Strong G4858συμφωνία
music
- Transliteration
- sumphōnia
- Pronunciation
- soom-fo-nee'-ah
- Morphology
- Greek Noun (Feminine)
Definition
From G4859; unison of sound (symphony) that is a concert of instruments (harmonious note): - music.
Detailed definition
συμφωνία, -ας, ἡ
(σύμφωνος), [in LXX: Dan LXX TH Dan.3:5, 15, TH Dan.3:7, 10 (סוּמְפּוֹנְיָה) 4Ma.14:3 A *;]
1. symphony, music: Luk.15:25
2. a musical instrument (Polyb., al.; Da, ll. with; v MM, xxiv).†
(AS)
(σύμφωνος), [in LXX: Dan LXX TH Dan.3:5, 15, TH Dan.3:7, 10 (סוּמְפּוֹנְיָה) 4Ma.14:3 A *;]
1. symphony, music: Luk.15:25
2. a musical instrument (Polyb., al.; Da, ll. with; v MM, xxiv).†
(AS)
In the Bible
Strong G4858 appears in 1 verse of the KJV.
Translated in the KJV by
- musick1
First verses
- Luke 15:25Now his elder son was in the field: and as he came and drew nigh to the house, he heard musick and dancing.
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Detailed Greek dictionary
συμφων-ία, ἡ,
concord or unison of sound, τὴν ἐν τῇ ᾠδῇ ἁρμονίαν, ἢ δὴ σ. καλεῖται [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Cratylus” 405d; ἡ γὰρ ἁρμονία σ. ἐστί, σ. δὲ ὁμολογία τις [prev. author] “Smp.” 187b, compare “R.” 430e; λόγος ἀριθμῶν ἐν ὀξεῖ ἢ βαρεῖ 4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “Anthologia Graeca” 0.90a18, compare “de An.” 426a29; κρᾶσίς ἐστι λόγον ἐχόντων ἐναντίων πρὸς ἄλληλα [prev. author] “Pr.” 921a2.)]
2 of two sounds only, musical concord, accord, such as the fourth, fifth, and octave, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Respublica” 531a, 531c)]; ἡ διὰ πασῶν σ. [Refs 5th c.BC+ (4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “Problemata” 921a13, compare 5th c.BC: Hippocrates Medicus “περὶ διαίτης” 1.8)]; distinguished from mere ὁμοφωνία, [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “Politica” 1263b35.)]
3 harmonious union of many voices or sounds, concert, οἱ τῶν σ. λόγοι, the [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th-5th c.BC: Pythagoras Philosophus)] doctrine of the music of the spheres, [Refs ([prev. author] “Cael.” 290b22, compare “IG” 14.793 (from Naples).)]
II metaphorically, harmony, agreement, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Leges” 689d, 4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “Politica” 1334b10; σ. τις καὶ ἰσότης 4th-3rd c.BC: Theophrastus Philosophus “Fragmenta” 89.8; σ. τῷ λόγῳ 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Respublica” 401d; σ. [τῆς ψυχῆς] ἑαυτῇ [prev. author] “Ti.” 47d)]; μείξας πάντα κατὰ συμφωνίαν, of a cook, [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th-3rd c.BC: Damoxenus Comicus 2.54)]; unanimily, σ. τῶν ἱστορησάντων [Refs 2nd c.AD+ (2nd c.AD: Galenus Medicus 15.134; opposed to διαφωνία, [prev. work] 440;)] concordance, of theory with observed fact, ἔχειν τοῖς φαινομένοις σ. [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th-3rd c.BC: Epicurus Philosophus “Epistulae” 2p.36U., compare 1st c.BC: Philodemus Philosophus “de Morte - Papiri Ercolanesi” 10; also ἡ πρὸς τὰ πάθη σ. Polystr. p.15 W.: in concrete sense, ἡ σ.,)] ={τὸ συμπεφωνημένον} [Refs (compare (συμφωνέω 11.2))], the amount agreed upon, [Refs 1st c.AD+ (Ostr. 364 (1st c.AD).)]
