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It conveys the idea of making melody in one's heart to the Lord, emphasizing both vocal and instrumental expressions of worship.<p><span class="tophdg">Cultural and Historical Background: </span>In ancient Greek culture, "psalló" originally referred to the plucking of strings on a musical instrument, such as a harp or lyre. Over time, its meaning expanded to include singing with musical accompaniment. In the context of early Christian worship, "psalló" reflects the practice of singing hymns and spiritual songs as a form of praise and worship, a tradition rooted in Jewish synagogue practices and the Psalms of the Old Testament.<div class="vheading2">HELPS Word-studies</div><p class="discovery"><b>5567</b> <i>psállō</i> – properly, pluck a musical instrument (like a harp); used of "<i>singing along</i> with instruments"; "to <i>make music</i>," or simply <i>sing</i>.</p><iframe width="100%" height="85" scrolling=no src="/discovery.htm" frameborder=0 cellpadding=0></iframe><div class="vheading2">NAS Exhaustive Concordance</div><span class="hdg">Word Origin</span><br>from psaó (to rub)<br><span class="hdg">Definition</span><br>to pull, twitch, twang, play, sing<br><span class="hdg">NASB Translation</span><br>making melody (1), sing (3), sing praises (1).<p><div align="center"><span class="smalltext"><iframe width="100%" height="85" scrolling=no src="/nasec.htm" frameborder=0 cellpadding=0></iframe></span></div><div class="vheading2">Thayer's Greek Lexicon</div><span class="maintitle">STRONGS NT 5567: ψάλλω</span><br><br><span class="arttitle"><span class="grktitle">ψάλλω</span></span>; future <span class="greek2">ψαλῶ</span>; (from <span class="greek2">ψάω</span>, to rub, wipe; to handle, touch (but cf. <span class="abbreviation">Curtius</span>, p. 730)); <p><span class="emphasized">a.</span> <span class="accented">to pluck off, pull out</span>: <span class="greek2">ἐθειραν</span>, the hair, <span class="abbreviation">Aeschylus</span> Pers. 1062. <p><span class="emphasized">b.</span> <span class="accented">to cause to vibrate by touching, to twang</span>: <span class="greek2">τόξων</span> <span class="greek2">νευράς</span> <span class="greek2">χειρί</span>, <span class="abbreviation">Euripides</span>, Bacch. 784; specifically, <span class="greek2">χορδήν</span>, <span class="accented">to touch or strike the chord, to twang the strings</span> of a musical instrument so that they gently vibrate (<span class="abbreviation">Aristotle</span>, probl. 19, 23 (p. 919b, 2)); and absolutely, <span class="accented">to play on a stringed instrument, to play the harp,</span> etc.: <span class="abbreviation">Aristotle</span>, <span class="abbreviation">Plutarch</span>, <span class="abbreviation">Aratus</span> (in <span class="abbreviation">Plato</span>, <span class="abbreviation">Lysias</span>, p. 209 b. with <span class="greek2">καί</span> <span class="greek2">κρούειν</span> <span class="greek2">τῷ</span> <span class="greek2">πλήκτρω</span> added (but not as explanatory of it; the Schol. at the passage says <span class="greek2">ψῆλαι</span>, <span class="greek2">τό</span> <span class="greek2">ἄνευ</span> <span class="greek2">πληκτρου</span> <span class="greek2">τῷ</span> <span class="greek2">δακτύλῳ</span> <span class="greek2">τάς</span> <span class="greek2">χορδας</span> <span class="greek2">ἐπάφασθαι</span>); it is distinguished from <span class="greek2">κιθαρίζειν</span> in <span class="abbreviation">Herodotus</span> 1, 155); the <span class="manuref">Sept.