ὑμνέω, ύ῾μνω: imperfect ὕμνουν; future ὑμνήσω; 1 aorist participle ὑμνησας; (ὕμνος); from Hesiod down; the Sept. often for δΔμΕΜμ, δεγΘδ, δΕωΔΡιψ, ζΔξΕΜψ; 1. transitive, to sing the praise of; sing hymns to: τινα, Act_16:25; Heb_2:12. 2. intransitive, to sing a hymn, to sing: Mat_26:30; Mar_14:26 (in both passages of the singing of the paschal hymns; these were Psa_113:1-9; Psa_114:1-8; Psa_115:1-18; Psa_116:1-19; Psa_117:1-2; Psa_118:1-29 and Psa_136:1-26, which the Jews call the 'great Hallel' (but see Ginsburg in Kitto under the word Hallel; Edersheim, The Temple etc., p. 191f; Buxtorf (edited by Fischer), p. 314f)); Psalm 64:13 (); 1Ma_13:47.

ὑμνέω hymneō 4x to hymn, praise, celebrate or worship with hymns, Act_16:25 ; Heb_2:12 ; absol. to sing a hymn, Mat_26:30 ; Mar_14:26

ὑμνέω , -ῶ ( < ὕμνος ), [in LXX for H1984 pi ., H7892 , H3034 hi ., etc.;] 1. trans., c . acc pers . (in cl . also c . acc rei ), to sing to, laud, sing to the praise of: Act_16:25 , Heb_2:12 . 2. Intrans ., to sing: in LXX and NT, of singing hymns and praises to God ( Psa_65:13 , al. ), Mat_26:30 , Mar_14:26 ( v. Swete , in l ).†

ὑμνέω [page 649] For the trans, use of this verb sing to the praise of, as in Act_16:25 , cf. OGIS 56 .66 (B.C. 238) ὑμνεῖσθαι δ᾽ αὐτήν ( sc . τὴν θεάν ), and Syll 721 ( = .3 662) .12 ( c . B.C. 165 4) τούς τε θεοὺς . . . καὶ τὸν δῆμον τὸν Ἀθηναίων ὕμνησεν . For a curious ex. of a vi/A.D. Byzantine hymn, see P Lond 1029 ( = III. p. 284) : the verb ὑμνολογέω is found in line 3 .

ὑμνέω [Etym: ὕμνος] with acc. "to sing, laud, sing of", Lat. canere, c. acc., Hes. , Trag. :—also in Prose, "to celebrate, commemorate", Hdt. , Xen. ;—c. dupl. acc., ἃ τὴν πόλιν ὕμνησα the points wherein "I praised" our city, Thuc. :—Pass. "to be sung of", Ἀργεῖοι ὑμνέαται (ionic for -ηνται) "have been praised", Hdt. ; ὑμνηθήσεται πόλις Eur. ; αἱ ὑμνούμεναι φιλίαι "the famous" friendships, Arist. c. acc. cogn. "to sing", Aesch. , Eur. "to tell over and over and over again, to repeat, recite, rehearse", Lat. decantare, Plat. ; ὑμνήσεις κακά "wilt sing continually" of thy ills, Soph. ; τὰν ἐμὰν ὑμνεῦσαι (ionic for -οῦσαι) ἀπιστοσύναν "ever singing of" my want of faith, Eur. :—Pass., βαί᾽, ἀεὶ δ᾽ ὑμνούμενα few words, but "such as oft repeated", Soph. intr. "to sing, chant", Thuc. , Xen. in a pass. sense, φῆμαι ὑμνήσουσι περὶ τὰ ὦτα "will ring" in their ears, Plat. [In Eur. sometimes υ.]

ὑμνέω, -ῶ (ὕμνος) [in LXX for הָלַל pi., שִׁיר, יָדָה hi., etc. ;] __1. trans., with accusative of person(s) (in cl. also with accusative of thing(s)), to sing to, laud, sing to the praise of: Act.16:25, Heb.2:12. __2. Intrans., to sing: in LXX and NT, of singing hymns and praises to God (Psa.65:13, al.), Mat.26:30, Mrk.14:26 (see Swete, in l).† (AS)