Tambourine
Jump to: Webster'sConcordanceThesaurusHebrewLibrarySubtopicsTermsResources
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
(n.) A small drum, especially a shallow drum with only one skin, played on with the hand, and having bells at the sides; a timbrel.
Strong's Hebrew
8596. toph -- a timbrel, tambourine
... a timbrel, tambourine. Transliteration: toph Phonetic Spelling: (tofe) Short Definition:
tambourines. ... From taphaph contracted; a tambourine -- tabret, timbrel. ...
/hebrew/8596.htm - 6k

8608. taphaph -- to sound the timbrel, beat
... taber, play with timbrels. A primitive root; to drum, ie Play (as) on the tambourine --
taber, play with timbrels. 8607, 8608. taphaph. 8609 . ...
/hebrew/8608.htm - 6k

Library

Choosing Her Course
... Whenever able, she hied off to The Army hall, carrying her tambourine in a little
green baize bag, and, as often as not, a bundle of 'War Crys' under her arm. ...
/.../carpenter/the angel adjutant of twice born men/ii choosing her course.htm

Following the Cloud.
... Moses led them in a song of praise, and Miriam, the sister of Aaron, took a tambourine,
and the women followed her in dances as they answered in a chorus of ...
/.../lathbury/childs story of the bible/chapter xii following the cloud.htm

How Samuel Found a Leader
... As you come to the city you will meet a band of prophets coming down from the high
place with a lyre, a tambourine, a flute, and a harp before them, while they ...
/.../sherman/the childrens bible/how samuel found a leader.htm

The Escape from Egypt
... And Miriam the prophetess, the sister of Aaron, took a tambourine in her hand; and
as all the women followed her with tambourines and with dancing, she sang ...
//christianbookshelf.org/sherman/the childrens bible/the escape from egypt.htm

David the Shepherd Youth.
... and went to live with Samuel's young men at Ramah, to learn to read and write, he
learned also to play upon the pipe and guitar, the tambourine and large harp ...
/.../anonymous/children of the old testament/david the shepherd youth.htm

Sargon of Assyria (722-705 BC )
... Above these, again, three musicians march in procession, one playing on a harp,
another on a five-stringed lyre, and the third on a tambourine. ...
/.../chapter iiisargon of assyria 722-705.htm

Native Christians (Continued).
... Army. Accompanied by a band of native Christians, he has been entering
villages and towns with song and drum and tambourine. The ...
/.../chapter xxvii native christians continued.htm

Chapter xxxi
... the smooth hypocrite: "I should have set thee on thy way with joyful festivities
(Hebrew: "joy") and songs, with timbrel (toph, a kind of tambourine) and harp ...
/...//christianbookshelf.org/leupold/exposition of genesis volume 1/chapter xxxi.htm

Thesaurus
Tambourine (8 Occurrences)
... a timbrel. Multi-Version Concordance Tambourine (8 Occurrences). Genesis
31:27 Why did you flee secretly, and deceive me, and didn ...
/t/tambourine.htm - 9k

Tambour (7 Occurrences)
... Noah Webster's Dictionary 1. (n.) A kind of small flat drum; a tambourine.
2. (n.) A small frame, commonly circular, and somewhat ...
/t/tambour.htm - 9k

Tambourines (13 Occurrences)
... 31:27 Why did you flee secretly, and deceive me, and didn't tell me, that I might
have sent you away with mirth and with songs, with tambourine and with harp ...
/t/tambourines.htm - 10k

Lyre (32 Occurrences)
... 31:27 Why did you flee secretly, and deceive me, and didn't tell me, that I might
have sent you away with mirth and with songs, with tambourine and with harp ...
/l/lyre.htm - 15k

Flute (16 Occurrences)
... (See NIV). Job 21:12 They sing to the tambourine and harp, and rejoice at the sound
of the pipe. ... Psalms 150:4 Praise him with tambourine and dancing! ...
/f/flute.htm - 13k

Timbrel (7 Occurrences)
... Easton's Bible Dictionary (Hebrews toph), a small drum or tambourine; a tabret
(qv). The antiquity of this musical instrument appears ...
/t/timbrel.htm - 9k

