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Strong's H8416 תְּהִלָּה (tehillah)

Tehillah means “praise” — full meaning, definition, and every linked Bible usage across the indexed canon.

Strong's Number H8416
Language Hebrew
Linked Usages 56
Books 10

Strong's H8416 Quick Answer

Strong's H8416 תְּהִלָּה (thillah) is a Hebrew Strong's word-study entry. thillah (teh-hil-law') n-f. 1. laudation 2. (specifically, concretely) a hymn It has 56 linked Bible usages across 10 books. Visible English usage signals include praise. Indexed coverage on this page includes Old Testament.

Meaning
thillah (teh-hil-law') n-f. 1. laudation 2. (specifically, concretely) a hymn
Usage
56 linked usages
Books
10 indexed books
Corpus
Old Testament
Usage Words
praise

Meaning and Definition

thillah (teh-hil-law') n-f. 1. laudation 2. (specifically, concretely) a hymn [from H1984] KJV: praise. Root(s): H1984

Original Word
תְּהִלָּה
Transliteration
thillah
Derivation
Root: הלל First root strongs: 1984
Morphology
noun fem

Across Lexicons

How independent scholarly lexicons define Strong's H8416. Each definition is shown with its source so you can compare and cite the original reference works.

Extended Strong's Hebrew Lexicon (Brown-Driver-Briggs based)

praise

Usage: 1) praise, song or hymn of praise 1a) praise, adoration, thanksgiving (paid to God) 1b) act of general or public praise 1c) praise-song (as title) 1d) praise (demanded by qualities or deeds or attributes of God) 1e) renown, fame, glory 1e1) of Damascus, God 1e2) object of praise, possessor of renown (fig)

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How Strong's H8416 Is Translated

The English word each shown verse actually uses to render thillah, taken from the interlinear word alignment (the same word underlined in the excerpts below). Where a rendering is used more than once, the count is shown.

praise Deuteronomy 10:21 51×

How Strong's H8416 Usage Compares

Indexed coverage includes Old Testament. Each section below keeps corpus counts and sample passages visible so readers can compare the word across contexts instead of reading one flat concordance list.

  • The largest indexed corpus on this page is Old Testament with 56 linked usages.
  • The linked rows are Old Testament Hebrew usage, grouped by book for fast canonical scanning.

Strong's H8416 by Corpus

Indexed usage grouped by testament and extended corpus so readers can compare this word across the Bible, Septuagint, deuterocanonical books, and 1 Enoch where present.

Strong's H8416 in the Old Testament

56 indexed usages in Old Testament.

Exodus 15:11 KJV

Who is like unto thee, O LORD, among the gods? who is like thee, glorious in holiness, fearful in praises, doing wonders?

Deuteronomy 10:21 KJV

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

Deuteronomy 26:19 KJV

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.

Usage Excerpts

First 56 linked usage excerpts for Strong's H8416.

