Topic
Timbrel
10 passages cited, from 3 classic reference works.
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The verses
The passages the works cite, those cited by more of them first.
- Exodus 15:20Easton · Nave Used by Miriam
¶ And Miriam the prophetess, the sister of Aaron, took a timbrel in her hand; and all the women went out after her with timbrels and with dances.
- Judges 11:34Easton · Nave By Jephthah' s daughter
¶ And Jephthah came to Mizpeh unto his house, and, behold, his daughter came out to meet him with timbrels and with dances: and she was his only child; beside her he had neither son nor daughter.
- Genesis 31:27Easton
Wherefore didst thou flee away secretly, and steal away from me; and didst not tell me, that I might have sent thee away with mirth, and with songs, with tabret, and with harp?
- 2 Samuel 6:5Nave 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.
- 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.
- Job 21:12Nave Used in dances
They take the timbrel and harp, and rejoice at the sound of the organ.
- Psalms 68:25Nave Used in religious services
The singers went before, the players on instruments followed after; among them were the damsels playing with timbrels.
- Psalms 81:2Nave Used in religious services
Take a psalm, and bring hither the timbrel, the pleasant harp with the psaltery.
- Psalms 149:3Nave Used in religious services
Let them praise his name in the dance: let them sing praises unto him with the timbrel and harp.
- Psalms 150:4Nave Used in religious services
Praise him with the timbrel and dance: praise him with stringed instruments and organs.
In the reference works
Easton's Bible Dictionary (1897) · 3 references
(Heb. toph), a small drum or tambourine; a tabret (q.v.). The antiquity of this musical instrument appears from the scriptural allusions to it (Gen. 31:27; Ex. 15:20; Judg. 11:34, etc.) (See MUSIC.)
International Standard Bible Encyclopedia (1915) · 0 references
tim'-brel.
See MUSIC, III, 3, (1).
In the topical indexes
Nave's Topical Bible (1896) · 9 references, grouped by sub-topic
Texts: Easton's Bible Dictionary (1897); 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.