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Strong's #5603 - ᾠδή
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- a song, lay, ode
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ᾠδή, ἡ,
contr. for ἀοιδή, song, lay, ode, h. Revelation 20:1-15, h.Cer. 494; in Trag. (exc. that A. uses only ἀοιδή (q. v.)), of dirges, πολλὰς θρήνων ᾠδάς S. El. 88 (anap.); ὀξυτόνους ᾠ. θρηνήσει Id. Aj. 631 (lyr.); ᾠδὰ ἐπικήδειος E. Tr. 514 (lyr.); but also of joyful songs, songs of praise, καλλίνικος Id. El. 865 (lyr.); ἴακχος Id. Cyc. 69 (lyr.); λύπας πολυχόρδοις ᾠ. παύειν Id. Med. 197 (anap.); ᾠδὰς ὑστέροισι θήσετε Id. Supp. 1225; χαίροντες ᾠδῆς.. μέλεσιν Ar. Ra. 244 (lyr.); ὑμεναίοις καὶ νυμφιδίοισι δέχεσθ' ᾠ. Id. Av. 1729 (lyr.): freq. in Pl., ᾠ. κιθαρῳδική Lg. 722d; κιθαρίζειν πρὸς τὴν ᾠ. Alc. 1.108a; ᾠδαὶ καὶ ἡ ἄλλη ποίησις lyric poetry and.., Phdr. 245a; ἐν ταῖς ᾠδαῖς καὶ μέλεσιν R. 399c, cf. 398c; opp. λέξις, Lg. 816d; ἐν ᾠδαῖς καὶ μύθοις καὶ λόγοις ib.664a; of poems such as those of Stesichorus on Helen, Isoc. 10.64; of the various songs associated with particular employments or conditions, Clearch. 37, cf. Eust. 1164.10, 1236.60.
2. = ἐπῳδός, magic song, spell, Longus 2.7.
3. meton. for χορδή, Τέρπανδρος.. δέκα ζεῦξε Μοῦσαν ἐν ᾠδαῖς Tim. Pers. 238.
II singing, Plu. Crass. 33, etc.; of birds, Arist. HA 613b24.
ᾠδή, ᾠδῆς, ἡ (equivalent to ἀοιδή, from ἀείδω, i. e. ᾄδω, to sing), from Sophocles and Euripides down, the Sept. for שִׁיר and שִׁירָה, a song, lay, ode; in the Scriptures a song in praise of God or Christ: Revelation 5:9; Revelation 14:3; Μωϋσέως καί τοῦ ἀρνίου, the song which Moses and Christ taught them to sing, Revelation 15:3; plural with the epithet πνευματικαι, Ephesians 5:19 (here Lachmann brackets πνευματικαῖς); Colossians 3:16. (Synonym: see ὕμνος, at the end.)
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ᾠδή , -ῆς , ή ,
[in LXX chiefly for H7892;]
a song, ode, whether sad or joyful; in LXX and NT always in praise of God or Christ: Revelation 5:9; Revelation 14:3; Revelation 15:3; ᾠ πνευματικαί Ephesians 5:19, Colossians 3:16.†
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