Hagah הָגָה
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| הָגָה | |
|---|---|
| Transliteration | hagah |
| Strong's number | H1897 |
| Language | Hebrew |
| Part of speech | verb |
| Gloss | to mutter |
| Occurrences | 25 in 24 verses |
| Most frequent in | Psalms (10) |
Hagah (Hebrew הָגָה, Strong's H1897) is a Hebrew verb meaning “to mutter”. It occurs 25 times in 24 verses of the Old Testament.
Definition
1) to moan, growl, utter, muse, mutter, meditate, devise, plot, speak
1a) (Qal)
1a1) to roar, growl, groan
1a2) to utter, speak
1a3) to meditate, devise, muse, imagine
1b) (Poal) to utter
1c) (Hiphil) to mutter
1a) (Qal)
1a1) to roar, growl, groan
1a2) to utter, speak
1a3) to meditate, devise, muse, imagine
1b) (Poal) to utter
1c) (Hiphil) to mutter
From the STEPBible Brief Lexicon of Hebrew (based on the abridged Brown-Driver-Briggs), STEPBible.org, CC BY 4.0.
Translated as
| KJV | meditate (6), speak (3), mourn (3), imagine (2), studieth (2), utter (1), speaketh (1), talk (1), mutter (1), roaring (1), muttered (1), mourn sore (1), and 1 other rendering |
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| BSB | moan (2), meditate (1), utter (1), he meditates (1), plot (1), will proclaim (1), utters (1), plotting (1), i think (1), will indeed proclaim (1), i will reflect (1), even clear (1), and 10 other renderings |
Topics
Verses
Every verse with Hagah, with the English words that translate it highlighted (KJV or BSB; other translations show the KJV here).
Joshua
- Joshua 1:8This book of the law shall not depart out of thy mouth; but thou shalt meditate therein day and night, that thou mayest observe to do according to all that is written therein: for then thou shalt make thy way prosperous, and then thou shalt have good success.This Book of the Law must not depart from your mouth; meditate on it day and night, so that you may be careful to do everything written in it. For then you will prosper and succeed in all you do.
Job
- Job 27:4My lips shall not speak wickedness, nor my tongue utter deceit.my lips will not speak wickedness, and my tongue will not utter deceit.
Psalms
- Psalm 1:2But his delight is in the law of the LORD; and in his law doth he meditate day and night.But his delight is in the Law of the LORD, and on His law he meditates day and night.
- Psalm 2:1Why do the heathen rage, and the people imagine a vain thing?Why do the nations rage and the peoples plot in vain?
- Psalm 35:28And my tongue shall speak of thy righteousness and of thy praise all the day long.Then my tongue will proclaim Your righteousness and Your praises all day long.
- Psalm 37:30The mouth of the righteous speaketh wisdom, and his tongue talketh of judgment.The mouth of the righteous man utters wisdom, and his tongue speaks justice.
- Psalm 38:12They also that seek after my life lay snares for me: and they that seek my hurt speak mischievous things, and imagine deceits all the day long.Those who seek my life lay snares; those who wish me harm speak destruction, plotting deceit all day long.
- Psalm 63:6When I remember thee upon my bed, and meditate on thee in the night watches.When I remember You on my bed, I think of You through the watches of the night.
- Psalm 71:24My tongue also shall talk of thy righteousness all the day long: for they are confounded, for they are brought unto shame, that seek my hurt.My tongue will indeed proclaim Your righteousness all day long, for those who seek my harm are disgraced and confounded.
- Psalm 77:12I will meditate also of all thy work, and talk of thy doings.I will reflect on all You have done and ponder Your mighty deeds.
- Psalm 115:7They have hands, but they handle not: feet have they, but they walk not: neither speak they through their throat.they have hands, but cannot feel; they have feet, but cannot walk; they cannot even clear their throats.
- Psalm 143:5I remember the days of old; I meditate on all thy works; I muse on the work of thy hands.I remember the days of old; I meditate on all Your works; I consider the work of Your hands.
Proverbs
- Proverbs 8:7For my mouth shall speak truth; and wickedness is an abomination to my lips.For my mouth will speak the truth, and wickedness is detestable to my lips.
- Proverbs 15:28The heart of the righteous studieth to answer: but the mouth of the wicked poureth out evil things.The heart of the righteous ponders how to answer, but the mouth of the wicked blurts out evil.
- Proverbs 24:2For their heart studieth destruction, and their lips talk of mischief.for their hearts devise violence, and their lips declare trouble.
Isaiah
- Isaiah 8:19And when they shall say unto you, Seek unto them that have familiar spirits, and unto wizards that peep, and that mutter: should not a people seek unto their God? for the living to the dead?When men tell you to consult the spirits of the dead and the spiritists who whisper and mutter, shouldn’t a people consult their God instead? Why consult the dead on behalf of the living?
- Isaiah 16:7Therefore shall Moab howl for Moab, every one shall howl: for the foundations of Kir–hareseth shall ye mourn; surely they are stricken.Therefore let Moab wail; let them wail together for Moab. Moan for the raisin cakes of Kir-hareseth, you who are utterly stricken.
- Isaiah 31:4For thus hath the Lord spoken unto me, Like as the lion and the young lion roaring on his prey, when a multitude of shepherds is called forth against him, he will not be afraid of their voice, nor abase himself for the noise of them: so shall the Lord of hosts come down to fight for mount Zion, and for the hill thereof.For this is what the LORD has said to me: “Like a lion roaring or a young lion over its prey— and though a band of shepherds is called out against it, it is not terrified by their shouting or subdued by their clamor— so the LORD of Hosts will come down to do battle on Mount Zion and its heights.
- Isaiah 33:18Thine heart shall meditate terror. Where is the scribe? where is the receiver? where is he that counted the towers?Your mind will ponder the former terror: “Where is he who tallies? Where is he who weighs? Where is he who counts the towers?”
- Isaiah 38:14Like a crane or a swallow, so did I chatter: I did mourn as a dove: mine eyes fail with looking upward: O Lord, I am oppressed; undertake for me.I chirp like a swallow or crane; I moan like a dove. My eyes grow weak as I look upward. O Lord, I am oppressed; be my security.”
- Isaiah 59:3For your hands are defiled with blood, and your fingers with iniquity; your lips have spoken lies, your tongue hath muttered perverseness.For your hands are stained with blood, and your fingers with iniquity; your lips have spoken lies, and your tongue mutters injustice.
- Isaiah 59:11We roar all like bears, and mourn sore like doves: we look for judgment, but there is none; for salvation, but it is far off from us.We all growl like bears and moan like doves. We hope for justice, but find none, for salvation, but it is far from us.
- Isaiah 59:13In transgressing and lying against the Lord, and departing away from our God, speaking oppression and revolt, conceiving and uttering from the heart words of falsehood.rebelling and denying the LORD, turning away from our God, speaking oppression and revolt, conceiving and uttering lies from the heart.
Jeremiah
- Jeremiah 48:31Therefore will I howl for Moab, and I will cry out for all Moab; mine heart shall mourn for the men of Kir–heres.Therefore I will wail for Moab; I will cry out for all of Moab; I will moan for the men of Kir-heres.
Notes
- Definition and verse list from STEPBible's tagged Hebrew Old Testament (TAHOT) and Greek New Testament (TAGNT) and Brief Lexicons, STEPBible.org, CC BY 4.0.
- English renderings from the public-domain KJV with Strong's numbers (eBible.org) and the Berean Standard Bible interlinear (public domain).