Exodus 15:11 Old Testament, KJV
Who is like unto thee, O LORD, among the gods? who is like thee, glorious in holiness, fearful in praises, doing wonders?
Deuteronomy 10:21 Old Testament, KJV
He is thy praise, and he is thy God, that hath done for thee these great and terrible things, which thine eyes have seen.
Deuteronomy 26:19 Old Testament, KJV
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.
1 Chronicles 16:35 Old Testament, KJV
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.
2 Chronicles 20:22 Old Testament, KJV
And when they began to sing and to praise, the LORD set ambushments against the children of Ammon, Moab, and mount Seir, which were come against Judah; and they were smitten.
Nehemiah 9:5 Old Testament, KJV
Then the Levites, Jeshua, and Kadmiel, Bani, Hashabniah, Sherebiah, Hodijah, Shebaniah, and Pethahiah, said, Stand up and bless the LORD your God for ever and ever: and blessed be thy glorious name, which is exalted above all blessing and praise.
Nehemiah 12:46 Old Testament, KJV
For in the days of David and Asaph of old there were chief of the singers, and songs of praise and thanksgiving unto God.
Psalms 9:14 Old Testament, KJV
That I may shew forth all thy praise in the gates of the daughter of Zion: I will rejoice in thy salvation.
Psalms 22:3 Old Testament, KJV
But thou art holy, O thou that inhabitest the praises of Israel.
Psalms 22:25 Old Testament, KJV
My praise shall be of thee in the great congregation: I will pay my vows before them that fear him.
Psalms 33:1 Old Testament, KJV
Rejoice in the LORD, O ye righteous: for praise is comely for the upright.
Psalms 34:1 Old Testament, KJV
I will bless the LORD at all times: his praise shall continually be in my mouth.
Psalms 35:28 Old Testament, KJV
And my tongue shall speak of thy righteousness and of thy praise all the day long.
Psalms 40:3 Old Testament, KJV
And he hath put a new song in my mouth, even praise unto our God: many shall see it, and fear, and shall trust in the LORD.
Psalms 48:10 Old Testament, KJV
According to thy name, O God, so is thy praise unto the ends of the earth: thy right hand is full of righteousness.
Psalms 51:15 Old Testament, KJV
O Lord, open thou my lips; and my mouth shall shew forth thy praise.
Psalms 65:1 Old Testament, KJV
Praise waiteth for thee, O God, in Sion: and unto thee shall the vow be performed.
Psalms 66:2 Old Testament, KJV
Sing forth the honour of his name: make his praise glorious.
Psalms 66:8 Old Testament, KJV
O bless our God, ye people, and make the voice of his praise to be heard:
Psalms 71:6 Old Testament, KJV
By thee have I been holden up from the womb: thou art he that took me out of my mother's bowels: my praise shall be continually of thee.
Psalms 71:8 Old Testament, KJV
Let my mouth be filled with thy praise and with thy honour all the day.
Psalms 71:14 Old Testament, KJV
But I will hope continually, and will yet praise thee more and more.
Psalms 78:4 Old Testament, KJV
We will not hide them from their children, shewing to the generation to come the praises of the LORD, and his strength, and his wonderful works that he hath done.
Psalms 79:13 Old Testament, KJV
So we thy people and sheep of thy pasture will give thee thanks for ever: we will shew forth thy praise to all generations.
Psalms 100:4 Old Testament, KJV
Enter into his gates with thanksgiving, and into his courts with praise: be thankful unto him, and bless his name.
Psalms 102:21 Old Testament, KJV
To declare the name of the LORD in Zion, and his praise in Jerusalem;
Psalms 106:2 Old Testament, KJV
Who can utter the mighty acts of the LORD? who can shew forth all his praise?
Psalms 106:12 Old Testament, KJV
Then believed they his words; they sang his praise.
Psalms 106:47 Old Testament, KJV
Save us, O LORD our God, and gather us from among the heathen, to give thanks unto thy holy name, and to triumph in thy praise.
Psalms 109:1 Old Testament, KJV
Hold not thy peace, O God of my praise;
Psalms 111:10 Old Testament, KJV
The fear of the LORD is the beginning of wisdom: a good understanding have all they that do his commandments: his praise endureth for ever.
Psalms 119:171 Old Testament, KJV
My lips shall utter praise, when thou hast taught me thy statutes.
Psalms 145:21 Old Testament, KJV
My mouth shall speak the praise of the LORD: and let all flesh bless his holy name for ever and ever.
Psalms 147:1 Old Testament, KJV
Praise ye the LORD: for it is good to sing praises unto our God; for it is pleasant; and praise is comely.
Psalms 148:14 Old Testament, KJV
He also exalteth the horn of his people, the praise of all his saints; even of the children of Israel, a people near unto him. Praise ye the LORD.
Psalms 149:1 Old Testament, KJV
Praise ye the LORD. Sing unto the LORD a new song, and his praise in the congregation of saints.
Isaiah 42:8 Old Testament, KJV
I am the LORD: that is my name: and my glory will I not give to another, neither my praise to graven images.
Isaiah 42:10 Old Testament, KJV
