What does ὑμνέω (hymnéō) mean in the Bible?
ὑμνέω (hymnéō): Structured praise-singing directed to God or persons, often in corporate worship or liturgical contexts.
Greek · G5214
ὑμνέω
To praise
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ὑμνέω G5214
Pronunciation hymnéō
What does ὑμνέω (hymnéō) mean in the Bible?
ὑμνέω (hymnéō): Structured praise-singing directed to God or persons, often in corporate worship or liturgical contexts.
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Questions this entry answers
How does the BSB render G5214?
The BSB source-word alignment has 4 aligned rows for this entry. Common renderings include [and] singing hymns (1), I will sing Your praises (1), they had sung a hymn (1), when they had sung a hymn (1).
Where does ὑμνέω (hymnéō) appear in Scripture?
The source-word alignment first shows this entry at Matthew 26:30. Its strongest book concentrations include Acts (1), Hebrews (1), Mark (1), Matthew (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 [and] singing hymns 1× Acts 16:25
I will sing Your praises 1× Hebrews 2:12
they had sung a hymn 1× Matthew 26:30
when they had sung a hymn 1× Mark 14:26
Show sample aligned rows
Matthew 26:30 ὑμνήσαντες to they had sung a hymn Verb - Aorist Participle Active - Nominative Masculine Plural Mark 14:26 ὑμνήσαντες to when they had sung a hymn Verb - Aorist Participle Active - Nominative Masculine Plural Acts 16:25 ὕμνουν to [and] singing hymns Verb - Imperfect Indicative Active - 3rd Person Plural Hebrews 2:12 ὑμνήσω to I will sing Your praises Verb - Future Indicative Active - 1st Person Singular
Usage map
A compact distribution from source-word alignment before the full evidence tables.
First aligned row Matthew 26:30
Aligned rows 4
Books represented 4
Matthew 1 Mark 1 Acts 1 Hebrews 1
Source forms
ὑμνήσαντες 2x hymnēsantes Matthew 26:30, Mark 14:26
ὑμνήσω 1x hymnēsō Hebrews 2:12
ὕμνουν 1x hymnoun Acts 16:25
Parsing patterns
Verb - Aorist Participle Active - Nominative Masculine Plural 2x Matthew 26:30, Mark 14:26
Verb - Future Indicative Active - 1st Person Singular 1x Hebrews 2:12
Verb - Imperfect Indicative Active - 3rd Person Plural 1x Acts 16:25
Evidence Summary
Greek word. Structured praise-singing directed to God or persons, often in corporate worship or liturgical contexts.
Strong's G5214
Lexical occurrences 4 verses Greek text appearances 4 times Word forms 2 forms 4 references Verse guides 0 guides
Source Gloss
to praise
Extended definition Source: STEPBible TBESG + Abbott-Smith
Structured praise-singing directed to God or persons, often in corporate worship or liturgical contexts.
(ὕμνος) [in LXX for הָלַל pi., שִׁיר, יָדָה hi., etc. ;]
Greek Text Appearances
Textus Receptus witness, full corpus Greek token appearances from Scrivener 1894 Textus Receptus in the full New Testament corpus.
4 Greek text appearances shown. Linked morphology labels have verse guides.
Matthew 26:30 Verb Aorist Active Participle Nominative Plural Masculine
ὑμνήσαντες umnhsantev
I sing, sing hymns to
Read verse Mark 14:26 Verb Aorist Active Participle Nominative Plural Masculine
ὑμνήσαντες umnhsantev
I sing, sing hymns to
Read verse Acts 16:25 Verb Third Person Plural Imperfect Active Indicative
ὕμνουν umnoun
I sing, sing hymns to
Read verse Hebrews 2:12 Verb First Person Singular Future Active Indicative
ὑμνήσω umnhsw
I sing, sing hymns to
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 4 Tenses Aorist, Imperfect, Future Voices Active
Verse guides are not available for this word yet, so verse references remain plain evidence markers.
Tenses
Voices
Participle verbal adjective — the action as a modifying quality 2×
Aorist Active Matt 26:30 · Mark 14:26 2×
Indicative states a fact or reality 2×
Imperfect Active Acts 16:25 1×
Future Active Heb 2:12 1×
Discourse Aspect
How this verb appears across 4 occurrences in the NT discourse index (MACULA Greek SBLGNT).
Aspect
Tense
aorist 2 imperfect 1 future 1
Voice
active 4
Mood
indicative 2 participle 2
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
ὑμνέω is built from this root:
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