ὕμνος humnos · G5215

hymn

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) (AS)

Definition: TBESG (Abbott-Smith)

Classical Greek (Liddell–Scott–Jones) excerpt

ὕμνος, ὁ, ; hymn, ode, in praise of gods or heroes (καί τι ἦν εἶδος ῳδῆς εὐχαὶ πρὸς θεούς, ὄνομα δὲ ὕμνοι ἐπεκαλοῦντο []; ὕμνῳ νικήσαντα φέρειν τρίποδ᾽ []; ὕμνοι θεῶν to or in honour of the gods, []; ὕμνοι Δαυείδ psalms of []: in Trag. also of mournful songs, addressed to gods or heroes, τὸν δυσκέλαδον ὕ. Ἐρινύος []; ὕ. Ἅιδου, of one whose songs are death, [] —On ὕμνοι of various kinds see Men.Rh.p.333 []. [Most commonly ῡ, but only by position; ῠ proved by εὔῠμνος (which see), ῠμνῳδεῖ []

Where it's used 2 times

Ephesians 5:19 · Colossians 3:16

Source: TBESG G5215; TFLSJ G5215

Original-language words, glosses, parsing and lexicon entries: STEPBible data by Tyndale House, Cambridge (TAHOT, TAGNT, TBESH, TBESG, TFLSJ, TEHMC, TEGMC), CC BY 4.0, with changes. Hebrew text from the Open Scriptures Hebrew Bible. English alignment: Berean Standard Bible tables (public domain).

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