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Lexicon :: Strong's H4700 - mᵊṣēleṯ

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מְצֵלֶת
Transliteration
mᵊṣēleṯ
Pronunciation
mets-ay'-leth
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Part of Speech
dual feminine noun
Root Word (Etymology)
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TWOT Reference: 1919f

Variant Spellings

The following spelling is supported by Strongs and Gesenius: מצלת.

Strong’s Definitions

מְצֵלֶת mᵉtsêleth, mets-ay'-leth; from H6750; (only dual) double tinklers, i.e. cymbals:—cymbals.

KJV Translation Count — Total: 13x

The KJV translates Strong's H4700 in the following manner: cymbal (13x).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 13x
The KJV translates Strong's H4700 in the following manner: cymbal (13x).

  1. cymbals

Strong’s Definitions [?](Strong’s Definitions Legend)
מְצֵלֶת mᵉtsêleth, mets-ay'-leth; from H6750; (only dual) double tinklers, i.e. cymbals:—cymbals.
STRONGS H4700: Abbreviations
† מְצִלְתַּיִם feminine noun dual cymbals (apparently later equivalent of צֶלְצְלִים where see references); — מ׳ 1 Chronicles 13:8 (|| 2 Samuel 6:5 see H6767 צֶלְצְלִים), 1 Chronicles 15:19; 1 Chronicles 16:5; 1 Chronicles 16:42; 1 Chronicles 25:6; 2 Chronicles 5:12, 13; 29:25; Ezra 3:10; Nehemiah 12:27; תָּ֑יִם - 1 Chronicles 15:16, 28; 1 Chronicles 25:1.
Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew and English Lexicon, Unabridged, Electronic Database.
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BLB Scripture Index of Brown-Driver-Briggs

1 Chronicles

13:8; 15:16; 15:19; 15:28; 16:5; 16:42; 25:1; 25:6

2 Chronicles

5:12; 5:13; 29:25

Ezra

3:10

Nehemiah

12:27

H4700

Word / Phrase / Strong's Search

Strong's Number H4700 matches the Hebrew מְצֵלֶת (mᵊṣēleṯ),
which occurs 13 times in 13 verses in the WLC Hebrew.

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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 Neh 12:27

Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 12:27 - And at the dedication of the wall of Jerusalem they sought the Levites in all their places, to bring them to Jerusalem to celebrate the dedication with gladness, with thanksgivings and with singing, with cymbals, harps, and lyres.
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