Hebrew verb · H7623
שָׁבַח
shabachshaw-bakh'
to soothe; to praise
11 uses in the Hebrew text, one for each word STEP Bible has tagged with this key
Concordance spelling: shâbach
Word page · Part of the concordance, one page for every word of the Hebrew and Greek text. Strong's H7623is this word's number in James Strong's 1890 index of the King James Bible.
- 4 of 39Old Testament books
- 11spellings
- 2meanings
The definition in full
Strong's key (1890) · H7623
properly, to address in aloud tone, i.e. (specifically) loud; figuratively, to pacify (as if by words)
The King James renders it: commend, glory, keep in, praise, still, triumph.
James Strong, The Exhaustive Concordance of the Bible (1890), public domain. Strong indexed the King James text, and this site quotes his entry as that index.
Summary
shabach is rendered "to soothe; to praise". It stands 11 times in the Hebrew text, across four books.
- Seven of the uses stand in Psalms, more than in any other book.
- The lexicon lists two meanings for it, beginning with "to soothe".
- Its first use in canonical order opens the ledger below.1 Chronicles 16:35Then cry out: ‘Save us, O God of our salvation; gather and deliver us from the nations, that we may give thanks to Your holy name, that we may glory in Your praise.’
- The Greek text spells it eleven different ways.
The first use
Then cry out: ‘Save us, O God of our salvation; gather and deliver us from the nations, that we may give thanks to Your holy name, that we may glory in Your praise.’
1 Chronicles 16:35לְהִשְׁתַּבֵּ֖חַ
The first use, in the order of the Old Testament's books.
Where the word stands
Seven of the word's eleven uses are in Psalms.
What the word means
The word carries two meanings: to soothe, and to praise.
Each meaning, and the words it is translated by
| Meaning | Tagged as | Where |
|---|---|---|
| to sootheStrong's entry A | Tagged aslisted under the table | Where1 Chronicles 16:35Then cry out: ‘Save us, O God of our salvation; gather and deliver us from the nations… |
| to praiseStrong's entry B | Tagged aslisted under the table | Wherein the ledger below |
How the Greek text is glossed, word by word
- to boast2
- and I commend1
- and I congratulated1
- calms1
- extol1
- extol him1
- he calms it1
- it will extol1
- they will extol you1
- you calm them1
The words built on the same word-part
Each word below begins with the same letters this one begins with. A shared word-part shows a family. It does not settle what any one of them means, so each word carries its own uses on its own page. Scholars call that shared part the stem.
| Word | Written | Meaning | Uses |
|---|---|---|---|
| שָׁבַע | shaba | to swear | Uses186 |
| שָׁבַר | shabar | to break | Uses147 |
| שָׁבַת | shabath | to cease | Uses71 |
| שָׁבָה | shabah | to take captive | Uses47 |
| שָׁבַר | shabar | to buy grain | Uses21 |
| שָׁבוּעַ | shabua | Weeks | Uses20 |
| שָׁבַץ | shabats | to weave | Uses2 |
| שָׁבִיל | shabil | path | Uses2 |
| שָׁבָב | shabab | fragment | Uses1 |
| שָׁבָץ | shabats | agony | Uses1 |
| שָׁבִיב | shabib | flame | Uses1 |
| שָׁבִיס | shabis | headband | Uses1 |
All 11, in canonical order
Every use, in order
Every use, grouped by book, with its verse.
11 spellings and their grammar
STEP Bible tags every word of the Hebrew and Greek text with its spelling and its grammar. Both lists below count the rows printed underneath, written out in English, with the code beside each one as it was tagged.
