Meditation
שִׂיחָהStrong’s H7881sichah (si-chah)
Appears in 3 verses of the Old Testament
In short
Sichah is the Hebrew word usually translated “meditation” and “meditation my”. It appears in 3 verses of the Old Testament.
“Yea, thou castest off fear, and restrainest prayer before God.”
Meaning
- Meditation, reflection, prayer, devotion, complaint, musingcomplaint · musing, study (of object)
How it's translated
- meditation 1
- meditation my 1
- a meditation 1
Word-by-word English from the STEPBible tagged text.
Where it's used most
- Psalms 2
- Job 1
2 books in all.
Explore in Scripture
Hebrew dictionary
שִׂיחָה sichah · meditation
1) meditation, reflection, prayer, devotion, complaint, musing 1a) complaint 1b) musing, study (of object)
From STEPBible’s Hebrew lexicon (based on Brown-Driver-Briggs).
Webster's 1828 Dictionary
How the English word “meditation” was understood when the King James Version was still the common Bible of English readers.
MEDITA'TION, noun
[Latin meditatio.]
Close or continued thought; the turning or revolving of a subject in the mind; serious contemplation.
- “Let the words of my mouth and the meditations of my heart be acceptable in thy sight, O Lord, my strength and my Redeemer” Psalms 19:14
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.