Definition

play upon it; to make music, accompanied by the voice; hence to celebrate in song and music

Etymology

a primitive root (perhaps identical with H2168 (זָמַר) through the idea of striking with the fingers); properly, to touch the strings or parts of a musical instrument, i.e.

Word family

• זָמַר zâmar

How the KJV renders it

• give praise
• sing forth praises
• psalms

Every distinct English word the King James Version uses to translate this Hebrew term. The variety shows what readers in English receive across many different surface words — the same underlying word, scattered across the English Bible under different names.