The meaning of Clap in the Bible
(From International Standard Bible Encyclopedia)
An emphatic expression of joy, "They clapped their hands (nakhah), and said, Long live (the King James Version "God save") the king" (II Kings 11:12); "Oh clap your hands (taqa'), all ye peoples" (Psalms 47:1); or exultation (caphaq, Lamentations 2:15; macha', Ezekiel 25:6; taqa', Nahum 3:19); or repudiation (caphaq, Job 27:23; Job 34:37).
Figurative: To denote Nature's "sympathy" with God's people. "Let the floods clap (macha') their hands" (Psalms 98:8); "All the trees of the field shall clap their hands" (Isaiah 55:12; compare Judges 5:20).
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