Praise and Renown

† תְּהִלָּה n.f. praise, song of praise (cf. Arabic يَهْلِيلٌ, the shouting of a sacred formula; SprengerMuḥammad iii. 527 WeSkizzen iii. 107 ff. 114.117.214 NöZMG 1887, 723 RSSem i. 411 CheOP 460) abs. ת׳ Is 60:18 + 19 times + Je 49:25 Kt, v. infr.; cstr. תְּהִלַּת Je 48:2 + 2 times; sf. תְּהִלָּתִי Je 17:14 + 6 times; תְּהִלָּֽתְךָ Dt 10:21, ψ 48:11, תְּהִלָּתֶ֑ךָ ψ 35:28 + 6 times; תְּהִלָּתֶיךָ ψ 19:15; on תְּהִלָּ֫תֶ֥יךָ ψ 9:15 as error for -לָּ֫תֶ֥ךָ or -לֹּ֫תֶ֥יךָ, v. Ol§ 131 k; 39 c Sta§ 354 b Hup-Now al. ad. loc. תְּהִלָּתוֹ Is 42:10 + 10 times; pl. abs. תְּהִלֹּת Ex 15:11; cstr. תְּהִלּוֹת ψ 22:4 + 3 times;— 1. praise, adoration, thanksgiving, paid to י׳:—ψ 48:11 כשׁמך אלהים כן תהלתך על קצוי ארץ as thy name, O God, so is thy praise to the ends of the earth, 111:10 תהלתו עמדת לעד, תָּמִיד תְּהִלָּתוֹ בְּפִי ψ 34:2 continually is his praise in my mouth (‖ אֲבָֽרֲכָה אֶת־י׳) cf. 71:6, also ימָּלֵא פִי תְהִלָּתֶ֑ךָ 71:8, פִּי יַגִּיד ת׳ 51:17, תַּבַּעְנָה שְׂפָתַי ת׳ 119:171, ת׳ י׳ יְדַבֶּר פִּי 145:21 (‖ וִיבָרֵךְ כָּל־בָּשָׂר שֵׁם קָדְשׁוֹ); as sung, song of praise יָשִׁירוּ תְּהִלָּתוֹ 106:12; הַמְשֹׁרֲרִים וְשִׁיר־תְּהִלָּה וְהוֹדוֹת לֵאלֹהִים Ne 12:46; cf. ת׳ לֵאלֹהֵינוּ ψ 40:4 (appos. שִׁיר חָדָשׁ) & Is 42:10 (appos. id.), also לַיְשָׁרִים נָאוָה ת׳ 33:1 (‖ רַנֲנוּ צַדִּיקִים בי׳); vid. perhaps ψ 148:14 (Che; yet see De VB); note further אֱלֹהֵי תְהִלָּתִי ψ 109:1; יוֹשֵׁב תְּהִלּוֹת יִשְׂרָאֵל ψ 22:4 inhabiting the praises of Isr.; וּמְרוֹמָם עַל־כָּל־בְּרָכָה וּתְהִלָּה Ne 9:5 exalted above all blessing and praise; cf. also תְּהִלָּתִי Is 48:9 (‖ שְׁמִי), & of praise due to י׳ Is 42:8. 2. the act of general, public, praise (cf. also supr. especially ψ 22:4; 33:1; 106:12 Ne 12:46);—בֹּאוּ שְׁעָרָיו בְּתוֹדָה חֲצֵרֹתָיו בִּת׳ ψ 100:4 enter his gates with thanksgiving, his courts with praise; שִׁירוּ לי׳ שִׁיר חָדָשׁ תְּהִלָּתוֹ בִּקְהַל חֲסִידִים ψ 149:1; cf. ψ 22:26; 65:2; 66:2; 147:1; before the army הֵחֵלּוּ בְרִנָּה וּתְהִלָּה 2 Ch 20:22; in exhortation to the peoples הַשְׁמִיעוּ קוֹל תְּהִלָּתוֹ ψ 66:8 (‖ בָּֽרֲכוּ עַמִּים אֱלֹהֵינוּ), cf. Is 42:12. 3. praise-song, as title, תְּהִלָּה לְדָוִד ψ 145:1 (so NH ספר תהלות & תְּהִלִּים, תִּילִּים, = Psalms). 4. qualities, deeds, etc., of י׳, demanding praise:—נוֹרָא תְהִלֹּת Ex 15:11 (song), i.e. terrible in attributes that call for praise (‖ נֶאְדָּר בַּקֹּדֶשׁ & עֹשֵׁה פֶלֶא); often (both sg. and pl.) of Yahweh’s deeds c. vb. סִפֵּר ψ 9:15; 78:4; 79:13 Is 43:21, also + שֵׁם י׳ ψ 102:22; c. יַשְׁמִיעַ ψ 106:2 (‖ יְמַלֵּל גְּבוּרוֹת י׳); + צִדְקֶ֑ךָ c. יֶהְגֶּה ψ 35:28; c. יְבַשֵּׂ֑רוּ Is 60:6; + חַסְדֵי י׳, c. אַזְכִּיר Is 63:7; vid. also לְהֹדוֹת לְשֵׁם קָדְשֶׁ֑ךָ לְהִשְׁתַּבֵּחַ בִּתְהִלָּתֶ֑ךָ ψ 106:47 = 1 Ch 16:35 to give thanks unto thy holy name, to glory in thy praises (= praiseworthy deeds). 5. renown, fame, glory: a. of Damascus עִיר תְּהִלָּ֑ה֯ Je 49:25 (on Qr תְּהִלָּ֑ת v. Hi Ges§ 80. 2 b); comp. perhaps מַעֲטֵה תְהִלָּה Is 61:3 mantle of renown (renown as a mantle, cf. De VB; > Di splendid garment; but Bi Che Du read מַעֲטֵה אֵ֔בֶל and translate ת׳ praise, song of praise, cf. 1. 2). b. of י׳, כִּסָּה שָׁמַים הוֹדוֹ וּת׳ מָֽלְאָה הָאָרֶץ Hb 3:3 his splendour hath covered (the) heavens, and of his renown the earth is full. Also c. fig., praise, renown, = obj. of praise, possessor of renown; used (a) of Israel Dt 26:19 (abs.), Je 13:11 (+ לִי) 33:9 (+ לִי and לְכֹל גּוֹיֵי הָאָרֶץ)—all ‖ שֵׁם, תִּפְאֶרֶת; v. also Is 61:11, & perhaps ψ 148:14 (see sub 1 supr.); (b) of Jerusalem Is 62:7, also Zp 3:19, 20 (both ‖ שֵׁם), all these c. vb. הָיָה or שִׂים; cf. וְקָרָאת יְשׁוּעָה חוֹמֹתַיִךְ וּשְׁעָרַיִךְ ת׳ Is 60:18; (c) of Babylon וַתִּתָּפֵשׂ תְּהִלַּת כָּל־הָאָרֶץ Je 51:41; (d) of Moab אֵין עוֹד ת׳ מוֹאָב Je 48:2; (e) of י׳, הוּא תְהִלָּֽתְךָ וְהוּא אֱלֹהֶיךָ Dt 10:21, כִּי תְהִלָּתִי אָ֑תָּה Je 17:14 (no vb.)

