To praise
שְׁבַחStrong’s H7624shevach (she-vach)
Appears in 5 verses of the Old Testament
In short
Shevach is the Aramaic word usually translated “praising”, “praised” and “have praised”. It appears in 5 verses of the Old Testament.
“I thank thee, and praise thee, O thou God of my fathers, who hast given me wisdom and might, and hast made known unto me now what we desired of thee: for thou hast now made known unto us the king’s matter.”
Meaning
- (Pael) to laud, praise, adulate, adore
How it's translated
- and praising 1
- i praised 1
- praising 1
- and they praised 1
- you have praised 1
Word-by-word English from the STEPBible tagged text.
Where it's used most
- Daniel 5
1 book in all.
Explore in Scripture
- Daniel 4:34In contextAnd at the end of the days I Nebuchadnezzar lifted up mine eyes unto heaven, and mine understanding returned unto me, and I blessed the most High, and I praised and honoured him that liveth for ever, whose dominion is an everlasting dominion, and his kingdom is from generation to generation:
- Daniel 4:37In contextNow I Nebuchadnezzar praise and extol and honour the King of heaven, all whose works are truth, and his ways judgment: and those that walk in pride he is able to abase.
- Daniel 5:4In contextThey drank wine, and praised the gods of gold, and of silver, of brass, of iron, of wood, and of stone.
- Daniel 5:23In contextBut hast lifted up thyself against the Lord of heaven; and they have brought the vessels of his house before thee, and thou, and thy lords, thy wives, and thy concubines, have drunk wine in them; and thou hast praised the gods of silver, and gold, of brass, iron, wood, and stone, which see not, nor hear, nor know: and the God in whose hand thy breath is, and whose are all thy ways, hast thou not glorified:
Aramaic dictionary
שְׁבַח shevach · to praise
(Pael) to laud, praise, adulate, adore Aramaic of sha.vach (שָׁבַח "to praise" H7623B)
From STEPBible’s Hebrew lexicon (based on Brown-Driver-Briggs).
Webster's 1828 Dictionary
How the English word “praise” was understood when the King James Version was still the common Bible of English readers.
PRAISE, noun
s as z. [Latin pretium.]
- Commendation bestowed on a person for his personal virtues or worthy actions, on meritorious actions themselves, or on any thing valuable; approbation expressed in words or song. praise may be expressed by an individual, and in this circumstance differs from fame, renown, and celebrity, which are the expression of the approbation of numbers, or public commendation.
- The expression of gratitude for personal favors conferred; a glorifying or extolling.“He hath put a new song into my mouth, even praise to our God” Psalms 40:3
- The object, ground or reason of praise“He is thy praise and he is thy God” Deuteronomy 10:21
All definitions and other forms of “praise”
PRAISE, verb transitive
[Latin tollo, extollo; pretium.]
- To commend; to applaud; to express approbation of personal worth or actions.
- To extol in words or song; to magnify; to glorify on account of perfections or excellent works.“PRAISE him, all his angels, praise ye him, all his hosts” Psalms 148:2
- To express gratitude for personal favors.
- To do honor to; to display the excellence of.
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 Aramaic, not from any one translation.