</span> for <span class="hebrew">נִנֵן</span> and much more often for <span class="hebrew">זִמֵּר</span>; <span class="accented">to sing to the music of the harp</span>; in the N. T. <span class="accented">to sing a hymn, to celebrate the praises of God in song,</span> <a href="/interlinear/james/5-13.htm">James 5:13</a> (<span class="abbreviation">R. V.</span> <span class="accented">sing praise</span>); <span class="greek2">τῷ</span> <span class="greek2">κυρίῳ</span>, <span class="greek2">τῷ</span> <span class="greek2">ὀνόματι</span> <span class="greek2">αὐτοῦ</span> (often so in the <span class="manuref">Sept.</span>), in honor of God, <a href="/interlinear/ephesians/5-19.htm">Ephesians 5:19</a> (here <span class="abbreviation">A. V.</span> <span class="accented">making melody</span>); <a href="/interlinear/romans/15-9.htm">Romans 15:9</a>; <span class="greek2">ψαλῶ</span> <span class="greek2">τῷ</span> <span class="greek2">πνεύματι</span>, <span class="greek2">ψαλῶ</span> <span class="greek2">δέ</span> <span class="greek2">καί</span> <span class="greek2">τῷ</span> <span class="greek2">νοι<</span>, 'I will sing God's praises indeed with my whole soul stirred and borne away by the Holy Spirit, but I will also follow reason as my guide, so that what I sing may be understood alike by myself and by the listeners', <a href="/interlinear/1_corinthians/14-15.htm">1 Corinthians 14:15</a>.<FOOTNOTE:1> <br><br><iframe width="100%" height="85" scrolling=no src="/bsoft.htm" frameborder=0 cellpadding=0></iframe><div class="vheading2">Strong's Exhaustive Concordance</div>sing, make melody<p>Probably strengthened from psao (to rub or touch the surface; compare <a href="/greek/5597.htm">psocho</a>); to twitch or twang, i.e. To play on a stringed instrument (celebrate the divine worship with music and accompanying odes) -- make melody, sing (psalms). <p>see GREEK <a href="/greek/5597.htm">psocho</a> <div class="vheading2">Forms and Transliterations</div>έψαλλεν έψαλλον ψάλατε ψαλάτωσαν ψαλάτωσάν ψαλή ψάλη ψάλλειν ψαλλετω ψαλλέτω ψάλλοντα ψαλλοντες ψάλλοντες ψαλλόντων ψάλλων ψαλούμεν ψαλω ψαλώ ψαλῶ ψάλω psalleto psalletō psalléto psallétō psallontes psállontes psalo psalô psalō psalō̂<div class="vheading2">Links</div><a href="/interlinear/matthew/1-1.htm">Interlinear Greek</a> • <a href="/interlinear/genesis/1-1.htm">Interlinear Hebrew</a> • <a href="/strongs.htm">Strong's Numbers</a> • <a href="/englishmans_greek.htm">Englishman's Greek Concordance</a> • <a href="/englishmans_hebrew.htm">Englishman's Hebrew Concordance</a> • <a href="/texts/matthew/1-1.htm">Parallel Texts</a></div></div><div id="centbox"><div class="padcent"><div class="vheading">Englishman's Concordance</div><b><a href="/text/romans/15-9.htm" title="Biblos Lexicon">Romans 15:9</a> <a href="/abbrev.htm" title="Verb - Future Indicative Active - 1st Person Singular">V-FIA-1S</a></b><br><a href="/interlinear/romans/15.htm" title="Greek">GRK:</a> <span class="greek3">ὀνόματί σου <b>ψαλῶ</b> </span><br><a href="http://biblehub.com/nas/romans/15.htm" title="New American Standard Bible">NAS:</a> THE GENTILES, <span class="itali">AND I WILL SING</span> TO YOUR NAME.<br><a href="/kjvs/romans/15.htm" title="King James Bible with Strong's">KJV:</a> the Gentiles, and <span class="itali">sing</span> unto thy name.