Strong H1984H1984Hהָלַל
to boast: boast
One of the 5 senses of Strong H1984
- Transliteration
- hâlal
- Pronunciation
- haw-lal'
- Morphology
- Hebrew Verb
Definition
: boast
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
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
General definition
A primitive root; to be clear (originally of {sound} but usually of color); to shine; hence to make a show; to boast; and thus to be (clamorously) foolish; to rave; causatively to celebrate; also to stultify: - (make) boast ({self}) {celebrate} {commend} ({deal} {make}) fool ({-ish} {-ly}) {glory} give {[light]} be ({make} feign self) mad ({against}) give in {marriage} {[sing} be worthy of] {praise} {rage} {renowned} shine.
In the Bible
Strong H1984H appears in 20 verses of the KJV.
Translated in the KJV by
- glory9
- boast6
- boasteth2
- boastest1
- gloriest1
- let1
- way1
First verses
- 1 Kings 20:11And the king of Israel answered and said, Tell him, Let not him that girdeth on his harness boast himself as he that putteth it off.
- 1 Chronicles 16:10Glory ye in his holy name: let the heart of them rejoice that seek the Lord.
- Psalms 10:3For the wicked boasteth of his heart’s desire, and blesseth the covetous, whom the Lord abhorreth.
- Psalms 34:2My soul shall make her boast in the Lord: the humble shall hear thereof, and be glad.
- Psalms 44:8In God we boast all the day long, and praise thy name for ever. Selah.
- Psalms 49:6They that trust in their wealth, and boast themselves in the multitude of their riches;
- Psalms 52:1Why boastest thou thyself in mischief, O mighty man? the goodness of God endureth continually.
- Psalms 63:11But the king shall rejoice in God; every one that sweareth by him shall glory: but the mouth of them that speak lies shall be stopped.
- Psalms 64:10The righteous shall be glad in the Lord, and shall trust in him; and all the upright in heart shall glory.
- Psalms 97:7Confounded be all they that serve graven images, that boast themselves of idols: worship him, all ye gods.
- Psalms 105:3Glory ye in his holy name: let the heart of them rejoice that seek the Lord.
- Psalms 106:5That I may see the good of thy chosen, that I may rejoice in the gladness of thy nation, that I may glory with thine inheritance.
- Proverbs 20:14It is naught, it is naught, saith the buyer: but when he is gone his way, then he boasteth.
- Proverbs 25:14Whoso boasteth himself of a false gift is like clouds and wind without rain.
- Proverbs 27:1Boast not thyself of to morrow; for thou knowest not what a day may bring forth.
- Isaiah 41:16Thou shalt fan them, and the wind shall carry them away, and the whirlwind shall scatter them: and thou shalt rejoice in the Lord, and shalt glory in the Holy One of Israel.
- Isaiah 45:25In the Lord shall all the seed of Israel be justified, and shall glory.
- Jeremiah 4:2And thou shalt swear, The Lord liveth, in truth, in judgment, and in righteousness; and the nations shall bless themselves in him, and in him shall they glory.
- Jeremiah 9:24But let him that glorieth glory in this, that he understandeth and knoweth me, that I am the Lord which exercise lovingkindness, judgment, and righteousness, in the earth: for in these things I delight, saith the Lord.
- Jeremiah 49:4Wherefore gloriest thou in the valleys, thy flowing valley, O backsliding daughter? that trusted in her treasures, saying, Who shall come unto me?