Psalm

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

• of psalms 2
• in psalms 2
• psalm 1
• a psalm 1
• psalms 1

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

• Luke 2
• Acts 2
• 1 Corinthians 1
• Ephesians 1
• Colossians 1

5 books in all.

• Melody (mizmor)

• Luke 24:44And he said unto them, These are the words which I spake unto you, while I was yet with you, that all things must be fulfilled, which were written in the law of Moses, and in the prophets, and in the psalms, concerning me.
• Acts 1:20For it is written in the book of Psalms, Let his habitation be desolate, and let no man dwell therein: and his bishoprick let another take.
• Acts 13:33God hath fulfilled the same unto us their children, in that he hath raised up Jesus again; as it is also written in the second psalm, Thou art my Son, this day have I begotten thee.
• 1 Corinthians 14:26How is it then, brethren? when ye come together, every one of you hath a psalm, hath a doctrine, hath a tongue, hath a revelation, hath an interpretation. Let all things be done unto edifying.
• Ephesians 5:19Speaking to yourselves in psalms and hymns and spiritual songs, singing and making melody in your heart to the Lord;
• 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.

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

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

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