Bible word study

Psalmos (Strong’s G5568): Meaning in the Bible

Psalmos (ψαλμός) is the Greek word numbered G5568 in Strong’s concordance of the Bible. Strong’s defines it as a set piece of music, i.e. a sacred ode (accompanied with the voice, harp or other instrument; a "psalm"); collectively, the book of the Psalms. In the King James Bible it is translated psalm..

• Original wordψαλμός
• Transliterationpsalmós
• Pronunciationpsal-mos'
• Strong’s numberG5568
• LanguageGreek

The full Strong’s definition

Derivation. from G5567;

How the King James Bible translates it

Where Psalmos appears in the Bible

In the King James Bible’s text tagged with Strong’s numbers, Psalmos (G5568) stands behind 7 English renderings in 7 verses across 5 of the 66 books. It is most frequent in Luke (2), Acts (2), 1 Corinthians (1).

How the King James Bible renders Psalmos, by count

• psalms3 of 7 (43 percent)
• psalm2 of 7 (29 percent)
• of psalms1 of 7 (14 percent)
• the psalms1 of 7 (14 percent)

Three places to read Psalmos

• Luke 20:42 And David himself saith in the book of Psalms, The LORD said unto my Lord, Sit thou on my right hand,
• Acts 1:20 For it is written in the book of Psalms, Let his habitation be desolate, and let no man dwell therein: and his bishoprick let another take.
• 1 Corinthians 14:26 How is it then, brethren? when ye come together, every one of you hath a psalm, hath a doctrine, hath a tongue, hath a revelation, hath an interpretation. Let all things be done unto edifying.

Counts are made at build time from the King James text tagged with Strong’s numbers (eBible.org, public domain). Verses are read from the stored King James text, never typed.

Why the word matters

Every word the biblical writers chose carries weight. Studying Psalmos in the original Greek lets you read the passages where it appears more carefully, closer to what the first hearers understood, so the meaning is drawn from the text itself rather than from the English alone.

The lexical data on this page comes from the public-domain Strong’s Exhaustive Concordance (James Strong, 1890), a Hebrew and Greek dictionary keyed to the King James Bible. It is a reference tool, not a settled verdict: no single word decides a doctrine, and meaning is finally shaped by how a word is used in its sentences. Read the passages themselves, prayerfully, and in full.

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