Mousikos means “musician” — full meaning, definition, and every linked Bible usage across the indexed canon.
Same number, other testament: Strong's H3451 — yeshimah (“desolation”) in the Hebrew Bible.
Strong's G3451 μουσικός (mousikos) is a Greek Strong's word-study entry. mousikos (mou-sik-os') adj. 1. "musical" 2. (as noun) a minstrel It has 19 linked Bible usages across 7 books. Visible English usage signals include musicians. Indexed coverage on this page includes New Testament, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, and Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha.
mousikos (mou-sik-os') adj. 1. "musical" 2. (as noun) a minstrel [from Mousa (a Muse)] KJV: musician
How independent scholarly lexicons define Strong's G3451. Each definition is shown with its source so you can compare and cite the original reference works.
musician
Usage: 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)
The English word each shown verse actually uses to render mousikos, taken from the interlinear word alignment (the same word underlined in the excerpts below). Where a rendering is used more than once, the count is shown.
Indexed coverage includes Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, and New Testament. 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 G3451 (μουσικός) appears 18 times in the Greek Septuagint — the Old Testament the New Testament authors quoted.
Sample Septuagint occurrences:
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1 indexed usage in New Testament.
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;
6 indexed usages in Septuagint / Greek Old Testament.
Whereas if thou hadst told me, I would have sent thee away with mirth, and with songs, and timbrels, and harp.
And he shall destroy the multitude of thy musicians, and the sound of thy psalteries shall be heard no more.
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.
12 indexed usages in Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha.
to go up, and to build Jerusalem, and the temple which is called by his name: and they feasted with instruments of music and gladness seven days.
And Darius sent with them a thousand horsemen, till they had brought them back to Jerusalem safely, and with musical instruments, tabrets and flutes.
and they laid the foundation of the house of God in the first day of the second month, in the second year after they were come to Jewry and Jerusalem.
First 19 linked usage excerpts for Strong's G3451.
Whereas if thou hadst told me, I would have sent thee away with mirth, and with songs, and timbrels, and harp.
And he shall destroy the multitude of thy musicians, and the sound of thy psalteries shall be heard no more.
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?
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;
to go up, and to build Jerusalem, and the temple which is called by his name: and they feasted with instruments of music and gladness seven days.
And Darius sent with them a thousand horsemen, till they had brought them back to Jerusalem safely, and with musical instruments, tabrets and flutes.
and they laid the foundation of the house of God in the first day of the second month, in the second year after they were come to Jewry and Jerusalem.
where they lifted up their eyes, and looked, and, behold, there was much ado and great carriage: and the bridegroom came forth, and his friends and brethren, to meet them with drums, and instruments of music, and many weapons.
Thus was the marriage turned into mourning, and the noise of their melody into lamentation.
A tale out of season is as music in mourning: But stripes and correction of wisdom are never out of time.
To depart from wickedness is a thing pleasing to the Lord; And to forsake unrighteousness is a propitiation.
For all these things are to be done because of the commandment.
The offering of the righteous maketh the altar fat, And the sweet savor thereof is before the most High.
Wine and music rejoice the heart: But the love of wisdom is above them both.
Such as found out musical tunes, And recited verses in writing:
The remembrance of Josiah is like the composition of the perfume That is made by the art of the apothecary: It is sweet as honey in all mouths, And as music at a banquet of wine.
Every indexed verse link for Strong's G3451, grouped by book.
Mousikos (Strong's G3451) is a Greek word most simply glossed "musician". mousikos (mou-sik-os') adj. 1. "musical" 2. (as noun) a minstrel
This page currently indexes 19 linked usages for Strong's G3451 across 7 books.
Use the linked verse references on this page to study Strong's G3451 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 musicians. These are scanning signals from the displayed verses, not replacements for the original-language definition.
Yes. The current local index includes 6 in Septuagint / Greek Old Testament and 12 in Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha for Strong's G3451, with linked reader references where each row is available.