What does הָלַל · αἰνέω mean in the Bible?
הָלַל · αἰνέω is a Hebrew phrase meaning "to praise or celebrate".
Hebrew · H1984, G134
הָלַל
To be clear (orig. of sound, but usually of color); to shine ; hence, to make a show , to boast ; and thus to be (clamorously) foolish ; to rave ; causatively, to celebrate ; also to stultify · to praise (God)
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הָלַל H1984 to be clear (orig. of sound, but usually of color); to shine ; hence, to make a show , to boast ; and thus to be (clamorously) foolish ; to rave ; causatively, to celebrate ; also to stultify
Pronunciation hālal
To shine or make clear moves from audible boasting to celebratory praise; foundational to Hebrew worship language.
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αἰνέω G134 to praise (God)
Pronunciation ainéō
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What does הָלַל (halal) mean in the Bible?
הָלַל · αἰνέω is a Hebrew phrase meaning "to praise or celebrate".
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How many biblical occurrences are listed for H1984, G134?
H1984, G134 is connected to 165 lexical occurrence verses in the lexicon data.
Evidence Summary
Hebrew phrase. to praise or celebrate
Source Gloss
to praise or celebrate
Grammatical Forms
How the stem changes the meaning of this verb across the biblical text.
This verb appears through different tense, voice, mood, or stem patterns. Those forms help readers see how the action is presented in context.
Form groups 8 Aligned forms 89
Piel intensive active — emphasizes thoroughness or repeated action 56×
Sequential imperfect Jer 20:13 · Jer 31:7 · Ps 104:35 · Ps 105:45 · Ps 106:1 · Ps 106:48 · Ps 111:1 · Ps 112:1 · Ps 113:1 · Ps 113:9 · Ps 115:18 · Ps 116:19 · Ps 117:1 · Ps 117:2 · Ps 135:1 · Ps 135:3 36×
Imperfect Isa 44:25 · Job 12:17 · Ps 63:6 · Ps 102:19 · Prov 28:4 · Ps 22:27 · Ps 74:21 · Ps 115:17 · Ps 56:5 · Ps 56:11 · Ps 150:6 12×
Jussive Ps 148:5 · Ps 148:13 · Ps 149:3 3×
Cohortative Ps 69:31 · Ps 146:2 2×
Perfect Ps 10:3 · Ps 44:9 2×
Participle active 1Chr 23:5 1×
Hithpael reflexive or reciprocal — the subject acts on itself or mutually with others 20×
Imperfect Jer 4:2 · Jer 50:38 · Jer 51:7 · Ps 49:7 · Jer 9:23 · Prov 20:14 · Ps 63:12 · Isa 41:16 · Ps 52:3 · Jer 49:4 · Prov 31:30 11×
Jussive 1Kgs 20:11 · Jer 9:22 · Prov 27:1 · Ps 34:3 6×
Sequential imperfect 1Chr 16:10 · Ps 105:3 2×
Participle active Prov 25:14 1×
Pual intensive passive — intensive action received by the subject 5×
Participle passive 2Sam 22:4 · Ps 18:4 · Ps 113:3 3×
Imperfect Prov 12:8 1×
Perfect Ps 78:63 1×
Poal 1×
Participle passive Eccl 2:2 1×
Poel 1×
Imperfect Eccl 7:7 1×
Hiphil causative active — the subject causes someone else to perform the action 3×
Imperfect Isa 13:10 · Job 31:26 · Job 41:10 3×
Hithpolel 1×
Imperfect Nah 2:5 1×
Qal basic active stem — the word in its most common, direct sense 2×
Participle active Ps 5:6 1×
Jussive Ps 75:5 1×
Word Origins
הָלַל is a primitive root - no further derivation.
Cross-Language Connections
Greek words that correspond to or develop the meaning of this Hebrew word in the New Testament.
Sources
MorphGNT Strong's Dictionary XML — CC0 1.0 Public Domain
Open Scriptures Hebrew Bible (morphhb/OSHB) — CC BY 4.0
Open Scriptures Hebrew Lexicon — CC BY 4.0
Berean Standard Bible (BSB) source-word alignment - CC0 Public Domain