What Does “Praise (laud)” Mean in the Bible?
To praise. “Praised be God” means “blessed be God.”
A detail
- In the Bible: the man who could not walk, healed by Peter, went into the Temple leaping and praising God.
Where it appears in the Bible
Acts 3:8; Daniel 3:24; Daniel 3:52
What the Bible says
Acts 3:8
And he leaping up, stood, and walked, and went in with them into the temple, walking, and leaping, and praising God.
Daniel 3:24
And they walked in the midst of the flame, praising God and blessing the Lord.
Daniel 3:52
Blessed art thou, O Lord the God of our fathers: and worthy to be praised, and glorified, and exalted above all for ever: and blessed is the holy name of thy glory: and worthy to be praised, and exalted above all in all ages.
Douay-Rheims Bible (Challoner revision), public domain.
Source: Dictionary.com, “laud”