III band, orchestra, Ἑλληνικά 1.19 [Refs 1st c.AD+ ((Gytheum, 1st c.AD), “PFlor.” 74.5 (2nd c.AD), “POxy.” 1275.9 (3rd c.AD))], and so perhaps in [Refs 2nd c.BC+ (2nd c.BC: Polybius Historicus 26.1.4, 30.26.8)], but used of a musical instrument in [LXX (LXX.Dan.3.5)]; so Latin symphonia, of a kind of drum, [Refs 1st c.AD+ (6th-7th c.AD: Isidorus Hispalensis Grammaticus “Etym.” 3.22.14, but of a wind instrument, 1st c.AD: Plinius Rerum Naturalium Scriptor “Historia Naturalis” 8.157)]; symphoniae et cymbala strepitusque, [NT+1st c.AD+ (1st c.AD: Celsus Medicus 3.18.10; ἤκουσε συμφωνίας καὶ Χορῶν NT.Luke.15.25.)]
concord or unison of sound, τὴν ἐν τῇ ᾠδῇ ἁρμονίαν, ἢ δὴ σ. καλεῖται [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Cratylus” 405d; ἡ γὰρ ἁρμονία σ. ἐστί, σ. δὲ ὁμολογία τις [prev. author] “Smp.” 187b, compare “R.” 430e; λόγος ἀριθμῶν ἐν ὀξεῖ ἢ βαρεῖ 4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “Anthologia Graeca” 0.90a18, compare “de An.” 426a29; κρᾶσίς ἐστι λόγον ἐχόντων ἐναντίων πρὸς ἄλληλα [prev. author] “Pr.” 921a2.)]
2 of two sounds only, musical concord, accord, such as the fourth, fifth, and octave, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Respublica” 531a, 531c)]; ἡ διὰ πασῶν σ. [Refs 5th c.BC+ (4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “Problemata” 921a13, compare 5th c.BC: Hippocrates Medicus “περὶ διαίτης” 1.8)]; distinguished from mere ὁμοφωνία, [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “Politica” 1263b35.)]
3 harmonious union of many voices or sounds, concert, οἱ τῶν σ. λόγοι, the [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th-5th c.BC: Pythagoras Philosophus)] doctrine of the music of the spheres, [Refs ([prev. author] “Cael.” 290b22, compare “IG” 14.793 (from Naples).)]
II metaphorically, harmony, agreement, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Leges” 689d, 4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “Politica” 1334b10; σ. τις καὶ ἰσότης 4th-3rd c.BC: Theophrastus Philosophus “Fragmenta” 89.8; σ. τῷ λόγῳ 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Respublica” 401d; σ. [τῆς ψυχῆς] ἑαυτῇ [prev. author] “Ti.” 47d)]; μείξας πάντα κατὰ συμφωνίαν, of a cook, [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th-3rd c.BC: Damoxenus Comicus 2.54)]; unanimily, σ. τῶν ἱστορησάντων [Refs 2nd c.AD+ (2nd c.AD: Galenus Medicus 15.134; opposed to διαφωνία, [prev. work] 440;)] concordance, of theory with observed fact, ἔχειν τοῖς φαινομένοις σ. [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th-3rd c.BC: Epicurus Philosophus “Epistulae” 2p.36U., compare 1st c.BC: Philodemus Philosophus “de Morte - Papiri Ercolanesi” 10; also ἡ πρὸς τὰ πάθη σ. Polystr. p.15 W.: in concrete sense, ἡ σ.,)] ={τὸ συμπεφωνημένον} [Refs (compare (συμφωνέω 11.2))], the amount agreed upon, [Refs 1st c.AD+ (Ostr. 364 (1st c.AD).)]
III band, orchestra, Ἑλληνικά 1.19 [Refs 1st c.AD+ ((Gytheum, 1st c.AD), “PFlor.” 74.5 (2nd c.AD), “POxy.” 1275.9 (3rd c.AD))], and so perhaps in [Refs 2nd c.BC+ (2nd c.BC: Polybius Historicus 26.1.4, 30.26.8)], but used of a musical instrument in [LXX (LXX.Dan.3.5)]; so Latin symphonia, of a kind of drum, [Refs 1st c.AD+ (6th-7th c.AD: Isidorus Hispalensis Grammaticus “Etym.” 3.22.14, but of a wind instrument, 1st c.AD: Plinius Rerum Naturalium Scriptor “Historia Naturalis” 8.157)]; symphoniae et cymbala strepitusque, [NT+1st c.AD+ (1st c.AD: Celsus Medicus 3.18.10; ἤκουσε συμφωνίας καὶ Χορῶν NT.Luke.15.25.)]