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Psaltery

Easton's Bible Dictionary

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A musical instrument, supposed to have been a kind of lyre, or a harp with twelve strings. The Hebrew word nebhel, so rendered, is translated "viol" in Isaiah 5:12 (RSV, "lute"); 14:11. In Daniel 3:5,7,10,15 , the word thus rendered is Chaldaic, pesanterin, which is supposed to be a word of Greek origin denoting an instrument of the harp kind.

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Easton, Matthew George. Entry for 'Psaltery'. Easton's Bible Dictionary. https://www.studylight.org/​dictionaries/​eng/​ebd/​p/psaltery.html. 1897.
 
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