ᾠδή
song
Full lexicon entry — Thayer's Greek Lexicon
From Thayer's Greek Lexicon
Where this word appears
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Grammar key — what these labels mean
Part of speech
- Noun
- A naming word — a person, place, thing, or idea.
Case
- Accusative
- The case of the direct object and of extent.
- Dative
- The case of the indirect object, means, or location — “to / for / with / in.”
Gender
- Feminine
- Grammatically feminine.
Number
- Singular
- One.
- Plural
- More than one.
Grammatical forms
- Noun, Accusative, Singular, Feminine 5 times (71%)
- Noun, Dative, Plural, Feminine 2 times (29%)
Parsed forms decoded from the imported morphology (Robinson–Tischendorf, public domain), counted across 7 parsed occurrences — not distinct verses.
Every verse where G5603 appears — 5 distinct verses across 3 books. Click any verse to open its interlinear word-by-word view. Verse text shown in the World English Bible for context — . Each verse’s Greek form is shown with its reference; the English is not keyword-highlighted, since the data carries no word-level English alignment. Use “Compare translations” on any verse to read it across multiple English versions. This concordance covers the Greek New Testament; Septuagint (Greek Old Testament) occurrences of this word are not indexed here.
Ephesians 1 verse
Colossians 1 verse
Revelation 3 verses
- Revelation 5:9 ᾠδὴν n acc sg fem They sang a new song, saying, "You are worthy to take the book, And to open its seals: For you were killed, And bought us for God with your blood, Out of every tribe, language, people, and nation,
- Revelation 14:3 ᾠδὴν ᾠδὴν n acc sg fem n acc sg fem They sing a new song before the throne, and before the four living creatures and the elders. No one could learn the song except the one hundred forty-four thousand, those who had been redeemed out of the earth.
- Revelation 15:3 ᾠδὴν ᾠδὴν n acc sg fem n acc sg fem They sang the song of Moses, the servant of God, and the song of the Lamb, saying, "Great and marvelous are your works, Lord God, the Almighty; Righteous and true are your ways, you King of the nations.
About this entry
At a glance — auto-summarized from this page’s data, not written by a person. Every figure links to its source below. This summary describes the numbers; it doesn’t interpret them.
ωδη — transliterated ōidḗ — is a Greek noun carrying the sense “song.” With only 5 verses it sits in the long tail of Greek New Testament vocabulary. Its uses cluster heavily in Revelation (60% of all occurrences). It first appears in Ephesians 5:19. From the same root come αδω and υμνος. Each statement above links to its evidence; the full detail follows below.
Gloss history
Strong's 1890 vs modern scholarship
About this word
Strong's G5603 catalogs a Greek word from the Greek New Testament.
These counts are not copied from any lexicon or concordance. They are computed here, from the morphology-tagged Greek New Testament. What Lemma adds →
- 5
- distinct verses
- The word appears in 5 distinct verses.
- 3 / 27
- NT books
- The word appears in 3 of 27 New Testament books.
- #1,358
- by frequency
- Top 2500 most frequent Greek words (rank 1,358 of 5,347 Greek words by occurrence).
View all 5 occurrences in the concordance →
Most concentrated in
- Revelation 3 verses 60%
- Ephesians 1 verse 20%
- Colossians 1 verse 20%
By section of the New Testament
By traditional corpus
Conventional, traditional groupings — biblical authorship is debated, so this is a traditional corpus grouping, not an authorship claim. Some books belong to more than one corpus (Luke is in both the Gospels and the Lukan corpus, and so on), so these shares overlap and need not total 100%. Each figure is a share of the word’s 5 distinct verses.
- Johannine 3 verses · 60%
- Revelation 3 verses · 60%
- Pauline corpus 2 verses · 40%
How translations render this word
Counts come from each version’s own published word-to-Strong’s tagging or interlinear alignment — an approximate guide to how each version renders this word, not a word-level alignment the data otherwise carries. Because each total is that version’s own tagged count, the per-version totals vary from one another and need not match the appearance or distinct-verse counts above. These counts may also differ from a printed concordance because Lemma counts each distinctly tagged rendering and does not collapse phrase taggings into a single head-word total. This is a fixed set of word-tagged versions (KJV, ASV, BSB, ULT) and does not change with the reading translation you choose elsewhere. Each version’s license is shown beside its name below (and on Sources).
- King James Version: Song 5×, Songs 2×
- American Standard Version: Song 5×, Songs 2×
- Berean Standard Bible: Song 4×, Songs 2×
- unfoldingWord Literal Text: Song 5×, A 2×, Songs 2×
King James Version Public Domain
Renders G5603 across 7 tagged occurrences — most commonly:
American Standard Version Public Domain
Renders G5603 across 7 tagged occurrences — most commonly:
Berean Standard Bible Public Domain
Renders G5603 across 6 tagged occurrences — most commonly:
Not rendered by a distinct English word in 1 further occurrence.
unfoldingWord Literal Text CC BY-SA 4.0
Renders G5603 across 10 tagged occurrences — most commonly:
Plus 1 rendering that appears only once — usually multi-word phrases or single function words the recovered tagging swept in, not distinct renderings.
