ψαλτῳδός
psalm-singer
Where this word appears
Every passage where ψαλτῳδός appears in the Greek Septuagint — 10 occurrences in all. 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.
- 1 Chronicles 6:18 ψαλτῳδός The sons of Caath; Ambram, and Issaar, Chebron, and Oziel.
- 1 Chronicles 9:33 ψαλτῳδός And these were the singers, heads of families of the Levites, to whom were established daily courses, for they were employed in the services day and night.
- 1 Chronicles 13:8 ψαλτῳδός And David and all Israel were playing before the Lord with all their might, and that together with singers, and with harps, and with lutes, with timbrels, and with cymbals, and with trumpets.
- 1 Chronicles 15:16 ψαλτῳδός And David said to the chiefs of the Levites, Set your brethren the singers with musical instruments, lutes, harps, and cymbals, to sound aloud with a voice of joy.
- 1 Chronicles 15:19 ψαλτῳδός And the singers, Aeman, Asaph, and Aethan, with brazen cymbals to make a sound to be heard.
- 1 Chronicles 15:27 ψαλτῳδός And David was girded with a fine linen robe, and all the Levites who were bearing the ark of the covenant of the Lord, and the singers, and Chonenias the master of the band of singers; also upon David there was a robe of fine linen.
- 2 Chronicles 5:12 ψαλτῳδός that all the singing Levites assigned to the sons of Asaph, to Aeman, to Idithun, and to his sons, and to his brethren, of them that were clothed in linen garments, with cymbals and lutes and harps, were standing before the altar, and with them one hundred and twenty priests, blowing trumpets.
- 2 Chronicles 20:21 ψαλτῳδός And he took counsel with the people, and set appointed men to sing psalms and praises, to give thanks, and sing the holy songs of praise in going forth before the host: and they said, Give thanks to the Lord, for his mercy endures for ever.
- 2 Chronicles 29:28 ψαλτῳδός And all the congregation worshipped, and the psalm-singers were singing, and the trumpets sounding, until the whole burnt sacrifice had been completely offered.
- 2 Chronicles 35:15 ψαλτῳδός And the sons of Asaph the psalm-singers were at their post according to the commands of David, and Asaph, and Aeman, and Idithom, the prophets of the king: also, the chiefs and the porters of the several gates; —it was not for them to stir from the service of the holy things, for their brethren the Levites prepared for them.
About this word
About this word
ψαλτῳδός (psaltōdós), “psalm-singer,” 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 10 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 →