Words the Bible translates as praise
English uses one word here. The Bible uses 25 words, and they do not mean the same thing. Each is listed with what it actually means, most frequent first.
- doxaδόξαglory: the weighty splendor of God made visible, the honor that splendor commands, and the radiance God shares with his people
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- glorious ones: exalted heavenly beings named with the reverence due to their dignity
- eulogeōεὐλογέωto bless: to speak a good word over someone or something, whether praising God, calling down God's favor on a person, or actually granting that favor
- barakhבָּרַךְto bless: to invoke or hand on God's favor and life-giving power for someone, and (of people toward God) to honor him as its source
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- to kneel: to go down on the knees, as in reverence before God or to make an animal lie down
- doxazōδοξάζωto praise or honor someone, above all to give glory to God for what he has done
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- to clothe with splendor: to lift someone into a state of radiant honor and glory
- in John's Gospel, to reveal someone's true glory, the way the Father and Son honor each other and the cross becomes the moment of glory
- halalהָלַלto praise: to publicly celebrate someone, above all God, as worthy of acclaim
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- to boast: to glory in something, whether wrongly in oneself or rightly in God
- to be mad: to act senselessly, to rave, to make a fool of oneself
- to shine: to give off light
- aineōαἰνέωto praise God: to voice glad, public praise to God for who he is and what he has done
- exomologeomaiἐξομολογέομαιto acknowledge God openly: to declare in public what is true about God, whether in praise or in homage
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- to confess: to say out loud, before others, the wrong one has done
- to agree: to consent to a proposal or strike a deal
- humneōὑμνέωto praisenot studied yet
- eulogiaεὐλογίαblessing: praise offered up to God, or the favor, benefit, or generous gift bestowed on a person
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- flattery: fine-sounding, smooth speech used to win people over and deceive them
- yadahיָדָהto acknowledge openly before God: give thanks, praise, or confess
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- to throw or shoot something out: cast a stone, hurl down, shoot an arrow
- megalunōμεγαλύνωto make something great: to enlarge or lengthen it, or to make it loom large by acting
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- to declare or acknowledge someone as great: to exalt, extol, or hold in high honor, above all in praising God
- ainesisαἴνεσιςvocal praise addressed to God, offered publicly as the thank-offering that takes the place of temple sacrifice
- tehillahתְּהִלָּהpraise: the open acknowledgment of someone as worthy, whether the act of praising, the deeds that deserve it, or the renown it brings
- epaineōἐπαινέωto praisenot studied yet
- todahתּוֹדָהthe public acknowledgment of what God has done: openly declaring his rescue before others, in word and in the offering that goes with it
- epainosἔπαινοςpublic commendation: open, formal recognition of genuine worth, whether given to a person, rendered by God, or offered up to God, and never mere flattery
- ainosαἶνοςpraisenot studied yet
- shavaḥשָׁבַחto laud: to declare out loud that God, or something judged good, deserves high regard
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- to still: to force raging water or a flaring temper to be quiet
- anthomologeomaiἀνθομολογέομαιto praisenot studied yet
- berakhבְּרַךְto bless God: to answer him out loud with praise, naming him as the source of wisdom, power, and rescue
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- to kneel: to go down on the knees, the body's posture for prayer
- shevaḥשְׁבַחto praisenot studied yet
- hillulהִלּוּלa harvest thanksgiving celebration: the loud, festive praise made when a fruit or grape crop has been gathered in
- yedaיְדָאto praisenot studied yet
- huyydahהֻיְּדוֹתpraisenot studied yet
- mahalalמַהֲלָלpraisenot studied yet
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