"The English title comes for the Septuagint, which entitled the book Psalmoi, meaning “Sacred Songs Sung to Musical
accompaniment”.
The Hebrew title for the book is tehilim, meaning “praises”.
The Greek verb from which the noun “psalms” comes basically denotes the “plucking or twanging of strings”, so that an association with musical accompaniment is implied.
The English title derives from the Greek term and its background.
The Psalms constituted Israel’s ancient, God-breathed (All scripture is given by inspiration of God, and is profitable for doctrine, for reproof, for correction, for instruction in righteousness: 2 Tim. 3:16), “hymn book”, which defined the proper spirit and content of worship."
BooksOfTheBible
The Hebrew title for the book is tehilim, meaning “praises”.
The Greek verb from which the noun “psalms” comes basically denotes the “plucking or twanging of strings”, so that an association with musical accompaniment is implied.
The English title derives from the Greek term and its background.
The Psalms constituted Israel’s ancient, God-breathed (All scripture is given by inspiration of God, and is profitable for doctrine, for reproof, for correction, for instruction in righteousness: 2 Tim. 3:16), “hymn book”, which defined the proper spirit and content of worship."
BooksOfTheBible