Bible Dictionary: Cymbals

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Easton's Bible Dictionary

(Hebrews tzeltzelim, from a root meaning to "tinkle"), musical instruments, consisting of two convex pieces of brass one held in each hand, which were clashed together to produce a loud clanging sound; castanets; "loud cymbals." "Highsounding cymbals" consisted of two larger plates, one held also in each hand (2 Samuel 6:5; Psalm 150:5; 1 Chronicles 13:8; 15:16, 19, 28; 1 Corinthians 13:1).

Strong's Hebrew

4700. metsiltayim -- cymbals
... 4699, 4700. metsiltayim. 4701 . cymbals. Transliteration: metsiltayim
Phonetic Spelling: (mets-ay'-leth) Short Definition: cymbals. ...
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6767d. tseltselim -- (percussion musical instrument) perhaps ...
... 6767c, 6767d. tseltselim. 6768 . (percussion musical instrument) perhaps
cymbals. Transliteration: tseltselim Short Definition: cymbals. ...
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Library

Stichera
... away,". Almighty, in our life give peace, we pray; Praise Him with cymbals in
the dance. III. ... now;". Praise Him with cymbals in the dance. V. ...
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Concerning the Surnames of Tellus and their Significations, Which ...
... The sound of the cymbals signifies the noise made by the throwing of iron utensils,
and by men's hands, and all other noises connected with agricultural ...
/.../augustine/city of god/chapter 24 concerning the surnames of.htm

Psalm CL.
... 6. "Praise Him on the well-sounding cymbals, praise Him on cymbals of jubilation"
(ver.5). Cymbals touch one another in order to sound, and therefore are by ...
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How to Conduct Ourselves at Feasts.
... and choirs, and dances, and Egyptian clapping of hands, and such disorderly frivolities,
they become quite immodest and intractable, beat on cymbals and drums ...
/.../clement/the instructor paedagogus/chapter iv how to conduct ourselves.htm

The United Song of Praise
... of the horn, Praise him with lyre and harp, Praise him with timbrel and dance, Praise
him with strings and pipe, Praise him with clanging cymbals, Praise him ...
/.../sherman/the childrens bible/the united song of praise.htm

Psalm 150
... and organs, in the dance. ^5Praise him on cymbals loud; him praise. on cymbals
sounding high. ^6Let each thing breathing praise the Lord. ...
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But Let There Be, as You Wish, Honour in Wine and in Incense...
... and slaughter of victims: are the gods moved by garlands also, wreaths and flowers,
by the jingling of brass also, and the shaking of cymbals, by timbrels also ...
/.../the seven books of arnobius against the heathen/32 but let there be.htm

Book ix. On Jerusalem and Her Enemies
... [Is.58:1]. Cymbals are the lips that trust in the Lord or the love of God and the
love of neighbor; in the psalm: praise Him with loud clanging cymbals. ...
/.../eucherius/the formulae of st eucherius of lyons/book ix on jerusalem and.htm

Death and Life from the Ark
... 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.6. And ...
/.../maclaren/expositions of holy scripture f/death and life from the.htm

Matt. Ix. 18
... And they laughed Him to scorn." [1312]. Noble tokens, surely, these, of the rulers
of synagogues; in the moment of her death pipes and cymbals raising a dirge! ...
/.../chrysostom/homilies on the gospel of saint matthew/homily xxxi matt ix 18.htm

Thesaurus

Cymbals (15 Occurrences)
... two convex pieces of brass one held in each hand, which were clashed together to
produce a loud clanging sound; castanets; "loud cymbals." "Highsounding cymbals...
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Lutes (16 Occurrences)
... Israel played before Jehovah on all manner of instruments made of cypress wood,
with harps, and with lutes, and with tambours, and with sistra, and with cymbals...
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Lyres (21 Occurrences)
... with all manner of instruments made of fir wood, and with harps, and with stringed
instruments, and with tambourines, and with castanets, and with cymbals. ...
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Psalteries (16 Occurrences)
... 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. ...
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Stringed (34 Occurrences)
... with all manner of instruments made of fir wood, and with harps, and with stringed
instruments, and with tambourines, and with castanets, and with cymbals. ...
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Loud-sounding (8 Occurrences)
... And David spoke to the chief of the Levites to appoint their brethren the singers,
with instruments of music, psalteries and harps and cymbals, sounding aloud ...
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Asaph (47 Occurrences)
... He conducted with cymbals the music performed in the tent where the ark was housed
(1 Chronicles 16:4, 5, 7, 37), while his two coadjutors discharged the same ...
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Jeduthun (15 Occurrences)
... 1 Chronicles 16:42 and with them Heman and Jeduthun with trumpets and cymbals for
those that should sound aloud, and with instruments for the songs of God; and ...
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Jedu'thun (11 Occurrences)
... 1 Chronicles 16:42 and with them Heman and Jeduthun, to sound aloud with trumpets
and cymbals, and with instruments for the songs of God; and the sons of ...
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Singers (41 Occurrences)
... spoke to the chief of the Levites to appoint their brothers the singers, with
instruments of music, stringed instruments and harps and cymbals, sounding aloud ...
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Bible Concordance

