Musical Instruments
(A wind instrument of music)
-Used in religious services
1Sa 10:5; Isa 30:29...
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(1 Sam. 10:5; 1 Kings 1:40; Isa. 5:12; 30:29). The Hebrew word
halil, so rendered, means "bored through," and is the
name given
to various kinds of wind instruments, as the fife,
flute,
Pan-pipes, etc. In Amos 6:5 this word is rendered
"instrument of
music." This instrument is mentioned also in the New
Testament
(Matt. 11:17; 1 Cor. 14:7)....
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(Heb. chalil). The Hebrew word so rendered is derived from a
root signifying "to bore, perforate" and is represented with
sufficient correctness by the English "pipe" or "flute," as
in the margin of 1Ki 1:40 The pipe was the type of
perforated wind instruments, as the harp was of stringed
instruments. It was made of reed, bronze or copper. It ...
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(There has been great obscurity as to the instruments of
music in use among the Hebrews, but the discoveries on the
monuments of Egypt and Assyria have thrown much light upon
the form and nature of these instruments. I. STRINGED
INSTRUMENTS.--
1. The harp or lyre. [See illustration]
2. The psaltery, the name of various large
instruments of t...
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were of a great variety of forms, and were made of divers
materials. Some were made of silver (Num. 10:2), and
were used
only by the priests in announcing the approach of
festivals and
in giving signals of war. Some were also made of rams'
horns
(Josh. 6:8). They were blown at special festivals, and
to herald
the arrival of special seasons...
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a musical instrument, probably composed of a number of pipes,
mentioned Dan. 3:5, 7, 10, 15.
In Matt. 9:23, 24, notice is taken of players on the
flute,
here called "minstrels" (but in R.V. "flute-players").
Flutes were in common use among the ancient Egyptians....
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General scriptures concerning
Da 3:5,7,10,15...
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Among instruments of music used by the Hebrews a principal
place
is given to stringed instruments. These were, (1.)
The kinnor,
the "harp." (2.) The nebel, "a skin bottle,"
rendered
"psaltery." (3.) The sabbeka, or "sackbut," a lute
or lyre. (4.)
The gittith, occurring in the title of Ps. 8; 8; 84.
(5.) Minnim
(Ps. 150:4), rendered "strin...
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Made of ram's horn
Jos 6:4-6,8,13
-Made of silver
Nu 10:2
-Uses of, prescribed by Moses
Nu 10:1-10
-Used in war
Job 39:24,25; Jer 4:19; 6:1,17; 42:14; 51:27; Eze
7:14; Am
2:2; 3:6; Zep 1:16; 1Co 14:8
-To summon soldiers
By Phinehas
Nu 31:6
By Ehud
Jud 3:27
By Gideon
Jud 6:34
By Saul
1Sa 13:3
By Joab
2Sa 2:28; 18:16; 20:22
By Ab...
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