Senses in Thayer's
The 1 sense Thayer's distinguishes for this word, in lexicon order (not ranked by frequency or importance). The full entry — with sub-senses — is in the Lexicon Entry tab.
- a song, lay, ode
Word origin
Derived from αδω (áidō) (G103) — to sing.
Forms in the corpus
The 2 distinct written forms G5603 takes in the Greek New Testament, most frequent first — each parse links to that case’s occurrences in the concordance.
| Form | Parsing | Example | Uses |
|---|---|---|---|
| ᾠδὴν ōdḕn | Noun, Accusative, Singular, Feminine | Revelation 5:9 | 5 |
| ᾠδαῖς ōdaîs | Noun, Dative, Plural, Feminine | Ephesians 5:19 | 2 |
Same root — word family
Other Thayer's entries built from the same root as G5603, grouped by Strong’s listed origin. These share a root / origin per the lexicon — not necessarily a shared meaning. Each links to that word’s own entry.
Derives from
Shares the same root
Compare all same-root words → They share a root, not necessarily a meaning.
Septuagint usage
The same Greek word ωδη appears 71 times in the Greek Old Testament (Septuagint), across 69 verses in 11 books.
- 71
- LXX occurrences
- Tagged occurrences of this Greek word in the Septuagint.
- 69
- verses
- Distinct Septuagint verses containing this word.
- 11 / 39
- OT books
- The word appears in 11 of the 39 Old Testament books.
Sample Septuagint occurrences
- Exodus 15:1 ᾠδή
- Deuteronomy 31:19 ᾠδή
- Judges 5:12 ᾠδή
- 2 Samuel 6:5 ᾠδή
- 1 Kings 5:12 ᾠδή
- 1 Chronicles 15:16 ᾠδή
- 2 Chronicles 5:13 ᾠδή
- Ezra 3:12 ᾠδή
- Psalms 4:1 ᾠδή
- Amos 5:23 ᾠδή
- Habakkuk 3:1 ᾠδή
Septuagint occurrences (same lexeme)
Every verse where the same Strong’s number (G5603) appears in the Greek Septuagint — showing the first 50 of 69. Verse text shown in the World English Bible for context; the Greek form is the matched word — the English is not keyword-highlighted.
- Exodus 15:1 ᾠδή Then Moses and the children of Israel sang this song to Yahweh, and said, "I will sing to Yahweh, for he has triumphed gloriously: The horse and his rider he has thrown into the sea.
- Deuteronomy 31:19 ᾠδή Now therefore write you this song for you, and teach you it the children of Israel: put it in their mouths, that this song may be a witness for me against the children of Israel.
- Deuteronomy 31:21 ᾠδή It shall happen, when many evils and troubles are come on them, that this song shall testify before them as a witness; for it shall not be forgotten out of the mouths of their seed: for I know their imagination which they frame this day, before I have brought them into the land which I swore.
- Deuteronomy 31:22 ᾠδή So Moses wrote this song the same day, and taught it the children of Israel.
- Deuteronomy 31:30 ᾠδή Moses spoke in the ears of all the assembly of Israel the words of this song, until they were finished.
- Deuteronomy 32:44 ᾠδή Moses came and spoke all the words of this song in the ears of the people, he and Joshua the son of Nun.
- Judges 5:12 ᾠδή Awake, awake, Deborah; Awake, awake, utter a song: Arise, Barak, and lead away your captives, you son of Abinoam.
- 2 Samuel 6:5 ᾠδή David and all the house of Israel played before Yahweh with all manner of [instruments made of] fir-wood, and with harps, and with psalteries, and with tambourines, and with castanets, and with cymbals.
- 2 Samuel 22:1 ᾠδή David spoke to Yahweh the words of this song in the day that Yahweh delivered him out of the hand of all his enemies, and out of the hand of Saul:
- 1 Kings 5:12 ᾠδή Yahweh gave Solomon wisdom, as he promised him; and there was peace between Hiram and Solomon; and they two made a league together.
- 1 Kings 8:53 ᾠδή For you did separate them from among all the peoples of the earth, to be your inheritance, as you spoke by Moses your servant, when you brought our fathers out of Egypt, Lord Yahweh.
- 1 Chronicles 15:16 ᾠδή David spoke to the chief of the Levites to appoint their brothers the singers, with instruments of music, psalteries and harps and cymbals, sounding aloud and lifting up the voice with joy.
- 1 Chronicles 15:22 ᾠδή Chenaniah, chief of the Levites, was over the song: he instructed about the song, because he was skillful.
- 1 Chronicles 15:27 ᾠδή David was clothed with a robe of fine linen, and all the Levites who bore the ark, and the singers, and Chenaniah the master of the song [with] the singers: and David had on him an ephod of linen.
- 1 Chronicles 16:42 ᾠδή and with them Heman and Jeduthun [with] trumpets and cymbals for those that should sound aloud, and [with] instruments for the songs of God; and the sons of Jeduthun to be at the gate.
