Chant

Chant - (Webster's 1828 Dictionary)

CHANT, v.t.

1. To sing; to utter a melodious voice; that is, to cant or throw the voice in modulations.

The cheerful birds do chant sweet music.

2. To celebrate in song; as, to chant the praises of Jehovah.

3. To sing, as in church-service; to repeat words in a kind of canting voice, with modulations.

CHANT, v.i.

1. To sing; to make melody with the voice.

They chant to the sound of the viol. Amos 6.

2. To repeat words in the church-service with a kind of singing.

CHANT, n. Song; melody; church-service.

(paraT): Occurs only once in the King James Version in Am 6:5, and the meaning of the Hebrew is uncertain. ParaT corresponds to an Arabic root meaning to anticipate. It may therefore signify to improvise, to sing without care or preparation. the Revised Version (British and American) "to sing idle songs" suits the context. See Driver, Joe and Amos.