noun · feminine
ōdas
Strong’sG5603
an ode, song
stem ōd-7 times in the New Testamentin 3 of 27 books2 of 10 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.
ᾠδή, -ῆς, ή
[in LXX chiefly for שִׁיר;]
G. Abbott-Smith, A Manual Greek Lexicon of the New Testament, 1922 — public domain. References open in the reader.
Strong’s G5603 — the 1890 definition, and where the word comes from
Saido-day'
a chant or "ode" (the general term for any words sung; while G5215 denotes especially a religious metrical composition, and G5568 still more specially, a Hebrew cantillation)
Fromfrom G103;
King Jamessong.
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
contraction for ἀοιδή, song, lay, ode, Refs, of dirges, πολλὰς θρήνων ᾠδάς Refs 5th c.BC+; but also of joyful songs, songs of praise, καλλίνικος Refs 5th c.BC+; κιθαρίζειν πρὸς τὴν ᾠ. Refs; ᾠδαὶ καὶ ἡ ἄλλη ποίησις lyric poetry and.., Refs, compare 398c; opposed to λέξις, Refs; ἐν ᾠδαῖς καὶ μύθοις καὶ λόγοις Refs; of poems such as those of Stesichorus on Helen, Refs 5th c.BC+; of the various songs associated with particular employments or conditions, Refs 4th c.BC+
2 ={ἐπῳδός}, magic song, spell, Refs 3rd c.AD+
3 metonymy for χορδή, Τέρπανδρος.. δέκα ζεῦξε Μοῦσαν ἐν ᾠδαῖς Refs 5th c.BC+
II singing, Refs 1st c.AD+; of birds, Refs 4th 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.
Berean Standard Bible (BSB), dedicated to the public domain — berean.bible.
Biblang forms
Every form this word takes in Biblang, with the Greek it corresponds to and how often the New Testament uses it.
| Job in the sentence case | one singular | more than one plural |
|---|---|---|
| subject nominative | ōdas | ōdais |
| object accusative | ōdan5×ᾠδὴν | ōdain |
| direct address vocative | ōdar | ōdair |
| of, belonging to genitive | ōdau | ōdaiu |
| to, for dative | ōda | ōdai2×ᾠδαῖς |
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
ōda 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.
7 occurrences, every one of them listed
ōdan“song”objectaccusative singular5×
Revelation 5:9kai adalō ōdan kainan legarōntois; Axios asō labara tem …And they sang a new song: “Worthy are You to take the …
Revelation 14:3kai adalō hōs ōdan kainan enōpion tou thronou kai enōpion …And they sang a new song before the throne and before the …
Revelation 14:3… presbuteroiu; kai oudenos dunote mathara tan ōdan ei mē tais hekaton tesserakonta tessares …… And no one could learn the song except the 144,000 who had been redeemed …
Revelation 15:3kai adalō tan ōdan Mōusou tou doulou tou theou kai …and they sang the song of God’s servant Moses and of …
Revelation 15:3“song”… tou doulou tou theou kai tan ōdan teu arnieu legarōntois; Megeim kai thaumasteim …… of God’s servant Moses and of the Lamb: “Great and wonderful are Your works, O Lord God Almighty! Just and true are Your ways, O King of the nations!
ōdai“songs”to, fordative plural2×
Ephesians 5:19lalarōntois heautoi psalmoi kai humnoi kai ōdai pneumatikai, adarōntois kai psallarōntois ta kardia …… another with psalms, hymns, and spiritual songs. Sing and make music in your …
Colossians 3:16… didaskarōntois kai nouthetarōntois heautoin psalmoi, humnoi, ōdai pneumatikai en charita, adarōntois en tai …… you sing psalms, hymns, and spiritual songs with gratitude in your hearts to …