שָׁבַחshâbach
שָׁבַח: soothe, still
Pronunciation: shaw-bakh' · Hebrew/Aramaic (Old Testament) · H7623
Meanings
Pi`el: stilleth, stillest (Proverbs 29:11; Psalms 89:10)
Hiph`il: stilling, (probably Masoretic error for Pi`el מְשַׁבֵּחַ) (Psalms 65:8)
שָׁבַח: Pi`el: laud, praise
1. laud, praise (Psalms 63:4; Psalms 147:12; Psalms 117:1)
2. commend, congratulate (Ecclesiastes 4:2; Ecclesiastes 8:15)
Hitph.: boast (Psalms 106:47; 1 Chronicles 16:35)
Same root
Where it appears
Appears 11 times in the Bible.
- 1 Chronicles 16:35 Cry out, “Save us, O God of our salvation! Gather and rescue us from among the nations, so we can thank your holy name and rejoice and praise you.”
- Psalms 63:3 Your unfailing love is better than life itself; how I praise you!
- Psalms 65:7 You quieted the raging oceans with their pounding waves and silenced the shouting of the nations.
- Psalms 89:9 You rule the oceans. You subdue their storm-tossed waves.
- Psalms 106:47 Save us, O Lord our God! Gather us back from among the nations, so we can thank your holy name and rejoice and praise you.
- Psalms 117:1 Praise the Lord, all you nations. Praise him, all you people of the earth.
Source: Brown, Driver and Briggs, Hebrew and English Lexicon of the Old Testament (1906), public domain; markup by unfoldingWord, CC BY (github.com/unfoldingWord/Brown-Driver-Briggs-Enhanced).