timbrel Summary and Overview
Bible Dictionaries at a Glance
timbrel in Easton's Bible Dictionary
(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 T0002625.)
timbrel in Schaff's Bible Dictionary
TIM'BREL , a musical instrument, supposed to have resembled very nearly the instrument of modern days called the tambourine. Ex 15:20. A skin is stretched over a rim like the end of a drum; around the rim are hung little Timbrel. (After specimen in Kensington Museum, London.) bells, and the player strikes the skin with the knuckles of one hand and shakes it with the other hand. It was used in ancient times chiefly by women.
timbrel in Fausset's Bible Dictionary
(See MUSIC.) Hebrew toph, "tambourine," related to the old English "tabor," i.e. a drum. In Ezekiel 28:13.