Quick Definition
μουσικός, ή, όν Adj skilled in music, a musician
Strong's Definition
from Mousa (a Muse); "musical", i.e. (as noun) a minstrel
KJV Usage: musician
UBS Dictionary of the Greek New Testament
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Thayer's Greek Lexicon
μουσικός, -ή, -όν, (μοῦσα [music, eloquence, ete.]); freq. in Grk. writ.; prop. devoted to and skilled in the arts sacred to the muses; accomplished in the liberal arts; specifically, skilled in music; playing on musical instruments; so Rey. xviii. 22 [R. V. minstrels].
Mounce Concise Greek Dictionary
μουσικός mousikos 1x
pr. devoted to the arts of the Muses; a musician; in NT, perhaps, a singer, Rev. 18:22*
Abbott-Smith Greek Lexicon
μουσικός, -ή, -όν,
[in LXX: Ge 31:27, Ez 26:13 (שִׁיר), Da LXX TH 3:5 ff. (זְמָר), Si 22:6, al.;]
skilled in the arts, esp. in music; as subst., ὁ μ., a minstrel, musician: Re 18:22.†
Moulton & Milligan — Vocabulary of the Greek NT
μουσικός. In an action before the Emperor Claudius in which Isidorus, the Gymnasiarch of Alexandria, raises a complaint against King Agrippa, the Emperor taunts Isidorus with the fact that he is the son of a female musician—daoands [ἐ]κ μουσικῆς εἶ, ᾿Ισίδωρε, and receives the answer—éy]d μὲν οὔκ εἰμι δοῦλος οὐδὲ μουσικῆς [vi]ds, ἀλλὰ διασήμου πόλεως [᾿ΑἸλεξαν[δρ]εί[ας] γυμνασίαρχος (Chres¢. I. τ 4111: Sf), From P Flor I. 748 (A.b. 181) συμφωνίας πάσης μουσικῶν τε καὶ ἄλλων, P Oxy X. 12759 (iii/A.p.) συμφωνίας αὐλητῶν καὶ μουσικῶν (cf. Rev 1833), T. Grassi (in S4 JZ iii. p. 130) concludes that μουσικοί was not a merely general term, but denoted a special class of performers. Cf. however P Oxy III. 519° (account of public games—ii/A.p.) ὑπὲρ μου[σ])ι[κῆς (δραχμαὶ)...
Liddell-Scott-Jones — Greek-English Lexicon
μουσικός (mousikos) — musician. μουσῐκός, ή, όν, Doric dialect μωσικός, ά, όν [Refs 5th c.AD+]:— musical, ἀγῶνες μ. καὶ γυμνικοί [Refs 5th c.BC+]; τὰ μουσικά music, [Refs 5th c.BC+]. adverb - κῶς [Refs 5th c.BC+]; compare {μουσική}
II. of persons, skilled in music, musical, X.[same place], etc.; ποιητικοὶ καὶ μ. ἄνδρες [Refs 5th c.BC+]; lyric poet, opposed to epic, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; μ., οἱ, professional musicians, [Refs 1st c.BC+]; μουσικὸς καὶ μελῶν ποητής [Refs 2nd c.BC+]
II.2. generally, votary of the Muses, man of letters and accomplishments, scholar, opposed to ἀμαθής, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; πόλις -ωτάτη most full of liberal arts, [Refs 5th c.BC+]infinitive, παρ᾽ ὄχλῳ -ώτεροι λέγειν more accomplished in speaking before a mob, [Refs 5th c.BC+]
III. of things, elegant, delicate, βρώματα [Refs 4th c.BC+]; harmonious, fitting, τροφὴ μέση καὶ μ., τὸν Δώριον τρόπον τῆς τύχης ὡς ἀληθῶς ἡρμοσμένη [Refs 5th c.AD+] adverb -κῶς harmoniously, suitably, οἱ λόγοι οὐ πάνυ μ. λέγονται [Refs 5th c.BC+]; μ. ἅλας δοῦναι, ὄψον σκευάσαι, [Refs 3rd c.BC+]: comparative -ωτέρως, λέγειν [Refs 4th c.BC+]: superlative -ώτατα [Refs 5th c.BC+]