adō (to sing) · Rightly

Meaning

Usually translated “are singing” and “singing”. Open the dictionary entry below for the full range of meaning, with the verses it cites.

How it's translated

they are singing 3
singing 2

Word-by-word English from the STEPBible tagged text.

Where it's used most

Revelation 3
Ephesians 1
Colossians 1

3 books in all.

Related words

Explore in Scripture

Colossians 3:16Let the word of Christ dwell in you richly in all wisdom; teaching and admonishing one another in psalms and hymns and spiritual songs, singing with grace in your hearts to the Lord.
Revelation 5:9And they sung a new song, saying, Thou art worthy to take the book, and to open the seals thereof: for thou wast slain, and hast redeemed us to God by thy blood out of every kindred, and tongue, and people, and nation;
Revelation 14:3And they sung as it were a new song before the throne, and before the four beasts, and the elders: and no man could learn that song but the hundred and forty and four thousand, which were redeemed from the earth.
Revelation 15:3And they sing the song of Moses the servant of God, and the song of the Lamb, saying, Great and marvellous are thy works, Lord God Almighty; just and true are thy ways, thou King of saints.

Greek dictionary

ᾄδω adō · to sing

ᾄδω (Attic form of Ion. and poët. ἀείδω), [in LXX chiefly for שִׁיר ;] to sing, (a) intrans., with dative (MM, VGT, see word), of praise to God: Eph.5:19, Col.3:16 ; (b) trans., with cogn. accusative: ᾠδὴν, Rev.5:9 14:3 15:3. † (AS)

From STEPBible’s Greek lexicon (based on Abbott-Smith).

Webster's 1828 Dictionary

How the English word “sing” was understood when the King James Version was still the common Bible of English readers.

SING, verb intransitive

preterit tense sung, sang; participle passive sung.

To utter sounds with various inflections of melodious modulations of voice, as fancy may dictate, or according to the notes of a song or tune The noise of them that sing do I hear Exodus 32:18
To utter sweet or melodious sounds, as birds.
To make a small shrill sound; as, the air sings in passing through a crevice.
To tell or relate something in numbers of verse. sing of human hope by cross event destroy'd.

All definitions and other forms of “sing”

SING, verb transitive

To utter with musical modulation of voice. Revelation 15:3“And they sing the song of Moses, the servant of God, and the song of the Lamb” Revelation 15:3
To celebrate in song; to give praises to in verse.
To relate or rehearse in numbers, verse or poetry.

Noah Webster, An American Dictionary of the English Language (1828). Verse references are checked against the KJV. Read the full entry.