Gematria of Praise
9 Hebrew words of the lexicon are rendered “praise” in our Hebrew lexicon, and they stand 717 times between them in the twenty-four books. Hebrew and English do not answer one another word for word, so every candidate is here and none of them is called the translation.
- Hebrew equivalents
- 9
- Occurrences
- 717
- Distinct values
- 8
The 9 Hebrew words rendered “praise”
The count beside each word is every form of it the twenty-four books use — inflected, and with its prefixes — as the morphology tags them. The link under each row opens the search on the dictionary spelling alone, which is a different question and usually a smaller number, and it says so.
to kneel; by implication to bless God (as an act of adoration), and (vice-versa) man (as a benefit); also (by euphemism) to curse (God or the king, as treason)
First appearance ·Genesis 1:22בראשית א:כבוַיְבָרֶךְ
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 celebrate; also to stultify
First appearance ·Genesis 12:15בראשית יב:טווַיְהַֽלְלוּ
physically, to throw (a stone, an arrow) at or away; especially to revere or worship (with extended hands); intensively, to bemoan (by wringing the hands)
First appearance ·Genesis 29:35בראשית כט:להאוֹדֶה
laudation; specifically (concretely) a hymn
First appearance ·Exodus 15:11שמות טו:יאתְהִלֹּת
properly, an extension of the hand, i.e. (by implication) avowal, or (usually) adoration; specifically, a choir of worshippers
First appearance ·Leviticus 7:12ויקרא ז:יבתּוֹדָה
properly, to address in aloud tone, i.e. (specifically) loud; figuratively, to pacify (as if by words)
First appearance ·Psalms 63:4תהלים סג:דיְשַׁבְּחֽוּנְךָ
to adulate, i.e. adore
First appearance ·Daniel 2:23דניאל ב:כגוּמְשַׁבַּח
a celebration of thanksgiving for harvest
First appearance ·Leviticus 19:24ויקרא יט:כדהִלּוּלִים
The values on this page
Quick answers
What is the gematria of praise?
The Tanakh renders “praise” with 9 Hebrew words, each with its own gematria in the standard method: ברך = 222, הלל = 65, ידה = 19, and 6 more.
How do you say praise in Hebrew?
The Tanakh uses 9 Hebrew words for “praise”; the most frequent are ברך (bârak), 330 times; הלל (hâlal), 165 times; ידה (yâdâh), 114 times. Every one is listed on this page.
The Hebrew words on this page and their English senses come from our Hebrew lexicon, credited on the About page. Every value, every count and every reference is computed from the Westminster Leningrad Codex at the moment this page is served — the consonantal written text, vowel points and cantillation stripped, exactly as the search engine computes it.