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Lexicon :: Strong's H8596 - tōp̄

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תֹּף
Transliteration
tōp̄
Pronunciation
tofe
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Part of Speech
masculine noun
Root Word (Etymology)
From תָּפַף (H8608) contracted
Dictionary Aids

TWOT Reference: 2536a

Strong’s Definitions

תֹּף tôph, tofe; from H8608 contracted; a tambourine:—tabret, timbrel.

KJV Translation Count — Total: 17x

The KJV translates Strong's H8596 in the following manner: timbrel (9x), tabret (8x).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 17x
The KJV translates Strong's H8596 in the following manner: timbrel (9x), tabret (8x).

  1. timbrel, tambourine

Strong’s Definitions [?](Strong’s Definitions Legend)
תֹּף tôph, tofe; from H8608 contracted; a tambourine:—tabret, timbrel.
STRONGS H8596: Abbreviations
† תֹּף noun masculine timbrel, tambourine; — absolute ת׳ Genesis 31:27 +; plural תֻּפִּים Judges 11:34 +; suffix תֻּפֶּ֫יךָ Ezekiel 28:13, תֻּפַּ֫יִךְ Jeremiah 31:4; — timbrel, held and struck with hand, especially by dancing women, often with other musical instruments: — sign of merriment, gladness Genesis 31:27 (E) Job 21:12, reverly Isaiah 5:12; מְשׂוֺשׂ ת׳ Isaiah 24:8, compare Jeremiah 31:4; Ezekiel 28:13; exultation, triumph Exodus 15:20 (twice in verse) (E) Judges 11:34; 1 Samuel 18:6; Isaiah 30:32; used by prophets in ecstasy 1 Samuel 10:5; in praise of י׳ 2 Samuel 6:5 || 1 Chronicles 13:8; Psalm 81:3; Psalm 149:3; Psalm 150:4. — See PrinceEB Music.§ 3.
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BLB Scripture Index of Brown-Driver-Briggs

Genesis

31:27; 31:27

Exodus

15:20

Judges

11:34; 11:34

1 Samuel

10:5; 18:6

2 Samuel

6:5

1 Chronicles

13:8

Job

21:12

Psalms

81:3; 149:3; 150:4

Isaiah

5:12; 24:8; 30:32

Jeremiah

31:4; 31:4

Ezekiel

28:13; 28:13

H8596

Word / Phrase / Strong's Search

Strong's Number H8596 matches the Hebrew תֹּף (tōp̄),
which occurs 17 times in 16 verses in the WLC Hebrew.

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 31:27

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 31:27 - Why did you run off secretly and deceive me? Why didn’t you tell me, so I could send you away with joy and singing to the music of timbrels and harps?

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 15:20

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 15:20 - Then Miriam the prophet, Aaron’s sister, took a timbrel in her hand, and all the women followed her, with timbrels and dancing.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jdg 11:34

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 11:34 - When Jephthah returned to his home in Mizpah, who should come out to meet him but his daughter, dancing to the sound of timbrels! She was an only child. Except for her he had neither son nor daughter.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Sa 10:5

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 10:5 - “After that you will go to Gibeah of God, where there is a Philistine outpost. As you approach the town, you will meet a procession of prophets coming down from the high place with lyres, timbrels, pipes and harps being played before them, and they will be prophesying.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Sa 18:6

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 18:6 - When the men were returning home after David had killed the Philistine, the women came out from all the towns of Israel to meet King Saul with singing and dancing, with joyful songs and with timbrels and lyres.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Sa 6:5

Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 6:5 - David and all Israel were celebrating with all their might before the LORD, with castanets,[fn] harps, lyres, timbrels, sistrums and cymbals.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ch 13:8

Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 13:8 - David and all the Israelites were celebrating with all their might before God, with songs and with harps, lyres, timbrels, cymbals and trumpets.

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 21:12

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 21:12 - They sing to the music of timbrel and lyre; they make merry to the sound of the pipe.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 81:2

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 81:2 - Begin the music, strike the timbrel, play the melodious harp and lyre.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 149:3

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 149:3 - Let them praise his name with dancing and make music to him with timbrel and harp.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 150:4

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 150:4 - praise him with timbrel and dancing, praise him with the strings and pipe,

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 5:12

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 5:12 - They have harps and lyres at their banquets, pipes and timbrels and wine, but they have no regard for the deeds of the LORD, no respect for the work of his hands.

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 24:8

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 24:8 - The joyful timbrels are stilled, the noise of the revelers has stopped, the joyful harp is silent.

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 30:32

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 30:32 - Every stroke the LORD lays on them with his punishing club will be to the music of timbrels and harps, as he fights them in battle with the blows of his arm.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 31:4

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 31:4 - I will build you up again, and you, Virgin Israel, will be rebuilt. Again you will take up your timbrels and go out to dance with the joyful.

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Unchecked Copy Box Eze 28:13

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 28:13 - You were in Eden, the garden of God; every precious stone adorned you: carnelian, chrysolite and emerald, topaz, onyx and jasper, lapis lazuli, turquoise and beryl.[fn] Your settings and mountings[fn] were made of gold; on the day you were created they were prepared.
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