Topic
Chant
1 passage cited, from 1 classic reference work.
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The verses
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- Amos 6:5ISBE
That chant to the sound of the viol, and invent to themselves instruments of musick, like David;
In the reference works
International Standard Bible Encyclopedia (1915) · 1 references
(paraT): Occurs only once in the King James Version in Am 6:5, and the meaning of the Hebrew is uncertain. ParaT corresponds to an Arabic root meaning to anticipate. It may therefore signify to improvise, to sing without care or preparation. the Revised Version (British and American) "to sing idle songs" suits the context. See Driver, Joe and Amos.
Texts: International Standard Bible Encyclopedia (1915), from the CrossWire SWORD modules (public domain). Verse references were parsed from the works' own markup and checked against the KJV verse list.