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Strong's G5215 · Greek

ὕμνος

humnos · hoom'-nos

apparently from a simpler (obsolete) form of hudeo (to celebrate; probably akin to 103; compare 5667); a "hymn" or religious ode (one of the Psalms)


Scholarly Lexicons

Abbott-Smith Manual Greek Lexicon

ὕμνος (G5215)

2 ὕμνος , -ου, ὁ [in LXX for תְּהִלָּה , נְגִינָה , שִׁיר , etc. ;] a hymn ; in cl. a festal song in praise of gods or heroes; 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 )

G. Abbott-Smith, A Manual Greek Lexicon of the New Testament (1922) — public domain

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