Shâbach — H7623

Definition

verb

properly, to address in aloud tone, i.e. (specifically) loud; figuratively, to pacify (as if by words)

1. to soothe, still, stroke
1. (Piel) to soothe, still
2. (Hiphil) stilling (participle)
2. to laud, praise, commend
1. (Piel)
1. to laud, praise (God)
2. to commend, congratulate (the dead)
2. (Hithpael) to boast

Usually translated as

praise, glory, triumph, commend, keep in, still

Origin

a primitive root

Greek equivalents

• ainéō (G134)
• epainéō (G1867)
• epilanthánomai (G1950)
• kaucháomai (G2744)

Occurrences

Shâbach occurs 11 times in the King James.

Distribution of the word across the Bible: 1 Chronicles (1), Psalms (7), Proverbs (1), Ecclesiastes (2)

• 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 (לְהִשְׁתַּבֵּ֖חַ) in thy praise.
• Psalms 63:3 — Because thy lovingkindness is better than life, my lips shall praise (יְשַׁבְּחֽוּנְךָ) thee.
• Psalms 65:7 — Which stilleth (מַשְׁבִּ֤יחַ) the noise of the seas, the noise of their waves, and the tumult of the people.
• Psalms 89:9 — Thou rulest the raging of the sea: when the waves thereof arise, thou stillest (תְשַׁבְּחֵֽם) them.
• 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 (לְ֝הִשְׁתַּבֵּ֗חַ) in thy praise.
• Psalms 117:1 — O praise the LORD, all ye nations: praise (שַׁ֝בְּח֗וּהוּ) him, all ye people.
• Psalms 145:4 — One generation shall praise (יְשַׁבַּ֣ח) thy works to another, and shall declare thy mighty acts.
• Psalms 147:12 — Praise (שַׁבְּחִ֣י) the LORD, O Jerusalem; praise thy God, O Zion.
• Proverbs 29:11 — A fool uttereth all his mind: but a wise man keepeth (יְשַׁבְּחֶֽנָּה) it in till afterwards.
• Ecclesiastes 4:2 — Wherefore I praised (וְשַׁבֵּ֧חַ) the dead which are already dead more than the living which are yet alive.
• Ecclesiastes 8:15 — Then I commended (וְשִׁבַּ֤חְתִּֽי) 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.