Sackbut
From:
Concise Bible Dictionary: S
By:
George A. Morrish
Narrator:
Chris Genthree
Duration:
20sec
Daniel 3:5‑15
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The Hebrew word
sabka
is judged to refer to a stringed musical instrument—not a wind instrument, as the name sackbut implies (Dan. 3:5-15). It was probably the same as the
sambuca
of the Greeks and Romans. This was a triangular harp.