Strong H7878שִׂיחַ

to muse

Transliteration
ώîyach
Pronunciation
see'-akh
Morphology
Hebrew Verb

Definition

A primitive root; to {ponder} that {is} (by implication) converse (with {oneself} and hence aloud) or (transitively) utter: - {commune} {complain} {declare} {meditate} {muse} {pray} {speak} talk (with).

Detailed definition

1) to put forth, mediate, muse, commune, speak, complain, ponder, sing
1a) (Qal)
1a1) to complain
1a2) to muse, meditate upon, study, ponder
1a3) to talk, sing, speak
1b) (Polel) to meditate, consider, put forth thoughts

In the Bible

Strong H7878 appears in 20 verses of the KJV.

Translated in the KJV by

  • meditate5
  • talk5
  • speak4
  • complain2
  • commune1
  • declare1
  • muse1
  • pray1

First verses

  1. Judges 5:10
    Speak, ye that ride on white asses, ye that sit in judgment, and walk by the way.
  2. 1 Chronicles 16:9
    Sing unto him, sing psalms unto him, talk ye of all his wondrous works.
  3. Job 7:11
    Therefore I will not refrain my mouth; I will speak in the anguish of my spirit; I will complain in the bitterness of my soul.
  4. Job 12:8
    Or speak to the earth, and it shall teach thee: and the fishes of the sea shall declare unto thee.
  5. Psalms 55:17
    Evening, and morning, and at noon, will I pray, and cry aloud: and he shall hear my voice.
  6. Psalms 69:12
    They that sit in the gate speak against me; and I was the song of the drunkards.
  7. Psalms 77:3
    I remembered God, and was troubled: I complained, and my spirit was overwhelmed. Selah.
  8. Psalms 77:6
    I call to remembrance my song in the night: I commune with mine own heart: and my spirit made diligent search.
  9. Psalms 77:12
    I will meditate also of all thy work, and talk of thy doings.
  10. Psalms 105:2
    Sing unto him, sing psalms unto him: talk ye of all his wondrous works.
  11. Psalms 119:15
    I will meditate in thy precepts, and have respect unto thy ways.
  12. Psalms 119:23
    Princes also did sit and speak against me: but thy servant did meditate in thy statutes.
  13. Psalms 119:27
    Make me to understand the way of thy precepts: so shall I talk of thy wondrous works.
  14. Psalms 119:48
    My hands also will I lift up unto thy commandments, which I have loved; and I will meditate in thy statutes.
  15. Psalms 119:78
    Let the proud be ashamed; for they dealt perversely with me without a cause: but I will meditate in thy precepts.
  16. Psalms 119:148
    Mine eyes prevent the night watches, that I might meditate in thy word.
  17. Psalms 143:5
    I remember the days of old; I meditate on all thy works; I muse on the work of thy hands.
  18. Psalms 145:5
    I will speak of the glorious honour of thy majesty, and of thy wondrous works.
  19. Proverbs 6:22
    When thou goest, it shall lead thee; when thou sleepest, it shall keep thee; and when thou awakest, it shall talk with thee.
  20. Isaiah 53:8
    He was taken from prison and from judgment: and who shall declare his generation? for he was cut off out of the land of the living: for the transgression of my people was he stricken.
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