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praise

Meaning of “praise”

1. Commendation, thanksgiving, honour, or good report. 2. To commend, thank, honour, or declare excellence.

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247 occurrences215 verses27 booksKJV PCE

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First occurrence: Genesis 29:35

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Genesis 29:35
And she conceived again, and bare a son: and she said, Now will I praise the Lord: therefore she called his name Judah; and left bearing.
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The 1611 reading & marginal notes
1611 witness · Genesis 29:35 · retained source text

And shee conceiued againe, and bare a sonne: and she said, Now wil I praise the LORD: therefore she called his name Iudah, and left bearing.

1611 marginal noteThat is, Praise.

1611 marginal noteHebr. stood from bearing.

1611 marginal noteMatth. 1.2.

Genesis 49:8
¶ Judah, thou art he whom thy brethren shall praise: thy hand shall be in the neck of thine enemies; thy father’s children shall bow down before thee.
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1611 witness · Genesis 49:8 · retained source text

¶ Iudah, thou art he whom thy brethren shall praise: thy hand shall be in the necke of thine enemies, thy fathers children shall bow downe before thee.

Leviticus 19:24
But in the fourth year all the fruit thereof shall be holy to praise the Lord withal.
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The 1611 reading & marginal notes
1611 witness · Leviticus 19:24 · retained source text

But in the fourth yeere all the fruit thereof shall be holy to praise the LORD withall.

1611 marginal noteHolines of praises to the LORD.

Deuteronomy 10:21
He is thy praise, and he is thy God, that hath done for thee these great and terrible things, which thine eyes have seen.
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1611 witness · Deuteronomy 10:21 · retained source text

He is thy praise, and he is thy God that hath done for thee these great and terrible things, which thine eyes haue seene.

Deuteronomy 26:19
And to make thee high above all nations which he hath made, in praise, and in name, and in honour; and that thou mayest be an holy people unto the Lord thy God, as he hath spoken.
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1611 witness · Deuteronomy 26:19 · retained source text

And to make thee high aboue all nations which he hath made, in praise and in name, and in honour, and that thou mayest be an holy people vnto the LORD thy God, as he hath spoken.

Judges 5:3
Hear, O ye kings; give ear, O ye princes; I, even I, will sing unto the Lord; I will sing praise to the Lord God of Israel.
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1611 witness · Judges 5:3 · retained source text

Heare, O ye kings, giue eare, O ye Princes: I, euen I will sing vnto the LORD, I wil sing praise to the LORD God of Israel.

1 Chronicles 16:4
¶ And he appointed certain of the Levites to minister before the ark of the Lord, and to record, and to thank and praise the Lord God of Israel:
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1611 witness · 1 Chronicles 16:4 · retained source text

¶ And he appointed certaine of the Leuites to minister before the Arke of the LORD, and to record, and to thanke and praise the LORD God of Israel,

1 Chronicles 16:35
And say ye, Save us, O God of our salvation, and gather us together, and deliver us from the heathen, that we may give thanks to thy holy name, and glory in thy praise.
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1611 witness · 1 Chronicles 16:35 · retained source text

And say yee, Saue vs, O God of our saluation, and gather vs together, and deliuer vs from the heathen, that we may giue thanks to thy holy Name, and glory in thy praise.

1 Chronicles 23:5
Moreover four thousand were porters; and four thousand praised the Lord with the instruments which I made, said David, to praise therewith.
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1611 witness · 1 Chronicles 23:5 · retained source text

Moreouer, foure thousand were porters, and foure thousand praised the LORD with the instruments which I made ( said Dauid) to praise therewith.

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