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In the New Testament, it is used to denote a sacred song or hymn, particularly those found in the Book of Psalms in the Old Testament.<p><span class="tophdg">Cultural and Historical Background: </span>In ancient Israel, psalms were integral to worship and religious ceremonies. They were often sung in the Temple and during various religious festivals. The Book of Psalms, a collection of 150 songs, prayers, and poems, served as the hymnbook for the Jewish people. The tradition of singing psalms continued into the early Christian church, where they were used in communal worship and personal devotion.<div class="vheading2">HELPS Word-studies</div><p class="discovery"><b>5568</b> <i>psalmós</i> – a <i>psalm</i> ("Scripture set to music"). Originally, <i>a psalm</i> (<a href="/greek/5568.htm">5568</a> <i>/psalmós</i>) was sung and accompanied by a plucked musical instrument (typically a harp), especially the OT <i>Psalms</i>.</p><p class="discovery">[The Psalms of the OT were often sung and were accompanied by sophisticated musical arrangements.]</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 <a href="/greek/5567.htm">psalló</a><br><span class="hdg">Definition</span><br>a striking (of musical strings), a psalm<br><span class="hdg">NASB Translation</span><br>Psalm (1), psalm (1), Psalms (3), psalms (2).<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 5568: ψαλμός</span><br><br><span class="arttitle"><span class="grktitle">ψαλμός</span></span>, <span class="greek2">ψαλμοῦ</span>, <span class="greek2">ὁ</span> (<span class="greek2">ψάλλω</span>), <span class="accented">a striking, twanging</span> ((<span class="abbreviation">Euripides</span>, others)); specifically, <span class="accented">a striking the chords</span> of a musical instrument ((<span class="abbreviation">Pindar</span>, <span class="abbreviation">Aeschylus</span>, others)); hence, <span class="accented">a pious song, a psalm</span> (the <span class="manuref">Sept.</span> chiefly for <span class="hebrew">מִזְמור</span>), <a href="/interlinear/ephesians/5-19.htm">Ephesians 5:19</a>; <a href="/interlinear/colossians/3-16.htm">Colossians 3:16</a>; the phrase <span class="greek2">ἔχειν</span> <span class="greek2">ψαλμόν</span> is used of one who has it in his heart to sing or recite a song of the sort, <a href="/interlinear/1_corinthians/14-26.htm">1 Corinthians 14:26</a> (cf. Heinrici at the passage, and <span class="abbreviation">Lightfoot</span> on Col. as above); one of the songs of the book of the O. T. which is entitled <span class="greek2">ψαλμοί</span>, <a href="/interlinear/acts/13-33.htm">Acts 13:33</a>; plural the (book of) Psalms <a href="/interlinear/luke/24-44.htm">Luke 24:44</a>; <span class="greek2">βίβλος</span> <span class="greek2">ψαλμῶν</span>, <a href="/interlinear/luke/20-42.htm">Luke 20:42</a>; <a href="/interlinear/acts/1-20.htm">Acts 1:20</a>. (Synonym: see <span class="greek2"><span class="lexref">ὕμνος</span></span>, at the end.)<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>psalm. <p>From <a href="/greek/5567.htm">psallo</a>; a set piece of music, i.e. A sacred ode (accompanied with the voice, harp or other instrument; a "psalm"); collectively, the book of the Psalms -- psalm. Compare <a href="/greek/5603.htm">oide</a>. <p>see GREEK <a href="/greek/5567.htm">psallo</a> <p>see GREEK <a href="/greek/5603.htm">oide</a> <div class="vheading2">Forms and Transliterations</div>Ψαλμοις ψαλμοίς Ψαλμοῖς ψαλμον ψαλμόν ψαλμὸν ψαλμος ψαλμός ψαλμού ψαλμω ψαλμώ ψαλμῷ Ψαλμων ψαλμών Ψαλμῶν ψαλτά ψαλτήρια ψαλτήριον ψαλτηρίου ψαλτηρίω ψαλτηρίων ψαλτωδείν ψαλτωδοί ψαλτωδός ψαλτωδούς ψαροί ψεκάδων ψελλία ψέλλια ψελλίζουσαι ψέλλιον ψελλίω psalmo psalmō psalmôi psalmō̂i