Strong H76232 sensesשָׁבַח

to praise · to soothe

Transliteration
shâbach
Pronunciation
shaw-bakh'

The 2 senses of Strong H7623

The lexicon tells 2 senses apart under this number. In the Bible, each word leads to the one it has in its verse. Strong H7623 appears in 11 verses of the KJV, all senses together.

  1. to praiseH7623Bto laud, praise, commend8 verses · 1 Chronicles, Psalms, Ecclesiastes
  2. to sootheH7623Ato soothe, still, stroke3 verses · Psalms, Proverbs

General definition

A primitive root; properly to address in a loud {tone} that {is} (specifically) loud; figuratively to pacify (as if by words): - {commend} {glory} keep {in} {praise} {still} triumph.

In the Bible

Translated in the KJV by

  • praise5
  • commend1
  • glory1
  • keepeth1
  • stilleth1
  • thou1
  • triumph1

First verses

  1. 1 Chronicles 16:35
    And say ye, Save us, O God of our salvation, and gather us together, and deliver us from the heathen, that we may give thanks to thy holy name, and glory in thy praise.
  2. Psalms 63:3
    Because thy lovingkindness is better than life, my lips shall praise thee.
  3. Psalms 65:7
    Which stilleth the noise of the seas, the noise of their waves, and the tumult of the people.
  4. Psalms 89:9
    Thou rulest the raging of the sea: when the waves thereof arise, thou stillest them.
  5. Psalms 106:47
    Save us, O Lord our God, and gather us from among the heathen, to give thanks unto thy holy name, and to triumph in thy praise.
  6. Psalms 117:1
    O praise the Lord, all ye nations: praise him, all ye people.
  7. Psalms 145:4
    One generation shall praise thy works to another, and shall declare thy mighty acts.
  8. Psalms 147:12
    Praise the Lord, O Jerusalem; praise thy God, O Zion.
  9. Proverbs 29:11
    A fool uttereth all his mind: but a wise man keepeth it in till afterwards.
  10. Ecclesiastes 4:2
    Wherefore I praised the dead which are already dead more than the living which are yet alive.
  11. Ecclesiastes 8:15
    Then I commended mirth, because a man hath no better thing under the sun, than to eat, and to drink, and to be merry: for that shall abide with him of his labour the days of his life, which God giveth him under the sun.