Nave's Topical Index

Music

Teachers of—1Ch 15:22; 25:7,8; 2Ch 23:13

Physical effect of, on man—1Sa 6:15,16

Discoursed during the offering of sacrifices—2Ch 29:27,28

Precentor—Ne 12:42

Chief musician—Ne 12:42; Hab 3:19

Chambers for musicians in the temple, in Ezekiel's vision—Eze 40:44

In heaven—Re 5:8,9; 14:2,3; 15:2,3

INSTRUMENTS OF

Invented by Jubal
—Ge 4:21
Invented by David
—1Ch 23:5; 2Ch 7:6; 29:26; Am 6:5
Made by Solomon
—1Ki 10:12; 2Ch 9:11; Ec 2:8
Made by Tyrians
—Eze 28:13
CORNET
—Da 3:5,7,10
See
TRUMPET
CYMBAL
See
CYMBAL
DULCIMER, a double pipe
—Da 3:5,10,15
FLUTE
—Da 3:5,7,10,15
GITTITH, a stringed instrument
—Ps 8; 81; 84
HARP
See
HARP
ORGAN, probably composed of pipes furnishing a number of
notes—Ge 4:21; Job 21:12; 30:31; Ps 150:4
PIPE
See
PIPE
PSALTERY
See
PSALTERY
SACKBUT, a harp
—Da 3:5,7,10,15
TABRET
See
TIMBREL
TIMBREL, a tambourine
See
TIMBREL
TRUMPET
See
TRUMPET
VIOL, a lyre
—Isa 5:12; 14:11; Am 5:23; 6:5

SYMBOLS USED IN

ALAMOTH

(Literally virgins)
A musical term which appears in
—1Ch 15:20
And in the title of
—Ps 46:1
(It seems to indicate the rendering of the song by female
voices, possibly soprano)

AL-TASCHITH

It appears in the titles of
—Ps 57:1; 58:1; 59:1; 75:1
(it seems to have been used to indicate the kind of ode, or
the kind of melody in which the ode should be sung.)

HIGGAION—Ps 92:3

(According to Gesenius, it signifies the murmuring tone of a
harp, and hence that the music should be rendered in a plaintive manner.)—Ps 9:16
(Combined with "Selah," it may have been intended to indicate
a pause in the vocal music while the instruments rendered an interlude.)—Ps 19:14
(Mendelssohn translates it "meditation, thought." Hence, the
music was to be rendered in a mode to promote devout meditation.)

MAKALATH, MASCHIL, LEANNOTH

These terms are found in the titles of
—Ps 53:1; 88:1
(Authorities grope in darkness as to their signification.
They may indicate the instruments to be played, or the melody to be sung)

MASCHIL

This musical sign occurs in the titles of
—Ps 32:1; 42:1; 44:1; 45:1; 52:1; 53:1; 54:1; 55:1; 74:1; 78:1; 88:1; 89:1; 142:1
(The meaning is obscure. But its signification where it
occurs elsewhere than in the titles of Psalms is equivalent to the English word "instruction," or to become wise by instruction; hence, Ps 47:7: "Sing ye praises with understanding.")

MICAHTAM

A musical term in the titles of
—Ps 16:1; 56:1; 57:1; 58:1; 59:1; 60:1
(Luther interprets this as "golden," that is, "precious."
Ewald interprets it as signifying a plaintive manner.)

MUTH-LABBEN

In the title of
—Ps 9:1
(Authorities, ancient and modern, differ as to the probable
signification. Gesenius and De Wette interpret it, "with the voice of virgins, by boys." Others derive the word from a different Hebrew root, and interpret it as indicating that the Psalm was a funeral ode.)

NEGINAH and NEGINOTH

Appear in the titles of
—Ps 4:1; 54:1; 55:1; 61:1; 67:1; Hab 3:19
(Its use seems to have been to indicate that the song should
be accompanied by stringed instruments.)

NEHILOTH

Appears in the title of
—Ps 5:1
(It seems to indicate, according to Gesenius, that when this
Psalm was sung it was to be accompanied by wind instruments.)

SELAH

(This term appears frequently in the Psalms. Its use is not
known. Possibly it signified a pause in the vocal music while an instrumental interlude or finale was rendered.)

SHEMINITH

In the titles of
—Ps 6:1; 12:1
(Translated "eighth," probably indicates the measure,
movement, or pitch.)

SHIGGAION

In the title of
—Ps 7:1
And its plural, SHIGIONOTH, in the title of
—Hab 3:1
(Supposed to be a musical term to guide in rendering the
song. At the close of the chapter, the author refers the ode "to the chief musician, on my stringed instruments." The term may suggest the movement in interpreting the music set to it.)

SHOSHANNIM and SHUSHAN-EDUTH

In the titles to
—Ps 45:1; 60:1; 69:1; 80:1
(Seems to indicate the manner in which these Psalms were to
be rendered. Kimchi, Tremellius, and Eichhorn render it "hexachorda," that is, that in singing these Psalms instruments of six strings were to accompany.)

UNCLASSIFIED SCRIPTURES RELATING TO—Ge 31:27; Ex 15:1,20,21; 21:17-20; Jud 5:1-3; 11:34; 1Sa 18:6,7; 2Sa 19:35; 1Ki 1:40; 1Ch 6:31,32; 15:16-22,24,27,28; 16:4-39,41,42; 22:3,5,6,27,30; 25:1,5,6,7,8; 2Ch 5:12,13; 20:19,21,22,28; 23:13,18; 29:25-28; 31:2; 35:15,25; Ezr 2:64; 3:10,11; Neh 12:24,27-31; Job 21:12; 30:31; Ps 33:1-4; 68:4,25,26,32-35; 81:1-3; 87:7; 92:1-3; 95:1,2; 98:1-8; 104:33; 105:2; 135:1,2,3; 137:1-6; 144:9; 149:1-3,6; 150:1-6; Pr 25:20; Ec 2:8; Isa 5:12; 14:11; 16:10; 23:16; 24:8,9; 30:29,32; Jer 31:4; Eze 26:13; 33:32; Da 3:4,6,7; Am 6:5; 8:10; Mt 9:23; 11:17; Mr 14:26; 1Co 14:15; Eph 5:19; Col 3:16; Heb 2:12; Re 14:2,3; 18:22

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