H7623 שָׁבַח (shâbach) shaw-bakh'

Hebrew

Strong's Definition

properly, to address in aloud tone, i.e. (specifically) loud; figuratively, to pacify (as if by words)

Derivation: a primitive root;

KJV Usage: commend, glory, keep in, praise, still, triumph.

TWOT Reference: 2312,2313

Outline of Biblical Usage

1) to soothe, still, stroke

1a) (Piel) to soothe, still

1b) (Hiphil) stilling (participle)

2) to laud, praise, commend

2a) (Piel)

2a1) to laud, praise (God)

2a2) to commend, congratulate (the dead)

2b) (Hithpael) to boast

Septuagint (LXX) Greek Equivalents

This Hebrew word is translated by the following Greek words in the Septuagint:

G134 G1867 G1950 G2744

STEPBible — Tyndale Abridged Hebrew Lexicon

שָׁבַח (sha.vach) — to soothe. 1) to soothe, still, stroke 1a) (Piel) to soothe, still 1b) (Hiphil) stilling (participle)

שָׁבַח (sha.vach) — 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)

UBS Dictionary of Biblical Hebrew

שׁבח (H7623 · A7624)

verb

Think

to consider good, to consider fortunate = state in which humans think positively about (other) humans or events

ECC 4:2 · ECC 8:15

Speak | ≈ נגד

to commend, to laud = action by which humans speak to other humans about certain matters with appreciation

PSA 145:4

Praise | verb pi | ≈ ידה · הדר · הלל · רום

to praise = action by which humans express their appreciation, admiration, respect, and/or gratitude to deities about who they are and what they do

PSA 63:4 · PSA 117:1 · PSA 147:12 · ECC 8:10 · DAN 2:23 · DAN 4:31 · DAN 4:34 · DAN 5:4 · DAN 5:23

Great | verb hit

to glory (in an activity) = process by which humans consider themselves priviliged to be able to do something

1CH 16:35 · PSA 106:47

verb · יִשְׁבָּח

Control | verb hif, verb pi

to hold back, to still, to calm, to control = state in which humans or deities have the ability to keep things from happening or stop happening

PSA 65:8 · PSA 89:10 · PRO 29:11

¹ ECC 8:10 LXX "ἐπῃνέθησαν" VUL "laudabantur" RSV NRSV ESV "were praised" NIV "receive praise" REB "priding themselves" GNT "praise" | MT NJPS CEV "were forgotten" NJB "forgetting" = וישׁתכחו

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Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew Lexicon

[שָׁבַח] vb. Pi. soothe, still Pi. he stilleth it

Hiph. stilling the roar of the seas.

base

[שָׁבַח] vb. Pi. laud, praise Hithp. boast

base

Bible Occurrences (11)

16:35

63:3 65:7 89:9 106:47 117:1 145:4 147:12

29:11

4:2 8:15

1 Chronicles 16:35

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.

Proverbs 29:11

A fool vents all his anger, but a wise man holds it back.

Ecclesiastes 4:2

So I admired the dead, who had already died, above the living, who... are still alive.

Ecclesiastes 8:15

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.