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. a1.), and hence in later writers,

__2. a sacred song sung to musical accompaniment, a psalm (LXX): 1Co.14:26, Eph.5:19, Col.3:16; of OT psalms, Luk.24:44, Act.13:33; βίβλος ψαλμῶν, Luk.20:42, Act.1:20.†

SYN.: see: ὕμνος (AS)

a striking, twitching; a striking; a sacred song; a psalm