To celebrate
חָגַגStrong’s H2287chagag (cha-gag)
Appears in 14 verses of the Old Testament
In short
Chagag is the Hebrew word usually translated “celebrate a festival”, “so they may celebrate a festival” and “celebrate as a festival it”. It appears in 14 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
- To hold a feast, hold a festival, make pilgrimage, keep a pilgrim-feast, celebrate, dance, stagger(Qal)
How it's translated
- and you will celebrate a festival 3
- you will celebrate a festival 3
- to celebrate a festival 2
- so they may celebrate a festival 1
- you will celebrate as a festival it 1
- you will celebrate as a festival 1
- and celebrating 1
- celebrating a festival 1
Word-by-word English from the STEPBible tagged text.
Where it's used most
- Exodus 3
- Zechariah 3
- Leviticus 2
- Psalms 2
- Numbers 1
- Deuteronomy 1
8 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 5:1And afterward Moses and Aaron went in, and told Pharaoh, Thus saith the LORD God of Israel, Let my people go, that they may hold a feast unto me in the wilderness.
- 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 23:14Three times thou shalt keep a feast unto me in the year.
- Leviticus 23:39Also in the fifteenth day of the seventh month, when ye have gathered in the fruit of the land, ye shall keep a feast unto the LORD seven days: on the first day shall be a sabbath, and on the eighth day shall be a sabbath.
Hebrew dictionary
חָגַג chagag · to celebrate
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
From STEPBible’s Hebrew lexicon (based on Brown-Driver-Briggs).
Webster's 1828 Dictionary
How the English word “celebrate” was understood when the King James Version was still the common Bible of English readers.
CELEBRATE, verb transitive
- To praise; to extol; to commend; to give to; to make famous; as, to celebrate the name of the Most High.“The grave cannot celebrate thee” Isaiah 38:18
- To distinguish by solemn rites; to keep holy.“From even to even shall ye celebrate your Sabbath” Leviticus 23:32
- To honor or distinguish by ceremonies and marks of joy and respect; as, to celebrate the birth day of Washington; to celebrate a marriage.
- To mention in a solemn manner, whether of joy or sorrow.
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.