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Morrish Bible Dictionary

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The Hebrew word sabka is judged to refer to a stringed musical instrument (not a wind instrument, as the name sackbut implies). Daniel 3:5-15 . It was probably the same as the sambuca of the Greeks and Romans. This was a triangular harp.

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Morrish, George. Entry for 'Sackbut'. Morrish Bible Dictionary. https://www.studylight.org/​dictionaries/​eng/​mbd/​s/sackbut.html. 1897.
 
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