Organ

Webster's Dictionary

(1): ( n.) A wind instrument containing numerous pipes of various dimensions and kinds, which are filled with wind from a bellows, and played upon by means of keys similar to those of a piano, and sometimes by foot keys or pedals; - formerly used in the plural, each pipe being considired an organ.

(2): ( n.) A natural part or structure in an animal or a plant, capable of performing some special action (termed its function), which is essential to the life or well-being of the whole; as, the heart, lungs, etc., are organs of animals; the root, stem, foliage, etc., are organs of plants.

(3): ( n.) A component part performing an essential office in the working of any complex machine; as, the cylinder, valves, crank, etc., are organs of the steam engine.

(4): ( n.) A medium of communication between one person or body and another; as, the secretary of state is the organ of communication between the government and a foreign power; a newspaper is the organ of its editor, or of a party, sect, etc.

(5): ( n.) An instrument or medium by which some important action is performed, or an important end accomplished; as, legislatures, courts, armies, taxgatherers, etc., are organs of government.

(6): ( v. t.) To supply with an organ or organs; to fit with organs; to organize.

Smith's Bible Dictionary

Organ.  Genesis 4:21;  Job 21:12;  Job 30:31;  Psalms 150:4. The Hebrew word, thus rendered, probably denotes A Pipe or Perforated Wind-Instrument. In  Genesis 4:21, it appears to be a general term for all wind-instruments. In  Job 21:12, are enumerated three kinds of musical instruments, which are possible under the general terms of the Timbrel , Harp and Organ . Some identify it with the pandean pipe or syrinx: an instrument of , unquestionably, ancient origin, and common in the East. See Music .

King James Dictionary

OR'GAN, n. L. organum Gr.

1. A natural instrument of action or operation, or by which some process is carried on. Thus the arteries and veins of animal bodies are organs of circulation the lungs are organs of respiration the nerves are organs of perception and sensation the muscles are organs of motion the ears are organs of hearing the tongue is the organ of speech. 2. The instrument or means of conveyance or communication. A secretary of state is the organ of communication between the government and a foreign power. 3. The largest and most harmonious of wind instruments of music, consisting of pipes which are filled with wind, and stops touched by the fingers. It is blown by a bellows.

Fausset's Bible Dictionary

Uwgab from Agab "to blow." (See Music .) A wind instrument, a perforated pipe. Pandean pipe or Syrinx (Still A Pastoral Instrument In Syria) as distinguished from the HARP, stringed instruments ( Genesis 4:21;  Job 21:12;  Job 30:31;  Psalms 150:4).

American Tract Society Bible Dictionary

 Psalm 150:4 , a wind instrument apparently composed of several pipes. It cannot, however, mean the modern organ, which was unknown to the ancients; but refers probably to the ancient syrinx, or pipes, similar to the Pandean pipes, a series of seven or more tubes of unequal length and size, closed at one end, and blown into with the mouth at the other,  Genesis 4:21   Job 21:12 . See Music .

Morrish Bible Dictionary

uggab, ugab. A wind musical instrument, of either one or several pipes. The Egyptian monuments show a double pipe, with holes as in a flute: several pipes of different lengths were also joined together.  Genesis 4:21;  Job 21:12;  Job 30 : 31;  Psalm 150:4 . The syrinx, or Pan's pipe, is still used in Syria, and sometimes has as many as twenty-three pipes.

Holman Bible Dictionary

 Genesis 4:21 Job 21:12 Job 30:31 Psalm 150:4

People's Dictionary of the Bible

Organ.  Genesis 4:21, A V., "pipe," R. V., meaning a wind instrument of music, like a flute or clarionet.

Easton's Bible Dictionary

 Genesis 4:21 Job 21:12 Psalm 150:4

Hastings' Dictionary of the Bible

ORGAN. See Music, etc., § 4 (2) ( b ).

Cyclopedia of Biblical, Theological and Ecclesiastical Literature

Bibliography Information McClintock, John. Strong, James. Entry for 'Organ'. Cyclopedia of Biblical, Theological and Ecclesiastical Literature. https://www.studylight.org/encyclopedias/eng/tce/o/organ.html. Harper & Brothers. New York. 1870.