Exodus 15:11
Who is like unto thee, O LORD, among the gods? who is like thee, glorious in holiness, fearful in praises, doing wonders?
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Praises
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1 Peter 2:9
But ye are a chosen generation, a royal priesthood, an holy nation, a peculiar people; that ye should shew forth the praises of him who hath called you out of darkness into his marvellous light:
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22 occurrences in 19 verses.
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זָמַר
zâmar · zaw-mar'
19 times translated as this KJV form45 total Strong's occurrences
properly, to touch the strings or parts of a musical instrument, i.e. play upon it; to make music, accompanied by the voice; hence to celebrate in song and music
Strong's KJV usage: give praise, sing forth praises, psalms.
Strong's first: 2 Samuel 22:50Strong's last: Psalms 149:3
Open full H2167 profile →תְּהִלָּה
tᵉhillâh · teh-hil-law'
5 times translated as this KJV form56 total Strong's occurrences
laudation; specifically (concretely) a hymn
Strong's KJV usage: praise.
Strong's first: Exodus 15:11Strong's last: Isaiah 63:7
Open full H8416 profile →ἀρέτη
arétē · ar-et'-ay
1 times translated as this KJV form5 total Strong's occurrences
properly, manliness (valor), i.e. excellence (intrinsic or attributed)
Strong's KJV usage: :--praise, virtue.
Other KJV renderings
Strong's first: 1 Peter 2:9Strong's last: 1 Peter 2:9
Open full G703 profile →ὑμνέω
hymnéō · hoom-neh'-o
1 times translated as this KJV form4 total Strong's occurrences
to hymn, i.e. sing a religious ode; by implication, to celebrate (God) in song
Strong's KJV usage: :--sing a hymn (praise unto).
Strong's first: Acts 16:25Strong's last: Acts 16:25
Open full G5214 profile →הָלַל
hâlal · haw-lal'
1 times translated as this KJV form165 total Strong's occurrences
to be clear (orig. of sound, but usually of color); to shine; hence, to make a show, to boast; and thus to be (clamorously) foolish; to rave; causatively, to celebrate; also to stultify
Strong's KJV usage: (make) boast (self), celebrate, commend, (deal, make), fool(-ish, -ly), glory, give (light), be (make, feign self) mad (against), give in marriage, (sing, be worthy of) praise, rage, renowned, shine.
Other KJV renderings
Strong's first: 2 Chronicles 29:30Strong's last: 2 Chronicles 29:30
Open full H1984 profile →תּוֹדָה
tôwdâh · to-daw'
1 times translated as this KJV form31 total Strong's occurrences
properly, an extension of the hand, i.e. (by implication) avowal, or (usually) adoration; specifically, a choir of worshippers
Strong's KJV usage: confession, (sacrifice of) praise, thanks(-giving, offering).
Other KJV renderings
Strong's first: Psalms 56:12Strong's last: Psalms 56:12
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G5214
And at midnight Paul and Silas prayed, and sang praises unto God: and the prisoners heard them.
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praise
PRAISE, noun s as z. [Latin pretium.]
1. Commendation bestowed on a person for his personal virtues or worthy actions, on meritorious actions themselves, or on any thing valuable; approbation expressed in words or song. praise may be expressed by an individual, and in this circumstance differs from fame, renown, and celebrity, which are the expression of the approbation of numbers, or public commendation. When praise is applied to the expression of public approbation, it may be synonymous with renown, or nearly so. A man may deserve the praise of an individual, or of a nation.
There are men who always confound the praise of goodness with the practice.
2. The expression of gratitude for personal favors conferred; a glorifying or extolling.
He hath put a new song into my mouth, even praise to our God. Psalms 40:3.
3. The object, ground or reason of praise
He is thy praise and he is thy God. Deuteronomy 10:21.
PRAISE, verb transitive [Latin tollo, extollo; pretium.]
1. To commend; to applaud; to express approbation of personal worth or actions.
We praise not Hector, though his name we know
Is great in arms; 'tis hard to praise a foe.
2. To extol in words or song; to magnify; to glorify on account of perfections or excellent works.
PRAISE him, all his angels, praise ye him, all his hosts. Psalms 148:1.
3. To express gratitude for personal favors. Psa 138.
4. To do honor to; to display the excellence of.
All thy works shall praise thee, O Lord. Psa 145.
Noah Webster, An American Dictionary of the English Language (1828). A conservative base-form lookup may be used when the exact inflected KJV form is not a Webster headword.
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