What does ᾠδή (ōidḗ) mean in the Bible?
ᾠδή (ōidḗ): Song of praise directed toward God or Christ, never secular or merely artistic expression in NT use.
Greek · G5603
ᾠδή
Song
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ᾠδή G5603
Pronunciation ōidḗ
What does ᾠδή (ōidḗ) mean in the Bible?
ᾠδή (ōidḗ): Song of praise directed toward God or Christ, never secular or merely artistic expression in NT use.
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Questions this entry answers
How does the BSB render G5603?
The BSB source-word alignment has 7 aligned rows for this entry. Common renderings include song (4), songs (2), - (1).
Where does ᾠδή (ōidḗ) appear in Scripture?
The source-word alignment first shows this entry at Ephesians 5:19. Its strongest book concentrations include Revelation (5), 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 song 4× Revelation 5:9, Revelation 14:3, Revelation 15:3
songs 2× Ephesians 5:19, Colossians 3:16
- 1× Revelation 15:3
Show sample aligned rows
Ephesians 5:19 ᾠδαῖς to songs Noun - Dative Feminine Plural Colossians 3:16 ᾠδαῖς to songs Noun - Dative Feminine Plural Revelation 5:9 ᾠδὴν to song Noun - Accusative Feminine Singular Revelation 14:3 ᾠδὴν to song Noun - Accusative Feminine Singular Revelation 14:3 ᾠδὴν to song Noun - Accusative Feminine Singular Revelation 15:3 ᾠδὴν to song Noun - Accusative Feminine Singular Revelation 15:3 ᾠδὴν to - Noun - Accusative Feminine Singular
Usage map
A compact distribution from source-word alignment before the full evidence tables.
First aligned row Ephesians 5:19
Aligned rows 7
Books represented 3
Ephesians 1 Colossians 1 Revelation 5
Source forms
ᾠδὴν 5x ōdēn Revelation 5:9, Revelation 14:3, Revelation 15:3
ᾠδαῖς 2x ōdais Ephesians 5:19, Colossians 3:16
Parsing patterns
Noun - Accusative Feminine Singular 5x Revelation 5:9, Revelation 14:3, Revelation 15:3
Noun - Dative Feminine Plural 2x Ephesians 5:19, Colossians 3:16
Evidence Summary
Greek word. Song of praise directed toward God or Christ, never secular or merely artistic expression in NT use.
Strong's G5603
Lexical occurrences 7 verses Greek text appearances 7 times Word forms 2 forms 7 references Verse guides 0 guides
Study link Ephesians 5:15-21 Source Gloss
song
Greek Text Appearances
Textus Receptus witness, full corpus Greek token appearances from Scrivener 1894 Textus Receptus in the full New Testament corpus.
7 Greek text appearances shown. Linked morphology labels have verse guides.
Ephesians 5:19 Noun Dative Plural Feminine
ᾠδαῖς wdaiv
an ode, song
Read verse Colossians 3:16 Noun Dative Plural Feminine
ᾠδαῖς wdaiv
an ode, song
Read verse Revelation 5:9 Noun Accusative Singular Feminine
ᾠδὴν wdhn
an ode, song
Read verse Revelation 14:3 Noun Accusative Singular Feminine
ᾠδὴν wdhn
an ode, song
Read verse Revelation 14:3 Noun Accusative Singular Feminine
ᾠδήν, wdhn
an ode, song
Read verse Revelation 15:3 Noun Accusative Singular Feminine
ᾠδὴν wdhn
an ode, song
Read verse Revelation 15:3 Noun Accusative Singular Feminine
ᾠδὴν wdhn
an ode, song
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 this word appears across different grammatical cases and numbers.
This word appears as a noun across 2 case and number patterns. The form changes show how the word functions in a sentence; they do not change the basic lexical meaning by themselves.
Form patterns 2 Aligned forms 7 Case pattern Accusative (5) Number pattern Singular (5)
Verse guides are not available for this word yet, so verse references remain plain evidence markers.
Dative · Plural · Feminine Eph 5:19 · Col 3:16 2×
Accusative · Singular · Feminine Rev 5:9 · Rev 14:3 · Rev 15:3 5×
Selected Scripture Witnesses
Selected passage-level study witnesses for this word. This section is not the full occurrence list.
Biblical Witnesses
Spiritual songs sung together in worship and mutual edification of believers
A song used metaphorically in contrast with sorrow, expressing joy or gladness
Showing 2 selected witnesses from 7 lexical occurrence verses.
Word Origins
ᾠδή is built from this root:
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