Lexical Summary
psalmos: Psalm
Original Word: ψαλμός
Part of Speech: Noun, Masculine
Transliteration: psalmos
Pronunciation: psal-MOS
Phonetic Spelling: (psal-mos')
KJV: psalm
NASB: Psalms, Psalm
Word Origin: [from G5567 (ψάλλω - sing)]
1. a set piece of music, i.e. a sacred ode (accompanied with the voice, harp or other instrument)
2. a "psalm"
3. collectively, the book of the Psalms
Strong's Exhaustive Concordance
psalm.
From psallo; a set piece of music, i.e. A sacred ode (accompanied with the voice, harp or other instrument; a "psalm"); collectively, the book of the Psalms -- psalm. Compare oide.
see GREEK psallo
see GREEK oide
HELPS Word-studies
5568 psalmós – a psalm ("Scripture set to music"). Originally, a psalm (5568 /psalmós) was sung and accompanied by a plucked musical instrument (typically a harp), especially the OT Psalms.
[The Psalms of the OT were often sung and were accompanied by sophisticated musical arrangements.]
NAS Exhaustive Concordance
Word Originfrom
psallóDefinitiona striking (of musical strings), a psalm
NASB TranslationPsalm (1), psalm (1), Psalms (3), psalms (2).
Thayer's Greek Lexicon
STRONGS NT 5568: ψαλμόςψαλμός,
ψαλμοῦ,
ὁ (
ψάλλω),
a striking, twanging ((
Euripides, others)); specifically,
a striking the chords of a musical instrument ((
Pindar,
Aeschylus, others)); hence,
a pious song, a psalm (the
Sept. chiefly for
מִזְמור),
Ephesians 5:19;
Colossians 3:16; the phrase
ἔχειν ψαλμόν is used of one who has it in his heart to sing or recite a song of the sort,
1 Corinthians 14:26 (cf. Heinrici at the passage, and
Lightfoot on Col. as above); one of the songs of the book of the O. T. which is entitled
ψαλμοί,
Acts 13:33; plural the (book of) Psalms
Luke 24:44;
βίβλος ψαλμῶν,
Luke 20:42;
Acts 1:20. (Synonym: see
ὕμνος, at the end.)
