STRONGS NUMBER H8416


Word Summary
tehillah: praise, song of praise
Original Word: תְּהִלָּה
Transliteration: tehillah
Phonetic Spelling: (teh-hil-law')
Part of Speech: Noun Feminine
Short Definition: praise, song of praise
Meaning: praise, song of praise
Strong's Concordance
deep place, depth

Or thom {teh-home'}; (usually feminine) from huwm; an abyss (as a surging mass of water), especially the deep (the main sea or the subterranean water-supply) -- deep (place), depth.

see HEBREW huwm

Brown-Driver-Briggs

H8416. tehillah

תְּהִלָּה‎ noun feminine praise, song of praise (compare Arabic , the shouting of sacred formula; SprengerMuhammad iii.527 WeSkizzen iii.107 ff. 114. 117. 214 NöZMG 1887, 723 RSSemitic i. 411 CheOP 460) absolute ׳ת‎ Isaiah 60:18-19t. + Jeremiah 49:25 Kt, see ifrom; construct תְּהִלַּת‎ 48:2 2t.; suffix תְּהִלָּתִי‎ 17:14 6t.; תְּהִלָּתְךָ‎ Deuteronomy 10:21; Psalm 48:11, תְּהִלָּתֶ֑ךָ‎ Psalm 35:38 6t.; תְּהִלָּתֶּיךָ‎ 9:15; **on תְּהִדָמלָּ֫תֶיךָ‎ 9:15 as error for לָֹּ֫תֶךָ‎+?לֹּ֫תֶיךָ‎-, see Ol§ 131 k; 39 c Sta§ 354 b Hup Now and others on the passage. תְּהִלָּתוֺ‎ Isaiah 42:10 10t.; plural absolute תְּהִלֹּת‎ Exodus 15:11; construct תְּהִלּוֺת‎ Psalm 22:4 3t.; —

1 praise, adoration, thanksgiving, paid to ׃י ׳֯‎ Psalm 48:11 ארץ קצוי לְ תהלתך כן אלהים כשׁמך‎ as thy name, O God, so is thy praise to the ends of the earth, 111:10 בְּפִי תְּהִלָּתוֺ תָּמִיד לעד, עמדת תהלתו‎ 34:2 continually is his praise in my mouth ("" אֶתיֿ ׳אֲבָֽרֲכָה‎) compare 71:6, also תְהִלָּתֶ֑ךָ פִי ימָּלֵא‎ 71:8, ת יַגִּיד ׳מִּי‎ 51:7, ת ׳שְׂפָתַי תַּכַּעְנָה‎ 119:171, ׳ת ׳י מִּ ׳יְדַבֶּר‎ 145:21 ("" קָדְשׁוֺ שֵׁם בָּשָׂר כָּלֿ וִיבָרֵךְ‎); as sung, song of praise תִּהִלָּתוֺ יָשִׁירוּ‎ 106:12; לֵאלֹהִים וְהוֺדוֺת וְשִׁירתְּֿהִלָּה הַמְשֹׁרֲרִים‎ Nehemiah 12:46; compare ׳ת לֵאלֹהֵינוּ‎ Psalm 40:4 (appositive הָדָשׁ שֹׁיר‎) & Isaiah 42:10 (appositive id.), also ת נָאוָה ׳לַיְשָׁרִים‎ 33:1 ("" בי צַדִּיקִים ׳רַנְנוּ‎); see perhaps Psalm 148:14 (Che; yet see De VB); note further תְהִלָּתִי אֱלֹהֵי‎ 109:1; יִשְׂרָאֵל תְּהִלּוֺת יוֺשֵׁב‎ 22:4 inhabiting the praises of Israel; וּתְהִלָּה עַלכֶּֿלבְּֿרָכָה וּמְרוֺמָם‎ Nehemiah 9:5 exalted above all blessing and praise; compare also תְּהִלָּתִי‎ Isaiah 48:9 ("" שְׁמִי‎), & of praise due to ׳י‎ 42:8.

