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verb

Greekᾄδω (adō)
Biblang

adamō

Strong’sG103

I sing

stem ad-5 times in the New Testamentin 3 of 27 books2 forms occur

What it means

What the word means, in the words of the lexicons out of copyright — Abbott-Smith, Strong's, and Liddell-Scott-Jones, wherever each has an entry for it.

ᾄδω (Attic form of Ion. and poët. ἀείδω),

[in LXX chiefly for שִׁיר;]

to sing,
(a) intrans., c. dat. (MM, VGT, s.v.), of praise to God: Eph 5:19, Col 3:16;
(b) trans., c. cogn. acc.: ᾠδὴν, Re 5:9 14:3 15:3.†

G. Abbott-Smith, A Manual Greek Lexicon of the New Testament, 1922 — public domain. References open in the reader.

Strong’s G103 — the 1890 definition, and where the word comes from

Saidad'-o

to sing

Froma primary verb;

King Jamessing.

James Strong, Exhaustive Concordance of the Bible, 1890 — public domain. The numbers in it link to the entries here.

Liddell-Scott-Jones — the classical dictionary this word appears in
ἀείδω,
Ionic dialect and poetry form used by Refs 8th c.BC+, and sometimes in Trag. and Comedy texts (even in trimeter, Refs 5th c.BC+, also in Ionic dialect Prose; contraction ᾄδω (also Refs 6th c.BC+: imperfect ἤειδονRefs 8th c.BC+, Epic dialect ἄειδονRefs 8th c.BC+; Trag. and Attic dialect ᾖδονRefs 5th c.BC+: future ἀείσομαιRefs 8th c.BC+; rarely in active form ἀείσω, Refs 7th c.BC+, and late Poets, as Refs 5th c.BC+; still more rarely ᾄσω, Refs 2nd c.AD+; Doric dialect ᾀσεῦμαιRefs 3rd c.BC+: aorist ἤεισαRefs 8th c.BC+ —middle, aorist ἀεισάμην (in active sense) Refs:—passive, ἀείδομαιRefs 5th c.BC+: poetry imperfect ἀείδετοRefs 5th c.BC+aorist ᾔσθην, see below 11.1: perfect ᾖσμαιRefs 5th c.BC+: but ᾱ for the sake of meter Refs 8th c.BC+:— sing, Refs 8th c.BC+: hence of all kinds of vocal sounds, crow as cocks, Refs 5th c.BC+ hoot as owls, Refs 4th c.BC+; croak as frogs, Refs 4th c.BC+; οἱ τέττιγες χαμόθεν ᾄσονται Stes. cited in Refs 4th c.BC+:—of other sounds, twang, of the bow-string, Refs 8th c.BC+; whistle, of the wind through a tree, Refs 2nd c.BC+; ring, of a stone when struck, Refs 3rd c.BC+ —proverbial, πρὶν νενικηκέναι ᾄδειν 'to crow too soon', Refs 5th c.BC+ —Constr.:—ἀ. τινί sing to one, Refs 8th c.BC+; also, vie with one in singing, Refs 3rd c.BC+; ᾄ. πρὸς αὐλὸν ἢ λύραν sing to.., Refs 4th c.BC+
II transitive,
II.1 with accusative of things, sing of, chant, μῆνιν ἄειδεRefs 8th c.BC+; κλέα ἀνδρῶν, νόστον,Refs 8th c.BC+, sing an air of.., ΦρυνίχουRefs 5th c.BC+ to sing in one's praise, Refs 8th c.BC+: later, simply ={καλεῖν}, Refs 2nd c.AD+:—passive, of songs, to be sung, Refs 5th c.BC+; ᾆσμα καλῶς ᾀσθέν, opposed to λόγος καλῶς ῥηθείς, Refs 5th c.BC+; ᾄδεται λόγος the story runs, Refs 1st c.AD+
II.2 of persons, places, etc., sing, praise, celebrate, Refs 5th c.BC+ —passive, ἀείδεται θρέψαισ᾽ ἥρωας is celebrated as the nurse of heroes, Refs 5th c.BC+
II.3 passive, to be filled with song, ἀείσετο πᾶν τέμενος.. θαλίαιςRefs 5th c.BC+

H. G. Liddell, R. Scott, H. S. Jones, A Greek-English Lexicon (9th ed., 1925–1940) — digitised by the Perseus Digital Library and corrected and expanded by Tyndale House, Cambridge, via STEPBible-Data's TFLSJ table, CC BY 4.0. Covers all of Greek literature, not just the Bible.

