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Brown-Driver-Briggs /Thayer Dictionary - ὕμνος
ὕμνος
G5215
Transliteration: hýmnos
Pronunciation: hoom'-nos
Definition: hymn
- Original: ὕμνος - Transliteration: Humnos - Phonetic: hoom'-nos ὕδέω hudeō (to celebrate; probably akin to G103" class="dictionary-topic-link">G103; compare G5567" class="dictionary-topic-link">G5567); a hymn or religious ode (one of the Psalms): - hymn.
- Definition:
1. a song in tithe praise of gods, heroes, conquerors
2. a sacred song, hymn
- Origin: apparently from a simpler (obsolete) form of hudeo (to celebrate, probably akin to G103" class="dictionary-topic-link">G103, cf G5667" class="dictionary-topic-link">G5667) - TDNT entry: 16:09,1 - Part(s) of speech: Noun Masculine - Strong's: Apparently from a simpler (obsolete) form of