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G2950 κύμβαλον (kýmbalon)
Greek
Noun, Neuter
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Quick Definition

a cymbal

Strong's Definition

a "cymbal" (as hollow)

Derivation: from a derivative of the base of G2949 (κῦμα);

KJV Usage: cymbal

Thayer's Greek Lexicon

κύμβαλον, κυμβαλου, τό (from κυμβος, ὁ, a hollow (cf. cup, cupola, etc.; Vanicek, p. 164)), a cymbal, i. e. a hollow basin of brass, producing (when two are struck together) a musical sound (see B. D., under the word ; Stainer, Music of the Bible, chapter ix.): 1Co_13:1. (1Ch_13:8; 1Ch_15:16; 1Ch_15:19; 1Ch_15:28; Psa_150:5. Pindar, Xenophon, Diodorus, Josephus, others.)

Mounce Concise Greek Dictionary

κύμβαλον kymbalon 1x a cymbal, 1Co_13:1

Abbott-Smith Greek Lexicon

κύμβαλον , -ου , τό ( < κύμβη , a cup), [in LXX chiefly for H4698 ;] a cymbal: 1Co_13:1 .†

Moulton & Milligan — Vocabulary of the Greek NT

κύμβαλον [page 363] With 1Co_13:1 cf. P Hib I. 54 .18 ( c. B.C. 245) (= Wit-kowski .2 , p. 34), where in preparation for a domestic festival Demophon sends for a certain Zenobius ἔχοντα τύμπανον καὶ κύμβαλα καὶ κρόταλα , with tabret, and cymbals, and rattles : cf. Deissmann LAE .2 p. 150 ff. The word is frequent in the LXX, e.g. 1Ki_18:6 : for the verb κυμβαλίζω see Neh_12:27 .

Liddell-Scott — Intermediate Greek Lexicon

κύμβαλον κύμβα^λον, ου, τό, "a cymbal", Xen.

STEPBible — Tyndale Abridged Greek Lexicon

κύμβαλον, -ου, τό (κύμβη, a cup), [in LXX chiefly for מְצִלָּה ;] a cymbal: 1Co.13:1.† (AS)

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