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Music

Nave’s Topical Bible, 1897 · source

• Teachers of 1 Chronicles 15:221 Chronicles 25:71 Chronicles 25:82 Chronicles 23:13
• Physical effect of, on man 1 Samuel 6:151 Samuel 6:16
• Discoursed during the offering of sacrifices 2 Chronicles 29:272 Chronicles 29:28
• Precentor Nehemiah 12:42
• Chief musician Nehemiah 12:42Habakkuk 3:19
• Chambers for musicians in the temple, in Ezekiel's vision Ezekiel 40:44
• In heaven Revelation 5:8Revelation 5:9Revelation 14:2Revelation 14:3Revelation 15:2Revelation 15:3
• INSTRUMENTS OF
• Invented by Jubal Genesis 4:21
• Invented by David 1 Chronicles 23:52 Chronicles 7:62 Chronicles 29:26Amos 6:5
• Made by Solomon 1 Kings 10:122 Chronicles 9:11Ecclesiastes 2:8
• Made by Tyrians Ezekiel 28:13
• CORNET Daniel 3:5Daniel 3:7Daniel 3:10
• See Trumpet
• CYMBAL
• See Cymbal
• DULCIMER, a double pipe Daniel 3:5Daniel 3:10Daniel 3:15
• FLUTE Daniel 3:5Daniel 3:7Daniel 3:10Daniel 3:15
• GITTITH, a stringed instrument Psalms 8Psalms 81Psalms 84
• HARP
• See Harp
• ORGAN, probably composed of pipes furnishing a number of notes Genesis 4:21Job 21:12Job 30:31Psalms 150:4
• PIPE
• See Pipe
• PSALTERY
• See Psaltery
• SACKBUT, a harp Daniel 3:5Daniel 3:7Daniel 3:10Daniel 3:15
• TABRET
• See Timbrel
• TIMBREL, a tambourine
• See Timbrel
• TRUMPET
• See Trumpet
• VIOL, a lyre Isaiah 5:12Isaiah 14:11Amos 5:23Amos 6:5
• SYMBOLS USED IN
• ALAMOTH
• (Literally virgins) .A musical term which appears in 1 Chronicles 15:20
• And in the title of Psalms 46:1
• (It seems to indicate the rendering of the song by female voices, possibly soprano) -AL-TASCHITH
• It appears in the titles of Psalms 57:1Psalms 58:1Psalms 59:1Psalms 75:1
• (it seems to have been used to indicate the kind of ode, or the kind of melody in which the ode should be sung.)
• HIGGAION Psalms 92:3
• (According to Gesenius, it signifies the murmuring tone of a harp, and hence that the music should be rendered in a plaintive manner.) Psalms 9:16
• (Combined with "Selah," it may have been intended to indicate a pause in the vocal music while the instruments rendered an interlude.) Psalms 19:14
• (Mendelssohn translates it "meditation, thought." Hence, the music was to be rendered in a mode to promote devout meditation.)
• MAKALATH, MASCHIL, LEANNOTH
• These terms are found in the titles of Psalms 53:1Psalms 88:1
• (Authorities grope in darkness as to their signification. They may indicate the instruments to be played, or the melody to be sung)
• MASCHIL
• This musical sign occurs in the titles of Psalms 32:1Psalms 42:1Psalms 44:1Psalms 45:1Psalms 52:1Psalms 53:1Psalms 54:1Psalms 55:1Psalms 74:1Psalms 78:1Psalms 88:1Psalms 89:1Psalms 142:1
• (The meaning is obscure. But its signification where it occurs elsewhere than in the titles of Psalms is equivalent to the English word "instruction," or to become wise by instruction; hence, PSA 47:7: "Sing ye praises with understanding.")
• MICAHTAM
• A musical term in the titles of Psalms 16:1Psalms 56:1Psalms 57:1Psalms 58:1Psalms 59:1Psalms 60:1
• (Luther interprets this as "golden," that is, "precious." Ewald interprets it as signifying a plaintive manner.)
