What does ᾄδω (áidō) mean in the Bible?
ᾄδω (áidō) is a Greek word meaning "to sing".
Greek · G103
ᾄδω
To sing
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ᾄδω G103
Pronunciation áidō
What does ᾄδω (áidō) mean in the Bible?
ᾄδω (áidō) is a Greek word meaning "to sing".
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Questions this entry answers
How does the BSB render G103?
The BSB source-word alignment has 5 aligned rows for this entry. Common renderings include they sang (3), [and] as you sing (1), Sing (1).
Where does ᾄδω (áidō) appear in Scripture?
The source-word alignment first shows this entry at Ephesians 5:19. Its strongest book concentrations include Revelation (3), Colossians (1), Ephesians (1).
Source Word Evidence
BSB source-word alignment connects this entry to exact verse rows, English rendering, source form, transliteration, and parsing.
How English Renders It they sang 3× Revelation 5:9, Revelation 14:3, Revelation 15:3
[and] as you sing 1× Colossians 3:16
Sing 1× Ephesians 5:19
Show sample aligned rows
Ephesians 5:19 ᾄδοντες to Sing Verb - Present Participle Active - Nominative Masculine Plural Colossians 3:16 ᾄδοντες to [and] as you sing Verb - Present Participle Active - Nominative Masculine Plural Revelation 5:9 ᾄδουσιν to they sang Verb - Present Indicative Active - 3rd Person Plural Revelation 14:3 ᾄδουσιν to they sang Verb - Present Indicative Active - 3rd Person Plural Revelation 15:3 ᾄδουσιν to they sang Verb - Present Indicative Active - 3rd Person Plural
Usage map
A compact distribution from source-word alignment before the full evidence tables.
First aligned row Ephesians 5:19
Aligned rows 5
Books represented 3
Ephesians 1 Colossians 1 Revelation 3
Source forms
ᾄδουσιν 3x adousin Revelation 5:9, Revelation 14:3, Revelation 15:3
ᾄδοντες 2x adontes Ephesians 5:19, Colossians 3:16
Parsing patterns
Verb - Present Indicative Active - 3rd Person Plural 3x Revelation 5:9, Revelation 14:3, Revelation 15:3
Verb - Present Participle Active - Nominative Masculine Plural 2x Ephesians 5:19, Colossians 3:16
Evidence Summary
Greek word. to sing
Strong's G103
Lexical occurrences 5 verses Greek text appearances 5 times Word forms 2 forms 5 references Verse guides 0 guides
Source Gloss
to sing
Greek Text Appearances
Textus Receptus witness, full corpus Greek token appearances from Scrivener 1894 Textus Receptus in the full New Testament corpus.
5 Greek text appearances shown. Linked morphology labels have verse guides.
Ephesians 5:19 Verb Present Active Participle Nominative Plural Masculine
ᾄδοντες adontev
I sing
Read verse Colossians 3:16 Verb Present Active Participle Nominative Plural Masculine
ᾄδοντες adontev
I sing
Read verse Revelation 5:9 Verb Third Person Plural Present Active Indicative
ᾄδουσιν adousin
I sing
Read verse Revelation 14:3 Verb Third Person Plural Present Active Indicative
ᾄδουσιν adousin
I sing
Read verse Revelation 15:3 Verb Third Person Plural Present Active Indicative
ᾄδουσι adousin
I sing
Read verseFull New Testament corpus: 260 chapters, 7,957 verses, 140,628 tokens. Data source: honza/textus-receptus (data only), with authority check against byztxt/greektext-textus-receptus.
Grammatical Forms
How mood, tense, and voice shift the force of this verb in context.
This verb appears through different tense, voice, mood, or stem patterns. Those forms help readers see how the action is presented in context.
Form groups 2 Aligned forms 5 Tenses Present Voices Active
Verse guides are not available for this word yet, so verse references remain plain evidence markers.
Tenses
Voices
Indicative states a fact or reality 3×
Present Active Rev 5:9 · Rev 14:3 · Rev 15:3 3×
Participle verbal adjective — the action as a modifying quality 2×
Present Active Eph 5:19 · Col 3:16 2×
Discourse Aspect
How this verb appears across 4 occurrences in the NT discourse index (MACULA Greek SBLGNT).
Aspect
Tense
present 4
Voice
active 4
Mood
indicative 3 participle 1
NT Occurrences
Aspect reflects grammatical form — not authorial emphasis. Participles and infinitives are verbal adjectives and nouns respectively.
Clause data: MACULA Greek (Clear Bible, CC BY 4.0) · SBLGNT (Logos/SBL, CC BY 4.0)
Word Origins
ᾄδω is a primary verb - no further derivation.
Part of These Phrases
Compound and idiomatic phrases that include this word. Follow a link to study the phrase and how its parts work together.
Sources
MorphGNT Strong's Dictionary XML — CC0 1.0 Public Domain
Open Scriptures Hebrew Bible (morphhb/OSHB) — CC BY 4.0
Open Scriptures Hebrew Lexicon — CC BY 4.0
Berean Standard Bible (BSB) source-word alignment - CC0 Public Domain