Psalmois Psalmoîs psalmon psalmòn Psalmôn Psalmōn Psalmō̂n<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/luke/20-42.htm" title="Biblos Lexicon">Luke 20:42</a> <a href="/abbrev.htm" title="Noun - Genitive Masculine Plural">N-GMP</a></b><br><a href="/interlinear/luke/20.htm" title="Greek">GRK:</a> <span class="greek3">ἐν Βίβλῳ <b>Ψαλμῶν</b> Εἶπεν Κύριος</span><br><a href="http://biblehub.com/nas/luke/20.htm" title="New American Standard Bible">NAS:</a> in the book <span class="itali">of Psalms,</span> THE LORD<br><a href="/kjvs/luke/20.htm" title="King James Bible with Strong's">KJV:</a> in the book <span class="itali">of Psalms,</span> The LORD said<br><a href="/interlinear/luke/20-42.htm" title="Biblos Interlinear Bible">INT:</a> in [the] book <span class="itali">of Psalms</span> said Lord<p><b><a href="/text/luke/24-44.htm" title="Biblos Lexicon">Luke 24:44</a> <a href="/abbrev.htm" title="Noun - Dative Masculine Plural">N-DMP</a></b><br><a href="/interlinear/luke/24.htm" title="Greek">GRK:</a> <span class="greek3">προφήταις καὶ <b>Ψαλμοῖς</b> περὶ ἐμοῦ</span><br><a href="http://biblehub.com/nas/luke/24.htm" title="New American Standard Bible">NAS:</a> and the Prophets <span class="itali">and the Psalms</span> must<br><a href="/kjvs/luke/24.htm" title="King James Bible with Strong's">KJV:</a> and <span class="itali">[in] the psalms,</span> concerning<br><a href="/interlinear/luke/24-44.htm" title="Biblos Interlinear Bible">INT:</a> prophets and <span class="itali">psalms</span> concerning me<p><b><a href="/text/acts/1-20.htm" title="Biblos Lexicon">Acts 1:20</a> <a href="/abbrev.htm" title="Noun - Genitive Masculine Plural">N-GMP</a></b><br><a href="/interlinear/acts/1.htm" title="Greek">GRK:</a> <span class="greek3">ἐν Βίβλῳ <b>Ψαλμῶν</b> Γενηθήτω ἡ</span><br><a href="http://biblehub.com/nas/acts/1.htm" title="New American Standard Bible">NAS:</a> in the book <span class="itali">of Psalms,</span> LET HIS HOMESTEAD<br><a href="/kjvs/acts/1.htm" title="King James Bible with Strong's">KJV:</a> in the book <span class="itali">of Psalms,</span> Let his<br><a href="/interlinear/acts/1-20.htm" title="Biblos Interlinear Bible">INT:</a> in [the] book <span class="itali">of Psalms</span> Let become the<p><b><a href="/text/acts/13-33.htm" title="Biblos Lexicon">Acts 13:33</a> <a href="/abbrev.htm" title="Noun - Dative Masculine Singular">N-DMS</a></b><br><a href="/interlinear/acts/13.htm" title="Greek">GRK:</a> <span class="greek3">ἐν τῷ <b>ψαλμῷ</b> γέγραπται τῷ</span><br><a href="http://biblehub.com/nas/acts/13.htm" title="New American Standard Bible">NAS:</a> in the second <span class="itali">Psalm,</span> YOU ARE MY SON;<br><a href="/kjvs/acts/13.htm" title="King James Bible with Strong's">KJV:</a> in the second <span class="itali">psalm,</span> Thou art<br><a href="/interlinear/acts/13-33.htm" title="Biblos Interlinear Bible">INT:</a> in the <span class="itali">psalm</span> it has been written<p><b><a href="/text/1_corinthians/14-26.htm" title="Biblos Lexicon">1 Corinthians 14:26</a> <a href="/abbrev.htm" title="Noun - Accusative Masculine Singular">N-AMS</a></b><br><a href="/interlinear/1_corinthians/14.htm" title="Greek">GRK:</a> <span class="greek3">συνέρχησθε ἕκαστος <b>ψαλμὸν</b> ἔχει διδαχὴν</span><br><a href="http://biblehub.com/nas/1_corinthians/14.htm" title="New American Standard Bible">NAS:</a> each one has <span class="itali">a psalm,</span> has a teaching,<br><a href="/kjvs/1_corinthians/14.htm" title="King James Bible with Strong's">KJV:</a> of you hath <span class="itali">a psalm,</span> hath a doctrine,<br><a href="/interlinear/1_corinthians/14-26.htm" title="Biblos Interlinear Bible">INT:</a> you might come together each <span class="itali">a psalm</span> has a teaching<p><b><a