Lexical Summary hymneō: to sing to, to laud Original Word: ὑμνέωTransliteration: hymneō Phonetic Spelling: (hoom-neh'-o) Part of Speech: Verb Short Definition: to sing to, to laud Meaning: to sing to, to laud Strong's Concordance sing to, sing a hymn of praise unto. From humnos; to hymn, i.e. Sing a religious ode; by implication, to celebrate (God) in song -- sing a hymn (praise unto). see GREEK humnos Thayer's Greek Lexicon STRONGS NT 5214: ὑμνέωὑμνέω, ύ῾μνω: imperfect ὕμνουν; future ὑμνήσω; 1 aorist participle ὑμνησας; (ὕμνος); from Hesiod down; the Sept. often for הִלֵּל, הודָה, הֵשִׁיר, זִמֵּר; 1. transitive, to sing the praise of; sing hymns to: τινα, Acts 16:25; Hebrews 2:12. 2. intransitive, to sing a hymn, to sing: Matthew 26:30; Mark 14:26 (in both passages of the singing of the paschal hymns; these were Psalm 113-118 and Psalm 136, which the Jews call the 'great Hallel' (but see Ginsburg in Kitto under the word Hallel; Edersheim, The Temple etc., p. 191f; Buxtorf (edited by Fischer), p. 314f)); Psalm 64:13 |
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