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Lexicon :: Strong's G2950 - kymbalon

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κύμβαλον
Transliteration
kymbalon (Key)
Pronunciation
koom'-bal-on
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Part of Speech
neuter noun
Root Word (Etymology)
From a derivative of the base of κῦμα (G2949)
mGNT
1x in 1 unique form(s) TR
1x in 1 unique form(s) LXX
16x in 2 unique form(s)
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Vine's Expository Dictionary: View Entry

TDNT Reference: 3:1037,486

Strong’s Definitions

κύμβαλον kýmbalon, koom'-bal-on; from a derivative of the base of G2949; a "cymbal" (as hollow):—cymbal.

KJV Translation Count — Total: 1x

The KJV translates Strong's G2950 in the following manner: cymbal (1x).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 1x
The KJV translates Strong's G2950 in the following manner: cymbal (1x).

  1. a cymbal, i.e. a hollow basin of brass, producing when struck together a musical sound

Strong’s Definitions [?](Strong’s Definitions Legend)
κύμβαλον kýmbalon, koom'-bal-on; from a derivative of the base of G2949; a "cymbal" (as hollow):—cymbal.
STRONGS G2950:
κύμβαλον, κυμβαλου, τό (from κυμβος, ὁ, a hollow (cf. cup, cupola, etc.; Vanicek, p. 164)), a cymbal, i. e. a hollow basin of brass, producing (when two are struck together) a musical sound (see B. D., under the word ; Stainer, Music of the Bible, chapter ix.): 1 Corinthians 13:1. (1 Chronicles 13:8; 1 Chronicles 15:16, 19, 28; Psalm 150:5. Pindar, Xenophon, Diodorus, Josephus, others.)
THAYER’S GREEK LEXICON, Electronic Database.
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BLB Scripture Index of Thayer's

1 Chronicles
13:8; 15:16; 15:19; 15:28
Psalms
150:5
1 Corinthians
13:1

Word / Phrase / Strong's Search

Strong's Number G2950 matches the Greek κύμβαλον (kymbalon),
which occurs 16 times in 15 verses in the LXX Greek.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Sa 18:6

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 18:6 - As they were coming home, when David returned from striking down the Philistine, the women came out of all the cities of Israel, singing and dancing, to meet King Saul, with tambourines, with songs of joy, and with musical instruments.[fn]

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Sa 6:5

Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 6:5 - And David and all the house of Israel were celebrating before the LORD, with songs[fn] and lyres and harps and tambourines and castanets and cymbals.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ch 13:8

Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 13:8 - And David and all Israel were celebrating before God with all their might, with song and lyres and harps and tambourines and cymbals and trumpets.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ch 15:16

Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 15:16 - David also commanded the chiefs of the Levites to appoint their brothers as the singers who should play loudly on musical instruments, on harps and lyres and cymbals, to raise sounds of joy.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ch 15:19

Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 15:19 - The singers, Heman, Asaph, and Ethan, were to sound bronze cymbals;

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ch 15:28

Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 15:28 - So all Israel brought up the ark of the covenant of the LORD with shouting, to the sound of the horn, trumpets, and cymbals, and made loud music on harps and lyres.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ch 16:5

Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 16:5 - Asaph was the chief, and second to him were Zechariah, Jeiel, Shemiramoth, Jehiel, Mattithiah, Eliab, Benaiah, Obed-edom, and Jeiel, who were to play harps and lyres; Asaph was to sound the cymbals,

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ch 16:42

Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 16:42 - Heman and Jeduthun had trumpets and cymbals for the music and instruments for sacred song. The sons of Jeduthun were appointed to the gate.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ch 25:1

Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 25:1 - David and the chiefs of the service also set apart for the service the sons of Asaph, and of Heman, and of Jeduthun, who prophesied with lyres, with harps, and with cymbals. The list of those who did the work and of their duties was:

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ch 25:6

Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 25:6 - They were all under the direction of their father in the music in the house of the LORD with cymbals, harps, and lyres for the service of the house of God. Asaph, Jeduthun, and Heman were under the order of the king.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ch 5:12

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 5:12 - and all the Levitical singers, Asaph, Heman, and Jeduthun, their sons and kinsmen, arrayed in fine linen, with cymbals, harps, and lyres, stood east of the altar with 120 priests who were trumpeters;

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ch 5:13

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 5:13 - and it was the duty of the trumpeters and singers to make themselves heard in unison in praise and thanksgiving to the LORD), and when the song was raised, with trumpets and cymbals and other musical instruments, in praise to the LORD,
“For he is good,
for his steadfast love endures forever,” the house, the house of the LORD, was filled with a cloud,

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ch 29:25

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 29:25 - And he stationed the Levites in the house of the LORD with cymbals, harps, and lyres, according to the commandment of David and of Gad the king’s seer and of Nathan the prophet, for the commandment was from the LORD through his prophets.

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Unchecked Copy Box Ezr 3:10

Unchecked Copy BoxEzr 3:10 - And when the builders laid the foundation of the temple of the LORD, the priests in their vestments came forward with trumpets, and the Levites, the sons of Asaph, with cymbals, to praise the LORD, according to the directions of David king of Israel.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 150:5

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 150:5 - Praise him with sounding cymbals;
praise him with loud clashing cymbals!
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