HEBREW / ARAMAIC · H4700
מְצִלְתַּיִם
me.tse.let — cymbal
cymbals
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Cymbals
Original Hebrew / Aramaic / Greek connected to this term
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GREEK · G8123
κυμβαλίζω
kumbalizō — to play cymbals
play cymbals
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(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).
Scripture references
2 Samuel 6:5Psalms 150:51 Chronicles 13:81 Chronicles 15:161 Chronicles 15:191 Chronicles 15:281 Corinthians 13:1
Source: Easton’s Bible Dictionary (1897). Historical dictionary wording reflects the scholarship and language of its era.