Hebrew

To shine

הָלַלStrong’s H1984

halal (ha-lal)

Appears in 140 verses of the Old Testament

In short

Halal is the Hebrew word usually translated “praise”, “praise him” and “praised”. It appears in 140 verses of the Old Testament.

“The princes also of Pharaoh saw her, and commended her before Pharaoh: and the woman was taken into Pharaoh’s house.”

Genesis 12:15 KJV

Meaning

To shine(Qal) to shine (fig. of God's favour) · (Hiphil) to flash forth light
To praise, boast, be boastful(Qal) · (Piel) · (Pual) · (Hithpael) to boast, glory, make one's boast
(Poel) to make a fool of, make into a fool(Hithpoel) to act madly, act like a madman

How it's translated

praise 35
praise him 16
to praise 9
and they praised 5
i will praise 5
he boast 4
and to praise 4
and to be praised 4

Word-by-word English from the STEPBible tagged text.

Where it's used most

Psalms 76
2 Chronicles 10
Jeremiah 10
Proverbs 9
1 Chronicles 8
Isaiah 7

19 books in all.

Related words

Explore in Scripture

All 140 verses, by book

Genesis 1: 12:15
Judges 1: 16:24
1 Samuel 1: 21:13
2 Samuel 2: 14:25 22:4
1 Kings 1: 20:11
1 Chronicles 8: 16:4 16:10 16:25 16:36 23:5 23:30 25:3 29:13
2 Chronicles 10: 5:13 7:6 8:14 20:19 20:21 23:12 23:13 29:30 30:21 31:2
Ezra 2: 3:10 3:11
Nehemiah 2: 5:13 12:24
Job 4: 12:17 29:3 31:26 41:18
Psalms 76: 5:5 10:3 18:3 22:22 22:23 22:26 34:2 35:18 44:8 48:1 49:6 52:1 56:4 56:10 63:5 63:11 64:10 69:30 69:34 73:3 74:21 75:4 78:63 84:4 96:4 97:7 102:8 102:18 104:35 105:3 105:45 106:1 106:5 106:48 107:32 109:30 111:1 112:1 113:1 113:3 113:9 115:17 115:18 116:19 117:1 117:2 119:164 119:175 135:1 135:3 135:21 145:2 145:3 146:1 146:2 146:10 147:1 147:12 147:20 148:1 148:2 148:3 148:4 148:5 148:7 148:13 148:14 149:1 149:3 149:9 150:1 150:2 150:3 150:4 150:5 150:6
Proverbs 9: 12:8 20:14 25:14 27:1 27:2 28:4 31:28 31:30 31:31
Ecclesiastes 2: 2:2 7:7
Song of Solomon 1: 6:9
Isaiah 7: 13:10 38:18 41:16 44:25 45:25 62:9 64:11
Jeremiah 10: 4:2 9:23 9:24 20:13 25:16 31:7 46:9 49:4 50:38 51:7
Ezekiel 1: 26:17
Joel 1: 2:26
Nahum 1: 2:4

Hebrew dictionary

הָלַל halal · to shine

1) to shine 1a) (Qal) to shine (fig. of God's favour) 1b) (Hiphil) to flash forth light

הָלַל halal · to boast

: praise 1) to praise, boast, be boastful 1a) (Qal) 1a1) to be boastful 1a2) boastful ones, boasters (participle) 1b) (Piel) 1b1) to praise 1b2) to boast, make a boast 1c) (Pual) 1c1) to be praised, be made praiseworthy, be commended, be worthy of praise 1d) (Hithpael) to boast, glory, make one's boast

הָלַל halal · to be foolish

1) (Poel) to make a fool of, make into a fool 1f) (Hithpoel) to act madly, act like a madman

From STEPBible’s Hebrew lexicon (based on Brown-Driver-Briggs).

Webster's 1828 Dictionary

How the English word “shine” was understood when the King James Version was still the common Bible of English readers.

SHINE, verb intransitive

[If s is a prefix, this word accords with the root of Latin canus, caneo.

To emit rays of light; to give light; to beam with steady radiance; to exhibit lightness or splendor; as, the sun shines by day; the moon shines by night.
To be bright; to be lively and animated; to be brilliant.
To be unclouded; as, the moon shines.
To be glossy or bright, as silk.

All definitions and other forms of “shine”

To be gay or splendid.
To be beautiful.
To be eminent, conspicuous or distinguished; as, to shine in courts.
To give light, real or figurative.
To manifest glorious excellencies.
To be clearly published.
To be conspicuously displayed; to be manifest.“Let your light so shine before men-” Matthew 5:16

SHINE, noun

Fair weather.
Brightness; splendor; luster; gloss.

Noah Webster, An American Dictionary of the English Language (1828). Verse references are checked against the KJV. Read the full entry.

Verses are from the King James Version. Word meanings come from the original Hebrew, not from any one translation.