Strong's Hebrew · H1897

הָגָה

hâgâh · daw-gaw'

imagine, meditate, mourn, mutter, roar, [idiom] sore, speak, study, talk, utter.

Definition

to murmur (in pleasure or anger); by implication, to ponder

Derivation

a primitive root (compare H1901 (הָגִיג));

Appears 25 times in Scripture

Isaiah 38:14

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.”

Psalms 1:2

But his delight is in the Law of the LORD, and on His law he meditates day and night.

Psalms 35:28

Then my tongue will proclaim Your righteousness and Your praises all day long.

Psalms 37:30

The mouth of the righteous man utters wisdom, and his tongue speaks justice.

Psalms 2:1

Why do the nations rage and the peoples plot in vain?

Psalms 71:24

My tongue will indeed proclaim Your righteousness all day long, for those who seek my harm are disgraced and confounded.

Proverbs 8:7

For my mouth will speak the truth, and wickedness is detestable to my lips.

Job 27:4

my lips will not speak wickedness, and my tongue will not utter deceit.

Joshua 1:8

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.

Psalms 38:12

Those who seek my life lay snares; those who wish me harm speak destruction, plotting deceit all day long.

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Lexicon: Strong's Exhaustive Concordance (James Strong, 1890, public domain), digital edition by Open Scriptures (CC BY-SA). Verse mappings: Berean Standard Bible interlinear tables (public domain).

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