Alats - עָלַץ
to jump for joy, exult, be joyful, rejoice, triumph
- Psalm 5:11 But let all those rejoice who put their trust in you; Let them ever shout for joy, because you defend them; Let those also who love your name be joyful in you.
- Psalm 9:2 I will be glad and rejoice in you; I will sing praise to your name, O Most High.
- Ps 68:3 But let the righteous be glad; Let them rejoice before God; Yes, let them rejoice exceedingly.
Alaz - עָלַז
to jump for joy, exult, be joyful, rejoice, triumph
- Psalm 28:7 The Lord is my strength and my shield; My heart trusted in him, and I am helped; Therefore my heart greatly rejoices, and with my song I will praise him.
- Psalm 68:4 Sing to God, sing praises to his name; Extol him who rides on the clouds, by his name YAH, and rejoice before him.
- Psalm 98:4 Shout joyfully to the Lord, all the earth; Break forth in song, rejoice, and sing praises.
Anah - עָנָה
to eye or to heed, pay attention, to respond, to begin to speak, to sing, shout, testify, announce, give, account, afflict
- Psalm 147:7 Sing to the Lord with thanksgiving; Sing praises on the harp to our God...
Calal - סָלַל
to mound up, exalt, reflex, to oppose, cast up, exalt (self), extol, make plain, raise up
- Psalm 68:4 Sing to God, sing praises to his name; Extol him who rides on the clouds, by His name YAH, and rejoice before him.
Caphar
to score with a mark, to inscribe, to enumerate, recount, celebrate, show forth, speak, talk, tell
- Psalm 9:14 That I may tell of all your praise in the gates of the daughter of Zion. I will rejoice in your salvation.
- Psalm 79:13 So we, your people and sheep of your pasture, will give you thanks forever; We will show forth your praise to all generations.
- Isaiah 43:21 This people I have formed for myself; They shall declare my praise.
Chagag
to move in a circle, to march in a sacred procession, to observe a festival, to be giddy, celebrate, dance, to keep or hold a solemn feast (holiday), to reel to and fro
- 1 Samuel 30:16-17 And when he had brought him down, there they were, spread out over all the land, eating and drinking and dancing, because of all the great spoil which they had taken from the land of the Philistines and from the land of Judah.
Chuwl
to twist or whirl in a circular spiral manner, to dance
- Judges 21:23 And the children of Benjamin did so; they took enough wives for their number from those who danced, whom they caught. Then they went and returned to their inheritance, and they rebuilt the cities and dwelt in them.
Dagal
to flaunt, to raise a flag, to be conspicuous, set up with banners, cheifest
- Psalm 20:5 We will rejoice in your salvation, and in the name of our God we will set up our banners! May the Lord fulfill all your petitions.
Gadal
to cause to be large, increase in estate, honor or pride, advance, boast, bring up, exceed, excellent, lift up, magnify, promote, speak proudly of
- Psalm 34:3 Oh, magnify the Lord with me, and let us exalt his name together.
- Psalm 69:30 I will praise the name of God with a song, and will magnify him with thanksgiving.
- Psalm 70:4 Let all those who seek you rejoice and be glad in you; And let those who love your salvation say continually, "Let God be magnified!"
Giyl
a revolution (of time and age), exceeding joy, gladness, greatly, rejoice
- Psalm 32:11 Be glad in the Lord and rejoice, you righteous; And shout for joy, all you upright in heart!
- Psalm 65:12 They drop on the pastures of the wilderness, and the little hills rejoice on every side.
Gol
to call aloud, a voice or sound, bleating, crackling, cry, fame, lightness, lowing, noise, proclaiming, sing, sound, thunder, voice, yell
- Psalm 95:1 Oh come, let us sing to the Lord! Let us shout joyfully to the rock of our salvation.
- Psalm 95:2 Let us come before his presence with thanksgiving; Let us shout joyfully to him with psalms.
- Psalm 98:4 Shout joyfully to the Lord, all the earth; Break forth in song, rejoice, and sing praises.
Hilluwl
a sense of rejoicing, a celebration of thanksgiving for harvest, merry, praise
- Leviticus 19:24 But in the fourth year all its fruit shall be holy, a praise to the Lord.
Kabed
numerous, rich, honorable, to make weighty
- Psalm 22:23 You who fear the Lord, praise him! All you descendants of Jacob, glorify him, and fear him, all you offspring of Israel!
- Psalm 86:9 All nations whom you have made shall come and worship before you, O Lord, and shall glorify your name.
- Psalm 86:12 I will praise you, O Lord my God, with all my heart, and I will glorify your name forevermore.
Kabod - כָּבוֹד
splendor, copiousness, glorious, glory, honorable
- Psalm 29:1 Give unto the Lord, O you mighty ones, Give unto the Lord glory and strength.
- Psalm 66:2 Sing out the honor of his name; Make his praise glorious.
- Psalm 96:8 Give to the Lord the glory due his name; Bring an offering, and come into his courts.
