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Bible Lexicons

Old Testament Hebrew Lexical Dictionary

Strong's #7623 - שָׁבַח

Transliteration

shâbach

Phonetics

shaw-bakh'

Origin

a primitive root

Parts of Speech

Verb

TWOT

2312,2313

Definition

Brown-Driver-Briggs'

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

Brown-Driver-Briggs
Strong

Greek Equivalent Words:

Strong #: 2744 ‑ καυχάομαι (kow‑khah'‑om‑ahee); 134 ‑ αἰνέω (ahee‑neh'‑o); 1867 ‑ ἐπαινέω (ep‑ahee‑neh'‑o); 1950 ‑ ἐπιλανθάνομαι (ep‑ee‑lan‑than'‑om‑ahee);

Frequency Lists

Book
Word

KJV (11)

1 Chronicles

Psalms

Proverbs

Ecclesiastes

HCS ( 0 )

HCS (11)

1 Chronicles

Psalms

Proverbs

Ecclesiastes

BSB (11)

1 Chronicles

Psalms

Proverbs

Ecclesiastes

ESV (11)

1 Chronicles

Psalms

Proverbs

Ecclesiastes

WEB (10)

1 Chronicles

Psalms

Proverbs

Ecclesiastes

Verse Results

Ancient Hebrew Lexicon Definitions

2804) h b s (סהבהה ShBHh) AC: Still CO: ? AB: ?: A calming or quieting of something by speaking or stroking smoothly.

V) h b s (סהבהה ShBHh) - Still: To refrain from moving and be calm. [Hebrew and Aramaic] KJV (16): (vf: Hiphil, Hitpael, Piel, Participle) praise, still, keep, glory, triumph, commend - Strongs: H7623 (שָׁבַח), H7624 (שְׁבַח)

Gesenius' Hebrew and Chaldee Definition

שָׁבַח not used in Kal; prop. to soothe, to stroke; Arabic سبح to swim, which is done by stroking the water; hence

Piel

(1) to still the waves, Psalms 89:10 (mulcere fluctus, Virg. Æn. i. 70); anger, Proverbs 29:11. Compare חִלָּה.

(2) to praise, pr. to soothe with praises (Arabic سَبَّحَ, Eth. ሰብሐ፡ id.), Ecclesiastes 8:15 especially God, Psalms 63:4, 117:1 147:12.

(3) to pronounce happy, Ecclesiastes 4:2 (where שַׁבֵּחַ stands for מְשַׁבֵּחַ). Compare Chald.

Hiphil, i.q. Piel No. 1, to still (waves), Psalms 65:8.

Hithpael, followed by בְּ to boast in anything, Psalms 106:47; 1 Chronicles 16:35.

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List of Word Forms

בחוהו וְשִׁבַּ֤חְתִּֽי וְשַׁבֵּ֧חַ ושבח ושבחתי יְשַׁבְּחֶֽנָּה׃ יְשַׁבְּחֽוּנְךָ׃ יְשַׁבַּ֣ח ישבח ישבחונך׃ ישבחנה׃ לְ֝הִשְׁתַּבֵּ֗חַ לְהִשְׁתַּבֵּ֖חַ להשתבח מַשְׁבִּ֤יחַ ׀ משביח שַׁ֝בְּח֗וּהוּ שַׁבְּחִ֣י שבחי תְשַׁבְּחֵֽם׃ תשבחם׃ bə·ḥū·hū beChuhu bəḥūhū lə·hiš·tab·bê·aḥ lehishtabBeach ləhištabbêaḥ maš·bî·aḥ mašbîaḥ mashBiach šab·bə·ḥî šabbəḥî shabbeChi ṯə·šab·bə·ḥêm ṯəšabbəḥêm teshabbeChem veshabBeach veshibBachti wə·šab·bê·aḥ wə·šib·baḥ·tî wəšabbêaḥ wəšibbaḥtî yə·šab·baḥ yə·šab·bə·ḥen·nāh yə·šab·bə·ḥū·nə·ḵā yəšabbaḥ yəšabbəḥennāh yəšabbəḥūnəḵā yeshabBach yeshabbeChennah yeshabbeChunecha

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