הָלַל (hâlal) — Boast

Strong's H1984 is tagged on 164 words in 139 verses across 19 books of the word-by-word Hebrew and Aramaic Old Testament text on this site. It first appears in Genesis 12:15 and last appears in Nahum 2:4.

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Books where it appears most

Verses (first 25 of 139)

• Genesis 12:15 — וַיְהַלְלוּ — and they praised
• Judges 16:24 — וַיְהַלְלוּ — and they praised
• 1 Samuel 21:13 — וַיִּתְהֹלֵל — and he pretended to be mad
• 2 Samuel 14:25 — לְהַלֵּל — to praise
• 2 Samuel 22:4 — מְהֻלָּל — the one to be praised
• 1 Kings 20:11 — יִתְהַלֵּל — he boast
• 1 Chronicles 16:4 — וּלְהַלֵּל — and to praise
• 1 Chronicles 16:10 — הִתְהַלְלוּ — boast
• 1 Chronicles 16:25 — וּמְהֻלָּל — and is to be praised
• 1 Chronicles 16:36 — וְהַלֵּל — and they praised
• 1 Chronicles 23:5 — מְהַלְלִים — those praising
• 1 Chronicles 23:30 — וּלְהַלֵּל — and to praise
• 1 Chronicles 25:3 — וְהַלֵּל — and to praise
• 1 Chronicles 29:13 — וּמְהַלְלִים — and are praising
• 2 Chronicles 5:13 — לְהַלֵּל — to praise
• 2 Chronicles 7:6 — בְּהַלֵּל — when praised
• 2 Chronicles 8:14 — לְהַלֵּל — to praise
• 2 Chronicles 20:19 — לְהַלֵּל — to praise
• 2 Chronicles 20:21 — וּמְהַלְלִים — and those who praised
• 2 Chronicles 23:12 — וְהַמְהַלְלִים — and who were praising
• 2 Chronicles 23:13 — לְהַלֵּל — to praise
• 2 Chronicles 29:30 — לְהַלֵּל — to praise
• 2 Chronicles 30:21 — וּמְהַלְלִים — and were praising
• 2 Chronicles 31:2 — וּלְהַלֵּל — and to praise
• Ezra 3:10 — לְהַלֵּל — to praise

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Related entries

Entries whose derivation names this word: H1947 הוֹלֵלָה (hôwlêlâh), H1948 הוֹלֵלוּת (hôwlêlûwth), H1966 הֵילֵל (hêylêl), H1974 הִלּוּל (hillûwl), H1985 הִלֵּל (Hillêl), H3094 יְהַלֶּלְאֵל (Yᵉhallelʼêl), H4110 מַהֲלָל (mahălâl), H8416 תְּהִלָּה (tᵉhillâh), H8417 תׇּהֳלָה (tohŏlâh).

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