Tabret

Hastings' Dictionary of the Bible

TABRET (see art. Taber) is AV [Note: Authorized Version.] tr. [Note: translate or translation.] of tôph in Genesis 31:27 , 1Sa 10:5; 1 Samuel 18:6 , Isaiah 5:12; Isaiah 24:8; Isaiah 30:32 , Jeremiah 31:4 , Ezekiel 28:13 . The same Heb. word is tr. [Note: translate or translation.] ‘ timbrel ’ in Exodus 15:20 , Jdg 11:34 , 2 Samuel 6:5 , 1 Chronicles 13:8 , Job 21:12 , Psalms 81:2; Psalms 149:3; Psalms 150:4 . It might have been well to drop both ‘timbrel’ and ‘tabret,’ neither of which conveys any clear sense to a modern ear, and adopt some such rendering as ‘tambourine’ or ‘hand-drum’. The AV [Note: Authorized Version.] rendering of Job 17:6 ‘aforetime I was as a tabret,’ has arisen from a confusion of tôpheth ‘spitting’ with tôph ‘tambourine.’ The words mean ‘I am become one to be spit on in the face’ (RV [Note: Revised Version.] ‘an open abhorring’).

Holman Bible Dictionary

Genesis 31:271 Samuel 10:51 Samuel 18:62 Samuel 6:5Isaiah 5:12Isaiah 24:8Isaiah 30:32Jeremiah 31:4

Often women were the musicians (1 Samuel 18:6; 2 Samuel 6:5; Psalm 68:25 ). See Instruments DancingMusic .

American Tract Society Bible Dictionary

Genesis 31:27 Isaiah 5:12 , a sort of small drum or tambourine, played as an accompaniment to singing. See Timbrel .

Easton's Bible Dictionary

Genesis 31:271 Samuel 10:518:6Job 17:6

Smith's Bible Dictionary

Tabret. See Timbrel.

King James Dictionary

TAB'RET, n. See Tabor. A tabor. 1 Samuel 18

Webster's Dictionary

(n.) A taboret.

Cyclopedia of Biblical, Theological and Ecclesiastical Literature

Bibliography InformationMcClintock, John. Strong, James. Entry for 'Tabret'. Cyclopedia of Biblical, Theological and Ecclesiastical Literature. https://www.studylight.org/encyclopedias/eng/tce/t/tabret.html. Harper & Brothers. New York. 1870.

Kitto's Popular Cyclopedia of Biblial Literature

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