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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 - Now it had happened as they were coming home, when David was returning from the slaughter of the Philistine, that the women had come out of all the cities of Israel, singing and dancing, to meet King Saul, with tambourines, with joy, and with musical instruments.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Sa 6:5

Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 6:5 - Then David and all the house of Israel played music before the LORD on all kinds of instruments of fir wood, on harps, on stringed instruments, on tambourines, on sistrums, and on cymbals.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ch 13:8

Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 13:8 - Then David and all Israel played music before God with all their might, with singing, on harps, on stringed instruments, on tambourines, on cymbals, and with trumpets.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ch 15:16

Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 15:16 - Then David spoke to the leaders of the Levites to appoint their brethren to be the singers accompanied by instruments of music, stringed instruments, harps, and cymbals, by raising the voice with resounding 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 the cymbals of bronze;

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ch 15:28

Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 15:28 - Thus all Israel brought up the ark of the covenant of the LORD with shouting and with the sound of the horn, with trumpets and with cymbals, making music with stringed instruments and harps.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ch 16:5

Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 16:5 - Asaph the chief, and next to him Zechariah, then Jeiel, Shemiramoth, Jehiel, Mattithiah, Eliab, Benaiah, and Obed-Edom: Jeiel with stringed instruments and harps, but Asaph made music with cymbals;

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ch 16:42

Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 16:42 - and with them Heman and Jeduthun, to sound aloud with trumpets and cymbals and the musical instruments of God. Now the sons of Jeduthun were gatekeepers.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ch 25:1

Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 25:1 - Moreover David and the captains of the army separated for the service some of the sons of Asaph, of Heman, and of Jeduthun, who should prophesy with harps, stringed instruments, and cymbals. And the number of the skilled men performing their service was:

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ch 25:6

Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 25:6 - All these were under the direction of their father for the music in the house of the LORD, with cymbals, stringed instruments, and harps, for the service of the house of God. Asaph, Jeduthun, and Heman were under the authority of the king.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ch 5:12

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 5:12 - and the Levites who were the singers, all those of Asaph and Heman and Jeduthun, with their sons and their brethren, stood at the east end of the altar, clothed in white linen, having cymbals, stringed instruments and harps, and with them one hundred and twenty priests sounding with trumpets—

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ch 5:13

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 5:13 - indeed it came to pass, when the trumpeters and singers were as one, to make one sound to be heard in praising and thanking the LORD, and when they lifted up their voice with the trumpets and cymbals and instruments of music, and praised the LORD, saying:

“For He is good,
For His mercy endures forever,”[fn]
that 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, with stringed instruments, and with harps, according to the commandment of David, of Gad the king’s seer, and of Nathan the prophet; for thus was the commandment of the LORD by His prophets.

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Unchecked Copy Box Ezr 3:10

Unchecked Copy BoxEzr 3:10 - When the builders laid the foundation of the temple of the LORD, the priests stood[fn] in their apparel with trumpets, and the Levites, the sons of Asaph, with cymbals, to praise the LORD, according to the ordinance of David king of Israel.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 150:5

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 150:5 - Praise Him with loud cymbals;
Praise Him with clashing cymbals!
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