תּוֹדָה todah
Hebrew word for “thanksgiving” · Strong’s H8426 · used 32 times in 30 verses
Meaning
1) confession, praise, thanksgiving;
How it is translated
Glosses given for todah in context, with how often each is used:
- thanksgiving 18
- thank-offering 5
- thank-offerings 3
- thanksgiving choirs 2
- confession 1
- praise 1
- thanksgivings 1
- thanksgiving choir 1
Where it is used
| Book | Uses | Per 1,000 words | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Psalms | 12 | 0.6 | |
| Leviticus | 5 | 0.4 | |
| Nehemiah | 4 | 0.8 | |
| 2 Chronicles | 3 | 0.2 | |
| Jeremiah | 3 | 0.1 | |
| Joshua | 1 | 0.1 | |
| Ezra | 1 | 0.3 | |
| Isaiah | 1 | 0.1 | |
| Amos | 1 | 0.5 | |
| Jonah | 1 | 1.5 |
Chapters where it is used most
Nehemiah 12 (4), Leviticus 7 (3), Psalms 50 (2), Psalms 100 (2), Leviticus 22 (1), Joshua 7 (1), 2 Chronicles 29 (1), 2 Chronicles 33 (1), Ezra 10 (1), Psalms 26 (1)
Forms
- תודה 15
- תודת 4
- בתודה 4
- ותודות 2
- ותודה 2
- התודה 1
- ובתודות 1
- והתודה 1
- התודת 1
- לתודה 1
Words used with it
Words that share verses with todah more often than their overall frequency would suggest:
- זֶבַח zevach “sacrifice” 9
- זָבַח zavach “to sacrifice” 7
- קוֹל qol “voice” 6
- שֶׁלֶם shelem “peace offering” 3
- שִׂמְחָה simchah “joy” 3
- שָׁלֵם salem “to complete” 3
- חוֹמָה chomah “wall” 3
- חַלָּה challah “bun” 2
- חָמֵץ chamets “leaven” 2
- שָׂשׂוֹן sasvon “rejoicing” 2
- רִנָּה rinnah “cry” 2
- רוּעַ rua “to shout” 2
Key verses
The verses using todah that are most connected by cross-references (King James Version):
- Leviticus 7:12 — If he offer it for a thanksgiving, then he shall offer with the sacrifice of thanksgiving unleavened cakes mingled with oil, and unleavened wafers anointed…
- Joshua 7:19 — And Joshua said unto Achan, My son, give, I pray thee, glory to the LORD God of Israel, and make confession unto him; and tell me now what thou hast done; hide…
- Nehemiah 12:27 — And at the dedication of the wall of Jerusalem they sought the Levites out of all their places, to bring them to Jerusalem, to keep the dedication with…
- Psalms 42:4 — When I remember these things, I pour out my soul in me: for I had gone with the multitude, I went with them to the house of God, with the voice of joy and…
- Psalms 50:14 — Offer unto God thanksgiving; and pay thy vows unto the most High:
- Psalms 50:23 — Whoso offereth praise glorifieth me: and to him that ordereth his conversation aright will I shew the salvation of God.
- Psalms 100:1 — [A Psalm of praise.] Make a joyful noise unto the LORD, all ye lands.
- Psalms 116:17 — I will offer to thee the sacrifice of thanksgiving, and will call upon the name of the LORD.
- Isaiah 51:3 — For the LORD shall comfort Zion: he will comfort all her waste places; and he will make her wilderness like Eden, and her desert like the garden of the LORD;…
- Jeremiah 30:19 — And out of them shall proceed thanksgiving and the voice of them that make merry: and I will multiply them, and they shall not be few; I will also glorify…
- Jeremiah 33:11 — The voice of joy, and the voice of gladness, the voice of the bridegroom, and the voice of the bride, the voice of them that shall say, Praise the LORD of…
- Jonah 2:9 — But I will sacrifice unto thee with the voice of thanksgiving; I will pay that that I have vowed. Salvation is of the LORD.
See all 30 verses in the Word Atlas
Hebrew and Greek text, tagging, glosses and lexicon definitions: STEPBible.org, Tyndale House Cambridge (TAHOT, TAGNT, TBESH, TBESG; CC BY 4.0), adapted. Counts follow King James verse numbering; a word counts each time it is written.