Biblical Hebrew

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hebrew #7623 - שָׁבַח shabach


Original Word:שָׁבַח
Transliteration: shabach
Phonetic Spelling:(shaw-bakh')
Definition:to soothe, still
Part of Speech:Verb
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Strong's Exhaustive Concordance

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

A primitive root; properly, to address in a loud tone, i.e. (specifically) loud; figuratively, to pacify (as if by words) -- commend, glory, keep in, praise, still, triumph.


Englishman's Concordance

1) to soothe, still, stroke
1a) (Piel) to soothe, still
1b) (Hiphil) stilling (participle)
2) to laud, praise, commend
2a) (Piel)
2a1) to laud, praise (God)
2a2) to commend, congratulate (the dead)
2b) (Hithpael) to boast
Part of Speech: verb
A Related Word by BDB/Strong’s Number: a primitive root
Same Word by TWOT Number: 2312, 2313

Brown-Driver-Briggs

I. [שָׁבַח] verb Pi`elsoothe, still (Arabic be free from care, etc., JenZA 1 (1886),188;iv (1889),269, compare Assyrian pašâ—u, grow calm, so BaES9 SchulthLex.); —

Pi`elImperfect3masculine singular sf יְשַׁבְּחֶ֑נָּהProverbs 29:11he stilleth it, i.e. רוּחוֺhis temper (Bi Toy read חָשַׁךְאַמּוֺ ); 2 masculine singular sf תְּשַׁבְּחֵםPsalm 89:10thou stillest them, i.e. waves ("" גֵּאוּת הַיָּם).

Hiph`ilParticiple (probably Masoretic error for Pi`elמְשַׁבֵּחַ) מַשְׁבִּיחַ שְׁאוֺן יַמִּיםPsalm 65:8stilling the roar of the seas.

II. [שָׁבַח] verb Pi`ellaud, praise (late Aramaism, compare Aramaic (including Old Aramaic) שׁבח, , Pa`el praise see SchwIdioticon 91 SchulthLex:

1laud, praise; God.(׳י) : Imperfect3masculine plural sfיְשַׁבְּח֑וּמְךָPsalm 63:4 ("" בֵּרַךְ); Imperative feminine singular שַׁבְּחִיPsalm 147:12, masculine plural sf שַׁבְּהּ֫וּהוּPsalm 117:1(both "" הִלֵּל ); his works, Imperfect3masculine singular יְשַׁבַּחPsalm 145:4 ("" הִגִּיד)

2commend,congratulate, the dead, InfinitiveabsoluteשַׁבֵּחַEcclesiastes 4:2 (Ges§ 113gg; with מִן compare); mirth, as best thing, Perfect1singular שִׁבַּחְתִּיEcclesiastes 8:15.

Hitph.boast of (בְּ): InfinitiveconstructהִשְׁתַּבֵּחַPsalm 106:47=1Chronicles 16:35, ᵐ5 (ἐγ) καυχᾶσθαι ἐν


Englishman's Concordance (References)

Strong's Hebrew: 7623. שָׁבַח (shabach) — 11 Occurrences

1 Chronicles 16:35
HEB:לְשֵׁ֣ם קָדְשֶׁ֔ךָ לְהִשְׁתַּבֵּ֖חַ בִּתְהִלָּתֶֽךָ׃
NAS: name, And glory in Your praise.
KJV: name, [and] glory in thy praise.
INT: name to your holy and glory your praise

Psalm 63:3
HEB:מֵֽחַיִּ֗ים שְׂפָתַ֥י יְשַׁבְּחֽוּנְךָ׃
NAS: life, My lips will praise You.
KJV: than life, my lips shall praise thee.
INT: life my lips will praise

Psalm 65:7
HEB: מַשְׁבִּ֤יחַ ׀ שְׁא֣וֹן יַ֭מִּים
NAS:Who stills the roaring of the seas,
KJV:Which stilleth the noise of the seas,
INT:stills the roaring of the seas

Psalm 89:9
HEB:גַ֝לָּ֗יו אַתָּ֥ה תְשַׁבְּחֵֽם׃
NAS: When its waves rise, You still them.
KJV: thereof arise, thou stillest them.
INT: waves You still

Psalm 106:47
HEB:לְשֵׁ֣ם קָדְשֶׁ֑ךָ לְ֝הִשְׁתַּבֵּ֗חַ בִּתְהִלָּתֶֽךָ׃
NAS: name And glory in Your praise.
KJV: name, [and] to triumph in thy praise.
INT: name to your holy and glory your praise

Psalm 117:1
HEB:כָּל־ גּוֹיִ֑ם שַׁ֝בְּח֗וּהוּ כָּל־ הָאֻמִּֽים׃
NAS: all nations; Laud Him, all peoples!
KJV: all ye nations: praise him, all ye people.
INT: all nations Laud all peoples

Psalm 145:4
HEB:דּ֣וֹר לְ֭דוֹר יְשַׁבַּ֣ח מַעֲשֶׂ֑יךָ וּגְב֖וּרֹתֶ֣יךָ
NAS: One generation shall praise Your works
KJV: generation shall praise thy works
INT: generation to another shall praise your works your mighty

Psalm 147:12
HEB: שַׁבְּחִ֣י יְ֭רוּשָׁלִַם אֶת־
NAS:Praise the LORD, O Jerusalem!
KJV:Praise the LORD, O Jerusalem;
INT:Praise Jerusalem the LORD

Proverbs 29:11
HEB:וְ֝חָכָ֗ם בְּאָח֥וֹר יְשַׁבְּחֶֽנָּה׃
NAS: But a wise man holds it back.
KJV: but a wise [man] keepeth it in till afterwards.
INT: A wise back holds

Ecclesiastes 4:2
HEB: וְשַׁבֵּ֧חַ אֲנִ֛י אֶת־
NAS:So I congratulated the dead who
KJV:Wherefore I praised the dead
INT:congratulated I the dead

Ecclesiastes 8:15
HEB: וְשִׁבַּ֤חְתִּֽי אֲנִי֙ אֶת־
NAS:So I commended pleasure,
KJV:Then I commended mirth, because a man
INT:commended I pleasure

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