- 2 Chronicles 5:13 ᾠδή it happened, when the trumpeters and singers were as one, to make one sound to be heard in praising and thanking Yahweh; and when they lifted up their voice with the trumpets and cymbals and instruments of music, and praised Yahweh, [saying], For he is good; for his loving kindness endures forever; that then the house was filled with a cloud, even the house of Yahweh,
- 2 Chronicles 7:6 ᾠδή The priests stood, according to their offices; the Levites also with instruments of music of Yahweh, which David the king had made to give thanks to Yahweh, (for his loving kindness endures for ever), when David praised by their ministry: and the priests sounded trumpets before them; and all Israel stood.
- 2 Chronicles 23:18 ᾠδή Jehoiada appointed the officers of the house of Yahweh under the hand of the priests the Levites, whom David had distributed in the house of Yahweh, to offer the burnt offerings of Yahweh, as it is written in the law of Moses, with rejoicing and with singing, according to the order of David.
- 2 Chronicles 34:12 ᾠδή The men did the work faithfully: and the overseers of them were Jahath and Obadiah, the Levites, of the sons of Merari; and Zechariah and Meshullam, of the sons of the Kohathites, to set it forward; and [others of] the Levites, all who were skillful with instruments of music.
- Ezra 3:12 ᾠδή But many of the priests and Levites and heads of fathers' [houses], the old men who had seen the first house, when the foundation of this house was laid before their eyes, wept with a loud voice; and many shouted aloud for joy:
- Ezra 22:27 ᾠδή
- Ezra 22:36 ᾠδή
- Psalms 4:1 ᾠδή Answer me when I call, God of my righteousness. Give me relief from my distress. Have mercy on me, and hear my prayer.
- Psalms 9:17 ᾠδή The wicked shall be turned back to Sheol, Even all the nations that forget God.
- Psalms 17:1 ᾠδή Hear, Yahweh, my righteous plea; Give ear to my prayer, that doesn't go out of deceitful lips.
- Psalms 29:1 ᾠδή Ascribe to Yahweh, you sons of the mighty, Ascribe to Yahweh glory and strength.
- Psalms 38:1 ᾠδή Yahweh, don't rebuke me in your wrath, Neither chasten me in your hot displeasure.
- Psalms 41:9 ᾠδή Yes, my own familiar friend, in whom I trusted, Who ate bread with me, Has lifted up his heel against me.
- Psalms 44:1 ᾠδή We have heard with our ears, God; Our fathers have told us, What work you did in their days, In the days of old.
- Psalms 47:1 ᾠδή Oh clap your hands, all you nations. Shout to God with the voice of triumph!
- Psalms 64:1 ᾠδή Hear my voice, God, in my complaint. Preserve my life from fear of the enemy.
- Psalms 65:1 ᾠδή Praise waits for you, God, in Zion. To you shall vows be performed.
- Psalms 66:1 ᾠδή Make a joyful shout to God, all the earth!
- Psalms 67:1 ᾠδή May God be merciful to us, bless us, And cause his face to shine on us. Selah.
- Psalms 68:31 ᾠδή Princes shall come out of Egypt. Ethiopia shall hurry to stretch out her hands to God.
- Psalms 74:1 ᾠδή God, why have you rejected us forever? Why does your anger smolder against the sheep of your pasture?
- Psalms 75:1 ᾠδή We give thanks to you, God, We give thanks, for your Name is near. Men tell about your wondrous works.
- Psalms 82:1 ᾠδή God presides in the great assembly. He judges among the gods.
- Psalms 86:1 ᾠδή Hear, Yahweh, and answer me, For I am poor and needy.
- Psalms 87:1 ᾠδή His foundation is in the holy mountains.
- Psalms 90:1 ᾠδή Lord, you have been our dwelling place for all generations.
- Psalms 91:1 ᾠδή He who dwells in the secret place of the Most High Will rest in the shadow of the Almighty.
- Psalms 91:4 ᾠδή He will cover you with his feathers. Under his wings you will take refuge. His faithfulness is your shield and rampart.
- Psalms 92:1 ᾠδή It is a good thing to give thanks to Yahweh, To sing praises to your name, Most High;
- Psalms 94:1 ᾠδή Yahweh, you God to whom vengeance belongs, You God to whom vengeance belongs, shine forth.
- Psalms 95:1 ᾠδή Oh come, let's sing to Yahweh. Let's shout aloud to the rock of our salvation!
- Psalms 107:1 ᾠδή Give thanks to Yahweh, For he is good, For his loving kindness endures forever.
- Psalms 119:1 ᾠδή Blessed are those whose ways are blameless, Who walk according to Yahweh's law.
- Psalms 120:1 ᾠδή In my distress, I cried to Yahweh. He answered me.
- Psalms 121:1 ᾠδή I will lift up my eyes to the hills. Where does my help come from?
These are occurrences of the same Greek lexeme (G5603) in the Septuagint — not a translation of any one Hebrew word. The store carries no word-level Hebrew↔Greek alignment, so no Hebrew original is asserted here. Counts come from the recovered LXX Strong's tagging — high-frequency vocabulary is well covered, while rare or late forms may be untagged — so they reflect tagged occurrences and may slightly undercount.
