noun · masculine
psalmos
Strong’sG5568
a psalm
stem psalm-7 times in the New Testamentin 5 of 27 books4 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.
ψαλμός, -οῦ, ὁ
(< ψάλλω), [in LXX chiefly for מִזְמוֹר;]
SYN.: v.s. ὕμνος
G. Abbott-Smith, A Manual Greek Lexicon of the New Testament, 1922 — public domain. References open in the reader.
Strong’s G5568 — the 1890 definition, and where the word comes from
Saidpsal-mos'
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
Fromfrom G5567;
King Jamespsalm.
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
twitching or twanging with the fingers, ψαλμοὶ τόξων Refs 5th c.BC+
II mostly of musical strings, πηκτίδων ψαλμοῖς κρέκον ὕμνον Refs 4th c.BC+
II.2 the sound of the cithara or harp, Refs 5th c.BC+; there were contests in τὸ ψάλλειν, Refs 2nd c.BC+
II.3 later, song sung to the harp, psalm, LXX+NT
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 | psalmos | psalmois |
| object accusative | psalmon1×ψαλμὸν | psalmoin |
| direct address vocative | psalmor | psalmoir |
| of, belonging to genitive | psalmou | psalmoiu2×ψαλμῶν |
| to, for dative | psalmo1×ψαλμῷ | psalmoi3×ψαλμοῖς |
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
psalmo 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
psalmon“hymn”objectaccusative singular1×
1 Corinthians 14:26“hymn”… oun atō, adelfoir? hotan sunerchoveiō, hekastos psalmon echatō, didachan echatō, apokalupsian echatō, glōssan …What then shall we say, brothers? When you come together, everyone has a psalm or a teaching, a revelation, a tongue, or an …
psalmo“psalm”to, fordative singular1×
Acts 13:33… anastēarantos Iēsun, hōs kai en to psalmo grafotē to deutero; Huios mu asō …… it is written in the second Psalm: ‘You are My Son; today I …
psalmoiu“psalms”of, belonging togenitive plural2×
Luke 20:42autos gar David legatō en bibla psalmoiu; Legata kurios to kurio mu; Kathosōr …… himself says in the book of Psalms: ‘The Lord said to my Lord …
Acts 1:20grafotē gar en bibla psalmoiu; Genitar tas epaulias autou erēmas kai …… is written in the book of Psalms: ‘May his place be deserted; let …
psalmoi“psalms”to, fordative plural3×
Luke 24:44… to nomo Mōusou kai profētoi kai psalmoi peri mu.… of Moses, the Prophets, and the Psalms.”
Ephesians 5:19lalarōntois heautoi psalmoi kai humnoi kai ōdai pneumatikai, adarōntois …Speak to one another with psalms, hymns, and spiritual songs. Sing and …
Colossians 3:16… panta sofia; didaskarōntois kai nouthetarōntois heautoin psalmoi, humnoi, ōdai pneumatikai en charita, adarōntois …… all wisdom, and as you sing psalms, hymns, and spiritual songs with gratitude …