μουσικός, μουσική, μουσικον (Μοῦσα (music, eloquence, etc.)); frequent in Greek writings; properly, devoted to and skilled in the arts sacred to the muses; accomplished in the liberal arts; specifically, skilled in music; playing on musical instruments; so Rev_18:22 (R. V. minstrels).

μουσικός mousikos 1 x pr. devoted to the arts of the Muses; a musician; in NT, perhaps, a singer, Rev_18:22

μουσικός , -ή , -όν , [in LXX : Gen_31:27 , Eze_26:13 ( H7892 ), Da LXX TH Dan_3:5 ff . ( H2170 ), Sir_22:6 , al. ;] skilled in the arts, esp . in music; as subst ., ὁ μ ., a minstrel, musician: Rev_18:22 .†

μουσικός [page 418] In an action before the Emperor Claudius in which Isidorus, the Gymnasiarch of Alexandria, raises a complaint against King Agrippa, the Emperor taunts Isidorus with the fact that he is the son of a female musician ἀσφαλῶς [ἐ ]κ μουσικῆς εἶ , Ἰσίδωρε , and receives the answer ἐγ ]ὼ μὲν οὔκ εἰμι δοῦλος οὐδὲ μουσικῆς [υἱ ]ός , ἀλλὰ διασήμου πόλεως [Ἀ ]λεξαν [δρ ]εί [ας ] γυμνασίαρχος ( Chrest. 1. 14 iii. 8 ff. ). From P Flor I. 74 .6 (A.D. 181) συμφωνίας πάσης μουσικῶν τε καὶ ἄλλων , P Oxy X. 1275 .9 (iii/A.D.) συμφωνίας αὐλητῶν καὶ μουσικῶν (cf. Rev_18:22 ), T. Grassi (in SAM iii. p. 130) concludes that μουσικοί was not a merely general term, but denoted a special class of performers. Cf. however P Oxy III. 519 .5 (account of public games ii/A.D.) ὑπὲρ μου [σ ]ι [κῆς (δραχμαὶ ) . . .

μουσικός μουσι^κός, ή, όν "of or for music, musical", Ar. , Thuc. , etc.; τὰ μουσικά "music", Xen. ; v. μουσική. of persons, "skilled in music, musical", id=Xen. , Plat. generally, "a votary of the Muses, a man of letters and accomplishment, a scholar", Ar. , Plat. :—c. inf., μουσικώτεροι λέγειν "more accomplished in" speaking, Eur. adv. -κῶς, "harmoniously, suitably", Plat. : Sup. μουσικώτατα Ar.

μουσικός, -ή, -όν [in LXX: Gen.31:27, Eze.26:13 (שִׁיר), Dan LXX TH Dan.3:5 ff. (זְמָר), Sir.22:6, al. ;] skilled in the arts, esp. in music; as subst., ὁ μ., a minstrel, musician: Rev.18:22.† (AS)