• MUTH-LABBEN
• In the title of Psalms 9:1
• (Authorities, ancient and modern, differ as to the probable signification. Gesenius and DEU Wette interpret it, "with the voice of virgins, by boys." Others derive the word from a different Hebrew root, and interpret it as indicating that the Psalm was a funeral ode.)
• NEGINAH and NEGINOTH
• Appear in the titles of Psalms 4:1Psalms 54:1Psalms 55:1Psalms 61:1Psalms 67:1Habakkuk 3:19
• (Its use seems to have been to indicate that the song should be accompanied by stringed instruments.) -NEHILOTH
• Appears in the title of Psalms 5:1
• (It seems to indicate, according to Gesenius, that when this Psalm was sung it was to be accompanied by wind instruments.)
• SELAH
• (This term appears frequently in the Psalms. Its use is not known. Possibly it signified a pause in the vocal music while an instrumental interlude or finale was rendered.)
• SHEMINITH
• In the titles of Psalms 6:1Psalms 12:1
• (Translated "eighth," probably indicates the measure, movement, or pitch.)
• SHIGGAION
• In the title of Psalms 7:1
• And its plural, SHIGIONOTH, in the title of Habakkuk 3:1
• (Supposed to be a musical term to guide in rendering the song. At the close of the chapter, the author refers the ode "to the chief musician, on my stringed instruments." The term may suggest the movement in interpreting the music set to it.)
• SHOSHANNIM and SHUSHAN-EDUTH .In the titles to Psalms 45:1Psalms 60:1Psalms 69:1Psalms 80:1
• (Seems to indicate the manner in which these Psalms were to be rendered. Kimchi, Tremellius, and Eichhorn render it "hexachorda," that is, that in singing these Psalms instruments of six strings were to accompany.)
• UNCLASSIFIED SCRIPTURES RELATING TO Genesis 31:27Exodus 15:1Exodus 15:20Exodus 15:21Exodus 21:17–20Judges 5:1–3Judges 11:341 Samuel 18:61 Samuel 18:72 Samuel 19:351 Kings 1:401 Chronicles 6:311 Chronicles 6:321 Chronicles 15:16–221 Chronicles 15:241 Chronicles 15:271 Chronicles 15:281 Chronicles 16:4–391 Chronicles 16:411 Chronicles 16:421 Chronicles 22:31 Chronicles 22:51 Chronicles 22:61 Chronicles 25:11 Chronicles 25:51 Chronicles 25:61 Chronicles 25:71 Chronicles 25:82 Chronicles 5:122 Chronicles 5:132 Chronicles 20:192 Chronicles 20:212 Chronicles 20:222 Chronicles 20:282 Chronicles 23:132 Chronicles 23:182 Chronicles 29:25–282 Chronicles 31:22 Chronicles 35:152 Chronicles 35:25Ezra 2:64Ezra 3:10Ezra 3:11Nehemiah 12:24Nehemiah 12:27–31Job 21:12Job 30:31Psalms 33:1–4Psalms 68:4Psalms 68:25Psalms 68:26Psalms 68:32–35Psalms 81:1–3Psalms 87:7Psalms 92:1–3Psalms 95:1Psalms 95:2Psalms 98:1–8Psalms 104:33Psalms 105:2Psalms 135:1Psalms 135:2Psalms 135:3Psalms 137:1–6Psalms 144:9Psalms 149:1–3Psalms 149:6Psalms 150:1–6Proverbs 25:20Ecclesiastes 2:8Isaiah 5:12Isaiah 14:11Isaiah 16:10Isaiah 23:16Isaiah 24:8Isaiah 24:9Isaiah 30:29Isaiah 30:32Jeremiah 31:4Ezekiel 26:13Ezekiel 33:32Daniel 3:4Daniel 3:6Daniel 3:7Amos 6:5Amos 8:10Matthew 9:23Matthew 11:17Mark 14:261 Corinthians 14:15Ephesians 5:19Colossians 3:16Hebrews 2:12Revelation 14:2Revelation 14:3Revelation 18:22
• See Praise
• See Psalms