Isaiah 23:16
Take an harp, go about the city, thou harlot that hast been forgotten; make sweet melody, sing many songs, that thou mayest be remembered.
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Melody
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Ephesians 5:19
Speaking to yourselves in psalms and hymns and spiritual songs, singing and making melody in your heart to the Lord;
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זִמְרָה
zimrâh · zim-raw'
2 times translated as this KJV form4 total Strong's occurrences
a musical piece or song to be accompanied by an instrument
Strong's KJV usage: melody, psalm.
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Strong's first: Isaiah 51:3Strong's last: Amos 5:23
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psállō · psal'-lo
1 times translated as this KJV form5 total Strong's occurrences
to twitch or twang, i.e. to play on a stringed instrument (celebrate the divine worship with music and accompanying odes)
Strong's KJV usage: :--make melody, sing (psalms).
Strong's first: Ephesians 5:19Strong's last: Ephesians 5:19
Open full G5567 profile →נָגַן
nâgan · naw-gan'
1 times translated as this KJV form15 total Strong's occurrences
properly, to thrum, i.e. beat a tune with the fingers; expectation. to play on a stringed instrument; hence (generally), to make music
Strong's KJV usage: player on instruments, sing to the stringed instruments, melody, ministrel, play(-er, -ing).
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Strong's first: Isaiah 23:16Strong's last: Isaiah 23:16
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H2172
Take thou away from me the noise of thy songs; for I will not hear the melody of thy viols.
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melody
MEL'ODY, noun [Gr. a limb, or a song, an ode; Latin melos.]
An agreeable succession of sounds; a succession of sounds so regulated and modulated as to please the ear. To constitute melody the sounds must be arranged according to the laws of rhythms, measure, or the due proportion of the movements to each other. melody differs from harmony, as it consists in the agreeable succession and modulation of sounds by a single voice; whereas harmony consists in the accordance of different voices or sounds. melody is vocal or instrumental.
To make melody in the heart, to praise God with a joyful and thankful disposition, ascribing to him the honor due to his name. Ephesians 5:19.
Noah Webster, An American Dictionary of the English Language (1828). A conservative base-form lookup may be used when the exact inflected KJV form is not a Webster headword.
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