Translated as

Every occurrence, sorted by the English it was actually given — the evidence for what the word means, not a gloss of it.

sang2×singing2×sing1×

Berean Standard Bible (BSB), dedicated to the public domain — berean.bible.

Biblang forms

What the New Testament actually uses, first — the whole system this verb is built from is one click further down.

Form and the Greek behind itWhat it isUsuallyTimes
adalōᾄδουσινhappening now · theypresent active indicative 3rd person pluralsang3×
adarōntoisᾄδοντεςhappening now · subjectpresent active participle nominative plural masculinesinging2×

Every form the New Testament uses, in paradigm order. What the system can build beyond them — the whole of this verb, whether the text happens to use it or not — is in the tables below.

Every form the system can build — all 86, by mood, including the ones the New Testament never uses
Statements — indicative mood, 3 occurrences
Who personhappening now presentwas happening imperfectwill happen futurehappened aoristhas happened perfecthad happened pluperfect
I 1st person singularadamōadameadamiadamaadamēadamelē
you 2nd person singularadasōadaseadasiadasaadasēadaselē
he/she/it 3rd person singularadatōadateadatiadataadatēadatelē
we 1st person pluraladanōadaneadaniadanaadanēadanelē
ye 2nd person pluraladavōadaveadaviadavaadavēadavelē
they 3rd person pluraladalō3×ᾄδουσινadaleadaliadalaadalēadalelē
May, might — subjunctive mood, no occurrences
Who personhappening now presenthappened aoristhas happened perfect
I 1st person singularadameiōadameiaadameiē
you 2nd person singularadaseiōadaseiaadaseiē
he/she/it 3rd person singularadateiōadateiaadateiē
we 1st person pluraladaneiōadaneiaadaneiē
ye 2nd person pluraladaveiōadaveiaadaveiē
they 3rd person pluraladaleiōadaleiaadaleiē
Commands — imperative mood, no occurrences
Who personhappening now presenthappened aoristhas happened perfect
you 2nd person singularadasōradasaradasēr
he/she/it 3rd person singularadatōradataradatēr
ye 2nd person pluraladavōradavaradavēr
they 3rd person pluraladalōradalaradalēr
Wishes — optative mood, no occurrences
Who personhappening now presenthappened aorist
I 1st person singularadamoiōadamoia
you 2nd person singularadasoiōadasoia
he/she/it 3rd person singularadatoiōadatoia
we 1st person pluraladanoiōadanoia
ye 2nd person pluraladavoiōadavoia
they 3rd person pluraladaloiōadaloia
The “to …” form — infinitive, no occurrences
Who is acting voicehappening now presentwill happen futurehappened aoristhas happened perfect
the subject acts active voiceadarōadariadaraadarē
Used as an adjective — participle, 2 occurrences
Who is acting voicehappening now presentwill happen futurehappened aoristhas happened perfect
the subject acts active voiceadarōntos2×adarintosadarantosadarēntos

Each is given in the form it takes as a subject. From there a participle carries the ordinary noun endings, in every case, number and gender — so these four columns are the whole of what the verb contributes.

How every form is built — the slots that make them
adstem+aoeiwho is acting voice+mstnvl—who person+—eiroistatement, command, wish mood+ōeiaēelēwhen tense+—ntthen it declines+—ogender+—sits job in the sentence case

ad is this word in every one of its forms. The slots after it make all the rest.

same in every form varies — every value shown

Where it appears

Every verse the word appears in, filed under the form it takes there.

5 occurrences, every one of them listed

adalō“sang”happening now · theypresent active indicative 3rd person plural3×

Revelation 5:9kai adalō ōdan kainan legarōntois; Axios asō labara …And they sang a new song: “Worthy are You …

Revelation 14:3kai adalō hōs ōdan kainan enōpion tou thronou …And they sang a new song before the throne …

Revelation 15:3“sing”kai adalō tan ōdan Mōusou tou doulou tou …and they sang the song of God’s servant Moses and of the Lamb: “Great …

adarōntois“singing”happening now · subjectpresent active participle nominative plural masculine2×

Ephesians 5:19“singing”… psalmoi kai humnoi kai ōdai pneumatikai, adarōntois kai psallarōntois ta kardia vu to …… another with psalms, hymns, and spiritual songs. Sing and make music in your hearts to the Lord,

Colossians 3:16“singing”… psalmoi, humnoi, ōdai pneumatikai en charita, adarōntois en tai kardiai vu to theo;… you sing psalms, hymns, and spiritual songs with gratitude in your hearts to God.