From: Eric Weiss (eweiss@gte.net)
Date: Mon Jul 13 1998 - 11:36:21 EDT
I CAME across this definition of "Psalm":
The term "psalm" comes from the Greek word psalmos, which meant the
twanging or sounding of chords on a musical instrument, and was the term
used by the LXX translators for the Hebrew word mizmor, which seems to
have signified a song or hymn sung to the accompaniment of a stringed
instrument. The word "Psalter," which is often used to designate the
collection comes from the Greek word psalterion meaning "a stringed
instrument." These last titles imply that some psalms were sung and
accompanied by instrumental music.
In Ephesians 5:19 Paul states:
LALOUNTES hEAUTOIS EN YALMOIS KAI hUMNOIS KAI WiDAIS
PNEUMATIKAIS, AiDONTES KAI YALLONTES THi KARDIA hUMWN TWi
KURIWi.
and in Colossians 3:16 he states:
... EN PASHi SOFIAi DIDASKONTES KAI VOUQETOUNTES hEAUTOUS,
YALMOIS hUMNOIS WiDAIS PNEUMATIKAIS EN THi CARITI AiDONTES EN
TAIS KARDIAIS hUMWN TWi QEWi.
Do the YALMOIS in both verses and the YALLONTES in the Ephesians passage
imply that musical instruments were used?
(P.S. I'm not arguing for or against the usage of instruments in the NT
church as some denominations do - I just want to know what the Greeks
says or implies.)
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