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Psaltery

28 passages cited, from 4 classic reference works.

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Daniel 3:10Easton · Smith · Nave Used in idolatrous worship
Thou, O king, hast made a decree, that every man that shall hear the sound of the cornet, flute, harp, sackbut, psaltery, and dulcimer, and all kinds of musick, shall fall down and worship the golden image:
Daniel 3:15Easton · Smith · Nave Used in idolatrous worship
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…
2 Samuel 6:5Smith · Nave Used in religious services
And David and all the house of Israel played before the LORD on all manner of instruments made of fir wood, even on harps, and on psalteries, and on timbrels, and on cornets, and on cymbals.
Isaiah 5:12Easton · Smith
And the harp, and the viol, the tabret, and pipe, and wine, are in their feasts: but they regard not the work of the LORD, neither consider the operation of his hands.
Daniel 3:5Easton · Nave Used in idolatrous worship
That at what time ye hear the sound of the cornet, flute, harp, sackbut, psaltery, dulcimer, and all kinds of musick, ye fall down and worship the golden image that Nebuchadnezzar the king hath set up:
Daniel 3:7Easton · Nave Used in idolatrous worship
Therefore at that time, when all the people heard the sound of the cornet, flute, harp, sackbut, psaltery, and all kinds of musick, all the people, the nations, and the languages, fell down and worshipped the golden image that Nebuchadnezzar the king had…
1 Chronicles 13:8Nave Used in religious services
And David and all Israel played before God with all their might, and with singing, and with harps, and with psalteries, and with timbrels, and with cymbals, and with trumpets.
1 Chronicles 16:5Nave Used in religious services
Asaph the chief, and next to him Zechariah, Jeiel, and Shemiramoth, and Jehiel, and Mattithiah, and Eliab, and Benaiah, and Obed-edom: and Jeiel with psalteries and with harps; but Asaph made a sound with cymbals;
1 Chronicles 25:1Nave Used in religious services
Moreover David and the captains of the host separated to the service of the sons of Asaph, and of Heman, and of Jeduthun, who should prophesy with harps, with psalteries, and with cymbals: and the number of the workmen according to their service was:
1 Chronicles 25:5Nave Used in religious services
All these were the sons of Heman the king’s seer in the words of God, to lift up the horn. And God gave to Heman fourteen sons and three daughters.
1 Chronicles 25:6Nave Used in religious services
All these were under the hands of their father for song in the house of the LORD, with cymbals, psalteries, and harps, for the service of the house of God, according to the king’s order to Asaph, Jeduthun, and Heman.
2 Chronicles 9:11Smith
And the king made of the algum trees terraces to the house of the LORD, and to the king’s palace, and harps and psalteries for singers: and there were none such seen before in the land of Judah.

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2 Chronicles 29:25 Nave Used in religious services
Nehemiah 12:27 Nave At the dedication of the new wall when the captivity returned
Psalms 33:2 Nave Used in religious services
Psalms 57:8 Nave Used in religious services
Psalms 71:22 Nave Used in religious services
Psalms 81:2 Nave Used in religious services
Psalms 92:3 Nave Used in religious services
Psalms 108:2 Nave Used in religious services
Psalms 144:9 Nave Used in religious services
Psalms 150:3 Nave Used in religious services
Isaiah 14:11 Smith
Isaiah 22:24 Smith
Daniel 3:6 Smith
Amos 5:23 Smith
Amos 6:6 Smith
Revelation 5:8 Nave Used in religious services

In the reference works

Easton's Bible Dictionary (1897) · 6 references

A musical instrument, supposed to have been a kind of lyre, or a harp with twelve strings. The Hebrew word nebhel, so rendered, is translated “viol” in Isa. 5:12 (R.V., “lute”); 14:11. In Dan. 3:5, 7, 10, 15, the word thus rendered is Chaldaic, pesanterin, which is supposed to be a word of Greek origin denoting an instrument of the harp kind.

Smith's Bible Dictionary (1884) · 10 references

This was a stringed instrument of music to accompany the voice. The Hebrew nabel or nebel is so rendered in the Authorized Version in all passages where if occurs, except in (Isaiah 5:12; 14:11; 22:24), marg.; (Amos 5:23; 6:6) where it is translated viol . The ancient viol was a six-stringed guitar. In the Prayer Book version of the Psalms the Hebrew word is rendered "lute." This instrument resembled the guitar, but was superior in tone, being larger, and having a convex back, somewhat like the vertical section of a gourd, or more nearly resembling that of a pear. These three instruments, the psaltery or sautry, the viol and lute, are frequently associated in the old English poets and were clearly instruments resembling each other though still different. The Greek psalterium (psalterion), from which our word is derived, denotes an instrument played with the fingers instead of a plectrum or quill, the verb being used of twanging the bow-string. It is impossible to say positively with what instrument the nebel of the Hebrew exactly corresponded, From the fact that nebel in Hebrew also signifies a wine-bottle or skin it has been conjectured that the term when applied to a musical instrument denotes a kind of bagpipe. The psalteries of David were made of cypress, (2 Samuel 6:5) those of Solomon of algum Or almug trees. (2 Chronicles 9:11) Among the instruments of the band which played before Nebuchadnezzar’s golden image on the plains of Dura, we again meet with the psaltery. (Daniel 3:6,10,15) pesanterin .

International Standard Bible Encyclopedia (1915) · 0 references

sol'-ter-i.

See MUSIC.

In the topical indexes

Nave's Topical Bible (1896) · 21 references, grouped by sub-topic

→ (A harp)
→ Used in religious services 2Sa 6:5; 1Ch 13:8; 16:5; 25:1,5,6; 2Ch 29:25; Ps 33:2; 57:8; 71:22; 81:2; 92:3; 108:2; 144:9; 150:3; Re 5:8
→ At the dedication of the new wall when the captivity returned Ne 12:27
→ Used in idolatrous worship Da 3:5,7,10,15
→ See MUSIC, INSTRUMENTS OF

Texts: Easton's Bible Dictionary (1897); Smith's Bible Dictionary (1884); International Standard Bible Encyclopedia (1915); Nave's Topical Bible (1896), from the CrossWire SWORD modules (public domain). Verse references were parsed from the works' own markup and checked against the KJV verse list.

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