H7696: שָׁגַע
shâgaʻ · pronounced shaw-gah' · “be mad”
Definition
to rave through insanity
KJV translates it as: (be, play the) mad (man).
Word origin: a primitive root;
Extended definition
1a) (Pual)
1a1) to be mad
1a2) to be maddened (participle)
1b) (Hithpael) to show madness
Brief lexicon based on BDB via STEPBible TBESH (CC BY 4.0).
How H7696 is translated
- driven mad ×1
- behaving like a madman ×1
- madmen ×1
- behave like a madman ×1
- mad man ×1
- who is mad ×1
- is mad ×1
Bible verses with H7696 (shâgaʻ)
Shâgaʻ appears in 6 verses.
- Deuteronomy 28:34
So that thou shalt be mad for the sight of thine eyes which thou shalt see.
- 1 Samuel 21:14
Then said Achish unto his servants, Lo, ye see the man is mad: wherefore then have ye brought him to me?
- 1 Samuel 21:15
Have I need of mad men, that ye have brought this fellow to play the mad man in my presence? shall this fellow come into my house?
- 2 Kings 9:11
Then Jehu came forth to the servants of his lord: and one said unto him, Is all well? wherefore came this mad fellow to thee? And he said unto them, Ye know the man, and his communication.
- Jeremiah 29:26
The Lord hath made thee priest in the stead of Jehoiada the priest, that ye should be officers in the house of the Lord, for every man that is mad, and maketh himself a prophet, that thou shouldest put him in prison, and in the stocks.
- Hosea 9:7
The days of visitation are come, the days of recompence are come; Israel shall know it: the prophet is a fool, the spiritual man is mad, for the multitude of thine iniquity, and the great hatred.