חָגַג
ḥāgag
make a pilgrimage
Strong's H2287VerbHebrewTWOT 602

חָגַג (ḥāgag) is a Hebrew verb meaning make a pilgrimage. It appears 16 times in 8 books of the Hebrew Bible (Strong's H2287).

Also rendered

Same Hebrew root (TWOT 602)

Range of meaning (TWOT 602)make a pilgrimage, keep a pilgrim-feast; move in a circle, march, observe, be giddy; celebrate, dance, a feast, reel to and fro
Full entry: Brown-Driver-Briggs and Strong's

חָגַג verb: make a pilgrimage, keep a pilgrim-feast

Strong's H2287 חָגַג: properly, to move in a circle, i.e. (specifically) to march in a sacred procession, to observe a festival; by implication, to be giddy
KJV:celebrate, dance, (keep, hold) a (solemn) feast (holiday), reel to and fro.

Meanings: Brown-Driver-Briggs (1906) and Strong's Hebrew Dictionary (1890), public domain, via the Open Scriptures Hebrew Bible Project (CC BY 4.0). TWOT numbers for reference only.

See it in Scripture

Exodus 5:1Leviticus 23:39Deuteronomy 16:15

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