Quick Definition
I sing
Strong's Definition
to sing
Derivation: a primary verb;
KJV Usage: sing
Thayer's Greek Lexicon
ᾄδω (ἀείδω); common in Greek of every period; in the Sept. for ωΡεΜψ; to sing, chant;
1. intransitive: τίνι, to the praise of anyone (Jdt_16:1 (2)), Eph_5:19; Col_3:16 (in both passages of the lyrical emotion of a devout and grateful soul).
2. transitive: ᾠδήν, Rev_5:9; Rev_14:3; Rev_15:3.
Mounce Concise Greek Dictionary
ᾄδω adō 5x
to sing, Eph_5:19 ; Col_3:16 ; Rev_5:9 ; Rev_14:3 ; Rev_15:3 * sing.
Abbott-Smith Greek Lexicon
ᾄδω
( Attic form of Ion , and poλt. ἀείδω ),
[in LXX chiefly for H7891 ;]
to sing,
(a) intrans ., c . dat . ( MM , VGT , s.v. ), of praise to God: Eph_5:19 , Col_3:16 ;
(b) trans., c . cogn . acc : ᾠδήν , Rev_5:9 ; Rev_14:3 ; Rev_15:3 .†
Moulton & Milligan — Vocabulary of the Greek NT
ᾄδω [page 10]
For the dative construction as in Eph_5:19 , Col_3:16 , cf. from the LXX Jdt_16:1 (2) ᾄσατε τῷ κυρίῳ , and such passages as Philostr. Imag. i. xi. 780 Καΰστρῳ ταῦτα καὶ Ἴστρῳ ᾄσονται , Heliod. Aethiop. v. 15 ἐμβατήρια ᾄδ . Διονύσῳ (Nδgeli, p. 42). For the passive see P Giss I. 99 .8 (ii/iii A.D.) ὕμνοι μὲν ἄι [δονται ] γλώτ̣τῃ ξενικῇ .
STEPBible — Tyndale Abridged Greek Lexicon
ᾄδω (Attic form of Ion. and poët. ἀείδω),
[in LXX chiefly for שִׁיר ;]
to sing,
__(a) intrans., with dative (MM, VGT, see word), of praise to God: Eph.5:19, Col.3:16 ;
__(b) trans., with cogn. accusative: ᾠδὴν, Rev.5:9 14:3 15:3.
† (AS)