Strong's Greek · G5214

G5214 hymnéō

ὑμνέω

hoom-neh'-o

to praise

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hymnéō appears 4 times in Scripture, in Matthew, Mark, Acts and Hebrews. In the Doxa app, open any verse that uses it, keep your notes on it, and ask Doxa Engage how it connects to what God has said to you.

Definition

to hymn, i.e. sing a religious ode; by implication, to celebrate (God) in song

In the King James Version

sing a hymn (praise unto)

Derivation

from G5215 (ὕμνος);

Appears 4 times in Scripture

Acts 16:25

“About midnight Paul and Silas were praying and singing hymns to God, and the other prisoners were listening to them.”

Matthew 26:30

“And when they had sung a hymn, they went out to the Mount of Olives.”

Mark 14:26

“And when they had sung a hymn, they went out to the Mount of Olives.”

Hebrews 2:12

“He says: “I will proclaim Your name to My brothers; I will sing Your praises in the assembly.””

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Word study: Strong's Exhaustive Concordance (James Strong, 1890, public domain), with glosses and editions from STEP Bible (www.STEPBible.org); Open Scriptures Hebrew Bible Project (CC BY 4.0); Strong's Greek Dictionary in XML by Ulrik Sandborg-Petersen (CC0). Sources and changes Verse mappings: Berean Standard Bible interlinear tables (public domain).

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