# H7696 שָׁגַע

שָׁגַע (shâgaʻ), Strong’s H7696: to rave through insanity KJV: (be, play the) mad (man).. Occurs 7 times.

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*shâgaʻ* — to rave through insanity

KJV: (be, play the) mad (man).

Occurs 7 times.

## Brown–Driver–Briggs
- [שָׁגַע] vb. Pu. be mad
- Pu. thou shalt be maddened
- Hithp. shew madness

## Where it occurs
- [Deuteronomy 28:34](https://besorah.bible/tanakh/deuteronomy/28?v=34) — so that the sights that you see with your eyes will drive you mad.
- [1 Samuel 21:15](https://besorah.bible/tanakh/1-samuel/21?v=15) — Then Achish said to his servants, “Look, you see the man is insane. Why then have you brought him to me?
- [1 Samuel 21:16](https://besorah.bible/tanakh/1-samuel/21?v=16) — Do I lack madmen, that you have brought this fellow to play the madman in my presence? Should this fellow come into my…
- [2 Kings 9:11](https://besorah.bible/tanakh/2-kings/9?v=11) — When Jehu came out to the servants of his lord and one said to him, “Is all well? Why did this madman come to you?” He…
- [Jeremiah 29:26](https://besorah.bible/tanakh/jeremiah/29?v=26) — “The LORD has made you priest in the place of Jehoiada the priest, that there may be officers in the LORD’s house, for…
- [Hosea 9:7](https://besorah.bible/tanakh/hosea/9?v=7) — The days of visitation have come. The days of reckoning have come. Israel will consider the prophet to be a fool, and…