Quick Definition
an ode, song
Strong's Definition
a chant or "ode" (the general term for any words sung; while G5215 (ὕμνος) denotes especially a religious metrical composition, and G5568 (ψαλμός) still more specially, a Hebrew cantillation)
Derivation: from G103 (ᾄδω);
KJV Usage: song
Thayer's Greek Lexicon
ᾠδή, ᾠδῆς, ἡ (equivalent to ἀοιδή, from ἀείδω, i. e. ᾄδω, to sing), from Sophocles and Euripides down, the Sept. for ωΔΡιψ and ωΔΡιψΘδ, a song, lay, ode; in the Scriptures a song in praise of God or Christ: Rev_5:9; Rev_14:3; Μωϋσέως καί τοῦ ἀρνίου, the song which Moses and Christ taught them to sing, Rev_15:3; plural with the epithet πνευματικαι, Eph_5:19 (here Lachmann brackets πνευματικαῖς); Col_3:16. (Synonym: see ὕμνος, at the end.)
Mounce Concise Greek Dictionary
ὧδή ōdē 7x
an ode, song, hymn, Eph_5:19 ; Col_3:16 ; Rev_5:9 ; Rev_14:3 ; Rev_15:3
Abbott-Smith Greek Lexicon
ᾠδή , -ῆς , ή ,
[in LXX chiefly for H7892 ;]
a song, ode, whether sad or joyful; in LXX and NT always in praise of God or Christ: Rev_5:9 ; Rev_14:3 ; Rev_15:3 ; ᾠ πνευματικαί Eph_5:19 , Col_3:16 .†
Moulton & Milligan — Vocabulary of the Greek NT
ᾠδή [page 701]
a song (Eph. 5:19, al. ) : cf. the Ephesian tomb inscr. Kaibel Add. 297a .3
δακρύοις τε καὶ ᾠδαῖς
τειμῶσιν τὸν σόν , Μαρκελλεῖνε , τάφον ,
and Syll 615 (= .3 1024) .16 ( c. B.C. 200) ἐπὶ ὠιδῆι ὑπὲρ καρποῦ Δήμητρι , with reference to a hymn sung in the course of a sacrifice.
For ᾠδός , a singer, see OG1S 56 .69 (B.C. 238) τούς τε ὠιδοὺς ἄνδρας καὶ τὰς γυναῖκας , ib. 352 .44 (B.C. 163 130) διδόναι τῶν ὠιδῶν τῶι νικήσα [ντι . . .
Liddell-Scott — Intermediate Greek Lexicon
ᾠδή ᾠδή, ἡ, [Etym: contr. for ἀοιδή as ᾁδω for ἀείδω] "a song, lay, ode", Hhymn. , Soph. , Eur. ; pl. "lyric poetry", Plat. "song, singing", Plut.
STEPBible — Tyndale Abridged Greek Lexicon
ᾠδή, -ῆς, ή
[in LXX chiefly for שִׁיר ;]
a song, ode, whether sad or joyful; in LXX and NT always in praise of God or Christ: Rev.5:9 14:3 15:3; ᾠ πνευματικαί Eph.5:19, Col.3:16.†
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