Shavach שָׁבַח
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| שָׁבַח | |
|---|---|
| Transliteration | shavach |
| Strong's number | H7623 (H7623B, H7623A) |
| Language | Hebrew |
| Part of speech | verb |
| Gloss | to praise |
| Occurrences | 11 in 11 verses |
| Most frequent in | Psalms (7) |
Shavach (Hebrew שָׁבַח, Strong's H7623) is a Hebrew verb meaning “to praise”. It occurs 11 times in 11 verses of the Old Testament.
Definition
H7623B: to praise
1) to laud, praise, commend
1a) (Piel)
1a1) to laud, praise (God)
1a2) to commend, congratulate (the dead)
1b) (Hithpael) to boast
Aramaic equivalent: she.vach (שְׁבַח "to praise" H7624)
1a) (Piel)
1a1) to laud, praise (God)
1a2) to commend, congratulate (the dead)
1b) (Hithpael) to boast
Aramaic equivalent: she.vach (שְׁבַח "to praise" H7624)
H7623A: to soothe
1) to soothe, still, stroke
1a) (Piel) to soothe, still
1b) (Hiphil) stilling (participle)
1a) (Piel) to soothe, still
1b) (Hiphil) stilling (participle)
From the STEPBible Brief Lexicon of Hebrew (based on the abridged Brown-Driver-Briggs), STEPBible.org, CC BY 4.0.
Translated as
| KJV | praise (4), glory (1), stilleth (1), stillest (1), triumph (1), keepeth (1), praised (1), commended (1) |
|---|---|
| BSB | we may glory (2), will glorify you (1), you stilled (1), still them (1), extol him (1), will commend (1), exalt (1), holds (1), admired (1), commended (1) |
Verses
Every verse with Shavach, with the English words that translate it highlighted (KJV or BSB; other translations show the KJV here).
1 Chronicles
- 1 Chronicles 16:35And say ye, Save us, O God of our salvation, and gather us together, and deliver us from the heathen, that we may give thanks to thy holy name, and glory in thy praise.Then cry out: ‘Save us, O God of our salvation; gather and deliver us from the nations, that we may give thanks to Your holy name, that we may glory in Your praise.’
Psalms
- Psalm 63:3Because thy lovingkindness is better than life, my lips shall praise thee.Because Your loving devotion is better than life, my lips will glorify You.
- Psalm 65:7Which stilleth the noise of the seas, the noise of their waves, and the tumult of the people.You stilled the roaring of the seas, the pounding of their waves, and the tumult of the nations.
- Psalm 89:9Thou rulest the raging of the sea: when the waves thereof arise, thou stillest them.You rule the raging sea; when its waves mount up, You still them.
- Psalm 106:47Save us, O LORD our God, and gather us from among the heathen, to give thanks unto thy holy name, and to triumph in thy praise.Save us, O LORD our God, and gather us from the nations, that we may give thanks to Your holy name, that we may glory in Your praise.
- Psalm 117:1O praise the LORD, all ye nations: praise him, all ye people.Praise the LORD, all you nations! Extol Him, all you peoples!
- Psalm 145:4One generation shall praise thy works to another, and shall declare thy mighty acts.One generation will commend Your works to the next, and will proclaim Your mighty acts—
- Psalm 147:12Praise the LORD, O Jerusalem; praise thy God, O Zion.Exalt the LORD, O Jerusalem; praise your God, O Zion!
Proverbs
- Proverbs 29:11A fool uttereth all his mind: but a wise man keepeth it in till afterwards.A fool vents all his anger, but a wise man holds it back.
Ecclesiastes
- Ecclesiastes 4:2Wherefore I praised the dead which are already dead more than the living which are yet alive.So I admired the dead, who had already died, above the living, who are still alive.
- Ecclesiastes 8:15Then I commended mirth, because a man hath no better thing under the sun, than to eat, and to drink, and to be merry: for that shall abide with him of his labour the days of his life, which God giveth him under the sun.So I commended the enjoyment of life, because there is nothing better for a man under the sun than to eat and drink and be merry. For this joy will accompany him in his labor during the days of his life that God gives him under the sun.
Notes
- Definition and verse list from STEPBible's tagged Hebrew Old Testament (TAHOT) and Greek New Testament (TAGNT) and Brief Lexicons, STEPBible.org, CC BY 4.0.
- English renderings from the public-domain KJV with Strong's numbers (eBible.org) and the Berean Standard Bible interlinear (public domain).