Strong G3451μουσικός

musician

Transliteration
mousikos
Pronunciation
moo-sik-os'
Morphology
Greek Adjective

Definition

From μουσς Mousa (a Muse); musical that is (as noun) a minstrel: - musician.

Detailed definition

μουσικός, -ή, -όν
[in LXX: Gen.31:27, Eze.26:13 (שִׁיר), Dan LXX TH Dan.3:5 ff. (זְמָר), Sir.22:6, al.;]
skilled in the arts, esp. in music; as subst., ὁ μ., a minstrel, musician: Rev.18:22.†
(AS)

In the Bible

Strong G3451 appears in 1 verse of the KJV.

Translated in the KJV by

  • musician1

First verses

  1. Revelation 18:22
    And the voice of harpers, and musicians, and of pipers, and trumpeters, shall be heard no more at all in thee; and no craftsman, of whatsoever craft he be, shall be found any more in thee; and the sound of a millstone shall be heard no more at all in thee;
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Detailed Greek dictionary
μουσῐκός, ή, όν,
Doric dialect μωσικός, ά, όν [Refs 5th c.AD+ (Theages Philosophus cited in 5th c.AD: Stobaeus, Joannes 3.1.118)]:— musical, ἀγῶνες μ. καὶ γυμνικοί [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Plutus” 1163, compare 5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 3.104; χοροί τε καὶ ἀγῶνες μ. 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Leges” 828c)]; τὰ μουσικά music, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Institutio Cyri (Cyropaedia)” 1.6.38, “Sammelb.” 6319.54 (1st c.BC: Ptolemaeus Epigrammaticus), “SIG” 578.18 (Teos, 2nd c.BC))]. adverb - κῶς [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus Alcaeus1.108d, etc.)]; compare {μουσική}
II of persons, skilled in music, musical, X.[same place], etc.; ποιητικοὶ καὶ μ. ἄνδρες [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Leges” 802b; κύκνος καὶ ἄλλα ζῷα μ. [prev. author] “R.” 620a; περὶ αὐλοὺς -ώτατοι 2nd c.AD: Athenaeus Epigrammaticus 4.176e)]; lyric poet, opposed to epic, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Phaedrus” 243a (but opposed to μελοποιός, 1st c.BC: Philodemus Gadarensis Epigrammaticus “Mus.” p.96 K.))]; μ., οἱ, professional musicians, [Refs 1st c.BC+ (“OGI” 383.162 (Commagene, 1st c.BC), “PFlor.” 74.6 (2nd c.AD))]; μουσικὸς καὶ μελῶν ποητής [Refs 2nd c.BC+ (“SIG” 662.6 (Delos, 2nd c.BC).)]
II.2 generally, votary of the Muses, man of letters and accomplishments, scholar, opposed to ἀμαθής, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Equites” 191; ἀνὴρ σοφὸς καὶ μ. [prev. author] “V.” 1244; ἀνδρὸς φιλοσόφου ἢ φιλοκάλου ἢ μ. 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Phaedrus” 248d, +others)]; πόλις -ωτάτη most full of liberal arts, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Isocrates Orator “Epistulae” 8.4; ἡ τῶν νέων οὐσία μουσικωτάτη 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Leges” 729a: with)]infinitive, παρ᾽ ὄχλῳ -ώτεροι λέγειν more accomplished in speaking before a mob, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Hippolytus” 989.)]
III of things, elegant, delicate, βρώματα [Refs 4th c.BC+ (Dioxippus Comicus 1; ἥδιον οὐδέν, οὐδὲ -ώτερον 4th-3rd c.BC: Philemo Comicus 23)]; harmonious, fitting, τροφὴ μέση καὶ μ., τὸν Δώριον τρόπον τῆς τύχης ὡς ἀληθῶς ἡρμοσμένη [Refs 5th c.AD+ (5th-6th c.AD: Damascius Philosophus “Vita Isidori” 50.)] adverb -κῶς harmoniously, suitably, οἱ λόγοι οὐ πάνυ μ. λέγονται [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Protagoras” 333a; μ. ἐρᾶν [prev. author] “R.” 403a; ὀρθῶς καὶ μ. [prev. author] “Lg.” 816b; εὐρύθμως καὶ μ. εἰπεῖν 5th-6th c.BC: Isocrates Orator 13.16)]; μ. ἅλας δοῦναι, ὄψον σκευάσαι, [Refs 3rd c.BC+ (3rd c.BC: Euphro Comicus 11.10, 3rd c.BC: Nicomachus Comicus 1.9)]: comparative -ωτέρως, λέγειν [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “Rhetorica” 1395b29)]: superlative -ώτατα [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Ranae” 873.)]