sing

Dictionary of Biblical Words:

This is first mentioned in Scripture in connection with redemption. None but those who are redeemed can truly sing. It is characteristic of the joy of heaven, and the praises of God’s people on earth. The early Christian Church were wonderful singers: the joy of resurrection, of a new life was so fresh in their hearts that even now we can read their songs in the catacombs of Rome. Singing, as at present known, really carne in with Christianity. It was the joy of the early Christians that so amazed the heathens around them. This new burst of song amazed alike the Greek philosopher and the savage barbarian.

Concise Bible Dictionary:

In the Old Testament we find there were courses of singers, and there were some who were “taught to sing praise.” Instruments were also appointed for the singers (1 Kings 10:12). In Habakkuk 3:19, at the end of the prophet’s poetical “prayer,” it says, “To the chief singer on my stringed instruments.” “The singers went before, the players on instruments followed after; among them were the damsels playing with timbrels” (Psa. 68:25).
Such organized choirs have no place in the New Testament They that worship God “must worship Him in spirit and in truth.” This also applies to the singing: “I will sing with the spirit, and I will sing with the understanding also” (1 Cor. 14:15; compare 1 Cor. 14:26). “Be filled with the Spirit, speaking to yourselves in psalms and hymns and spiritual songs, singing and making melody [or chanting] in your heart to the Lord” (Eph. 5:19). “In psalms and hymns and spiritual songs, singing with grace in your hearts to the Lord” (Col. 3:16). There will be singing in heaven (Rev. 5:9). Singing and PRAISE naturally go together. At the institution of the Lord’s supper they “sang a hymn,” margin “psalm,” ὐμνέω (Matt. 26:30). The same word is translated “sang praises” unto God, when Paul and Silas were in prison (Acts 16:25); and the Lord sings praise in the midst of the assembly (Psa. 22:22; Heb. 2:12).

Strong’s Dictionary of Greek Words:

Number:
103 (find all occurrences in KJV Bible)
Greek:
ᾄδω
Transliteration:
aido
Phonic:
ad’-o
Meaning:
to sing
KJV Usage:
sing