To meditate
שׂוּחַStrong’s H7742suach (su-ach)
Appears in 1 verse of the Old Testament
In short
Suach is the Hebrew word usually translated “meditate”. It appears in 1 verse of the Old Testament.
“And Isaac went out to meditate in the field at the eventide: and he lifted up his eyes, and saw, and, behold, the camels were coming.”
Meaning
- (Qal) to meditate, muse, commune, speak, complainmeaning uncertain
How it's translated
- to meditate 1
Word-by-word English from the STEPBible tagged text.
Where it's used most
- Genesis 1
1 book in all.
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Hebrew dictionary
שׂוּחַ suach · to meditate
1) (Qal) to meditate, muse, commune, speak, complain 1a) meaning uncertain
From STEPBible’s Hebrew lexicon (based on Brown-Driver-Briggs).
Webster's 1828 Dictionary
How the English word “meditate” was understood when the King James Version was still the common Bible of English readers.
MED'ITATE, verb intransitive
[Latin meditor.]
- To dwell on any thing in thought; to contemplate; to study; to turn or revolve any subject in the mind; appropriately but not exclusively used of pious contemplation, or a consideration of the great truths of religion.“His delight is in the law of the Lord, and in his law doth he meditate day and night” Psalms 1:2
- To intend; to have in contemplation.
All definitions and other forms of “meditate”
MED'ITATE, verb transitive
To plan by revolving in the mind; to contrive; to intend.
- To think on; to revolve in the mind.
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.