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After that thou shalt come to the hill of God, where is the garrison of the Philistines: and it shall come to pass, when thou art come thither to the city, that thou shalt meet a company of prophets coming down from the high place with a psaltery, and a tabret, and a pipe, and a harp, before them; and they shall prophesy:
Read in context →Now if ye be ready that at what time ye hear the sound of the cornet, flute, harp, sackbut, psaltery, and dulcimer, and all kinds of musick, ye fall down and worship the image which I have made; well: but if ye worship not, ye shall be cast the same hour into the midst of a burning fiery furnace; and who is that God that shall deliver you out of my hands?
Read in context →8 occurrences in 8 verses.
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nebel · neh'-bel
a skin-bag for liquids (from collapsing when empty); hence, a vase (as similar in shape when full); also a lyre (as having a body of like form)
Strong's KJV usage: bottle, pitcher, psaltery, vessel, viol.
Strong's first: 1 Samuel 10:5Strong's last: Psalms 150:3
Open full H5035 profile →pᵉçanṭêrîyn · pes-an-tay-reen'
psalterion; a lyre
Strong's KJV usage: psaltery.
Strong's first: Daniel 3:5Strong's last: Daniel 3:15
Open full H6460 profile →kᵉlîy · kel-ee'
something prepared, i.e. any apparatus (as an implement, utensil, dress, vessel or weapon)
Strong's KJV usage: armour(-bearer), artillery, bag, carriage, furnish, furniture, instrument, jewel, that is made of, × one from another, that which pertaineth, pot, psaltery, sack, stuff, thing, tool, vessel, ware, weapon, whatsoever.
Strong's first: Psalms 71:22Strong's last: Psalms 71:22
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Praise the LORD with harp: sing unto him with the psaltery and an instrument of ten strings.
Awake up, my glory; awake, psaltery and harp: I myself will awake early.
I will also praise thee with the psaltery, even thy truth, O my God: unto thee will I sing with the harp, O thou Holy One of Israel.
Take a psalm, and bring hither the timbrel, the pleasant harp with the psaltery.
Upon an instrument of ten strings, and upon the psaltery; upon the harp with a solemn sound.
Awake, psaltery and harp: I myself will awake early.
I will sing a new song unto thee, O God: upon a psaltery and an instrument of ten strings will I sing praises unto thee.
Praise him with the sound of the trumpet: praise him with the psaltery and harp.
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PSAL'TERY, noun [Gr.] An instrument of music used by the Hebrews, the form of which is not now known. That which is now used is a flat instrument in form of a trapezium or triangle truncated at the top, strung with thirteen chords of wire, mounted on two bridges at the sides, and struck with a plectrum or crooked stick.
Praise the Lord with harp; sing to him with the psaltery and an instrument of ten strings. Psalms 33:2.
Noah Webster, An American Dictionary of the English Language (1828). A conservative base-form lookup may be used when the exact inflected KJV form is not a Webster headword.
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