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H3034
Hebrew
Original Word
יָדָהTransliteration
yâdâh
Pronunciation
yaw-daw'
Definition
a primitive root; used only as denominative from יָד; literally, to use (i.e. hold out) the hand; physically, to throw (a stone, an arrow) at or away; especially to revere or worship (with extended hands); intensively, to bemoan (by wringing the hands); cast (out), (make) confess(-ion), praise, shoot, (give) thank(-ful, -s, -sgiving).
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Vine's Expository Dictionary
Confess (To)
"to confess, praise, give thanks." The root, translated "confess" or "confession" about twenty times in the kjv, is also frequently rendered "praise" …
Praise (To)
"to praise, celebrate, glory, sing (praise), boast." The meaning "to praise" is actually the meaning of the intensive form of the Hebrew verb halal, w…