Song
ᾠδήStrong’s G5603ōdē
Appears in 5 verses of the New Testament
In short
Ōdē is the Greek word usually translated “song” and “songs”. It appears in 5 verses of the New Testament.
“Speaking to yourselves in psalms and hymns and spiritual songs, singing and making melody in your heart to the Lord;”
Meaning
Usually translated “song” and “songs”. Open the dictionary entry below for the full range of meaning, with the verses it cites.
How it's translated
- song 3
- in songs 2
- a song 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.
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
ᾠδή ōdē · song
ᾠδή, -ῆς, ή [in LXX chiefly for שִׁיר ;] a song, ode, whether sad or joyful; in LXX and NT always in praise of God or Christ: Rev.5:9 14:3 15:3; ᾠ πνευματικαί Eph.5:19, Col.3:16.† (AS)
From STEPBible’s Greek lexicon (based on Abbott-Smith).
Webster's 1828 Dictionary
How the English word “song” was understood when the King James Version was still the common Bible of English readers.
SONG, noun
- In general, that which is sung or uttered with musical modulations of the voice, whether of the human voice or that of a bird.
- A little poem to be sung, or uttered with musical modulations; a ballad.
- A hymn; a sacred poem or hymn to be sung either in joy or thanksgiving, as that sung by Moses and the Israelites after escaping the dangers of the Arabian gulf and of Pharaoh; or of lamentation, as that of David over the death of Saul and Jonathan.
- A lay; a strain; a poem.
All definitions
- Poetry; poesy; verse.
- Notes of birds. [See Def. 1.]
- A mere trifle.
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.