STRONGS G5568:
ψαλμός,
ψαλμοῦ,
ὁ (
ψάλλω),
a striking, twanging ((
Euripides, others)); specifically,
a striking the chords of a musical instrument ((
Pindar,
Aeschylus, others)); hence,
a pious song, a psalm (the
Sept. chiefly for
מִזְמור),
Ephesians 5:19;
Colossians 3:16; the phrase
ἔχειν ψαλμόν is used of one who has it in his heart to sing or recite a song of the sort,
1 Corinthians 14:26 (cf. Heinrici at the passage, and
Lightfoot on Col. as above); one of the songs of the book of the O. T. which is entitled
ψαλμοί,
Acts 13:33; plural the (book of) Psalms
Luke 24:44;
βίβλος ψαλμῶν,
Luke 20:42;
Acts 1:20. (Synonym: see
ὕμνος, at the end.)
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