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the Week of Proper 8 / Ordinary 13

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Bible Lexicons

Old Testament Hebrew Lexical DictionaryHebrew Lexicon

Strong's #7696 - שָׁגַע

Transliteration

shâgaʻ

Phonetics

shaw-gah'

Origin

a primitive root

Parts of Speech

verb

TWOT

2328

Definition

Brown-Driver-Briggs
Strong

Brown-Driver-Briggs' Definition

to be mad
1. (Pual)
  1. to be mad
  2. to be maddened (participle)
2. (Hithpael) to show madness

Greek Equivalent Words:

Strong #: 3015 ‑ λεπρός (lep‑ros');

Frequency Lists

Book
Word

Verse Results

ASV (7)

Deuteronomy 1

1 Samuel 3

2 Kings 1

Jeremiah 1

Hosea 1

BSB (6)

Deuteronomy 1

1 Samuel 3

2 Kings 1

Jeremiah 1

Hosea 1

CSB (6)

Deuteronomy 1

1 Samuel 3

2 Kings 1

Jeremiah 1

Hosea 1

ESV (6)

Deuteronomy 1

1 Samuel 3

2 Kings 1

Jeremiah 1

Hosea 1

KJV (7)

Deuteronomy 1

1 Samuel 3

2 Kings 1

Jeremiah 1

Hosea 1

LEB (6)

Deuteronomy 1

1 Samuel 2

2 Kings 1

Jeremiah 1

Hosea 1

LSB (14)

Deuteronomy 2

1 Samuel 8

2 Kings 2

Jeremiah 1

Hosea 1

N95 (11)

Deuteronomy 2

1 Samuel 5

2 Kings 2

Jeremiah 1

Hosea 1

NAS (19)

Deuteronomy 2

1 Samuel 5

2 Kings 2

Jeremiah 1

Hosea 1

NLT (0)

The World English Bible
did not use
this Strong's Number

WEB (7)

Deuteronomy 1

1 Samuel 3

2 Kings 1

Jeremiah 1

Hosea 1

ASV (7)

is mad 2

madmen 1

so that thou shalt be mad 1

that is mad 1

this fellow to play the madman 1

this mad 1

BSB (6)

driven mad 1

insane 1

is insane 1

madman 1

madmen 1

to rave 1

CSB (6)

crazy 4

is insane 1

mad 1

ESV (6)

driven mad 1

fellow 1

mad 2

madman 1

madmen 1

KJV (7)

mad 5

man 1

men 1

LEB (6)

is acting like a madman 1

mad 2

madman 1

madmen 1

to act like a madman 1

LSB (14)

a 1

act 1

as 1

behaving 1

driven 1

fellow 1

mad 2

madman 3

madmen 1

madness 1

the 1

N95 (11)

act 1

behaving 1

demented 1

driven 1

fellow 1

mad 2

madman 3

madmen 1

NAS (19)

an 2

behave 1

behaving 1

crazy 1

driven 1

fellow 1

insane 6

like 2

people 1

person 3

NLT (0)

The World English Bible
did not use
this Strong's Number

WEB (7)

is mad 1

madmen 1

so that you shall be mad 1

this fellow to play the madman 1

to be insane 1

who is mad 1

why did this mad 1

Ancient Hebrew Lexicon Definitions

2815) o c s (סהגאה ShGAh) AC: Rave CO: ? AB: Madness: The actions of one insane.

V) o c s (סהגאה ShGAh) - Rave: KJV (7): (vf: Hitpael, Pual, Participle) mad - Strongs: H7696 (שָׁגַע)

ej^m) n f o c i s (סהיגאהונ ShYGAhWN) - Madness: KJV (3): madness, furiously - Strongs: H7697 (שִׁגָּעוֹן)

Brown-Driver-Briggs Expanded Definition

[שָׁגַע] Pu`al be mad (Arabic

coo, of male pigeon, utter long whinny, of camel (compare Hoffm^{ZAW iii (1883), 89} RS^{JPhil. Xiv. 119f.} Goldziher^{Arab. Philol. i. 59 ff.} Lag^{BN 202}); Ethiopic

be mad ( n insert, Di¹⁰⁵⁵ Ba^{Esther 50}); Assyrian šegû, rage, howl; on meaning in Hebrew see especially We^{Skizzen iii. 130}); —

Pu`al Participle as adjective : predicate וְהָיִיתָ מְשֻׁגָּע Deuteronomy 28:34 thou shalt be maddened (מִן because of), figurative for driven to despair; ׳מ of prophets, contemptuously Hosea 9:7, ׳כָּלאִֿישׁ מוּמִתְנַבֵּא Jeremiah 29:26, as substantive 2 Kings 9:11; plural מְשֻׁגָּעִים 1 Samuel 21:16 madmen.

Hithpa`el shew madness; Participle אִישׁ מִשְׁתַּגֵּעַ 1 Samuel 21:15; Infinitive construct לְהִשְׁתַּגֵּעַ v. 1 Samuel 21:16.

List of Word Forms

הַמְשֻׁגָּ֥ע המשגע לְהִשְׁתַּגֵּ֖עַ להשתגע מְשֻׁגָּ֑ע מְשֻׁגָּ֖ע מְשֻׁגָּע֙ מְשֻׁגָּעִים֙ מִשְׁתַּגֵּ֔עַ משגע משגעים משתגע ham·šug·gā‘ hamshugGa hamšuggā‘ lə·hiš·tag·gê·a‘ lehishtagGea ləhištaggêa‘ mə·šug·gā‘ mə·šug·gā·‘îm meshugGa meshuggaIm məšuggā‘ məšuggā‘îm miš·tag·gê·a‘ mishtagGea mištaggêa‘