Kara
to bend the knee, to sink, to prostrate, bow down self, bring down low
- Psalm 22:29 All the prosperous of the earth shall eat and worship; All those who go down to the dust shall bow before him, even he who cannot keep himself alive.
- Psalm 95:6 Oh come, let us worship and bow down; Let us kneel before the Lord our maker.
Karar
to dance, whirl
- 2 Samuel 6:14 Then David danced before the Lord with all his might; and David was wearing a linen ephod.
Macha
to rub or strike the hands together (in exultation), clap
- Psalm 98:8 Let the rivers clap their hands; Let the hills be joyful together before the Lord...
Machowl
a round dance, dancing
- Psalm 30:11 You have turned for me my mourning into dancing; You have put off my sackcloth and clothed me with gladness...
- Psalm 149:3 Let them praise his name with the dance; Let them sing praises to him with the timbrel and harp.
- Jeremiah 31:13 13 "Then shall the virgin rejoice in the dance, and the young men and the old, together; For I will turn their mourning to joy, will comfort them, and make them rejoice rather than sorrow."
- Lamentations 3:63 Look at their sitting down and their rising up; I am their taunting song.
Massa
a burden, an utterance chiefly a doom, especially singing, prophecy, song, tribute
- Habakkuk 1:1 The burden which the prophet Habakkuk saw.
- Note: Habakkuk 3:19 The Lord God is my strength; He will make my feet like deer's feet, and he will make me walk on my high hills. To the Chief Musician. With my stringed instruments.
Mechowlah
a dance company, dances
- Exodus 15:20 Then Miriam the prophetess, the sister of Aaron, took the timbrel in her hand; and all the women went out after her with timbrels and with dances.
- Jeremiah 31:4 Again I will build you, and you shall be rebuilt, O virgin of Israel! You shall again be adorned with your tambourines, And shall go forth in the dances of those who rejoice.
the word most frequently used for titles of the Psalms
- Psalm 3:1 A Psalm of David when he fled from Absalom his son.
- Psalm 13:1 To the Chief Musician. A Psalm of David.
- Psalm 15:1 A Psalm of David.
Nacah
to lift, exalt, extol, hold, up, honorable, magnify, regard, respect, yield
- Psalm 28:2 Hear the voice of my supplications when I cry to you, when I lift up my hands toward your holy sanctuary.
- Psalm 63:4 Thus I will bless you while I live; I will lift up my hands in your name.
- Psalm 134:2 Lift up your hands in the sanctuary, and bless the Lord.
Nagan
to thrum, to beat a tune with the fingers, to play a stringed instrument, to make music, sing to stringed instruments
- Psalm 33:3 Sing to him a new song; Play skillfully with a shout of joy.
Natsach
to glitter from afar, to be eminent (as a superintendent), especially of the temple services and it's' music, to be permanent, excel, chief musician (singer), overseer, set forward, used in the title of the Psalms
- Psalm 4:1 To the Chief Musician. With stringed instruments. A Psalm of David.
- Psalm 5:1 To the Chief Musician. With flutes. A Psalm of David.
- Psalm 8:1 To the Chief Musician. On the instrument of Gath. A Psalm of David.
Negiynath
instrumental music, a stringed instrument, a poem set to music, an epigram
- Lamentations 5:14 The elders have ceased gathering at the gate, and the young men from their music.
Paras
to break apart, disperse, break, chop in pieces, lay open, scatter, spread (abroad, forth, selves, out), stretch (forth, out
- Psalm 143:6 I spread out my hands to you; My soul longs for you like a thirsty land. Selah
Patsach - פָּצַח
to break out (in joyful sound), break forth into joy, make a loud noise
- Psalm 98:4 Shout joyfully to the Lord, all the earth; Break forth in song, rejoice, and sing praises.
- Psalm 98:6 With trumpets and the sound of a horn; Shout joyfully before the Lord, the King.
- Psalm 100:1 Make a joyful shout to the Lord, all you lands!
Pazaz
to solidify (as if by refining), to spring (as if separating the limbs), leap, be made strong
- 2 Samuel 6:16 Now as the ark of the Lord came into the City of David, Michal, Saul's daughter, looked through a window and saw King David leaping and whirling before the Lord; and she despised him in her heart.
Ragad
to stamp, to spring about (wildly or for joy), aloud, noise, shouted
- Ecclesiastes 3:4 A time to weep, and a time to laugh; A time to mourn, and a time to dance...
- 1 Chronicles 15:29 And it happened, as the ark of the covenant of the Lord came to the City of David, that Michal, Saul's daughter, looked through a window and saw King David whirling and playing music; and she despised him in her heart.
Renanah
a shout (for joy), joyful voice, singing, triumphing
- Psalm 100:2 Serve the Lord with gladness; Come before his presence with singing.
Rinnah
a shrill sound, shout of grief or joy, gladness, proclamation, rejoicing, shouting, triumph, singing
- Psalm 107:22 Let them sacrifice the sacrifices of thanksgiving, and declare his works with rejoicing.
- Psalm 118:15 The voice of rejoicing and salvation is in the tents of the righteous; The right hand of the Lord does valiantly.
