Music
συμφωνίαStrong’s G4858sumphōnia
Appears in 1 verse of the New Testament
In short
Sumphōnia is the Greek word usually translated “music”. It appears in 1 verse of the New Testament.
“Now his elder son was in the field: and as he came and drew nigh to the house, he heard musick and dancing.”
Meaning
Usually translated “music”. Open the dictionary entry below for the full range of meaning, with the verses it cites.
How it's translated
- music 1
Word-by-word English from the STEPBible tagged text.
Where it's used most
- Luke 1
1 book in all.
Explore in Scripture
Greek dictionary
συμφωνία sumphōnia · music
συμφωνία, -ας, ἡ (σύμφωνος), [in LXX: Dan LXX TH Dan.3:5, 15, TH Dan.3:7, 10 (סוּמְפּוֹנְיָה) 4Ma.14:3 A * ;] 1. symphony, music: Luk.15:25 2. a musical instrument (Polyb., al.; Da, ll. with; v MM, xxiv).† (AS)
From STEPBible’s Greek lexicon (based on Abbott-Smith).
Webster's 1828 Dictionary
How the English word “music” was understood when the King James Version was still the common Bible of English readers.
MU'SIC, noun
s as z. [Latin musica.]
- Melody or harmony; any succession of sounds so modulated as to please the ear, or any combination of simultaneous sounds in accordance or harmony. music is vocal or instrumental.
- Any entertainment consisting in melody or harmony.
- The science of harmonical sounds, which treats of the principles of harmony, or the properties, dependencies and relations of sounds to each other.
- The art of combining sounds in a manner to please the ear.
All definitions
- Order; harmony in revolutions; as the music of the spheres.
Noah Webster, An American Dictionary of the English Language (1828). Verse references are checked against the KJV. Read the full entry.
Verses are from the King James Version. Word meanings come from the original Greek, not from any one translation.