μουσῐκός G3451
skilled in music, musically trained; pertaining to musical arts
This adjective describes someone skilled in music or things pertaining to musical arts. In Revelation 18:22, John foresees the silencing of musicians among other artisans in fallen Babylon's judgment. The multilingual glosses identify musicians (Spanish músicos, French/German forms). Classical usage includes both musical skill and broader cultural accomplishment—devotees of the Muses, men of letters and liberal arts. In Revelation's context, the term specifically denotes professional musicians whose art will cease when God judges the great city.
Senses
1. sense 1 — Revelation 18:22 lists musicians among the sounds that will vanish from Babylon in divine judgment. The cross-linguistic evidence consistently identifies professional musicians or those skilled in musical arts. John's vision of silence includes the cessation of harpists, musicians, flutists, and trumpeters—all the sounds of celebration, culture, and commerce. The disappearance of musicians symbolizes the end of luxury, entertainment, and the vibrant commercial life that characterized the doomed city. 1×
AR["الموسيقِيّينَ"]·ben["সঙ্গীতকারদের"]·DE["Musiker"]·EN["of-musicians"]·FR["Musiker"]·heb["זַמָּרִים"]·HI["संगीतकारों-की"]·ID["pemusik"]·IT["mousikōn"]·jav["juru-gamelan"]·KO["음악가들의"]·PT["de-músicos"]·RU["музыкантов"]·ES["de-músicos"]·SW["wanamuziki,"]·TR["müzisyenlerin"]·urd["موسیقاروں-کی"]
Related Senses
H0559 1. say, speak, tell (5297×)G3004 1. say, tell, speak (2226×)H1696 1. speak, say, tell (Piel) (1105×)H7121 1. call, summon, name (575×)H6680 1. command, order, charge (483×)H6030b 1. answer, respond, reply (289×)G2980 1. speak, talk (277×)H5046 1. Hifil: to tell, report (237×)G0611 1. answer or respond verbally (232×)H1288 1. Piel: bless, invoke blessing (227×)H7650 1. swear, take an oath (Niphal) (154×)H3789 1. Qal passive participle: written, recorded (112×)H1984b 1. praise, laud (Piel) (111×)H7592 1. ask, inquire, question (96×)H3034 1. give thanks, praise (Hifil) (94×)G1321 1. teach, instruct actively (92×)H3789 2. Qal active: write, compose (89×)G1125 1. to write, compose (a letter or document) (84×)H5046 2. Hifil: to declare, proclaim (79×)H7892a 1. song, musical composition (78×)
BDB / Lexicon Reference
μουσῐκός, ή, όν, Doric dialect μωσικός, ά, όν Refs 5th c.AD+:— musical, ἀγῶνες μ. καὶ γυμνικοί Refs 5th c.BC+; τὰ μουσικά music, Refs 5th c.BC+. adverb - κῶς Refs 5th c.BC+; compare {μουσική} __II of persons, skilled in music, musical, X.[same place], etc.; ποιητικοὶ καὶ μ. ἄνδρες Refs 5th c.BC+; lyric poet, opposed to epic, Refs 5th c.BC+; μ., οἱ, professional musicians, Refs 1st c.BC+; μουσικὸς…