Phrase guide

praise the Lord

intj · 3 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

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Meaning 1

A phrase used to thank God by Christians.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

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Meaning relationships

Synonyms: praise be to God

Antonyms: none provided

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Meaning 2

Expression of thankful happiness; not always literally religious when used by cultural Christians, but not explicitly differentiable, thus ambiguous.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

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Meaning relationships

Synonyms: praise be, praise be to God

Antonyms: none provided

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Meaning 3

Stereotypical exclamation used in mockery of Christianity.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: UK

Qualifier: mildly blasphemous

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Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

History

Etymology

A present subjunctive clause inherited intact from a time when English was freely productive of them. It is semantically equivalent to praise be to God. The zero morph difference from the imperative form allows parsing as a command synchronically.

Across languages

Translations

22 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Arabic: سُبْحَانَ اللّٰه (subḥāna llāh) — phrase used to thank God
  • Bengali: সুবহানাল্লাহ (śub'hanallah) — phrase used to thank God
  • French: louez le Seigneur — phrase used to thank God
  • French: loué soit le Seigneur — phrase used to thank God
  • French: gloire à Dieu — phrase used to thank God
  • Hebrew: הַלְּלוּיָהּ (hal'luyáh) — phrase used to thank God
  • Hebrew: הַלְּלוּקָהּ (hal'lukáh) — phrase used to thank God
  • Hindi: सुभानअल्लाह (subhānaallāh) — phrase used to thank God
  • Indonesian: subhanallah — phrase used to thank God
  • Italian: sia lodato Dio — phrase used to thank God
  • Italian: sia lodato Iddio — phrase used to thank God
  • Italian: sia lodato il Signore — phrase used to thank God
  • Italian: sia lodato il cielo — phrase used to thank God
  • Japanese: スブハーナッラー (subuhānarrā) — phrase used to thank God
  • Latin: laus Deō — phrase used to thank God
  • Polish: chwała Bogu — phrase used to thank God
  • Spanish: alabado sea Dios — phrase used to thank God
  • Swedish: prisa Gud — phrase used to thank God
  • Swedish: pris vare Gud — phrase used to thank God
  • Swedish: prisad vare Gud — phrase used to thank God
  • Tatar: сөбханаллаһ (söbxanallah) — phrase used to thank God
  • Urdu: سبحان اللہ (subhān-allāh) — phrase used to thank God