Pipe (13 Occurrences)
... happen, when you have come there to the city, that you shall meet a band of prophets
coming down from the high place with a psaltery, and a tambourine, and a ...
/p/pipe.htm - 13k

Games (2 Occurrences)
... Of the former we have two striking examples in the Old Testament: the dance accompanied
by the tambourine with which the maidens of Israel, led by Jephthah's ...
/g/games.htm - 40k

Harp (36 Occurrences)
... 31:27 Why did you flee secretly, and deceive me, and didn't tell me, that I might
have sent you away with mirth and with songs, with tambourine and with harp ...
/h/harp.htm - 20k

Operation (8 Occurrences)
... Isaiah 5:12 The harp, lyre, tambourine, and flute, with wine, are at their feasts;
but they don't respect the work of Yahweh, neither have they considered the ...
/o/operation.htm - 10k

Resources
Dance in worship - what does the Bible say? | GotQuestions.org

When can music be considered 'Christian music'? | GotQuestions.org

Who was Miriam in the Bible? | GotQuestions.org

Tambourine: Dictionary and Thesaurus | Clyx.com

Bible ConcordanceBible DictionaryBible EncyclopediaTopical BibleBible Thesuarus
Concordance
Tambourine (8 Occurrences)

Genesis 31:27
Why did you flee secretly, and deceive me, and didn't tell me, that I might have sent you away with mirth and with songs, with tambourine and with harp;
(WEB RSV NIV)

Exodus 15:20
Miriam the prophetess, the sister of Aaron, took a tambourine in her hand; and all the women went out after her with tambourines and with dances.
(WEB NIV)

1 Samuel 10:5
"After that you shall come to the hill of God, where is the garrison of the Philistines: and it shall happen, when you have come there to the city, that you shall meet a band of prophets coming down from the high place with a psaltery, and a tambourine, and a pipe, and a harp, before them; and they will be prophesying:
(WEB NAS RSV NIV)

Job 21:12
They sing to the tambourine and harp, and rejoice at the sound of the pipe.
(WEB RSV NIV)

Psalms 81:2
Raise a song, and bring here the tambourine, the pleasant lyre with the harp.
(WEB NIV)

Psalms 149:3
Let them praise his name in the dance! Let them sing praises to him with tambourine and harp!
(WEB NIV)

Psalms 150:4
Praise him with tambourine and dancing! Praise him with stringed instruments and flute!
(WEB NIV)

Isaiah 5:12
The harp, lyre, tambourine, and flute, with wine, are at their feasts; but they don't respect the work of Yahweh, neither have they considered the operation of his hands.
(WEB NAS NIV)

Subtopics

Tambourine

Related Terms

Tambour (7 Occurrences)

Tambourines (13 Occurrences)

Lyre (32 Occurrences)

Flute (16 Occurrences)

Timbrel (7 Occurrences)

Pipe (13 Occurrences)

Games (2 Occurrences)

Harp (36 Occurrences)

Operation (8 Occurrences)

Lute (13 Occurrences)

Lyres (21 Occurrences)

Garrison (15 Occurrences)

Flutes (8 Occurrences)

Tabret (3 Occurrences)

Dances (8 Occurrences)

Drum

Dancing (21 Occurrences)

Mirth (18 Occurrences)

Miriam (13 Occurrences)

Prophetess (8 Occurrences)

Prophesying (58 Occurrences)

Psaltery (17 Occurrences)

Philistine (63 Occurrences)

Cheat (5 Occurrences)

Singing (65 Occurrences)

Dance (18 Occurrences)

Secretly (104 Occurrences)

Artemis (5 Occurrences)

Diana (5 Occurrences)

Deceive (48 Occurrences)

Merry (38 Occurrences)

Stringed (34 Occurrences)

Flee (187 Occurrences)

Approach (56 Occurrences)

Sing (147 Occurrences)

Praises (66 Occurrences)

Pleasant (119 Occurrences)

Sister (113 Occurrences)

Considered (80 Occurrences)

Secret (341 Occurrences)

Feasts (45 Occurrences)

Followed (201 Occurrences)

Band (150 Occurrences)

Aaron (343 Occurrences)

Songs (100 Occurrences)

Prophet (315 Occurrences)

Philistines (224 Occurrences)

Song (207 Occurrences)

Tambour
Top of Page
Top of Page