Word

ψάλλω

psállō · G5567 · Greek · 5 occurrences

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Meanings

to sing, to sing a psalm, to sing a song of praise, to sing praises

To sing songs of praise, with the possible implication of instrumental accompaniment (in the NT often related to the singing of OT psalms)

Examples
Romans 15:9 and for the Gentiles to glorify God for His mercy; as it is written: “THEREFORE I WILL GIVE PRAISE TO YOU AMONG THE GENTILES, AND I WILL SING PRAISES TO YOUR NAME.”
1 Corinthians 14:15 What is the outcome then? I will pray with the spirit, but I will pray with the mind also; I will sing with the spirit, but I will sing with the mind also.
Ephesians 5:19 speaking to one another in psalms and hymns and spiritual songs, singing and making melody with your hearts to the Lord;

How it’s used In 3 roles

Every occurrence, grouped by the words it is grammatically related to.

the word studied the word it goes with

Who or what does itSubject

5 occurrences in 3 groups

Not stated: I 3
τὶςsomeone 1
Not stated (participle) 1

To or for whomIndirect object

2 occurrences in 2 groups

κύριοςLord 1
ὄνομαname 1

What is done to itIt is the object

1 occurrences in 1 groups

γράφωto write 1

When two words share a role, as in “Paul and Barnabas said”, the verse appears under each, so a section’s counts can add up to more than the number of occurrences.

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Near synonyms 1 word

ᾄδω áidō · G103 · to sing: Both terms belong to the semantic field of singing in worship. ᾄδω denotes vocal singing itself, while ψάλλω denotes singing with instrumental accompaniment, originally on stringed instruments. This is a genuine and well-attested distinction between two closely related terms for musical worship.

In the other Testament 1 word

זָמַר zâmar · H2167 · to sing praise, to prune: Hebrew זָמַר is the direct translation equivalent of Greek ψάλλω in the Septuagint, both denoting the act of singing praise or playing a stringed instrument in worship.

Semantic domains 1 entry

To sing, to sing a psalm, to sing a song of praise, to sing praises33.111: Ephesians 5:19 exhorts believers, “speaking to one another in psalms and hymns and spiritual songs, singing and making melody with your hearts to the Lord”.

Word family 11 words

Words formed from the same root. They share a form, not always a meaning.

ψάλλωpsállō · G5567ψαλμός psalmós · G5568 · song of praise, psalm · 7×ψηλαφάω psēlapháō · G5584 · to touch, to feel, to handle · 4×ψωμίον psōmíon · G5596 · a piece of bread, a bit of bread · 4×ψῆφος psēphos · G5586 · pebble, small stone · 3×ψηφίζω psēphízō · G5585 · to count, to calculate, to add up · 2×ψιχίον psichíon · G5589 · scrap, crumb · 2×ψωμίζω psōmízō · G5595 · to feed, to give to eat, to give away · 2×συγκαταψηφίζω synkatapsēphízō · G4785 · to be counted · 1×συμψηφίζω sympsēphízō · G4860 · to count, to calculate, to add up · 1×ψώχω psṓchō · G5597 · to rub · 1×

Thayer's Greek-English Lexicon future ψαλῶ; (from ψάω, to rub, wipe; to handle, touch (but cf. Curtius, p. 730)); a. to…

future ψαλῶ; (from ψάω, to rub, wipe; to handle, touch (but cf. Curtius, p. 730));
a. to pluck off, pull out: ἐθειραν, the hair, Aeschylus Pers. 1062.
b. to cause to vibrate by touching, to twang: τόξων νευράς χειρί, Euripides, Bacch. 784; specifically, χορδήν, to touch or strike the chord, to twang the strings of a musical instrument so that they gently vibrate (Aristotle, probl. 19, 23 (p. 919b, 2)); and absolutely, to play on a stringed instrument, to play the harp, etc.: Aristotle, Plutarch, Aratus (in Plato, Lysias, p. 209 b. with καί κρούειν τῷ πλήκτρω added (but not as explanatory of it; the Schol. at the passage says ψῆλαι, τό ἄνευ πληκτρου τῷ δακτύλῳ τάς χορδας ἐπάφασθαι); it is distinguished from κιθαρίζειν in Herodotus 1, 155); the Sept. for נִנֵן and much more often for זִמֵּר; to sing to the music of the harp; in the N. T. to sing a hymn, to celebrate the praises of God in song, Jas 5:13 (R. V. sing praise); τῷ κυρίῳ, τῷ ὀνόματι αὐτοῦ (often so in the Sept.), in honor of God, Eph 5:19 (here A. V. making melody); Rom 15:9; ψαλῶ τῷ πνεύματι, ψαλῶ δέ καί τῷ νοι1 Cor 14:15.

Thayer's Greek-English Lexicon of the New Testament (1889), public domain

Topical studies with this word 1 entry

Sing, Lament5 occurrences

Meanings adapted from the UBS Dictionary of the Greek New Testament, © United Bible Societies, CC BY-SA 4.0 and the UBS Dictionary of Biblical Hebrew (from the Semantic Dictionary of Biblical Hebrew), © United Bible Societies, CC BY-SA 4.0; MACULA Greek Linguistic Datasets, available at https://github.com/Clear-Bible/macula-greek/, licensed CC BY 4.0; MACULA Hebrew Linguistic Datasets © 2022-2024 by Biblica, Inc., CC BY 4.0. Westminster Leningrad Codex (tanach.us). OpenScriptures Hebrew Bible morphology (hb.openscriptures.org), CC BY 4.0.

Sources

eRhema lexical overview, based on the UBS Dictionary of Biblical Hebrew and the UBS Dictionary of the Greek New Testament (© United Bible Societies, CC BY-SA 4.0) and Macula Hebrew and Greek (Clear Bible, CC BY 4.0); released under CC BY-SA 4.0