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HebrewH8596Noun (Masculine)

תֹּף

toph

15Occurrences
H8596Strong's #
Noun (Masculine)Part of Speech

Definition

Quick Definition(Strong's Concordance)

a tambourine

from H8608 (תָּפַף) contracted;

Full Lexicon Entry(Abbott-Smith)
timbrel, tambourine

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Grammar & Morphology

Part of Speech

Noun (Masculine)

Morphology Code

H:N-M

Full Description

H:N-M

Occurrences

תֹּף appears 15 times in the Old Testament.

Distribution by Book

Isaiah
3
1 Samuel
2
Psalms
2
1 Chronicles
1
2 Samuel
1
Exodus
1
Ezk
1
Genesis
1

Key Passages

1 Chronicles 13:8BSB

David and all the Israelites were celebrating before God with all their might, with songs and on harps and lyres, with tambourines, cymbals, and trumpets.

2 Samuel 6:5BSB

David and all the house of Israel were celebrating before the LORD with all kinds of wood instruments, harps, stringed instruments, tambourines, sistrums, and cymbals.

Genesis 31:27BSB

Why did you run away secretly and deceive me, without even telling me? I would have sent you away with joy and singing, with tambourines and harps.

Isaiah 5:12BSB

At their feasts are the lyre and harp,tambourines and flutes and wine.They disregard the actions of the LORDand fail to see the work of His hands.

Job 21:12BSB

singing to the tambourine and lyreand making merry at the sound of the flute.

Lexicon data from STEPBible.org (Tyndale House, Cambridge) under CC BY 4.0 license.