STRONGS NUMBER H1974


Word Summary
hillul: a rejoicing, praise
Original Word: הִלּוּל
Transliteration: hillul
Phonetic Spelling: (hil-lool')
Part of Speech: Noun Masculine
Short Definition: a rejoicing, praise
Meaning: a celebration of thanksgiving for, harvest
Strong's Concordance
merry, praise

From halal (in the sense of rejoicing); a celebration of thanksgiving for harvest -- merry, praise.

see HEBREW halal

Brown-Driver-Briggs

H1974. hillul

[הִלּוּל‎] noun [masculine] (Late Hebrew id.) only plural הִלּוּלִיםrejoicing, praise:

1 הִלּוּלִים וִיַּעֲשׂוּJudges 9:27 i.e. a vintage-rejoicing, merry-making, connected with thanksgiving אֱלֹהֵיהֶם בֵּית וַיָּבאֹוּ‎ etc. (i.e. god baal-Berith, see 9:4).

2 of praise to ה ׳פקדֶשׁ ׳י,Leviticus 19:24 (H) holiness of praise, i.e. a consecrated thing in token of thanksgiving for fruit, offered in 4th year (compare Late Hebrew).