Dictionaries :: Psalm

King James Dictionary

Psalm: A Song; a Melody.

And be not drunk with wine, wherein is excess; but be filled with the Spirit; speaking to yourselves in PSALMS and hymns and spiritual songs, singing and making melody in your heart to the Lord; giving thanks always for all things unto God and the Father in the name of our Lord Jesus Christ; submitting yourselves one to another in the fear of God. (Ephesians 5:18-21)

Vine's Expository Dictionary of New Testament Words

Psalm:

primarily denoted "a striking or twitching with the fingers (on musical strings);" then, "a sacred song, sung to musical accompaniment, a psalm." It is used

(a) of the OT book of "Psalms," Luk 20:42; 24:44; Act 1:20;

(b) of a particlular "psalm," Act 13:33 (cp. ver. 35);

(c) of "psalms" in general, 1Cr 14:26; Eph 5:19; Col 3:16.

Note: For psallo, rendered "let him sing psalms" in Jam 5:13, see MELODY, SING.