noun · masculine

humnos

Greekὕμνος (humnos)

Strong’sG5215

a hymn, sacred song

stem humn-2 times in the New Testamentin 2 of 27 books1 of 10 forms occur

Translated as

hymns2×

What it means

ὕμνος, -ου, ὁ

[in LXX for תְּהִלָּה, נְגִינָה, שִׁיר, etc.;]

a hymn;

(a) in cl. a festal song in praise of gods or heroes;

(b) in LXX and NT a song of praise addressed to God: Eph 5:19, Col 3:16.†

SYN.: ψαλμός, that which is sung to a musical accompaniment; ᾠδή, the generic term for song (cf. Tr., Syn., § lxxviii, Lft. on Col 3:16)

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

Strong’s G5215 — the 1890 definition, and where the word comes from

Saidhoom'-nos

probably akin to G103; compare ); a "hymn" or religious ode (one of the Psalms)

Fromapparently from a simpler (obsolete) form of ὑδέω (to celebrate;

King Jameshymn.

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

Every form

Job in the sentence case	one singular	more than one plural
subject nominative	humnos	humnois
object accusative	humnon	humnoin
direct address vocative	humnor	humnoir
of, belonging to genitive	humnou	humnoiu
to, for dative	humno	humnoi2×ὕμνοις

Tinted cells are forms the New Testament never uses, so there is no Greek to show against them — but they are still correct Biblang, built from the slots below like any other.

Why these forms, and no others — the slots that make them

humnstem+ogender+snru—its job in the sentence case+—ione · more than one number

humno 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

Words built on the same stem

humnamō — ὑμνέω, I sing, sing hymns to

Where it appears

2 occurrences, every one of them listed

humnoi“hymns”to, fordative plural2×

Ephesians 5:19“hymns”lalarōtois heautoi psalmoi kai humnoi kai ōdai pneumatikai, adarōtois kai psallarōtois ta kardia vu to kurio,Speak to one another with psalms, hymns, and spiritual songs. Sing and make music in your hearts to the Lord,

Colossians 3:16“hymns”tos logos tou Christou enoikatōr en vi plousiōs en panta sofia; didaskarōtois kai nouthetarōtois heautoin psalmoi, humnoi, ōdai pneumatikai en charia, adarōtois en tai kardiai vu to theo;Let the word of Christ richly dwell within you as you teach and admonish one another with all wisdom, and as you sing psalms, hymns, and spiritual songs with gratitude in your hearts to God.