H1984 הָלַל
hâlal — to be clear (orig. of sound, but usually of color); to shine; hence, to make ashow, to boast; and thus to be (clamorously) foolish; to rave; causatively, to…
KJV: (make) boast (self), celebrate, commend, (deal, make), fool(-ish, -ly), glory, give…
Occurs 165 times. Every verse with this word
Brown–Driver–Briggs
- [הָלַל] vb. shine
- Qal when it, viz. his lamp, shone upon my head, fig. of God’s favour.
- Hiph. flash forth light
- הָלַל vb
- [הָלַל] vb. be boastful, Pi. praise
- Qal be boastful
- Pi.
- 1 praise man or woman
- 2 usually praise י׳
- 3 appar. boast, make one’s boast
- Pu. be praised
- Hithpa. glory, boast, make one’s boast
- Po‛el make into a fool, make a fool of
- Po‛al of laughter I said, It is mad (folly)
- Hithpo. act madly, or like a madman
Where it occurs
- Genesis 12:15 — The princes of Pharaoh saw her, and praised her to Pharaoh; and the woman was taken into Pharaoh’s house.
- Judges 16:24 — When the people saw him, they praised their god; for they said, “Our god has delivered our enemy and the destroyer of…
- 1 Samuel 21:14 — He changed his behavior before them and pretended to be insane in their hands, and scribbled on the doors of the gate…
- 2 Samuel 14:25 — Now in all Israel there was no one to be so much praised as Absalom for his beauty. From the sole of his foot even to…
- 2 Samuel 22:4 — I call on the LORD, who is worthy to be praised; So shall I be saved from my enemies.
- 1 Kings 20:11 — The king of Israel answered, “Tell him, ‘Don’t let him who puts on his armor brag like he who takes it off.’”
- Isaiah 13:10 — For the stars of the sky and its constellations will not give their light. The sun will be darkened in its going out…
- Isaiah 38:18 — For Sheol can’t praise you. Death can’t celebrate you. Those who go down into the pit can’t hope for your truth.
- Isaiah 41:16 — You will winnow them, and the wind will carry them away, and the whirlwind will scatter them. You will rejoice in the…
- Isaiah 44:25 — who frustrates the signs of the liars, and makes diviners mad; who turns wise men backward, and makes their knowledge…