Strong's #1984: halal (pronounced haw-lal')
a primitive root; to be clear (orig. of sound, but usually of color); to shine; hence, to make a show, to boast; and thus to be (clamorously) foolish; to rave; causatively, to celebrate; also to stultify:--(make) boast (self), celebrate, commend, (deal, make), fool(- ish, -ly), glory, give (light), be (make, feign self) mad (against), give in marriage, (sing, be worthy of) praise, rage, renowned, shine.
Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew Lexicon:
hâlal
1) to shine
1a) (Qal) to shine (figuratively of God' s favour)
1b) (Hiphil) to flash forth light
2) to praise, boast, be boastful
2a) (Qal)
2a1) to be boastful
2a2) boastful ones, boasters (participle)
2b) (Piel)
2b1) to praise
2b2) to boast, make a boast
2c) (Pual)
2c1) to be praised, be made praiseworthy, be commended, be worthy of praise
2d) (Hithpael) to boast, glory, make one' s boast
2e) (Poel) to make a fool of, make into a fool
2f) (Hithpoel) to act madly, act like a madman
Part of Speech: verb
Relation: a primitive root
Usage:
This word is used 165 times:
Jeremiah 9:23: "the LORD, the wise man glory in his wisdom, neither let the mighty man glory"
Jeremiah 9:23: "in his wisdom, neither let the mighty man glory in his might, let not the rich man glory"
Jeremiah 9:23: "in his might, let not the rich man glory in his riches:"
Jeremiah 9:24: "But let him that glorieth glory that he understandeth and knoweth me, that"
Jeremiah 9:24: "But let him that glorieth glory that he understandeth and knoweth me, that"
Jeremiah 20:13: "Sing unto the LORD, praise the LORD: for he hath delivered"
Jeremiah 25:16: "And they shall drink, and be moved, and be mad, of the sword that I will send"
Jeremiah 31:7: "among the chief of the nations: publish ye, praise ye, and say, O LORD, save"
Jeremiah 46:9: "Come up, ye horses; and rage, and let the mighty men come forth; the Ethiopians and the Libyans,"
Jeremiah 49:4: "Wherefore gloriest thou in the valleys, valley, O backsliding daughter? that trusted"
Jeremiah 50:38: "it is the land of graven images, and they are mad upon their idols."
Jeremiah 51:7: "of her wine; therefore the nations are mad."
Ezekiel 26:17: "art thou destroyed, that wast inhabited of seafaring men, the renowned city, which wast"
Joel 2:26: "And ye shall eat in plenty, and be satisfied, and praise the name of the LORD your God,"
Nahum 2:4: "The chariots shall rage in the streets, in the broad ways: they shall seem like torches, they shall run"