href="/text/ephesians/5-19.htm" title="Biblos Lexicon">Ephesians 5:19</a> <a href="/abbrev.htm" title="Noun - Dative Masculine Plural">N-DMP</a></b><br><a href="/interlinear/ephesians/5.htm" title="Greek">GRK:</a> <span class="greek3">ἑαυτοῖς ἐν <b>ψαλμοῖς</b> καὶ ὕμνοις</span><br><a href="http://biblehub.com/nas/ephesians/5.htm" title="New American Standard Bible">NAS:</a> to one another <span class="itali">in psalms</span> and hymns<br><a href="/kjvs/ephesians/5.htm" title="King James Bible with Strong's">KJV:</a> to yourselves <span class="itali">in psalms</span> and<br><a href="/interlinear/ephesians/5-19.htm" title="Biblos Interlinear Bible">INT:</a> to each other in <span class="itali">psalms</span> and hymns<p><b><a href="/text/colossians/3-16.htm" title="Biblos Lexicon">Colossians 3:16</a> <a href="/abbrev.htm" title="Noun - Dative Masculine Plural">N-DMP</a></b><br><a href="/interlinear/colossians/3.htm" title="Greek">GRK:</a> <span class="greek3">νουθετοῦντες ἑαυτοὺς <b>ψαλμοῖς</b> ὕμνοις ᾠδαῖς</span><br><a href="http://biblehub.com/nas/colossians/3.htm" title="New American Standard Bible">NAS:</a> one another <span class="itali">with psalms</span> [and] hymns<br><a href="/kjvs/colossians/3.htm" title="King James Bible with Strong's">KJV:</a> one another <span class="itali">in psalms</span> and<br><a href="/interlinear/colossians/3-16.htm" title="Biblos Interlinear Bible">INT:</a> admonishing each other <span class="itali">in psalms</span> hymns songs<p><b><a href="/greek/5568.htm">Strong's Greek 5568</a><br><a href="/greek/strongs_5568.htm">7 Occurrences</a></b><br><br><a href="/greek/psalmo__5568.htm">ψαλμῷ — 1 Occ.</a><br><a href="/greek/psalmo_n_5568.htm">Ψαλμῶν — 2 Occ.</a><br><a href="/greek/psalmois_5568.htm">Ψαλμοῖς — 3 Occ.</a><br><a href="/greek/psalmon_5568.htm">ψαλμὸν — 1 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'; </script> <script id="b817b7107f1d4a7997da1b3c33457e03"> (new Image()).src = 'https://capi.connatix.com/tr/si?token=cb0edd8b-b416-47eb-8c6d-3cc96561f7e8&cid=3a9f82d0-4344-4f8d-ac0c-e1a0eb43a405'; </script><br /><br />  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-2'> </div><br /><br />  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-0' style='max-width: 300px;'> </div><br /><br />  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-3'> </div><br /><br />  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-1' style='max-width: 300px;'> </div><br /><br />  <div align="center" id='div-gpt-ad-1531425649696-0'> </div><br /><br /> <ins class="adsbygoogle" style="display:inline-block;width:200px;height:200px" data-ad-client="ca-pub-3753401421161123" data-ad-slot="3592799687"></ins> <script> (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({}); </script><br /><br /> </div> <div id="left"><a href="/greek/5567.htm" onmouseover='lft.src="/leftgif.png"' onmouseout='lft.src="/left.png"' title="5567"><img src="/left.png" name="lft" border="0" alt="5567" /></a></div><div id="right"><a href="/greek/5569.htm" onmouseover='rght.src="/rightgif.png"' onmouseout='rght.src="/right.png"' title="5569"><img src="/right.png" name="rght" border="0" alt="5569" /></a></div><div id="botleft"><a href="#" onmouseover='botleft.src="/botleftgif.png"' onmouseout='botleft.src="/botleft.png"' title="Top of Page"><img src="/botleft.png" name="botleft" border="0" alt="Top of Page" /></a></div><div id="botright"><a href="#" onmouseover='botright.src="/botrightgif.png"' onmouseout='botright.src="/botright.png"' title="Top of Page"><img src="/botright.png" name="botright" border="0" alt="Top of Page" /></a></div><div id="bot"><iframe width="100%" height="1500" scrolling="no" src="/botmenubhchap.htm" frameborder="0"></iframe></div></td></tr></table></div></body></html>