Siach שִׂיחַ
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| שִׂיחַ | |
|---|---|
| Transliteration | siach |
| Strong's number | H7878 |
| Language | Hebrew |
| Part of speech | verb |
| Gloss | to muse |
| Occurrences | 20 in 20 verses |
| Most frequent in | Psalms (14) |
Siach (Hebrew שִׂיחַ, Strong's H7878) is a Hebrew verb meaning “to muse”. It occurs 20 times in 20 verses of the Old Testament.
Definition
1) to put forth, mediate, muse, commune, speak, complain, ponder, sing
1a) (Qal)
1a1) to complain
1a2) to muse, meditate upon, study, ponder
1a3) to talk, sing, speak
1b) (Polel) to meditate, consider, put forth thoughts
1a) (Qal)
1a1) to complain
1a2) to muse, meditate upon, study, ponder
1a3) to talk, sing, speak
1b) (Polel) to meditate, consider, put forth thoughts
From the STEPBible Brief Lexicon of Hebrew (based on the abridged Brown-Driver-Briggs), STEPBible.org, CC BY 4.0.
Translated as
| KJV | talk (5), meditate (5), speak (4), complain (1), pray (1), complained (1), commune (1), muse (1), declare (1) |
|---|---|
| BSB | i will meditate (3), ponder (2), tell (2), i mused (2), i will complain (1), speak (1), distress (1), mock (1), meditates (1), i meditate (1), will meditate (1), i may meditate (1), and 3 other renderings |
Topics
Verses
Every verse with Siach, with the English words that translate it highlighted (KJV or BSB; other translations show the KJV here).
Judges
- Judges 5:10Speak, ye that ride on white asses, ye that sit in judgment, and walk by the way.You who ride white donkeys, who sit on saddle blankets, and you who travel the road, ponder
1 Chronicles
- 1 Chronicles 16:9Sing unto him, sing psalms unto him, talk ye of all his wondrous works.Sing to Him, sing praises to Him; tell of all His wonders.
Job
- Job 7:11Therefore I will not refrain my mouth; I will speak in the anguish of my spirit; I will complain in the bitterness of my soul.Therefore I will not restrain my mouth; I will speak in the anguish of my spirit; I will complain in the bitterness of my soul.
- Job 12:8Or speak to the earth, and it shall teach thee: and the fishes of the sea shall declare unto thee.Or speak to the earth, and it will teach you; let the fish of the sea inform you.
Psalms
- Psalm 55:17Evening, and morning, and at noon, will I pray, and cry aloud: and he shall hear my voice.Morning, noon, and night, I cry out in distress, and He hears my voice.
- Psalm 69:12They that sit in the gate speak against me; and I was the song of the drunkards.Those who sit at the gate mock me, and I am the song of drunkards.
- Psalm 77:3I remembered God, and was troubled: I complained, and my spirit was overwhelmed. Selah.I remembered You, O God, and I groaned; I mused and my spirit grew faint. Selah
- Psalm 77:6I call to remembrance my song in the night: I commune with mine own heart: and my spirit made diligent search.At night I remembered my song; in my heart I mused, and my spirit pondered:
- 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 105:2Sing unto him, sing psalms unto him: talk ye of all his wondrous works.Sing to Him, sing praises to Him; tell of all His wonders.
- Psalm 119:15I will meditate in thy precepts, and have respect unto thy ways.I will meditate on Your precepts and regard Your ways.
- Psalm 119:23Princes also did sit and speak against me: but thy servant did meditate in thy statutes.Though rulers sit and slander me, Your servant meditates on Your statutes.
- Psalm 119:27Make me to understand the way of thy precepts: so shall I talk of thy wondrous works.Make clear to me the way of Your precepts; then I will meditate on Your wonders.
- Psalm 119:48My hands also will I lift up unto thy commandments, which I have loved; and I will meditate in thy statutes.I lift up my hands to Your commandments, which I love, and I meditate on Your statutes.
- Psalm 119:78Let the proud be ashamed; for they dealt perversely with me without a cause: but I will meditate in thy precepts.May the arrogant be put to shame for subverting me with a lie; I will meditate on Your precepts.
- Psalm 119:148Mine eyes prevent the night watches, that I might meditate in thy word.My eyes anticipate the watches of night, that I may meditate on Your word.
- 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.
- Psalm 145:5I will speak of the glorious honour of thy majesty, and of thy wondrous works.the glorious splendor of Your majesty. And I will meditate on Your wondrous works.
Proverbs
- Proverbs 6:22When thou goest, it shall lead thee; when thou sleepest, it shall keep thee; and when thou awakest, it shall talk with thee.When you walk, they will guide you; when you lie down, they will watch over you; when you awake, they will speak to you.
Isaiah
- Isaiah 53:8He was taken from prison and from judgment: and who shall declare his generation? for he was cut off out of the land of the living: for the transgression of my people was he stricken.By oppression and judgment He was taken away, and who can recount His descendants? For He was cut off from the land of the living; He was stricken for the transgression of My people.
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).