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Old & New Testament Greek Lexical DictionaryGreek Lexicon

Strong's #103 - ᾄδω

Transliteration

áidō

Phonetics

ad'-o

Origin

a primary word

Parts of Speech

Verb

TDNT

1:163,24

Definition

Thayer
Strong
Mounce

Thayer's

to the praise of anyone, to sing

Hebrew Equivalent Words:

Strong #: 2171 ‑ זַמָּר (zam‑mawr'); 6476 ‑ פָּצַח (paw‑tsakh'); 7891 ‑ שׁוּר (sheer, shoor); 7891 ‑ שׁוּר (sheer, shoor); 8334 ‑ שָׁרַת (shaw‑rath'); 8426 ‑ תּוֹדָה (to‑daw');

Frequency Lists

Book
Word
Parsing

Verse Results

KJV (5)

Ephesians 1

Colossians 1

Revelation 3

NAS (5)

Ephesians 1

Colossians 1

Revelation 3

HCS (5)

Ephesians 1

Colossians 1

Revelation 3

BSB (5)

Ephesians 1

Colossians 1

Revelation 3

ESV (5)

Ephesians 1

Colossians 1

Revelation 3

WEB (5)

Ephesians 1

Colossians 1

Revelation 3

KJV (5)

sing 1

singing 2

sung 2

NAS (5)

sang 3

singing 2

HCS (5)

They sang 2

and singing 1

singing 1

they sang 1

BSB (5)

Sing 1

[and] as you sing 1

they sang 3

ESV (5)

sang 1

sing 1

singing 3

WEB (5)

They sang 2

They sing 1

singing 2

RAH

V-AAD2P 14

V-AAD2S 1

V-AAD3P 1

V-AAI3S 4

V-AAS1P 3

V-FAI1S 3

V-FMI1P 1

V-FMI1S 9

V-FMI3P 1

V-PAN 2

V-PAPAPF 1

V-PAPAPM 3

V-PAPDPM 1

V-PAPGPF 1

V-PAPGPM 9

V-PAPNPF 2

V-PAPNPM 16

ANT

V-PAI-3P 3

V-PAP-NPM 2

BEZ

V-PAI-3P 3

V-PAP-NPM 2

BGB

V-PIA-3P 3

V-PPA-NMP 2

BMT

V-PAI-3P 3

V-PAP-NPM 1

BYZ

V-PAI-3P 3

V-PAP-NPM 1

ELZ

V-PAI-3P 3

V-PAP-NPM 2

NA26

V-PAI-3P 3

V-PAPNPM 2

SBL

V-3PAIP 3

V-PAPNPM 2

SCV

V-PAI-3P 3

V-PAP-NPM 2

STV

V-PAI-3P 3

V-PAP-NPM 2

TIS

V-PAI-3P 3

V-PAP-NPM 2

V-PAI-3P 3

V-PAP-NPM 2

V-PAI-3P 3

V-PAP-NPM 2

Liddell-Scott-Jones Definitions

ἄδω, Att. contr. for ἀείδω, q.v. ἀδῶ· ἀρεσκω, Hsch.

Thayer's Expanded Definition

ᾄδω (ἀείδω); common in Greek of every period; in the Sept. for שׁוּר; to sing, chant;

1. intransitive: τίνι, to the praise of anyone (Judith 16:1 (2)), Ephesians 5:19; Colossians 3:16 (in both passages of the lyrical emotion of a devout and grateful soul).

2. transitive: ᾠδήν, Revelation 5:9; Revelation 14:3; Revelation 15:3.

Abbott-Smith Manual Greek Lexicon of the New Testament

ᾄδω

(Attic form of Ion, and poët. ἀείδω ),

[in LXX chiefly for H7891;]

to sing,

(a) intrans., c. dat. (MM, VGT, s.v.), of praise to God: Ephesians 5:19, Colossians 3:16;

(b) trans., c. cogn. acc: ᾠδήν , Revelation 5:9; Revelation 14:3; Revelation 15:3.†

Abbott-Smith Manual Greek Lexicon of the New Testament.
Copyright © 1922 by G. Abbott-Smith, D.D., D.C.L.. T & T Clarke, London.

Vocabulary of the Greek NT

For the dative construction as in Ephesians 5:19, Colossians 3:16, cf. from the LXX Judith 16:1(2) ᾄσατε τῷ κυρίῳ, and such passages as Philostr. Imag. i. xi. 780 Καΰστρῳ ταῦτα καὶ Ἴστρῳ ᾄσονται, Heliod. Aethiop. v. 15 ἐμβατήρια ᾄδ. Διονύσῳ (Nägeli, p. 42). For the passive see P Giss I. 99.8 (ii/iii A.D.) ὕμνοι μὲν ἄι [δονται ] γλώτ ̣τῃ ξενικῇ.

List of Word Forms

άδειν άδοντας αδοντες άδοντες ᾄδοντες αδόντων άδουσαι αδούσας άδουσι αδουσιν άδουσιν ᾄδουσιν αδουσών άσατε ασάτωσαν άσομαι άσομαί άσομεν άσον άσονται άσω άσωμεν ήσαν ήσε ήσεν adontes adousin ā́idontes ā́idousin