Quick Definition
music
Strong's Definition
properly, instrumental music; by implication, a stringed instrument; by extension, a poem set to music; specifically, an epigram
Derivation: or נְגִינַת; (Psalm 61:title), from H5059 (נָגַן);
KJV Usage: stringed instrument, musick, Neginoth (plural), song.
TWOT Reference: 1292.1a
Outline of Biblical Usage
Septuagint (LXX) Greek Equivalents
This Hebrew word is translated by the following Greek words in the Septuagint:
STEPBible — Tyndale Abridged Hebrew Lexicon
נְגִינָה (ne.gi.nah) — music. 1) music, song, taunt song 1a) music (of stringed instrument) 1b) song 1b1) taunting or mocking song
UBS Dictionary of Biblical Hebrew
noun f · נגן
Musical Instruments
stringed instrument = musical instrument with strings, such as a lute or lyre
PSA 4:1 · PSA 6:1 · PSA 54:1 · PSA 55:1 · PSA 61:1 · PSA 67:1 · PSA 76:1
Play
music = action by which humans play an instrument with strings, such as a lute or lyre, which can be for silent meditation or to accompany singing and dancing
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Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew Lexicon
[נְגִינָה] n.f. music base