Lexical Definition

‎תּוֹדָה‎ tôwdâh (to-daw') thanksgiving ^H:N-F
from ‎יָדָה‎

confession, (sacrifice of) praise, thanks(-giving, offering).

• properly, an extension of the hand, i.e. (by implication) avowal, or (usually) adoration
• specifically, a choir of worshippers

1) confession, praise, thanksgiving
1a) give praise to God
1b) thanksgiving in songs of liturgical worship, hymn of praise
1c) thanksgiving choir or procession or line or company
1d) thank-offering, sacrifice of thanksgiving
1e) confession

See Greek: ᾄδω · αἴνεσις · δῶρον

Brown-Driver-Briggs

‎תּוֺדָה‎ noun feminine thanksgiving, ‎׳‎‎תּ‎ Lev 7:12 + 23 t.; construct ‎תּוֺדַת‎ Lev 7:13; Lev 7:15 plural ‎תּוֺדוֺת‎ Ps 56:13* + 3 t.; ‎תּוֺדֹת‎ Neh 12:31; Neh 12:40 —

1. give praise to ‎׳‎‎י‎ Josh 7:19 (J E; || ‎׳‎‎שִׂים כָּבוֺד לְ‎), Ezra 10:11, in both of praise rendered by acknowledging and abandoning sin; see Di. on Joshua, and on Ezra Öttli and especially Ryle; compare verb ‎ידה‎ with ‎לְ‎; so RVm; > Thes MV SS Be RV and others confession.

2. thanksgiving in songs of liturgical worship ‎׳‎‎קול ת‎ Ps 26:7; Ps 42:5*; Jonah 2:10* || ‎שִׁיר‎ Ps 69:31*; Neh 12:27 || ‎זְמִרוֺת‎ Ps 95:2 || ‎קוֺל זִמְרָה‎ Isa 51:3 || ‎תְּהִלָּה‎ Ps 100:4 || ‎כִּנּוֺר‎ Ps 147:7.

3. thanksgiving choir, procession, line, company Neh 12:31; Neh 12:38; Neh 12:40, probably also Jer 30:19 (|| ‎קוֺל מְשַׂחֲקִים‎).

4. thank-offering ‎׳‎‎קטּר ת‎ Amos 4:5 (|| ‎נְדָבוֺת‎); a division of ‎זֶבַח הַשְּׁלָמִים‎ Lev 7:12 a; ‎שׁלמיו‎ ‎׳‎‎זבח ת‎ vLev 7:13 vLev 7:15 ‎׳‎‎זבח (ה)ת‎ vLev 7:12 b (all P), Lev 22:29 (H); ‎זבחים ותודות‎ 2Chr 29:31 (twice in verse); ‎׳‎‎זבחי שְׁלָמִים ות‎ 2Chr 33:16 ‎׳‎‎זבת זבח(י) ת‎ Ps 107:22; Ps 116:17 ‎׳‎‎מבאי(ם) ת‎ Jer 17:26; Jer 33:11 ‎לתודה‎ Ps 100:1 (title); in Psalms || ‎׃נדרים‎ ‎׳‎‎זָבַח ת‎ offer a thank-offering Ps 50:14; Ps 50:23 (see Br^{MP. 239}); ‎׳‎‎שִׁלּם ת‎ Ps 56:13*.

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