Sing unto the LORD a new song, and his praise from the end of the earth, ye that go down to the sea, and all that is therein; the isles, and the inhabitants thereof.
Isaiah 42:12 Old Testament, KJV
Let them give glory unto the LORD, and declare his praise in the islands.
Isaiah 43:21 Old Testament, KJV
This people have I formed for myself; they shall shew forth my praise.
Isaiah 48:9 Old Testament, KJV
For my name's sake will I defer mine anger, and for my praise will I refrain for thee, that I cut thee not off.
Isaiah 60:6 Old Testament, KJV
The multitude of camels shall cover thee, the dromedaries of Midian and Ephah; all they from Sheba shall come: they shall bring gold and incense; and they shall shew forth the praises of the LORD.
Isaiah 60:18 Old Testament, KJV
Violence shall no more be heard in thy land, wasting nor destruction within thy borders; but thou shalt call thy walls Salvation, and thy gates Praise.
Isaiah 61:3 Old Testament, KJV
To appoint unto them that mourn in Zion, to give unto them beauty for ashes, the oil of joy for mourning, the garment of praise for the spirit of heaviness; that they might be called trees of righteousness, the planting of the LORD, that he might be glorified.
Isaiah 61:11 Old Testament, KJV
For as the earth bringeth forth her bud, and as the garden causeth the things that are sown in it to spring forth; so the Lord GOD will cause righteousness and praise to spring forth before all the nations.
Isaiah 62:7 Old Testament, KJV
And give him no rest, till he establish, and till he make Jerusalem a praise in the earth.
Isaiah 63:7 Old Testament, KJV
I will mention the lovingkindnesses of the LORD, and the praises of the LORD, according to all that the LORD hath bestowed on us, and the great goodness toward the house of Israel, which he hath bestowed on them according to his mercies, and according to the multitude of his lovingkindnesses.
Jeremiah 13:11 Old Testament, KJV
For as the girdle cleaveth to the loins of a man, so have I caused to cleave unto me the whole house of Israel and the whole house of Judah, saith the LORD; that they might be unto me for a people, and for a name, and for a praise, and for a glory: but they would not hear.
Jeremiah 17:14 Old Testament, KJV
Heal me, O LORD, and I shall be healed; save me, and I shall be saved: for thou art my praise.
Jeremiah 33:9 Old Testament, KJV
And it shall be to me a name of joy, a praise and an honour before all the nations of the earth, which shall hear all the good that I do unto them: and they shall fear and tremble for all the goodness and for all the prosperity that I procure unto it.
Jeremiah 48:2 Old Testament, KJV
There shall be no more praise of Moab: in Heshbon they have devised evil against it; come, and let us cut it off from being a nation. Also thou shalt be cut down, O Madmen; the sword shall pursue thee.
Jeremiah 49:25 Old Testament, KJV
How is the city of praise not left, the city of my joy!
Jeremiah 51:41 Old Testament, KJV
How is Sheshach taken! and how is the praise of the whole earth surprised! how is Babylon become an astonishment among the nations!
Habakkuk 3:3 Old Testament, KJV
God came from Teman, and the Holy One from mount Paran. Selah. His glory covered the heavens, and the earth was full of his praise.
Zephaniah 3:19 Old Testament, KJV
Behold, at that time I will undo all that afflict thee: and I will save her that halteth, and gather her that was driven out; and I will get them praise and fame in every land where they have been put to shame.
Zephaniah 3:20 Old Testament, KJV
At that time will I bring you again, even in the time that I gather you: for I will make you a name and a praise among all people of the earth, when I turn back your captivity before your eyes, saith the LORD.

All Indexed Usage Links

Every indexed verse link for Strong's H8416, grouped by book.

Exodus 1 usage, Old Testament
Deuteronomy 2 usages, Old Testament
1 Chronicles 1 usage, Old Testament
2 Chronicles 1 usage, Old Testament
Nehemiah 2 usages, Old Testament
Psalms 29 usages, Old Testament
Isaiah 11 usages, Old Testament
Jeremiah 6 usages, Old Testament
Habakkuk 1 usage, Old Testament
Zephaniah 2 usages, Old Testament

Strong's H8416 FAQ

What does tehillah (תְּהִלָּה) mean?

Tehillah (Strong's H8416) is a Hebrew word most simply glossed "praise". thillah (teh-hil-law') n-f. 1. laudation 2. (specifically, concretely) a hymn

How many times is tehillah (תְּהִלָּה) used in the Bible?

This page currently indexes 56 linked usages for Strong's H8416 across 10 books.

Where can I study tehillah (תְּהִלָּה) in context?

Use the linked verse references on this page to study Strong's H8416 in context. The indexed coverage includes Old Testament.

What English words translate tehillah (תְּהִלָּה)?

The visible usage excerpts most often surface English words such as praise. These are scanning signals from the displayed verses, not replacements for the original-language definition.