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Psalm 149

Psa. 149:3 KJV (With Strong’s)

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Let them praise
halal (Hebrew #1984)
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
KJV usage: (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.
Pronounce: haw-lal'
Origin: a primitive root
his name
shem (Hebrew #8034)
an appellation, as a mark or memorial of individuality; by implication honor, authority, character
KJV usage: + base, (in-)fame(-ous), named(-d), renown, report.
Pronounce: shame
Origin: a primitive word (perhaps rather from 7760 through the idea of definite and conspicuous position; compare 8064)
μin the dance
machowl (Hebrew #4234)
a (round) dance
KJV usage: dance(-cing).
Pronounce: maw-khole'
Origin: from 2342
: let them sing praises
zamar (Hebrew #2167)
properly, to touch the strings or parts of a musical instrument, i.e. play upon it; to make music, accompanied by the voice; hence to celebrate in song and music
KJV usage: give praise, sing forth praises, psalms.
Pronounce: zaw-mar'
Origin: a primitive root (perhaps ident. with 2168 through the idea of striking with the fingers)
unto him with the timbrel
toph (Hebrew #8596)
a tambourine
KJV usage: tabret, timbrel.
Pronounce: tofe
Origin: from 8608 contracted
and harp
kinnowr (Hebrew #3658)
a harp
KJV usage: harp.
Pronounce: kin-nore'
Origin: from a unused root meaning to twang
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or, with the pipe.

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Cross References

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in the dance.
or, with the pipe.
Psa. 150:4• 4Praise him with the timbrel and dance: praise him with stringed instruments and organs. (Psa. 150:4)
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Psa. 150•  (Psa. 150)
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Ex. 15:20• 20And Miriam the prophetess, the sister of Aaron, took a timbrel in her hand; and all the women went out after her with timbrels and with dances. (Ex. 15:20)
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Judg. 11:34• 34And Jephthah came to Mizpeh unto his house, and, behold, his daughter came out to meet him with timbrels and with dances: and she was his only child; beside her he had neither son nor daughter. (Judg. 11:34)
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2 Sam. 6:16• 16And 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 dancing before the Lord; and she despised him in her heart. (2 Sam. 6:16)
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Jer. 31:13• 13Then shall the virgin rejoice in the dance, both young men and old together: for I will turn their mourning into joy, and will comfort them, and make them rejoice from their sorrow. (Jer. 31:13)
with the timbrel.
Psa. 33:2• 2Praise the Lord with harp: sing unto him with the psaltery and an instrument of ten strings. (Psa. 33:2)
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Psa. 81:2• 2Take a psalm, and bring hither the timbrel, the pleasant harp with the psaltery. (Psa. 81:2)
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Psa. 137:2‑4• 2We hanged our harps upon the willows in the midst thereof.
 3For there they that carried us away captive required of us a song; and they that wasted us required of us mirth, saying, Sing us one of the songs of Zion.
 4How shall we sing the Lord's song in a strange land? (Psa. 137:2‑4)
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Psa. 150:3‑5• 3Praise him with the sound of the trumpet: praise him with the psaltery and harp.
 4Praise him with the timbrel and dance: praise him with stringed instruments and organs.
 5Praise him upon the loud cymbals: praise him upon the high sounding cymbals. (Psa. 150:3‑5)
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1 Chron. 15:28‑29• 28Thus all Israel brought up the ark of the covenant of the Lord with shouting, and with sound of the cornet, and with trumpets, and with cymbals, making a noise with psalteries and harps.
 29And it came to pass, as the ark of the covenant of the Lord came to the city of David, that Michal the daughter of Saul looking out at a window saw king David dancing and playing: and she despised him in her heart. (1 Chron. 15:28‑29)
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1 Chron. 16:42• 42And with them Heman and Jeduthun with trumpets and cymbals for those that should make a sound, and with musical instruments of God. And the sons of Jeduthun were porters. (1 Chron. 16:42)
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1 Chron. 25:6• 6All these were under the hands of their father for song in the house of the Lord, with cymbals, psalteries, and harps, for the service of the house of God, according to the king's order to Asaph, Jeduthun, and Heman. (1 Chron. 25:6)
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2 Chron. 29:25• 25And he set the Levites in the house of the Lord with cymbals, with psalteries, and with harps, according to the commandment of David, and of Gad the king's seer, and Nathan the prophet: for so was the commandment of the Lord by his prophets. (2 Chron. 29:25)
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Ezra 3:10• 10And when the builders laid the foundation of the temple of the Lord, they set the priests in their apparel with trumpets, and the Levites the sons of Asaph with cymbals, to praise the Lord, after the ordinance of David king of Israel. (Ezra 3:10)

J. N. Darby Translation

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Let them praise his name in the dance; let them sing psalms unto him with the tambour and harp.