BDB2540 [H2282]

1. feast, especially one observed by a pilgrimage (Exod 23:14; Exod 23:17):
\ \ a. special feast to the golden calf Exod 32:5 (J; where there was a sacred dance vExod 32:19); a feast in the 8th month observed by Jeroboam in place of the feast of the 7th month in Judah 1Kgs 12:32; 1Kgs 12:33 pilgrim feast proposed by Moses Exod 10:9 (JE); feast at Shiloh Judg 21:19. Elsewhere
\ \ b. apparently always of the three great pilgrim feasts, celebrated by processions and dancing: (1) in general Isa 30:29; Amos 8:10; Nah 2:1 חגים ינקפו let feasts come round Isa 29:1 || עצרות Amos 5:21 ׳חַג לי Lev 23:41 (H); distinguished from the more general מועדים (sacred seasons) Ezek 45:17; Ezek 46:11; Hos 9:5 (יום חג), and from specific חדשׁים, שׁבתות as well, Hos 2:13 (2) in particular: unleavened cakes and Passover חג (ה)מצות Exod 23:15 = Exod 34:18 (JE); Lev 23:6 (P), Deut 16:16; 2Chr 8:13; 2Chr 30:13; 2Chr 30:21; 2Chr 35:17; Ezra 6:22 חג Exod 12:14 (P); first day of the seven Num 28:17 (P); the last day Exod 13:6 (J); the seven Ezek 45:21; Ezek 45:23 חג הפסח Exod 34:25, חגי Exod 23:18 (both J E); בַּכֶּסֶה לְיּוֺם חַגֵּנוּ Ps 81:4 (probably the full moon of Passover); חג הקציר Exod 23:16 = חג שׁבעת Exod 34:22 (JE), compare Deut 16:10; Deut 16:16; 2Chr 8:13 חג האס(י)ף Exod 23:16 = Exod 34:22 (JE) = חג הסכ(ו)ת Lev 23:34 (P), Deut 16:13; Deut 16:16; Deut 31:10; 2Chr 8:13; Ezra 3:4; Zech 14:16; Zech 14:18; Zech 14:19 also ׳חג י Lev 23:39 (H), הֶחָג 1Kgs 8:2; 1Kgs 8:65 = 2Chr 5:3; 2Chr 7:8; 2Chr 7:9; Ezra 4:5; Neh 8:14 הַגֶּךָ֑ (i.e. of people) Deut 16:14 7 days Num 29:12 (P), Neh 8:18. — Verbs with חג are: חגג Lev 23:39; Lev 23:41 (H), Exod 12:14; Num 29:12 (P), Nah 2:1; Zech 14:16; Zech 14:18; Zech 14:19 שׁמר Exod 23:15 = Exod 34:18 (JE); התקדשׁ Isa 30:29 but usually עשׂה Exod 34:22 (JE), Deut 16:10; Deut 16:13; 1Kgs 8:65; 1Kgs 12:32; 1Kgs 12:33; 2Chr 7:8; 2Chr 7:9; 2Chr 30:13; 2Chr 30:21; 2Chr 35:17; Ezra 3:4; Ezra 6:22; Neh 8:18.

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