Quick Definition
praise
Strong's Definition
laudation; specifically (concretely) a hymn
Derivation: from H1984 (הָלַל);
KJV Usage: praise.
TWOT Reference: 500c
Outline of Biblical Usage
Septuagint (LXX) Greek Equivalents
This Hebrew word is translated by the following Greek words in the Septuagint:
STEPBible — Tyndale Abridged Hebrew Lexicon
תְּהִלָּה (te.hil.lah) — praise. 1) praise, song or hymn of praise 1a) praise, adoration, thanksgiving (paid to God) 1b) act of general or public praise 1c) praise-song (as title) 1d) praise (demanded by qualities or deeds or attributes of God) 1e) renown, fame, glory 1e1) of Damascus, God 1e2) object of praise, possessor of renown (fig)
UBS Dictionary of Biblical Hebrew
noun f · הלל
Praise
praise = action by which humans express their appreciation, admiration, respect, and/or gratitude to deities about who they are and what they do
2CH 20:22 · NEH 9:5 · NEH 12:46 · PSA 22:4 · PSA 22:26 · PSA 33:1 · PSA 34:2 · PSA 48:11 · PSA 65:2 · PSA 66:8 · PSA 71:6 · PSA 71:14 · PSA 100:4 · PSA 106:47 · PSA 109:1 · PSA 119:171 · PSA 145:21 · ISA 60:18 · ISA 61:3 · ISA 61:11 · JER 49:25
Great | ≈ הֹוד · שֵׁם · תִפְאֶרֶת
praiseworthiness = state in which humans or deities are considered worthy of praise
DEU 26:19 · 1CH 16:35 · PSA 35:28 · PSA 51:17 · PSA 71:8 · PSA 79:13 · PSA 102:22 · PSA 106:2 · PSA 106:12 · PSA 111:10 · PSA 148:14 · ISA 42:8 · ISA 42:10 · ISA 42:12 · ISA 43:21 · ISA 48:9 · JER 13:11 · JER 33:9 · JER 48:2 · HAB 3:3 · ZEP 3:19 · ZEP 3:20
Events
praiseworthy deed = a deed that merits appreciation, admiration, respect, and/or gratitude
Objects
object of praise = a people or objects that merit appreciation, admiration, respect, and/or gratitude
1 JER 49:25 MT-K תהלה | MT-Q תְּהִלָּה
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Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew Lexicon
תְּהִלָּה n.f. praise, song of praise praise, adoration, thanksgiving, paid to י׳
the act of general, public, praise
praise-song, as title
qualities, deeds, etc., of י׳, demanding praise
renown, fame, glory
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