Definition
a primitive root; properly, to address in a loud tone, i.e. (specifically) loud; figuratively, to pacify (as if by words)
Traditional renderings: commend, glory, keep in, praise, still, triumph.
Traditional renderings: commend, glory, keep in, praise, still, triumph.
In the Greek Old Testament
How the ancient Greek translation of the Old Testament renders שָׁבַח:
- καυχάομαιkauchaomai“to boast”always
Usage patterns
Occurrences
11 total
- 1 Chronicles 16:35לְהִשְׁתַּבֵּ֖חַ · that we may gloryThen 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.’
- Psalm 63:3יְשַׁבְּחֽוּנְךָ׃ · will glorify YouBecause Your loving devotion is better than life, my lips will glorify You.
- Psalm 65:7מַשְׁבִּ֤יחַ׀ · You stilledYou stilled the roaring of the seas, the pounding of their waves, and the tumult of the nations.
- Psalm 89:9תְשַׁבְּחֵֽם׃ · still themYou rule the raging sea; when its waves mount up, You still them.
- Psalm 106:47לְ֝הִשְׁתַּבֵּ֗חַ · that we may glorySave us, O LORD our God, and gather us from the nations, that we may give thanks to Your holy name, that we may glory in Your praise.
- Psalm 117:1שַׁ֝בְּח֗וּהוּ · Extol HimPraise the LORD, all you nations! Extol Him, all you peoples!
- Psalm 145:4יְשַׁבַּ֣ח · will commendOne generation will commend Your works to the next, and will proclaim Your mighty acts—
- Psalm 147:12שַׁבְּחִ֣י · ExaltExalt the LORD, O Jerusalem; praise your God, O Zion!
- Proverbs 29:11יְשַׁבְּחֶֽנָּה׃ · holdsA fool vents all his anger, but a wise man holds it back.
- Ecclesiastes 4:2וְשַׁבֵּ֧חַ · admiredSo I admired the dead, who had already died, above the living, who are still alive.
- Ecclesiastes 8:15וְשִׁבַּ֤חְתִּֽי · commendedSo 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.