ΨΑΛΜΌΣ

ΨΑΛΜΌΣ: ψαλμός, -οῦ, ὁ [ (< ψάλλω), [in LXX chiefly for מִזְמוֹר ;] ] 1. . a striking, twitching with the fingers (Eur., al.), hence, a striking of musical strings (Æsch., al.), and hence in later writers, 2. . a sacred song sung to musical accompaniment, a psalm (LXX): I Co 14:26, Eph 5:19, Col 3:16; of OT psalms, Lk 24:44, Ac 13:33; βίβλος ψαλμῶν, Lk 20:42, Ac 1:20.† SYN.: v.s. ὕμνος