2 the act of general, public, praise (compare also above especially Psalm 22:4; 33:1; 106:12; Nehemiah 12:46); — בִּת ׳חֲצֵרֹתָיו בְּתוֺדָה שְׁעָרָיו בּאֹוּ‎ Psalm 100:4 enter his gates with thanksgiving, his courts with praise; חֲסִידִים בִּקְהִל תְּהִלָּתוֺ לי ׳שִׁירוּ חָדָשׁ שִׁיר‎ Plalm 149:1; compare 22:26; 65:2; 66:2; 147:1; before the army וּתְחִלָּה בְרִנָּה הֵחֵלּוּ‎2 Chronicles 20:22; in exhortation to the peoples תְּהִלָּתוֺ קוֺל הַשְׁמִיעוּ‎ Psalm 66:8 ("" אֱלֹהֵינוּ עַמִּים בָּֽרֲכוּ‎), compare Isaiah 42:12.

3 praise-song, as title, לְדָוִד תְּהִלָּה‎ Psalm 145:1 (so Late Hebrew תהלות ספר‎ & תִּילִּים תְּהִלִּים,‎, = Psalms).

4 qualities, deeds, etc., of ׳י‎, demanding praise: — תְהִלֹּת נוֺרָא‎ Exodus 15:11 (song), i.e. terrible in attributes that call for praise ("" בַּקֹּדֶשׁ נֶאְדָּר‎ & פֶלֶא עשֵֹׁה‎); often (both singular and plural) of Yahweh's deeds with verb סִמֵּר‎ Psalm 9:15; 78:4; 79:13; Isaiah 43:21, also + י ׳שֵׁם‎ Psalm 102:22; with יַשְׁמִיעַ‎ 106:2 ("" י גְּבוּרוֺת ׳יְמַלֵּל‎); + צִדְקֶ֑ךָ‎ with יֶהְגֶּה‎ 35:28; with יְבַשֵּׂ֑רוּ‎ Isaiah 60:6; + י ׳חַסְדֵי‎, with אַזְכִּיר‎ 63:7; vid also בִּתְהִלָּתֶ֑ךָ לְהִשְׁתַּבֵחַ קָדְשֶׁ֑ךָ לְשֵׁם לְהֹדוֺת‎ Psalm 106:47 = 1 Chronicles 16:35 to give thanks unto thy holy name, to glory in thy praises (= praiseworthy deeds).

5 renown, fame, glory:

a. of Damascus תְּהִלָּ֑ה֯ עִיר‎ Jeremiah 49:25 (on Qr תְּהִלָּ֑ת‎ see Hi Ges§ 80. 2 b); compare perhaps תְהִלָּה מַעֲטֵה‎ Isaiah 61:3 mantle of renown (renown as a mantle, compare De VB; > Di splendid garment; but Bi Che Du read אֵ֔בֶל מַעֲטֵה‎ and translate ׳ת‎ praise, song of praise, compare 1. 2).

b. of וּת הוֺדוֺ שָׁמַים ׳כִּסָּה הָאָרֶץ מָֽלְאָה ׳י,‎ Habakkuk 3:3 his splendour hath covered (the) heavens, and of his renown the earth is full. Also

c. figurative, praise, renown, = object of praise, possessor of renown; used (a) of Israel Deuteronomy 26:19 (absolute), Jeremiah 13:11 (+ לִי‎) 33:9 (+ לִי‎ and הָאָרֶץ גּוֺיֵי לְכֹל‎) — all "" תִּפְאֶרֶת שֵׁם,‎; see also Isaiah 61:11, & perhaps Psalm 148:14 (see below

1 above); (b) of Jerusalem Isaiah 62:7, also Zephaniah 3:19-20, (both "" שֵׁם‎), all these with verb הָיָה‎ or שִׂים‎; compare ת וּשְׁעָרַיִךְ חוֺמֹתַיִךְ ׳יְשׁוּעָה וְקָרָאת‎ Isaiah 60:18; (c) of Babylon כָּלהָֿאָרֶץ תְּהִלַּת וַתִּתָּפֵשׂ‎ Jeremiah 51:41; (d) of Moab ת ׳עוֺד מוֺאָב אֵין‎ 48:2; (e) of אֱלֹהֶיךָ וְהוּא תְהִלָּֽתְךָ הוּא ׳י,‎ Deuteronomy 10:21, אָ֑תָּה תְהִלָּתִי כִּי‎ Jeremiah 17:14 (no verb)