שָׁבַח
shâbach · shaw-bakh'
properly, to address in aloud tone, i.e. (specifically) loud; figuratively, to pacify (as if by words)
Lexicon
Derivation: a primitive root;
properly, to address in aloud tone, i.e. (specifically) loud; figuratively, to pacify (as if by words)
- properly, to address in aloud tone, i.e. (specifically) loud
- figuratively, to pacify (as if by words)
Definition from Strong's Exhaustive Concordance (1890). Wording is Strong's own, including his etymological notes, which are not separate meanings.
KJV renderings: commend, glory, keep in, praise, still, triumph.
Letters
- שShin300
Picture: two front teeth (or a composite bow)
- Concrete
- teeth · sharp · press · bow
- Extended
- to consume · to destroy · to press or grind · to change · again
- בBet2
Picture: floor plan of a tent or house
- Concrete
- house · tent · dwelling
- Extended
- family · household · what is inside · in
- חHet8
Picture: courtyard wall or enclosure
- Concrete
- wall · fence · tent wall
- Extended
- to separate · protection · the inside vs. the outside · private
Possible cultural reading (auto-composed)
to consume, to destroy › the house, what is within › to separate and protect
To consume, to destroy of the house, what is within that works to separate and protect.
Interpretive, not lexical. The dictionary sense of שָׁבַח above is the attested meaning; this pictographic reading is a tradition about how the sign-shapes may have been heard. Both can be held at once, they are answering different questions.
Usage
11 occurrences · 11 OT · 0 NT · 11 distinct forms
KJV renderings of this word, by how often each one is used.
- shall praise2 · 18%
- praise2 · 18%
- and glory1 · 9%
- which stilleth1 · 9%
- thou stillest1 · 9%
- and to triumph1 · 9%
- man keepeth1 · 9%
- wherefore i praised1 · 9%
- then i commended1 · 9%
Where it is used, by book.
Inflected forms found in the text.
Counts are computed from the tagged Hebrew and Greek text aligned to the King James Version, not from an estimate.