H4700 - מְצֵלֶת (mᵉtsêleth)

H4700 מְצֵלֶת (mᵉtsêleth) mets-ay'-leth

Hebrew

Noun (Feminine, Hebrew)

Quick Definition

cymbal

Strong's Definition

(only dual) double tinklers, i.e. cymbals

Derivation: from H6750 (צָלַל);

KJV Usage: cymbals.

TWOT Reference: 1919f

Outline of Biblical Usage

1) cymbals

STEPBible — Tyndale Abridged Hebrew Lexicon

cymbals

Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew Lexicon

מְצֵלֶת metsêleth BDB Definition: 1) cymbals Part of Speech: noun feminine dual A Related Word by BDB/Strongs Number: from H6750 Same Word by TWOT Number: 1919f Total KJV Occurrences: 13

Bible Occurrences (13)

13:8 15:16 15:19 15:28 16:5 16:42 25:1 25:6

5:12 5:13 29:25

3:10

12:27

1 Chronicles 13:8

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.

1 Chronicles 15:16

David also told the leaders of the Levites to appoint their relatives as singers to lift up their voices with joy, accompanied by musical instruments— harps, lyres, and cymbals....

1 Chronicles 15:19

The musicians Heman, Asaph, and Ethan were to sound the bronze cymbals.

1 Chronicles 15:28

So all Israel brought up the ark of the covenant of the LORD with shouting, with the sounding of rams’ horns and trumpets, and with cymbals and the music of harps and lyres.

1 Chronicles 16:5

Asaph was the chief, Zechariah was second, [then] Jeiel, Shemiramoth, Jehiel, Mattithiah, Eliab, Benaiah, Obed-edom, and Jeiel.... They were to play the harps and lyres, while Asaph sounded the cymbals

1 Chronicles 16:42

Heman and Jeduthun had with them trumpets and cymbals for the music and instruments [for] the songs of God. And the sons of Jeduthun were stationed at the gate.

1 Chronicles 25:1

Additionally, David and the commanders of the army... set apart some of the sons of Asaph, Heman, and Jeduthun to prophesy with the accompaniment of lyres, harps, and cymbals. The following is the list of the men who performed this service:

1 Chronicles 25:6

All these [were] under the direction of their fathers for the music of the house of the LORD with cymbals, harps, and lyres, for the service of the house of God. Asaph, Jeduthun, and Heman were under the direction of the king.