Definition

properly, to move in acircle, i.e. (specifically) to march in asacred procession, to observe afestival; by implication, to be giddy

Etymology

a primitive root (compare H2283 (חָגָא), H2328 (חוּג));

Word family

• חָגָא châgâʼ
• חוּג chûwg

How the KJV renders it

• celebrate
• dance
• (keep
• hold) a (solemn) feast (holiday)
• reel to and fro

Every distinct English word the King James Version uses to translate this Hebrew term. The variety shows what readers in English receive across many different surface words — the same underlying word, scattered across the English Bible under different names.