ἔπαιν-ος, ὁ, approval, praise, commendation, Refs 5th c.BC+: frequently in Trag. and Attic dialect, ἐπαίνου τυχεῖν ἔκτινος Refs 5th c.BC+; κλεινὴ καὶ ἔπαινον ἔχουσα meriting praise,Refs 5th c.BC+: plural, praises, Refs 5th c.BC+ __2 complimentary address, panegyric (but distinguished from ἐγκώμιον, as the general from the particular, Refs 5th c.BC+

αἶνος, ὁ, (αἰνέω) poetry and Ionic dialect word, tale, story, Refs 8th c.BC+; αἰνεῖν αἶνον to tell a tale, Refs 5th c.BC+: especially story with moral, fable, Refs 8th c.BC+: generally, saying, proverb, παλαιὸς αἶ.Refs 5th c.BC+; riddle, Refs __II = Attic dialect ἔπαινος, praise, NT+8th c.BC+ __III decree, resolution, τῶν ἈχαιῶνRefs; κατ᾽ αἶνον, opposed to κατὰ ψήφισμα, Refs

† [הִלּוּל] n.[m.] (NH id.) only pl. הִלּוּלִים rejoicing, praise: 1. וַיַּעֲשׂוּ הִלּוּלִים Ju 9:27 i.e. a vintage-rejoicing, merry-making, connected with thanksgiving וַיָּבֹאוּ בֵּית אֱלֹהֵיהֶם, etc. (i.e. god Baal-Berith, see v 4). 2. of praise to י׳, קֹדֶשׁ ה׳ Lv 19:24 (H) holiness of praise, i.e. a consecrated thing in token of thanksgiving for fruit, offered in 4th year (cf. NH).

αἴνεσις, εως, ἡ, praise, LXX+NT

† [מַהֲלָל] n.[m.] praise;—only in וְאִישׁ לְפִי מַהֲלָלוֹ Pr 27:21 the refining pot for silver, and the furnace for gold, and a man according to his praise, i.e. prob. according to the praise of him by others, which tests him; so De Str al.; perhaps however so let a man be to the mouth of his praise, i.e. that praises him,—testing the praise to determine its worth, Thes RobGes; other views are: according to the measure of his boasting Ew, i.e. is judged according to his success or failure in that of which he boasts; Hi according to the thing of which he boasts.

† רוֹמָם n.[m.] extolling, praise;—= song of praise (to י׳) ψ 66:17, so read with van d. H., cf. Thes Hup-Now Che Bae Buhl Lex; > Ki Baer Gi vb. Pōʿlal, רוֹמַם; pl. cstr. רוֹמְמוֹת אֵל 149:6.