חָג
Transliteration
ḥāḡ
Pronunciation
khag
Part of Speech
masculine noun
Root Word (Etymology)
From חָגַג (H2287)
Dictionary Aids

TWOT Reference: 602a

Strong’s Definitions

חַג chag, khag; or חָג châg; from H2287; a festival, or a victim therefor:—(solemn) feast (day), sacrifice, solemnity.

KJV Translation Count — Total: 62x

The KJV translates Strong's H2282 in the following manner: feast (56x), sacrifice (3x), feast days (2x), solemnity (1x).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 62x
The KJV translates Strong's H2282 in the following manner: feast (56x), sacrifice (3x), feast days (2x), solemnity (1x).

  1. festival, feast, festival-gathering, pilgrim-feast

    1. feast

    2. festival sacrifice

Strong’s Definitions [?](Strong’s Definitions Legend)
חַג chag, khag; or חָג châg; from H2287; a festival, or a victim therefor:—(solemn) feast (day), sacrifice, solemnity.
STRONGS H2282: Abbreviations
† חַג noun masculineIsaiah 29:1 festival-gathering, feast, pilgrim-feast (Late Hebrew id.; Aramaic axgfo, חַגָּא; Arabic حَجً 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 + 36 times; חָ֑ג Numbers 28:17 + 13 times; suffix חַגִּי Exodus 23:18; חַגֶּ֑ךָ Deuteronomy 16:14; חַגָּהּ Hosea 2:13; חַגֵּנוּ Psalm 81:4; plural חַגִּים Isaiah 29:1 + 2 times; suffix חַגַּיִךְ Nahum 2:1; חַגֵּיכֶם Amos 5:21 + 2 times; —
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 Exodus 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; חגים ינקפו let feasts come round Isaiah 29:1; || עצרות Amos 5:21; חַג לי׳ Leviticus 23:41 (H); distinguished from the more general מועדים (sacred seasons) Ezekiel 45:17; Ezekiel 46:11; Hosea 9:5 (יום חג), and from specific חדשׁים, שׁבתות as well, Hosea 2:13;
(2) in particular: unleavened cakes and Passover חג (ה)מצות Exodus 23:15 = Exodus 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; חג הפסח Exodus 34:25, חגי Exodus 23:18 (both J E); בַּכֶּסֶה לְיּוֺם חַגֵּנוּ Psalm 81:4 (probably the full moon of Passover); חג הקציר Exodus 23:16 = חג שׁבעת Exodus 34:22 (JE), compare Deuteronomy 16:10, 16; 2 Chronicles 8:13; חג האס(י)ף Exodus 23:16 = Exodus 34:22 (JE) = חג הסכ(ו)ת Leviticus 23:34 (P), Deuteronomy 16:13, 16; Deuteronomy 31:10; 2 Chronicles 8:13; Ezra 3:4; Zechariah 14:16, 18, 19; also חג י׳ 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 = Exodus 34:18 (JE); התקדשׁ Isaiah 30:29; but usually עשׂה Exodus 34:22 (JE), Deuteronomy 16:10, 13; 1 Kings 8:65; 1 Kings 12:32, 33; 2 Chronicles 7:8, 9; 30:13, 21; 35:17; Ezra 3:4; Ezra 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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BLB Scripture Index of Brown-Driver-Briggs

Exodus

10:9; 10:9; 12:14; 12:14; 13:6; 23:14; 23:15; 23:15; 23:16; 23:16; 23:17; 23:18; 23:18; 32:5; 32:19; 34:18; 34:18; 34:22; 34:22; 34:22; 34:25

Leviticus

23:6; 23:34; 23:39; 23:39; 23:41; 23:41

Numbers

28:17; 28:17; 29:12; 29:12

Deuteronomy

7; 16:10; 16:10; 16:13; 16:13; 16:14; 16:14; 16:16; 16:16; 16:16; 31:10

Judges

21:19

1 Kings

8:2; 8:65; 8:65; 12:32; 12:32; 12:33; 12:33

2 Chronicles

5:3; 7:8; 7:8; 7:9; 7:9; 8:13; 8:13; 8:13; 30:13; 30:13; 30:21; 30:21; 35:17; 35:17

Ezra

3:4; 3:4; 4:5; 6:22; 6:22

Nehemiah

8:14; 8:18; 8:18

Psalms

81:4; 81:4; 118:27

Isaiah

29:1; 29:1; 29:1; 30:29; 30:29

Ezekiel

45:17; 45:21; 45:23; 46:11

Hosea

2:13; 2:13; 9:5

Amos

5:21; 5:21; 8:10

Nahum

2:1; 2:1; 2:1

Zechariah

14:16; 14:16; 14:18; 14:18; 14:19; 14:19

Malachi

2:3