Siach means “ponder” — full meaning, definition, and every linked Bible usage across the indexed canon.
Strong's H7878 שִׂיַח (siyach) is a Hebrew Strong's word-study entry. siyach (see'-akh) v. 1. to ponder 2. (by implication) converse (with oneself, and hence, aloud) or (transitively) utter It has 20 linked Bible usages across 6 books. Visible English usage signals include meditate, declare, complain, aloud, and complained. Indexed coverage on this page includes Old Testament.
siyach (see'-akh) v. 1. to ponder 2. (by implication) converse (with oneself, and hence, aloud) or (transitively) utter [a primitive root] KJV: commune, complain, declare, meditate, muse, pray, speak, talk (with).
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to muse
Usage: 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
The English word each shown verse actually uses to render siyach, taken from the interlinear word alignment (the same word underlined in the excerpts below). Where a rendering is used more than once, the count is shown.
Indexed coverage includes Old Testament. Each section below keeps corpus counts and sample passages visible so readers can compare the word across contexts instead of reading one flat concordance list.
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20 indexed usages in Old Testament.
Speak, ye that ride on white asses, ye that sit in judgment, and walk by the way.
Sing unto him, sing psalms unto him, talk ye of all his wondrous works.
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.
First 20 linked usage excerpts for Strong's H7878.
Speak, ye that ride on white asses, ye that sit in judgment, and walk by the way.
Sing unto him, sing psalms unto him, talk ye of all his wondrous works.
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.
Or speak to the earth, and it shall teach thee: and the fishes of the sea shall declare unto thee.
Evening, and morning, and at noon, will I pray, and cry aloud: and he shall hear my voice.
They that sit in the gate speak against me; and I was the song of the drunkards.
I remembered God, and was troubled: I complained, and my spirit was overwhelmed. Selah.
I call to remembrance my song in the night: I commune with mine own heart: and my spirit made diligent search.
I will meditate also of all thy work, and talk of thy doings.
Sing unto him, sing psalms unto him: talk ye of all his wondrous works.
I will meditate in thy precepts, and have respect unto thy ways.
Princes also did sit and speak against me: but thy servant did meditate in thy statutes.
Make me to understand the way of thy precepts: so shall I talk of thy wondrous works.
My hands also will I lift up unto thy commandments, which I have loved; and I will meditate in thy statutes.
Let the proud be ashamed; for they dealt perversely with me without a cause: but I will meditate in thy precepts.
Mine eyes prevent the night watches, that I might meditate in thy word.
I remember the days of old; I meditate on all thy works; I muse on the work of thy hands.
I will speak of the glorious honour of thy majesty, and of thy wondrous works.
When thou goest, it shall lead thee; when thou sleepest, it shall keep thee; and when thou awakest, it shall talk with thee.
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.
Every indexed verse link for Strong's H7878, grouped by book.
Siach (Strong's H7878) is a Hebrew word most simply glossed "ponder". siyach (see'-akh) v. 1. to ponder 2. (by implication) converse (with oneself, and hence, aloud) or (transitively) utter
This page currently indexes 20 linked usages for Strong's H7878 across 6 books.
Use the linked verse references on this page to study Strong's H7878 in context. The indexed coverage includes Old Testament.
The visible usage excerpts most often surface English words such as meditate, declare, complain, aloud, complained, and commune. These are scanning signals from the displayed verses, not replacements for the original-language definition.