Topic
Clap
10 passages cited, from 1 classic reference work.
These works date from 1915 and are in the public domain. They reflect the Protestant scholarship of their time: their history, archaeology and dates can be out of date, and where they interpret, other traditions read the text differently. The verses are shown in the King James Version, the wording these works were written against.
The verses
The passages the works cite, those cited by more of them first.
- Judges 5:20ISBE
They fought from heaven; the stars in their courses fought against Sisera.
- 2 Kings 11:12ISBE
And he brought forth the king’s son, and put the crown upon him, and gave him the testimony; and they made him king, and anointed him; and they clapped their hands, and said, God save the king.
- Job 27:23ISBE
Men shall clap their hands at him, and shall hiss him out of his place.
- Job 34:37ISBE
For he addeth rebellion unto his sin, he clappeth his hands among us, and multiplieth his words against God.
- Psalms 47:1ISBE
O clap your hands, all ye people; shout unto God with the voice of triumph.
- Psalms 98:8ISBE
Let the floods clap their hands: let the hills be joyful together
- Isaiah 55:12ISBE
For ye shall go out with joy, and be led forth with peace: the mountains and the hills shall break forth before you into singing, and all the trees of the field shall clap their hands.
- Lamentations 2:15ISBE
All that pass by clap their hands at thee; they hiss and wag their head at the daughter of Jerusalem, saying, Is this the city that men call The perfection of beauty, The joy of the whole earth?
- Ezekiel 25:6ISBE
For thus saith the Lord GOD; Because thou hast clapped thine hands, and stamped with the feet, and rejoiced in heart with all thy despite against the land of Israel;
- Nahum 3:19ISBE
There is no healing of thy bruise; thy wound is grievous: all that hear the bruit of thee shall clap the hands over thee: for upon whom hath not thy wickedness passed continually?
In the reference works
International Standard Bible Encyclopedia (1915) · 10 references
An emphatic expression of joy, "They clapped their hands (nakhah), and said, Long live (the King James Version "God save") the king" (2Ki 11:12); "Oh clap your hands (taqa`), all ye peoples" (Ps 47:1); or exultation (caphaq, La 2:15; macha', Eze 25:6; taqa`, Na 3:19); or repudiation (caphaq, Job 27:23; 34:37).
Figurative: To denote Nature's "sympathy" with God's people. "Let the floods clap (macha') their hands" (Ps 98:8); "All the trees of the field shall clap their hands" (Isa 55:12; compare Jud 5:20).
Texts: International Standard Bible Encyclopedia (1915), from the CrossWire SWORD modules (public domain). Verse references were parsed from the works' own markup and checked against the KJV verse list.