Feast
חַגStrong’s H2282chag
Appears in 55 verses of the Old Testament
In short
Chag is the Hebrew word usually translated “festival of”, “festival” and “at festival of”. It appears in 55 verses of the Old Testament.
“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 the feast of tabernacles.”
Meaning
- Festival, feast, festival-gathering, pilgrim-feastfeast · festival sacrifice
How it's translated
- festival of 17
- a festival 11
- and festival of 4
- and at festival of 4
- at the festival 4
- at festival of 3
- the festival 3
- feasts your 2
Word-by-word English from the STEPBible tagged text.
Where it's used most
- Exodus 10
- 2 Chronicles 7
- Deuteronomy 5
- Ezekiel 5
- Leviticus 4
- 1 Kings 4
17 books in all.
Explore in Scripture
- Zechariah 14:18In contextAnd 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 the feast of tabernacles.
- Zechariah 14:19In contextThis shall be the punishment of Egypt, and the punishment of all nations that come not up to keep the feast of tabernacles.
- Exodus 10:9And Moses said, We will go with our young and with our old, with our sons and with our daughters, with our flocks and with our herds will we go; for we must hold a feast unto the LORD.
- Exodus 12:14And 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 by an ordinance for ever.
- Exodus 13:6Seven days thou shalt eat unleavened bread, and in the seventh day shall be a feast to the LORD.
- Exodus 23:15Thou shalt keep the feast of unleavened bread: (thou shalt eat unleavened bread seven days, as I commanded thee, in the time appointed of the month Abib; for in it thou camest out from Egypt: and none shall appear before me empty:)
All 55 verses, by book
Hebrew dictionary
חַג chag · feast
1) festival, feast, festival-gathering, pilgrim-feast 1a) feast 1b) festival sacrifice
From STEPBible’s Hebrew lexicon (based on Brown-Driver-Briggs).
Webster's 1828 Dictionary
How the English word “feast” was understood when the King James Version was still the common Bible of English readers.
FEAST, noun
[Latin festum.]
- A sumptuous repast or entertainment, of which a number of guests partake; particularly, a rich or splendid public entertainment.“On Pharaoh's birth day, he made a feast to all his servants” Genesis 40:20
- A rich or delicious repast or meal; something delicious to the palate.
- A ceremony of feasting; joy and thanksgiving on stated days, in commemoration of some great event, or in honor of some distinguished personage; an anniversary, periodical or stated celebration of some event; a festival; as on occasion of the games in Greece, and the feast of the passover, the feast of Pentecost, and the feast of tabernacles among the Jews.
- Something delicious and entertaining to the mind or soul; as the dispensation of the gospel is called a feast of fat things. Isaiah 25:6
All definitions and other forms of “feast”
- That which delights and entertains.“He that is of a merry heart hath a continual feast” Proverbs 15:15
FEAST, verb intransitive
- To eat sumptuously; to dine or sup on rich provisions; particularly in large companies, and on public festivals.“And his sons went and feasted in their houses” Job 1:4
- To be highly gratified or delighted.
FEAST, verb transitive
- To entertain with sumptuous provisions; to treat at the table magnificently; as, he was feasted by the king.
- To delight; to pamper; to gratify luxuriously; as, to feast the soul.
Noah Webster, An American Dictionary of the English Language (1828). Verse references are checked against the KJV. Read the full entry.
Verses are from the King James Version. Word meanings come from the original Hebrew, not from any one translation.