psalm en · NOUN
Pronunciation
- /sɔlm/ (US)
- /sɑlm/ (US)
- /sɑːm/ (Received-Pronunciation)
- /sæm/ (US, obsolete)
- /sɑm/ (US)
- (US) audio
- /sɔm/ (US)
Etymology
From Middle English salm or psalme, from Old English psealm, later reinforced from Old French psalme (modern French psaume), both from Latin psalmus, from Ancient Greek ψαλμός (psalmós, “the sound emanating from twitching or twanging perhaps with the hands or fingers, mostly of musical strings”) (from ψάλλω (psállō, “to make a sound by striking, touching, plucking, rubbing, twanging, or vibrating”)), but later in New Testament times the meaning of ψαλμός (psalmós) evolved from its Classical meaning of "a tune played to the harp" to a more general tune that could be played with any instrument; even a song sung with or without musical accompaniment. By the Byzantine Period, it lost all of its instrumental nuances.
Meanings
- A sacred song; a poetical composition for use in the praise or worship of God.
- One of the hymns by David and others, collected into one book of the Old Testament, or a modern metrical version of such a hymn for public worship.
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| psalms | Number=Plur | lexicographic |
Deriveds
psalmwriter · psalmodic · Psalms · psalm-smiter · psalmless · psalmist · psalmbook · psalmic · psalmody
Relateds
Translations (135)
be псало́м (sacred song) · el ψαλμός (sacred song) · fy psalm (sacred song) · ru псало́м (sacred song) · vi thánh ca (sacred song) · fa-cls مَزْمُور (sacred song) · eu salmo (sacred song) · cs žalm (sacred song) · id mazmur (sacred song) · af psalm (sacred song) · he מִזְמוֹר (a hymn collected into one book of the Old Testament) · nl psalm (sacred song) · sq psálm (a hymn collected into one book of the Old Testament) · tr zebur (sacred song) · lv psalms (sacred song) · tl salmo (sacred song) · az zəbur (a hymn collected into one book of the Old Testament) · wym psolm (a hymn collected into one book of the Old Testament) · pl psalm (a hymn collected into one book of the Old Testament) · ar مَزْمُور (sacred song) · nb salme (a hymn collected into one book of the Old Testament) · la psalmus (sacred song) · sq psálm (sacred song) · id psalm (a hymn collected into one book of the Old Testament) · ro psalm (sacred song) · et psalm (sacred song) · orv псалъмъ (sacred song) · gv saum (sacred song) · enm sauter (a hymn collected into one book of the Old Testament) · ca salm (sacred song) · ja 詩篇 (sacred song) · fi virsi (sacred song) · sw zaburi (a hymn collected into one book of the Old Testament) · sq psálmi (sacred song) · ml സങ്കീർത്തനം (sacred song) · es salmo (a hymn collected into one book of the Old Testament) · lt psalmė (sacred song) · be пса́льма (sacred song) · got 𐍀𐍃𐌰𐌻𐌼𐍉 (a hymn collected into one book of the Old Testament) · hy սաղմոս (sacred song) · kw salm (a hymn collected into one book of the Old Testament) · ur مَزمُور (sacred song) · pdt Psalm (sacred song) · gv sawm (sacred song) · nl psalm (a hymn collected into one book of the Old Testament) · enm salm (sacred song) · tl salmo (a hymn collected into one book of the Old Testament) · bg псалм (sacred song) · kw salm (sacred song) · fa-ira مَزْمور (sacred song) · de Psalm (sacred song) · got 𐍀𐍃𐌰𐌻𐌼𐍉 (sacred song) · ga salm (a hymn collected into one book of the Old Testament) · bo གསུང་མགུར (sacred song) · izh jumalanlaulu (sacred song) · ko 시편 (sacred song) · cy salm (sacred song) · it salmo (sacred song) · de Psalm (a hymn collected into one book of the Old Testament) · gl salmo (sacred song) · zdj zaɓura (a hymn collected into one book of the Old Testament) · is sálmur (sacred song) · hy սաղմոս (a hymn collected into one book of the Old Testament) · uk псало́м (sacred song) · sh псалм (sacred song) · pl psalm (sacred song) · nn salme (a hymn collected into one book of the Old Testament) · br salm (sacred song) · tg забур (sacred song) · da salme (a hymn collected into one book of the Old Testament) · fr psaume (a hymn collected into one book of the Old Testament) · hu zsoltár (sacred song) · cmn 詩篇 /诗篇 (sacred song) · el ψαλμός (a hymn collected into one book of the Old Testament) · sl psalm (sacred song) · ka ფსალმუნი (a hymn collected into one book of the Old Testament) · he מִזְמוֹר (sacred song) · da salme (sacred song) · kn ಕೀರ್ತನೆ (a hymn collected into one book of the Old Testament) · ca salm (a hymn collected into one book of the Old Testament) · nn salme (sacred song) · es salmo (sacred song) · bg псало́м (sacred song) · mi waiata (a hymn collected into one book of the Old Testament) · uz zabur (sacred song) · ast salmu (sacred song) · nrf sieaume (sacred song) · yue 詩篇 /诗篇 (sacred song) · pdt Psalm (a hymn collected into one book of the Old Testament) · ga salm (sacred song) · pt salmo (a hymn collected into one book of the Old Testament) · id mazmur (a hymn collected into one book of the Old Testament) · mk псалм (sacred song) · cu псалъмъ (sacred song) · ca psalm (sacred song) · sv psalm (a hymn collected into one book of the Old Testament) · sh psalm (sacred song) · mt salmi (sacred song) · uz psalom (sacred song) · sv psalm (sacred song) · sog ܡܙܡܘܪ (a hymn collected into one book of the Old Testament) · pt salmo (sacred song) · ast salmu (a hymn collected into one book of the Old Testament) · tr mezmur (sacred song) · vi thánh thi (sacred song) · cs žalm (a hymn collected into one book of the Old Testament) · mt salm (sacred song) · fo sálmur (sacred song) · ca psalm (a hymn collected into one book of the Old Testament) · fr psaume (sacred song) · nb salme (sacred song) · ru псало́м (a hymn collected into one book of the Old Testament) · it salmo (a hymn collected into one book of the Old Testament) · hi भजन (sacred song) · rm psalm (sacred song) · gd salm (sacred song) · tr zebur (a hymn collected into one book of the Old Testament) · tr mezmur (a hymn collected into one book of the Old Testament) · izh kirkkovers (sacred song) · tr ilahi (a hymn collected into one book of the Old Testament) · enm salm (a hymn collected into one book of the Old Testament) · chr ᏗᎧᏃᎩᏛ (a hymn collected into one book of the Old Testament) · nrf sieaume (a hymn collected into one book of the Old Testament) · ms mazmur (sacred song) · oc salme (sacred song) · gd salm (a hymn collected into one book of the Old Testament) · az məzmur (sacred song) · tr ilahi (sacred song) · th เพลงสวด (sacred song) · sk žalm (sacred song) · sog ܡܙܡܘܪ (sacred song) · ka ფსალმუნი (sacred song) · cy salm (a hymn collected into one book of the Old Testament) · la psalmus (a hymn collected into one book of the Old Testament) · fi psalmi (a hymn collected into one book of the Old Testament)