Cymbals (15 Occurrences)

2 Samuel 6:5 David and all the house of Israel played before Yahweh with all manner of instruments made of fir wood, and with harps, and with stringed instruments, and with tambourines, and with castanets, and with cymbals.
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1 Chronicles 13:8 David and all Israel played before God with all their might, even with songs, and with harps, and with stringed instruments, and with tambourines, and with cymbals, and with trumpets.
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1 Chronicles 15:16 David spoke to the chief of the Levites to appoint their brothers the singers, with instruments of music, stringed instruments and harps and cymbals, sounding aloud and lifting up the voice with joy.
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1 Chronicles 15:19 So the singers, Heman, Asaph, and Ethan, were appointed with cymbals of brass to sound aloud;
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1 Chronicles 15:28 Thus all Israel brought up the ark of the covenant of Yahweh with shouting, and with sound of the cornet, and with trumpets, and with cymbals, sounding aloud with stringed instruments and harps.
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1 Chronicles 16:5 Asaph the chief, and second to him Zechariah, Jeiel, and Shemiramoth, and Jehiel, and Mattithiah, and Eliab, and Benaiah, and Obed-Edom, and Jeiel, with stringed instruments and with harps; and Asaph with cymbals, sounding aloud;
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1 Chronicles 16:42 and with them Heman and Jeduthun with trumpets and cymbals for those that should sound aloud, and with instruments for the songs of God; and the sons of Jeduthun to be at the gate.
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1 Chronicles 25:1 Moreover, David and the captains of the army set apart for the service certain of the sons of Asaph, and of Heman, and of Jeduthun, who should prophesy with harps, with stringed instruments, and with cymbals: and the number of those who did the work according to their service was:
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1 Chronicles 25:6 All these were under the hands of their father for song in the house of Yahweh, with cymbals, stringed instruments, and harps, for the service of the house of God; Asaph, Jeduthun, and Heman being under the order of the king.
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2 Chronicles 5:12 also the Levites who were the singers, all of them, even Asaph, Heman, Jeduthun, and their sons and their brothers, arrayed in fine linen, with cymbals and stringed instruments and harps, stood at the east end of the altar, and with them one hundred twenty priests sounding with trumpets;)
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2 Chronicles 5:13 it happened, when the trumpeters and singers were as one, to make one sound to be heard in praising and thanking Yahweh; and when they lifted up their voice with the trumpets and cymbals and instruments of music, and praised Yahweh, saying, For he is good; for his loving kindness endures forever; that then the house was filled with a cloud, even the house of Yahweh,
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2 Chronicles 29:25 He set the Levites in the house of Yahweh with cymbals, with stringed instruments, and with harps, according to the commandment of David, and of Gad the king's seer, and Nathan the prophet; for the commandment was of Yahweh by his prophets.
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Ezra 3:10 When the builders laid the foundation of the temple of Yahweh, they set the priests in their clothing with trumpets, and the Levites the sons of Asaph with cymbals, to praise Yahweh, after the order of David king of Israel.
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Nehemiah 12:27 At the dedication of the wall of Jerusalem they sought the Levites out of all their places, to bring them to Jerusalem, to keep the dedication with gladness, both with giving thanks, and with singing, with cymbals, stringed instruments, and with harps.
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Psalms 150:5 Praise him with loud cymbals! Praise him with resounding cymbals!
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Subtopics

Cymbals

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Related Terms

Lutes (16 Occurrences)

Lyres (21 Occurrences)

Psalteries (16 Occurrences)

Stringed (34 Occurrences)

Loud-sounding (8 Occurrences)

Asaph (47 Occurrences)

Jeduthun (15 Occurrences)