What does ψάλλω (psállō) mean in the Bible?
ψάλλω (psállō): To sing praise, originally by playing stringed instruments; NT usage emphasizes corporate worship expression.
Greek · G5567
ψάλλω
To sing praise
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ψάλλω G5567
Pronunciation psállō
What does ψάλλω (psállō) mean in the Bible?
ψάλλω (psállō): To sing praise, originally by playing stringed instruments; NT usage emphasizes corporate worship expression.
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Questions this entry answers
How does the BSB render G5567?
The BSB source-word alignment has 5 aligned rows for this entry. Common renderings include He should sing praises (1), I will also sing (1), I will sing (1), I will sing hymns (1), make music (1).
Where does ψάλλω (psállō) appear in Scripture?
The source-word alignment first shows this entry at Romans 15:9. Its strongest book concentrations include 1 Corinthians (2), Ephesians (1), James (1), Romans (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 He should sing praises 1× James 5:13
I will also sing 1× 1 Corinthians 14:15
I will sing 1× 1 Corinthians 14:15
I will sing hymns 1× Romans 15:9
make music 1× Ephesians 5:19
Show sample aligned rows
Romans 15:9 ψαλῶ to I will sing hymns Verb - Future Indicative Active - 1st Person Singular 1 Corinthians 14:15 ψαλῶ to I will sing Verb - Future Indicative Active - 1st Person Singular 1 Corinthians 14:15 ψαλῶ to I will also sing Verb - Future Indicative Active - 1st Person Singular Ephesians 5:19 ψάλλοντες to make music Verb - Present Participle Active - Nominative Masculine Plural James 5:13 ψαλλέτω to He should sing praises Verb - Present Imperative Active - 3rd Person Singular
Usage map
A compact distribution from source-word alignment before the full evidence tables.
First aligned row Romans 15:9
Aligned rows 5
Books represented 4
Romans 1 1 Corinthians 2 Ephesians 1 James 1
Source forms
ψαλῶ 3x psalō Romans 15:9, 1 Corinthians 14:15
ψαλλέτω 1x psalletō James 5:13
ψάλλοντες 1x psallontes Ephesians 5:19
Parsing patterns
Verb - Future Indicative Active - 1st Person Singular 3x Romans 15:9, 1 Corinthians 14:15
Verb - Present Imperative Active - 3rd Person Singular 1x James 5:13
Verb - Present Participle Active - Nominative Masculine Plural 1x Ephesians 5:19
Evidence Summary
Greek word. To sing praise, originally by playing stringed instruments; NT usage emphasizes corporate worship expression.
Strong's G5567
Lexical occurrences 5 verses Greek text appearances 5 times Word forms 3 forms 5 references Verse guides 0 guides
Study link Ephesians 5:15-21 Source Gloss
to sing praise
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.
Romans 15:9 Verb First Person Singular Future Active Indicative
ψαλῶ. yalw
I sing psalms
Read verse 1 Corinthians 14:15 Verb First Person Singular Future Active Indicative
ψαλῶ yalw
I sing psalms
Read verse 1 Corinthians 14:15 Verb First Person Singular Future Active Indicative
ψαλῶ yalw
I sing psalms
Read verse Ephesians 5:19 Verb Present Active Participle Nominative Plural Masculine
ψάλλοντες yallontev
I sing psalms
Read verse James 5:13 Verb Third Person Singular Present Active Imperative
ψαλλέτω. yalletw
I sing psalms
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 3 Aligned forms 5 Tenses Future, 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×
Future Active Rom 15:9 · 1 Cor 14:15 3×
Participle verbal adjective — the action as a modifying quality 1×
Present Active Eph 5:19 1×
Imperative command or strong request 1×
Present Active Jas 5:13 1×
Discourse Aspect
How this verb appears across 4 occurrences in the NT discourse index (MACULA Greek SBLGNT).
Aspect
Tense
future 3 present 1
Voice
active 4
Mood
indicative 3 imperative 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)
Selected Scripture Witness
Selected passage-level study witnesses for this word. This section is not the full occurrence list.
Biblical Witnesses
singing hymns and spiritual songs with grace in one's heart to the Lord
Showing 1 selected witness from 5 lexical occurrence verses.
Word Origins
ψάλλω 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