<br><a href="/interlinear/romans/15-9.htm" title="Biblos Interlinear Bible">INT:</a> name of you <span class="itali">will I sing</span><p><b><a href="/text/1_corinthians/14-15.htm" title="Biblos Lexicon">1 Corinthians 14:15</a> <a href="/abbrev.htm" title="Verb - Future Indicative Active - 1st Person Singular">V-FIA-1S</a></b><br><a href="/interlinear/1_corinthians/14.htm" title="Greek">GRK:</a> <span class="greek3">τῷ νοΐ <b>ψαλῶ</b> τῷ πνεύματι</span><br><a href="http://biblehub.com/nas/1_corinthians/14.htm" title="New American Standard Bible">NAS:</a> also; <span class="itali">I will sing</span> with the spirit<br><a href="/kjvs/1_corinthians/14.htm" title="King James Bible with Strong's">KJV:</a> also: <span class="itali">I will sing</span> with the spirit,<br><a href="/interlinear/1_corinthians/14-15.htm" title="Biblos Interlinear Bible">INT:</a> with the mind <span class="itali">I will sing praise</span> with the Spirit<p><b><a href="/text/1_corinthians/14-15.htm" title="Biblos Lexicon">1 Corinthians 14:15</a> <a href="/abbrev.htm" title="Verb - Future Indicative Active - 1st Person Singular">V-FIA-1S</a></b><br><a href="/interlinear/1_corinthians/14.htm" title="Greek">GRK:</a> <span class="greek3">τῷ πνεύματι <b>ψαλῶ</b> δὲ καὶ</span><br><a href="http://biblehub.com/nas/1_corinthians/14.htm" title="New American Standard Bible">NAS:</a> with the spirit <span class="itali">and I will sing</span> with the mind<br><a href="/kjvs/1_corinthians/14.htm" title="King James Bible with Strong's">KJV:</a> and <span class="itali">I will sing</span> with the understanding<br><a href="/interlinear/1_corinthians/14-15.htm" title="Biblos Interlinear Bible">INT:</a> with the Spirit <span class="itali">I will sing praise</span> however also<p><b><a href="/text/ephesians/5-19.htm" title="Biblos Lexicon">Ephesians 5:19</a> <a href="/abbrev.htm" title="Verb - Present Participle Active - Nominative Masculine Plural">V-PPA-NMP</a></b><br><a href="/interlinear/ephesians/5.htm" title="Greek">GRK:</a> <span class="greek3">ᾄδοντες καὶ <b>ψάλλοντες</b> τῇ καρδίᾳ</span><br><a href="http://biblehub.com/nas/ephesians/5.htm" title="New American Standard Bible">NAS:</a> singing <span class="itali">and making melody</span> with your heart<br><a href="/kjvs/ephesians/5.htm" title="King James Bible with Strong's">KJV:</a> singing and <span class="itali">making melody</span> in your<br><a href="/interlinear/ephesians/5-19.htm" title="Biblos Interlinear Bible">INT:</a> singing and <span class="itali">making melody</span> in the heart<p><b><a href="/text/james/5-13.htm" title="Biblos Lexicon">James 5:13</a> <a href="/abbrev.htm" title="Verb - Present Imperative Active - 3rd Person Singular">V-PMA-3S</a></b><br><a href="/interlinear/james/5.htm" title="Greek">GRK:</a> <span class="greek3">εὐθυμεῖ τις <b>ψαλλέτω</b> </span><br><a href="http://biblehub.com/nas/james/5.htm" title="New American Standard Bible">NAS:</a> cheerful? <span class="itali">He is to sing praises.</span><br><a href="/kjvs/james/5.htm" title="King James Bible with Strong's">KJV:</a> any merry? <span class="itali">let him sing psalms.</span><br><a href="/interlinear/james/5-13.htm" title="Biblos Interlinear Bible">INT:</a> is cheerful anyone <span class="itali">let him praise</span><p><b><a href="/greek/5567.htm">Strong's Greek 5567</a><br><a href="/greek/strongs_5567.htm">5 Occurrences</a></b><br><br><a href="/greek/psalleto__5567.htm">ψαλλέτω — 1 Occ.</a><br><a href="/greek/psallontes_5567.htm">ψάλλοντες — 1 Occ.</a><br><a href="/greek/psalo__5567.htm">ψαλῶ — 3 Occ.</a><br><br></div></div></td></tr></table></div><div id="mdd"><div align="center"><div class="bot2"><table align="center" width="100%"><tr><td><div align="center"> <script id="3d27ed63fc4348d5b062c4527ae09445"> (new Image()).src = 'https://capi.connatix.com/tr/si?token=51ce25d5-1a8c-424a-8695-4bd48c750f35&cid=3a9f82d0-4344-4f8d-ac0c-e1a0eb43a405'; 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