What Does Ephesians 5:19 Mean?

“Speaking”

to talk, i.e., utter words

“to yourselves”

(him- her-, it-, them-, my-, thy-, our-, your-)self (selves), etc

“in psalms”

a set piece of music, i.e., a sacred ode (accompanied with the voice, harp or other instrument; a "psalm"); collectively, the book of the psalms

“and”

and, also, even, so then, too, etc.; often used in connection (or composition) with other particles or small words

“hymns”

probably akin to g0103; compare h5667); a "hymn" or religious ode (one of the psalms)

“and”

and, also, even, so then, too, etc.; often used in connection (or composition) with other particles or small words

“songs”

a chant or "ode" (the general term for any words sung; while g5215 denotes especially a religious metrical composition, and g5568 still more specially

“spiritual”

non-carnal, i.e., (humanly) ethereal (as opposed to gross), or (daemoniacally) a spirit (concretely), or (divinely) supernatural, regenerate, religiou

“singing”

to sing

“and”

and, also, even, so then, too, etc.; often used in connection (or composition) with other particles or small words

“making melody”

to twitch or twang, i.e., to play on a stringed instrument (celebrate the divine worship with music and accompanying odes)

“in”

"in," at, (up-)on, by, etc

the (sometimes to be supplied, at others omitted, in english idiom)

“heart”

the heart, i.e., (figuratively) the thoughts or feelings (mind); also (by analogy) the middle

“your”

of (from or concerning) you

the (sometimes to be supplied, at others omitted, in english idiom)

“to the Lord”

supreme in authority, i.e., (as noun) controller; by implication, master (as a respectful title)