Hymn vs. Him — What's the Difference?

A hymn is a type of song, usually religious, specifically written for the purpose of adoration or prayer, and typically addressed to a deity or deities, or to a prominent figure or personification. The word hymn derives from Greek ὕμνος (hymnos), which means "a song of praise".

A male

A song of praise or thanksgiving to God or a deity.

A masculine pronoun; he as a grammatical object.

A song of praise or joy; a paean.

With dative effect or as an indirect object.

To praise, glorify, or worship in or as if in a hymn.

Following a preposition.

To sing hymns.

With accusative effect or as a direct object.

A song of praise or worship, especially a religious one.

Used reflexively: (to) himself.

(ambitransitive) To sing a hymn.

With nominative effect: he, especially as a predicate after be, or following a preposition.

(transitive) To praise or extol in hymns.

Alternative case form of Him

An ode or song of praise or adoration; especially, a religious ode, a sacred lyric; a song of praise or thanksgiving intended to be used in religious service; as, the Homeric hymns; Watts' hymns.

(informal) A male person or animal.

To praise in song; to worship or extol by singing hymns; to sing.

Them. See Hem.

To sing in praise or adoration.

The objective case of he. See He.

A song of praise (to God or to a saint or to a nation)

Sing a hymn

Praise by singing a hymn;