שָׁבַח

Strong’s Definition

properly, to address in aloud tone, i.e. (specifically) loud; figuratively, to pacify (as if by words)

Etymology & Derivation

a primitive root;

KJV Usage

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

Detailed Definition

From the Brown–Driver–Briggs (BDB) Hebrew lexicon outline.

• 1.to soothe, still, stroke
• 2.(piel) to soothe, still
• 3.(piel)
• 4.(hiphil) stilling (participle)
• 5.to laud, praise, commend
• 6.(hithpael) to boast

Scholarly Notes

Transliteration: shâbach; Pronunciation: shaw-bakh'