To sing praise
ψάλλωStrong’s G5567psallō
Appears in 4 verses of the New Testament
In short
Psallō is the Greek word usually translated “sing praise”, “sing” and “making melody”. It appears in 4 verses of the New Testament.
“And that the Gentiles might glorify God for his mercy; as it is written, For this cause I will confess to thee among the Gentiles, and sing unto thy name.”
Meaning
Usually translated “sing praise”, “sing” and “making melody”. Open the dictionary entry below for the full range of meaning, with the verses it cites.
How it's translated
- i will sing praise 2
- will i sing 1
- making melody 1
- he should sing praises 1
Word-by-word English from the STEPBible tagged text.
Where it's used most
- Romans 1
- 1 Corinthians 1
- Ephesians 1
- James 1
4 books in all.
Explore in Scripture
- 1 Corinthians 14:15What is it then? I will pray with the spirit, and I will pray with the understanding also: I will sing with the spirit, and I will sing with the understanding also.
- Ephesians 5:19Speaking to yourselves in psalms and hymns and spiritual songs, singing and making melody in your heart to the Lord;
- James 5:13Is any among you afflicted? let him pray. Is any merry? let him sing psalms.
Greek dictionary
ψάλλω psallō · to sing praise
ψάλλω [in LXX chiefly for זָמַר pi. (Jdg.5:3, Psa.7:17, al.), also for נָגַן pi. (1Ki.16:16 ff, al.) ;] 1. to pull, twitch, twang (as a bowstring, etc.; Æsch., Eur., al.), hence, 2. absol., (a) to play a stringed instrument with the fingers (Hdt., Plat., al.); (b) later, to sing to a harp, sing psalms (LXX); in NT, to sing a hymn, sing praise: Jas.5:13; with dative of person(s), Rom.15:9 (LXX), Eph.5:19; dative instr., 1Co.14:15.† (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.
Verses are from the King James Version. Word meanings come from the original Greek, not from any one translation.