חַג noun masculine^{Isaiah 29:1} festival-gathering, feast, pilgrim-feast (Late Hebrew id.; Aramaic , חַגָּא; Arabic pilgrimage; Sabean חג DHM^{Epigr. Denkm. 31}; Nö^{ZMG 1887. 719}; RS^{Proph. Lect. ii. n. 6}; > We^{Skizzen iii. 106, 165} sacred dance) — חַג absolute and construct Exodus 10:9 36t.; חָ֑ג Numbers 28:17 13t.; suffix חַגִּי Exodus 23:18; חַגֶּ֑ךָ Deuteronomy 16:14; חַגָּהּ Hosea 2:13; חַגֵּנוּ Psalm 81:4; plural חַגִּים Isaiah 29:1 2t.; suffix חַגַּיִךְ Nahum 2:1; חַגֵּיכֶם Amos 5:21 2t.; —

1 feast, especially one observed by a pilgrimage (Exodus 23:14,17):

a. special feast to the golden calf Exodus 32:5 (J; where there was a sacred dance Exodus 32:19); a feast in the 8th month observed by Jeroboam in place of the feast of the 7th month in Judah 1 Kings 12:32,33; pilgrim feast proposed by Moses Exodus 10:9 (JE); feast at Shiloh Judges 21:19. Elsewhere

b. apparently always of the three great pilgrim feasts, celebrated by processions and dancing: (1) in General Isaiah 30:29; Amos 8:10; Nahum 2:1; חגים ינקפו let feasts come round Isaiah 29:1; "" עצרות Amos 5:21; ׳חַג לי Leviticus 23:41 (H); distinguished from the more General מועדים (sacred seasons) Ezekiel 45:17; Ezekiel 46:11; Hosea 9:5 (יום חג), and from specific חדשׁים, שׁבתות as well, Hosea 2:13; (2) in particular: unleavened cakes and Passover חג (ה)מצות Exodus 23:15 = Exodus 34:18 (JE); Leviticus 23:6 (P), Deuteronomy 16:16; 2Chronicles 8:13; 30:13,21; 35:17; Ezra 6:22; חג Exodus 12:14 (P); first day of the seven Numbers 28:17 (P); the last day Exodus 13:6 (J); the seven Ezekiel 45:21,23; חג הפסח Exodus 34:25, חגי Exodus 23:18 (both J E); בַּכֶּסֶה לְיּוֺם חַגֵּנוּ Psalm 81:4 (probably the full moon of Passover); חג הקציר Exodus 23:16 = חג שׁבעת Exodus 34:22 (JE), compare Deuteronomy 16:10,16; 2Chronicles 8:13; חג האס(י)ף Exodus 23:16 = Exodus 34:22 (JE) = חג הסכ(ו)ת Leviticus 23:34 (P), Deuteronomy 16:13,16; Deuteronomy 31:10; 2Chronicles 8:13; Ezra 3:4; Zechariah 14:16,18,19; also ׳חג י Leviticus 23:39 (H), הֶחָג 1 Kings 8:2,65 2Chronicles 5:3; 7:8,9; Ezra 4:5; Nehemiah 8:14; הַגֶּךָ֑ (i.e. of people) Deuteronomy 16:14; 7days Numbers 29:12 (P), Nehemiah 8:18. — Verbs with חג are: חגג Leviticus 23:39,41 (H), Exodus 12:14; Numbers 29:12 (P), Nahum 2:1; Zechariah 14:16,18,19; שׁמר Exodus 23:15 = Exodus 34:18 (JE); התקדשׁ Isaiah 30:29; but usually עשׂה Exodus 34:22 (JE), Deuteronomy 16:10,13; 1 Kings 8:65; 1 Kings 12:32,33; 2Chronicles 7:8,9; 30:13,21; 35:17; Ezra 3:4; Ezra 6:22; Nehemiah 8:18.

2 festival sacrifice (compare Late Hebrew חֲגִיגָה) Psalm 118:27 (see מזבח 12); Malachi 2:3 (RV after Thes Ke and others: but AV Ew Or feast).