ψάλλω

yavllw yavllw; future
yalw'; (from
yavw, to rub, wipe; to handle, touch (but cf. Curtius, p. 730)); a. to pluck off, pull out:
ejqeiran, the hair, Aeschylus Pers. 1062. b. to cause to vibrate by touching, to twang:
tovxwn
neurav"
ceiriv, Euripides, Bacch. 784; specifically,
cordhvn, to touch or strike the chord, to twang the strings of a musical instrument so that they gently vibrate (Aristotle, probl. 19, 23 (p. 919b, 2)); and absolutely, to play on a stringed instrument, to play the harp, etc.: Aristotle, Plutarch, Aratus (in Plato, Lysias, p. 209 b. with
kaiv
krouvein
tw'/
plhvktrw added (but not as explanatory of it; the Schol. at the passage says
yh'lai,
tov
a[neu
plhktrou
tw'/
daktuvlw/
tav"
corda"
ejpavfasqai); it is distinguished from
kiqarivzein in Herodotus 1, 155); the Septuagint for @nEnI and much more often for rMezI; to sing to the music of the harp; in the N. T. to sing a hymn, to celebrate the praises of God in song, (R. V. sing praise);
tw'/
kurivw/,
tw'/
ojnovmati
aujtou' (often so in the Septuagint), in honor of God, (here A. V. making melody); ;
yalw'
tw'/
pneuvmati,
yalw'
dev
kaiv
tw'/
noi?, `I will sing God's praises indeed with my whole soul stirred and borne away by the Holy Spirit, but I will also follow reason as my guide, so that what I sing may be understood alike by myself and by the listeners', .*