ψάλω
sing, play (harp)
Where this word appears
A sample of passages — one per book it occurs in — where ψάλω appears in the Greek Septuagint (of 12 total occurrences). Click any verse to open its interlinear word-by-word view. Verse text is shown in the LXX2012 (modern English Septuagint) for context; the Greek form is the matched word — the English is not keyword-highlighted.
- Psalms 46:7 ψάλω For God is king of all the earth: sing praises with understanding.
- Psalms 46:7 ψάλω For God is king of all the earth: sing praises with understanding.
- Psalms 46:7 ψάλω For God is king of all the earth: sing praises with understanding.
- Psalms 46:7 ψάλω For God is king of all the earth: sing praises with understanding.
- Psalms 46:8 ψάλω God reigns over the nations: God sits upon the throne of his holiness.
- Psalms 65:2 ψάλω O sing praises to his name; give glory to his praise.
- Psalms 65:4 ψάλω Let all the earth worship you, and sing to you; let them sing to your name. Pause.
- Psalms 65:4 ψάλω Let all the earth worship you, and sing to you; let them sing to your name. Pause.
- Psalms 67:5 ψάλω who is the father of the orphans, and judge of the widows: such is God in his holy place.
- Psalms 67:33 ψάλω Sing to God that rides on the heaven of heaven, eastward: behold, he will utter a mighty sound with his voice.
- Psalms 67:34 ψάλω Give you⌃ glory to God: his excellency is over Israel, and his power is in the clouds.
About this word
About this word
ψάλω (psálō), “sing, play (harp),” is a word from the Greek Septuagint — the ancient Greek translation of the Hebrew Old Testament. It does not occur in the Greek New Testament, so it carries no Strong’s number from Thayer’s (New-Testament) lexicon; the gloss shown here is a curated modern-English sense rather than a Strong’s definition. It appears 12 times across the Septuagint — open the Appearances tab to read it in context.
The gloss above is Lemma’s own curated sense — this word carries no Strong’s number, so no lexicon we ship has an entry for it. The transliteration and this passage list are computed here from the tagged Septuagint text. What Lemma adds →