Hagah — To Meditate
To murmur, mutter, growl — biblical meditation is not silent emptying but audible chewing on the Word 'day and night.'
Pronunciation: daw-gaw'
Hebrew · Strong's H1897 · 24 occurrences in the Old Testament (KJV)
to murmur (in pleasure or anger); by implication, to ponder
KJV translations: imagine, meditate, mourn, mutter, roar, [idiom] sore, speak, study, talk, utter.
Hagah in the Bible — example verses
“This 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.”Joshua 1:8 (KJV)
“My lips shall not speak wickedness, nor my tongue utter deceit.”Job 27:4 (KJV)
“But his delight is in the law of the LORD; and in his law doth he meditate day and night.”Psalms 1:2 (KJV)
“Why do the heathen rage, and the people imagine a vain thing?”Psalms 2:1 (KJV)
“And my tongue shall speak of thy righteousness and of thy praise all the day long.”Psalms 35:28 (KJV)
“The mouth of the righteous speaketh wisdom, and his tongue talketh of judgment.”Psalms 37:30 (KJV)
“They 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.”Psalms 38:12 (KJV)
“When I remember thee upon my bed, and meditate on thee in the night watches.”Psalms 63:6 (KJV)
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