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 31:27 1 Samuel 10:5 1 Samuel 18:6 2 Samuel 6:5 Isaiah 5:12 Isaiah 24:8 Isaiah 30:32 Jeremiah 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 31:27 1 Samuel 10:5 18:6 Job 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 Information McClintock, 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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