Symphonia means “music” — full meaning, definition, and every linked Bible usage across the indexed canon.
Same number, other testament: Strong's H4858 — massaah (“burden”) in the Hebrew Bible.
Strong's G4858 συμφωνία (sumphonia) is a Greek Strong's word-study entry. sumphonia (soom-fo-nee'-ah) n. 1. unison of sound ("symphony"), i.e. a concert of instruments (harmonious note) [from G4859] It has 6 linked Bible usages across 3 books. Visible English usage signals include sound, trumpet, pipe, harp, and sackbut. Indexed coverage on this page includes New Testament, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, and Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha.
sumphonia (soom-fo-nee'-ah) n. 1. unison of sound ("symphony"), i.e. a concert of instruments (harmonious note) [from G4859] KJV: music Root(s): G4859
How independent scholarly lexicons define Strong's G4858. Each definition is shown with its source so you can compare and cite the original reference works.
music
Usage: 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)
Frequent English words from the visible usage excerpts. These are not a replacement for the original-language definition, but they make the usage pattern easier to scan.
Indexed coverage includes Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, New Testament, and Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha. Each section below keeps corpus counts and sample passages visible so readers can compare the word across contexts instead of reading one flat concordance list.
Strong's G4858 (συμφωνία) appears 5 times in the Greek Septuagint — the Old Testament the New Testament authors quoted.
Sample Septuagint occurrences:
Indexed usage grouped by testament and extended corpus so readers can compare this word across the Bible, Septuagint, deuterocanonical books, and 1 Enoch where present.
1 indexed usage in New Testament.
Now his elder son was in the field: and as he came and drew nigh to the house, he heard musick and dancing.
4 indexed usages in Septuagint / Greek Old Testament.
at what hour ye shall hear the sound of the trumpet, and pipe, and harp, and sackbut, and psaltery, and every kind of music, ye shall fall down and worship the golden image which King Nebuchadnezzar has set up.
And it came to pass when the nations heard the sound of the trumpet, and pipe, and harp, and sackbut, and psaltery, and all kinds of music, all the nations, tribes, and languages, fell down and worshiped the golden image which King Nebuchadnezzar had set up.
Thou, O king, hast made a decree, that every man who shall hear the sound of the trumpet, and pipe, and harp, sackbut, and psaltery, and all kinds of music,
1 indexed usage in Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha.
Sacred and harmonious concert of the seven brethren as concerning piety!
First 6 linked usage excerpts for Strong's G4858.
at what hour ye shall hear the sound of the trumpet, and pipe, and harp, and sackbut, and psaltery, and every kind of music, ye shall fall down and worship the golden image which King Nebuchadnezzar has set up.
And it came to pass when the nations heard the sound of the trumpet, and pipe, and harp, and sackbut, and psaltery, and all kinds of music, all the nations, tribes, and languages, fell down and worshiped the golden image which King Nebuchadnezzar had set up.
Thou, O king, hast made a decree, that every man who shall hear the sound of the trumpet, and pipe, and harp, sackbut, and psaltery, and all kinds of music,
Now then if ye be ready, whensoever ye shall hear the sound of the trumpet, and pipe, and harp, and sackbut, and psaltery, and harmony, and every kind of music, to fall down and worship the golden image which I have made; well: but if ye worship not, in the same hour ye shall be cast into the burning fiery furnace; and who is the God that shall deliver you out of my hand?
Now his elder son was in the field: and as he came and drew nigh to the house, he heard musick and dancing.
Sacred and harmonious concert of the seven brethren as concerning piety!
Every indexed verse link for Strong's G4858, grouped by book.
Symphonia (Strong's G4858) is a Greek word most simply glossed "music". sumphonia (soom-fo-nee'-ah) n. 1. unison of sound ("symphony"), i.e. a concert of instruments (harmonious note) [from G4859]
This page currently indexes 6 linked usages for Strong's G4858 across 3 books.
Use the linked verse references on this page to study Strong's G4858 in context. The indexed coverage includes New Testament, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, and Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha.
The visible usage excerpts most often surface English words such as sound, trumpet, pipe, harp, sackbut, and psaltery. These are scanning signals from the displayed verses, not replacements for the original-language definition.
Yes. The current local index includes 4 in Septuagint / Greek Old Testament and 1 in Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha for Strong's G4858, with linked reader references where each row is available.
