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Cymbals

(Heb. 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; This unified study connects 6 installed resource categories without replacing their source records.

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  • Easton’s Bible Dictionary (1897)
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  • Open Scriptures Hebrew Bible lexical data / BDB-Strong mapping

Key facts

Subject type
Subject
Strong’s
H4700
Hebrew
מְצִלְתַּיִם

Strong’s and original-language information

H4700

מְצִלְתַּיִם

Glosses: cymbals

Indexed occurrences: 13

Source: Open Scriptures Hebrew Bible lexical data / BDB-Strong mapping

Complete dictionary entries

Easton’s Bible Dictionary (1897)

Cymbals

(Heb. 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 Sam. 6:5; Ps. 150:5; 1 Chr. 13:8; 15:16, 19, 28; 1 Cor. 13:1).

Source: Easton’s Bible Dictionary (1897) · View data sources

Concordance

All Scripture references15 references

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Ancient Context4 items

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