ὕμνος: Difference between revisions

|txtha=ὑμνου, ὁ, in Greek writings from Homer down, a [[song]] in [[praise]] of gods, heroes, conquerors (cf. Trench, as [[below]], p. 297), [[but]] in the Scriptures of God; a [[sacred]] Song of Solomon, [[hymn]]: plural, Josephus, Antiquities 7,12, 3; for תְּהִלָּה, שִׁיר, SYNONYMS: [[ὕμνος]], [[ψαλμός]], [[ᾠδή]]: [[ᾠδή]] is the generic [[term]]; [[ψαλμός]] and [[ὕμνος]] are [[specific]], the [[former]] designating a [[song]] [[which]] took its [[general]] [[character]] from the O. T. 'Psalm' ([[although]] [[not]] restricted to [[them]], [[see]] [[ψαλμός]] is a [[musical]] [[accompaniment]], and [[that]] of [[ὕμνος]] [[praise]] to God, [[ᾠδή]] is the [[general]] [[word]] for a Song of Solomon, [[whether]] accompanied or [[unaccompanied]], [[whether]] of [[praise]] or on [[any]] [[other]] [[subject]]. Thus it [[was]] [[quite]] [[possible]] for the [[same]] [[song]] to be at [[once]] [[ψαλμός]], [[ὕμνος]] and [[ᾠδή]] (Lightfoot on Trench, Synonyms, § lxxviii.]