praise & worship Flashcards
what man was created for
to worship God
2 kinds of songs
- song of the rebellious
- song of the redeemed
latin root of praise
pretium
pretium meaning
price, value
general definition of pretium
ascription of value/worth
praise (hebrew)
- spontaneously sung in gratitude
- bible calls ‘new song’ to the Lord
tehillah
praise (heb)
- give praise by lining of hand in adoration
- thanksgiving in songs of liturgival worship
- possession or line of givers of thanks
towdah
praise (heb)
- address in a loud tone
- unashamed
shabach
praise (heb)
- to sing praises, psalms
- make music with instruments
zamar
praise (heb)
- to throw
- extend your hand
yadah
hebrew word ‘Judah’ is derived from
yadah : praised
praise (heb)
- to shine
- to make a show/boast
- to be foolish
halal
hebrew root of hallelujah
halal : praise the Lord
praise (heb)
- to bless
- bend knees to kneel
- implies blessing God
barak
offerings related to sin & guilt
- acts of purification
- dietary laws
- sacrifices
- tithes & other offerings
- the 10 commandments
4 types of sacrifices
- sin
- guilt
- peace
- burnt
true or false
sin offerings do not show seriousness of worshipper’s sin but makes their conscience clear
Heb 9:9
false
offerings related to thanksgiving during feast celebrations
- passover
- sukkot
- purim
- hanukkah
- shavuot
thanksgiving offering
celevrated exodus from egypt
passover
thanksgiving offering
God’s provision for Israel in the wilderness
sukkot
thanksgiving offerings
God’s deliverance of Jews from Haman’s plot
purim
thanksgiving offerings
cleansing of the Temple under the maccabees during the intertestamental period
hannukah
celebrates first fruitsi of wheat harvest & commemorates giving of Torah in mt sinai
shavuot
For You do not desire sacrifice, or else I would give it; You do not delight in burnt offering. The sacrifices of God are a broken spirit, A broken and a contrite heart— These, O God, You will not despise.
ps 51:16
