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Psalm 92

Psa. 92:3 KJV (With Strong’s)

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Upon an instrument of ten strings
`asowr (Hebrew #6218)
from 6235; ten; by abbrev. ten strings, and so a decachord
KJV usage: (instrument of) ten (strings, -th).
Pronounce: aw-sore'
Origin: or masor {aw-sore'}
, and upon the psaltery
nebel (Hebrew #5035)
from 5034; a skin-bag for liquids (from collapsing when empty); hence, a vase (as similar in shape when full); also a lyre (as having a body of like form)
KJV usage: bottle, pitcher, psaltery, vessel, viol.
Pronounce: neh'-bel
Origin: or nebel {nay'-bel}
; νupon the harp
kinnowr (Hebrew #3658)
a harp
KJV usage: harp.
Pronounce: kin-nore'
Origin: from a unused root meaning to twang
with πa solemn sound
higgayown (Hebrew #1902)
a murmuring sound, i.e. a musical notation (probably similar to the modern affettuoso to indicate solemnity of movement); by implication, a machination
KJV usage: device, Higgaion, meditation, solemn sound.
Pronounce: hig-gaw-yone'
Origin: intensive from 1897
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or, upon the solemn sound with the harp.
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Higgaion,
Psa. 9:16• 16Jehovah is known by the judgment he hath executed: the wicked is ensnared in the work of his own hands. Higgaion. Selah. (Psa. 9:16)
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Harp,
Psaltery,
Ten

Cross References

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instrument.
Psa. 33:2• 2Give thanks unto Jehovah with the harp; sing psalms unto him with the ten-stringed lute. (Psa. 33:2)
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Psa. 57:8• 8Awake, my glory; awake, lute and harp: I will wake the dawn. (Psa. 57:8)
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Psa. 68:25• 25The singers went before, the players on stringed instruments after, in the midst of maidens playing on tabrets. (Psa. 68:25)
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Psa. 81:2‑3• 2Raise a song, and sound the tambour, the pleasant harp with the lute.
 3Blow the trumpet at the new moon, at the set time, on our feast day: (Psa. 81:2‑3)
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Psa. 149:3• 3Let them praise his name in the dance; let them sing psalms unto him with the tambour and harp. (Psa. 149:3)
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Psa. 150:3‑5• 3Praise him with the sound of the trumpet; praise him with lute and harp;
 4Praise him with the tambour and dance; praise him with stringed instruments and the pipe;
 5Praise him with loud cymbals; praise him with high sounding cymbals. (Psa. 150:3‑5)
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1 Chron. 15:16• 16And David spoke to the chief of the Levites to appoint their brethren, the singers, with instruments of music, lutes, and harps, and cymbals, that they should sound aloud, lifting up the voice with joy. (1 Chron. 15:16)
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1 Chron. 25:6• 6All these were under the direction of their fathers Asaph, Jeduthun, and Heman, for song in the house of Jehovah, with cymbals, lutes and harps, for the service of the house of God, under the direction of the king. (1 Chron. 25:6)
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2 Chron. 23:5• 5and a third part shall be at the king's house; and a third part at the gate of the foundation; and all the people shall be in the courts of the house of Jehovah. (2 Chron. 23:5)
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2 Chron. 29:25• 25And he set the Levites in the house of Jehovah with cymbals, with lutes, and with harps, according to the commandment of David, and of Gad the king's seer, and of Nathan the prophet; for the commandment was of Jehovah through his prophets. (2 Chron. 29:25)
the harp, etc.
or, the solemn sound with the harp.
a solemnsound.
Heb. Higgaion.
Psa. 9:16• 16Jehovah is known by the judgment he hath executed: the wicked is ensnared in the work of his own hands. Higgaion. Selah. (Psa. 9:16)

J. N. Darby Translation

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Upon an instrument of ten strings and upon the lute; upon the Higgaionf with the harp.

JND Translation Notes

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Perhaps an instrument of music, or the softened tones of a harp (see Ps. 9.16); or "meditation," as Ps. 19.14.