How it is spelled
- וְשַׁבֵּ֧חַ1
- וְשִׁבַּ֤חְתִּֽי1
- יְשַׁבַּ֣ח1
- יְשַׁבְּחֽוּנְךָ׃1
- יְשַׁבְּחֶֽנָּה׃1
- לְ֝הִשְׁתַּבֵּ֗חַ1
- לְהִשְׁתַּבֵּ֖חַ1
- מַשְׁבִּ֤יחַ׀1
- שַׁ֝בְּח֗וּהוּ1
- שַׁבְּחִ֣י1
- תְשַׁבְּחֵֽם׃1
The grammar of each form
- preposition + verb · reflexive (hithpael), infinitive (“to…”)2HR/Vtcc
- conjunction (“and”) + verb · intensive (piel), infinitive (“to…”)1HC/Vpcc
- Hc/Vpq1cs1Hc/Vpq1cs
- verb · causative (hiphil), participle · masculine singular1HVhrmsa
- verb · intensive (piel), yiqtol (imperfect) · 2nd person masculine singular + pronoun suffix · 3rd person masculine plural1HVpi2ms/Sp3mp
- verb · intensive (piel), yiqtol (imperfect) · 3rd person masculine plural + pronoun suffix · 2nd person masculine singular1HVpi3mp/Sp2ms
- verb · intensive (piel), yiqtol (imperfect) · 3rd person masculine singular1HVpi3ms
- verb · intensive (piel), yiqtol (imperfect) · 3rd person masculine singular + pronoun suffix · 3rd person feminine singular1HVpi3ms/Sp3fs
- verb · intensive (piel), command · 2nd person feminine singular1HVpv2fs
- verb · intensive (piel), command · 2nd person masculine plural + pronoun suffix · 3rd person masculine singular1HVpv2mp/Sp3ms
1 Chronicles
one use
Then cry out: ‘Save us, O God of our salvation; gather and deliver us from the nations, that we may give thanks to Your holy name, that we may glory in Your praise.’
- לְהִשְׁתַּבֵּ֖חַlehishtabeachpreposition + verb · reflexive (hithpael), infinitive (“to…”)tagged: to boast
Psalms
seven uses
Because Your loving devotion is better than life, my lips will glorify You.
- יְשַׁבְּחֽוּנְךָ׃yeshabechunekhaverb · intensive (piel), yiqtol (imperfect) · 3rd person masculine plural + pronoun suffix · 2nd person masculine singulartagged: they will extol you
You stilled the roaring of the seas, the pounding of their waves, and the tumult of the nations.
- מַשְׁבִּ֤יחַ׀mashbiachverb · causative (hiphil), participle · masculine singulartagged: calms
You rule the raging sea; when its waves mount up, You still them.
- תְשַׁבְּחֵֽם׃teshabechemverb · intensive (piel), yiqtol (imperfect) · 2nd person masculine singular + pronoun suffix · 3rd person masculine pluraltagged: you calm them
Save us, O LORD our God, and gather us from the nations, that we may give thanks to Your holy name, that we may glory in Your praise.
- לְ֝הִשְׁתַּבֵּ֗חַlehishtabeachpreposition + verb · reflexive (hithpael), infinitive (“to…”)tagged: to boast
Praise the LORD, all you nations! Extol Him, all you peoples!
- שַׁ֝בְּח֗וּהוּshabchuhuverb · intensive (piel), command · 2nd person masculine plural + pronoun suffix · 3rd person masculine singulartagged: extol him
One generation will commend Your works to the next, and will proclaim Your mighty acts—
- יְשַׁבַּ֣חyeshabachverb · intensive (piel), yiqtol (imperfect) · 3rd person masculine singulartagged: it will extol
Exalt the LORD, O Jerusalem; praise your God, O Zion!
- שַׁבְּחִ֣יshabechiverb · intensive (piel), command · 2nd person feminine singulartagged: extol
Proverbs
one use
A fool vents all his anger, but a wise man holds it back.
- יְשַׁבְּחֶֽנָּה׃yeshabbechenahverb · intensive (piel), yiqtol (imperfect) · 3rd person masculine singular + pronoun suffix · 3rd person feminine singulartagged: he calms it
Ecclesiastes
two uses
So I admired the dead, who had already died, above the living, who are still alive.
- וְשַׁבֵּ֧חַveshabeachconjunction (“and”) + verb · intensive (piel), infinitive (“to…”)tagged: and I congratulated
So I commended the enjoyment of life, because there is nothing better for a man under the sun than to eat and drink and be merry. For this joy will accompany him in his labor during the days of his life that God gives him under the sun.
- וְשִׁבַּ֤חְתִּֽיveshibachtiHc/Vpq1cstagged: and I commend
Where it leads
How the numbers are counted
Every count on this page comes from STEP Bible's tagged Hebrew and Greek text, the same text the ledger prints. A use is counted once each time the tagging marks a word with this key.
Spellings are counted as the Greek text spells them, with the sentence's own punctuation taken off the word first, so a form that ends a clause is not counted as a second spelling.
The family is read from the lexicon by the stem the two words share, with the accents off, and a person or a place named on the stem is left out.