and on the seventh day there shall be a feast to the LORD.
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sacrificial animal
Animal that is sacrificed during a festival
ExamplesExodus 23:18 “You shall not offer the blood of My sacrifice with leavened bread; nor is the fat of My feast to remain overnight until morning.
Psalm 118:27 The LORD is God, and He has given us light; Bind the festival sacrifice to the horns of the altar with cords.
Malachi 2:3 “Behold, I am going to rebuke your descendants, and I will spread dung on your faces, the dung of your feasts; and you will be taken away with it.
How it’s used In 9 roles
Every occurrence, grouped by the words it is grammatically related to.
the word studied the word it goes with
Whose, or of whatGenitive or possessive
38 occurrences in 13 groups
- מַצָּהunleavened bread 9
- סֻכָּהshelter 9
- יְהֹוָהthe LORD, YHWH 4
- שָׁבוּעַweek 4
- כֶםyour 3
- Other words · 8 groups that occur once or twice (9) 9
Words describing itAdjectives, demonstratives, participles
1 occurrences in 1 groups
- יְהוּדָהJudah 1
Named alongside itApposition
1 occurrences in 1 groups
- מָשׂוֹשׂjoy 1
What it doesIt is the subject
1 occurrences in 1 groups
- נָקַףto strip off 1
What is done to itIt is the object
24 occurrences in 7 groups
- עָשָׂהto do, to make 12
- חָגַגto celebrate, to keep a festival 6
- שָׁמַרto keep, to guard, to observe 2
- הָפַךְto turn, to change, to overturn 1
- מָאַסto reject, to despise 1
- אָסַרto bind, to tie 1
Second object ofSecond object
2 occurrences in 1 groups
- חָגַגto celebrate, to keep a festival 2
What it is said to bePredicate
7 occurrences in 4 groups
- יוֹםday, time 4
- יְהֹוָהthe LORD, YHWH 1
- שִׁילֹהShiloh 1
- נוּus 1
After prepositionsPrepositional phrases
15 occurrences in 2 groups
- בin/on/with 19
- כlike/as 2
In phrases “… of it”It is the genitive
6 occurrences in 4 groups
- יוֹםday, time 3
- זֶבַחsacrifice 1
- חֶלֶבfat 1
- פֶּרֶשׁdung 1
When two words share a role, as in “Paul and Barnabas said”, the verse appears under each, so a section’s counts can add up to more than the number of occurrences.
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Near synonyms 1 word
- מִשְׁתֶּה mishteh · H4960 · drinking, feast
- Both words denote festive gatherings with distinct nuances: חַג (chag, H2282) emphasizes solemn or religious feast days, often tied to sacrifice or appointed times, while מִשְׁתֶּה (mishteh, H4960), derived from the root for “drink,” emphasizes the banquet or drinking aspect of a feast.
In the other Testament 1 word
- ἑορτή heortḗ · G1859 · festival, feast, celebration
- Greek ἑορτή translates Hebrew חַג across the semantic range of sacred festival/feast observances, reflecting the LXX's standard rendering of Israel's appointed feasts.
Semantic domains 2 entries
- Festivals002002002011
- חַג denotes a solemn feast, the pilgrimage festival Israel is commanded to celebrate before the LORD, such as the feast of Passover.
- Animals001001002
- The word's association with festival sacrifice ties it to the animals offered in celebration of these feasts.
Word family 5 words
Words formed from the same root. They share a form, not always a meaning.
Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew Lexicon H2282. chag חַג noun masculineIsa 29:1 festival-gathering, feast, pilgrim-feast (Late…
חַג noun masculineIsa 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 Exo 10:9 36t.; חָ֑ג Num 28:17 Num 28:13t.; suffix חַגִּי Exo 23:18; חַגֶּ֑ךָ Deu 16:14; חַגָּהּ Hos 2:13; חַגֵּנוּ Psa 81:4; plural חַגִּים Isa 29:1-2t.; suffix חַגַּיִךְ Nah 2:1; חַגֵּיכֶם Amo 5:21 Amo 5:2t.; —
1 feast, especially one observed by a pilgrimage (Exo 23:14, Exo 23:17):
a. special feast to the golden calf Exo 32:5 (J; where there was a sacred dance Exo 32:19); a feast in the 8th month observed by Jeroboam in place of the feast of the 7th month in Judah 1Ki 12:32-33, pilgrim feast proposed by Moses Exo 10:9 (JE); feast at Shiloh Jdg 21:19. Elsewhere
b. apparently always of the three great pilgrim feasts, celebrated by processions and dancing: (1) in General Isa 30:29; Amo 8:10; Nah 2:1; ינקפו חגים let feasts come round Isa 29:1; || עצרות Amo 5:21; לי ׳חַג Lev 23:41 (H); distinguished from the more General מועדים (sacred seasons) Eze 45:17; Eze 46:11; Hos 9:5 (חג יום), and from specific שׁבתות חדשׁים, as well, Hos 2:13; (2) in particular: unleavened cakes and Passover (ה)מצות חג Exo 23:15 = Exo 34:18 (JE); Lev 23:6 (P), Deu 16:16; 2Ch 8:13; 2Ch 30:13, 2Ch 30:21; 2Ch 35:17; Ezr 6:22; חג Exo 12:14 (P); first day of the seven Num 28:17 (P); the last day Exo 13:6 (J); the seven Eze 45:21, Eze 45:23; הפסח חג Exo 34:25, חגי Exo 23:18 (both J E); חַגֵּנוּ לְיּוֺם בַּכֶּסֶה Psa 81:4 (probably the full moon of Passover); הקציר חג Exo 23:16 = שׁבעת חג Exo 34:22 (JE), compare Deu 16:10, Deu 16:16; 2Ch 8:13; האס(י)ף חג Exo 23:16 = Exo 34:22 (JE) = הסכ(ו)ת חג Lev 23:34 (P), Deu 16:13, Deu 16:16; Deu 31:10; 2Ch 8:13; Ezr 3:4; Zec 14:16, Zec 14:18, Zec 14:19; also י ׳חג Lev 23:39 (H), הֶחָג 1Ki 8:2, 1Ki 8:65 2Ch 5:3; 2Ch 7:8-9, Ezr 4:5; Neh 8:14; הַגֶּךָ֑ (i.e. of people) Deu 16:14; Deu 16:7days Num 29:12 (P), Neh 8:18. — Verbs with חג are: חגג Lev 23:39, Lev 23:41 (H), Exo 12:14; Num 29:12 (P), Nah 2:1; Zec 14:16, Zec 14:18, Zec 14:19; שׁמר Exo 23:15 = Exo 34:18 (JE); התקדשׁ Isa 30:29; but usually עשׂה Exo 34:22 (JE), Deu 16:10, Deu 16:13; 1Ki 8:65; 1Ki 12:32-33, 2Ch 7:8-9, 2Ch 30:13, 2Ch 30:21; 2Ch 35:17; Ezr 3:4; Ezr 6:22; Neh 8:18.
2 festival sacrifice (compare Late Hebrew חֲגִיגָה) Psa 118:27 (see מזבח 12); Mal 2:3 (RV after Thes Ke and others: but AV Ew Or feast).
Brown, Driver and Briggs, A Hebrew and English Lexicon of the Old Testament (1906), public domain
Topical studies with this word 2 entries
Meanings adapted from the UBS Dictionary of the Greek New Testament, © United Bible Societies, CC BY-SA 4.0 and the UBS Dictionary of Biblical Hebrew (from the Semantic Dictionary of Biblical Hebrew), © United Bible Societies, CC BY-SA 4.0; MACULA Greek Linguistic Datasets, available at https://github.com/Clear-Bible/macula-greek/, licensed CC BY 4.0; MACULA Hebrew Linguistic Datasets © 2022-2024 by Biblica, Inc., CC BY 4.0. Westminster Leningrad Codex (tanach.us). OpenScriptures Hebrew Bible morphology (hb.openscriptures.org), CC BY 4.0.
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