Humnos ὕμνος

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Humnos
ὕμνος
Transliterationhumnos
Strong's numberG5215
LanguageGreek
Part of speechmasculine noun
Glosshymn
Occurrences2 in 2 verses
Most frequent inEphesians (1)

Humnos (Greek ὕμνος, Strong's G5215) is a Greek masculine noun meaning “hymn”. It occurs 2 times in 2 verses of the New Testament.

Definition

ὕμνος, -ου, ὁ
[in LXX for תְּהִלָּה, נְגִינָה, שִׁיר, etc. ;]
a hymn;
(a) in cl. a festal song in praise of gods or heroes;
(b) in LXX and NT a song of praise addressed to God: Eph.5:19, Col.3:16.†
SYN.: ψαλμός, that which is sung to a musical accompaniment; ᾠδή, the generic term for song (cf. Tr., Syn., § LXXviii, Lft. on Col.3:16) (AS)

From the STEPBible Brief Lexicon of Greek (based on Abbott-Smith), STEPBible.org, CC BY 4.0.

Translated as

KJVhymns (2)
BSBhymns (2)

Verses

Every verse with Humnos, with the English words that translate it highlighted (KJV or BSB; other translations show the KJV here).

Ephesians

Colossians

Notes

  1. Definition and verse list from STEPBible's tagged Hebrew Old Testament (TAHOT) and Greek New Testament (TAGNT) and Brief Lexicons, STEPBible.org, CC BY 4.0.
  2. English renderings from the public-domain KJV with Strong's numbers (eBible.org) and the Berean Standard Bible interlinear (public domain).
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