- Psalm 126:6 He who continually goes forth weeping, bearing seed for sowing, shall doubtless come again with rejoicing, bringing his sheaves with him.
Rowmam
exaltation, praise, be extolled
- Psalm 66:17 I cried to him with my mouth, and he was extolled with my tongue.
Ruwa
to split the ears with sound, shout (for alarm or joy), blow an alarm, make a joyful noise, shout for joy, sound an alarm
- Joshua 6:20 So the people shouted when the priests blew the trumpets. And it happened when the people heard the sound of the trumpet, and the people shouted with a great shout, that the wall fell down flat. Then the people went up into the city, every man straight before him, and they took the city.
- Psalm 47:1 Oh, clap your hands, all you peoples! Shout to God with the voice of triumph!
- Psalm 65:13 The pastures are clothed with flocks; The valleys also are covered with grain; They shout for joy, they also sing.
Samach
to brighten up, cheer up, make glad, make merry
- Psalm 31:7 I will be glad and rejoice in your mercy, for you have considered my trouble; you have known my soul in adversities...
- Psalm 48:11 Let Mount Zion rejoice, let the daughters of Judah be glad, because of your judgments.
- Psalm 105:3 Glory in his holy name; Let the hearts of those rejoice who seek the Lord!
Sameach
blithe or gleeful, glad, joyful, making merry, hearted, rejoice
- Psalm 96:11 Let the heavens rejoice, and let the earth be glad; Let the sea roar, and all its fullness...rejoicing, mirth
- Psalm 119:111 Your testimonies I have taken as a heritage forever, for they are the rejoicing of my heart.
Shabach
to address in a loud tone, a loud adoration, a shout, proclaiming with a loud voice (unashamed), to glory, triumph, power, a testimony of praise
- Psalm 63:3 Because your lovingkindness is better than life, my lips shall praise you.
- Psalm 106:47 Save us, O Lord our God, and gather us from among the Gentiles, to give thanks to your holy name, to triumph in your praise.
- Psalm 145:4 One generation shall praise your works to another, and shall declare your mighty acts.
Shaown
uproar (as a rushing), destruction, noise, pomp, rushing, tumult
- Psalm 66:1 Make a joyful shout to God, all the earth!
- Psalm 81:1 Sing aloud to God our strength; Make a joyful shout to the God of Jacob.
Shebach
adore, praise, to adulate
- Daniel 2:23 "I thank you and praise you, O God of my fathers; You have given me wisdom and might, and have now made known to me what we asked of you, For you have made known to us the king's demand."
- Daniel 4:34 And at the end of the time I, Nebuchadnezzar, lifted my eyes to heaven, and my understanding returned to me; and I blessed the Most High and praised and honoured him who lives forever: For his dominion is an everlasting dominion, and his kingdom is from generation to generation.
Shiryah
{7892} a song, singing, musical song
- Psalm 96:1 Oh, sing to the Lord a new song! Sing to the Lord, all the earth.
- Psalm 98:1 Oh, sing to the Lord a new song! For he has done marvellous things; His right hand and his holy arm have gained him the victory.
Suws
to be bright, cheerful, be glad, make mirth, rejoice
- Psalm 35:9 And my soul shall be joyful in the Lord; It shall rejoice in his salvation.
- Psalm 40:16 Let all those who seek you rejoice and be glad in you; Let such as love your salvation say continually, "The Lord be magnified!"
- Psalm 119:162 I rejoice at your word as one who finds great treasure.
Taga
to clatter, slap hands together, clang an instrument, to become bondsman by hand clasping, blow a trumpet
- Psalm 47:1 Oh, clap your hands, all you peoples! Shout to God with the voice of triumph!
Teruwah
an acclamation of joy or a battle cry, clangor of trumpets, sounding of an alarm
- Psalm 27:6 And now my head shall be lifted up above my enemies all around me; Therefore I will offer sacrifices of joy in his tabernacle; I will sing, yes, I will sing praises to the Lord.
Zammar
an instrumental musician, singer
- Ezra 7:24 Also we inform you that it shall not be lawful to impose tax, tribute, or custom on any of the priests, Levites, singers, gatekeepers, Nethinim, or servants of this house of God.
Zemar
instrumental music
- Daniel 3:7 So at that time, when all the people heard the sound of the horn, flute, harp, and lyre, in symphony with all kinds of music, all the people, nations, and languages fell down and worshiped the gold image which King Nebuchadnezzar had set up.
- Daniel 3:10 You, O king, have made a decree that everyone who hears the sound of the horn, flute, harp, lyre, and psaltery, in symphony with all kinds of music, shall fall down and worship the gold image...
Zemirah
a song to be accompanied by instrumental music
- Psalm 95:2 Let us come before his presence with thanksgiving; Let us shout joyfully to him with psalms.
Zimrah
a musical piece, song to be accompanied by an instrument, melody, psalm
- Psalm 81:2 Raise a song and strike the timbrel, the pleasant harp with the lute.
- Psalm 98:5 Sing to the Lord with the harp, with the harp and the sound of a psalm...
