TIMBREL

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(Also called TABRET, an instrument of music (in the tambourine category))
Used by Miriam
And Miriam the prophetess, the sister of Aaron, took a timbrel in her hand; and all the women went out after her with timbrels and with dances. (Exodus 15:2020And Miriam the prophetess, the sister of Aaron, took a timbrel in her hand; and all the women went out after her with timbrels and with dances. (Exodus 15:20))
By Jephthah's daughter
And Jephthah came to Mizpeh unto his house, and, behold, his daughter came out to meet him with timbrels and with dances: and she was his only child; beside her he had neither son nor daughter. (Judges 11:3434And Jephthah came to Mizpeh unto his house, and, behold, his daughter came out to meet him with timbrels and with dances: and she was his only child; beside her he had neither son nor daughter. (Judges 11:34))
Used in religious services
And David and all the house of Israel played before the Lord on all manner of instruments made of fir wood, even on harps, and on psalteries, and on timbrels, and on cornets, and on cymbals. (2 Samuel 6:55And David and all the house of Israel played before the Lord on all manner of instruments made of fir wood, even on harps, and on psalteries, and on timbrels, and on cornets, and on cymbals. (2 Samuel 6:5))
And David and all Israel played before God with all their might, and with singing, and with harps, and with psalteries, and with timbrels, and with cymbals, and with trumpets. (1 Chronicles 13:88And David and all Israel played before God with all their might, and with singing, and with harps, and with psalteries, and with timbrels, and with cymbals, and with trumpets. (1 Chronicles 13:8))
The singers went before, the players on instruments followed after; among them were the damsels playing with timbrels. (Psalm 68:2525The singers went before, the players on instruments followed after; among them were the damsels playing with timbrels. (Psalm 68:25))
Take a psalm, and bring hither the timbrel, the pleasant harp with the psaltery. (Psalm 81:22Take a psalm, and bring hither the timbrel, the pleasant harp with the psaltery. (Psalm 81:2))
Let them praise his name in the dance: let them sing praises unto him with the timbrel and harp. (Psalm 149:33Let them praise his name in the dance: let them sing praises unto him with the timbrel and harp. (Psalm 149:3))
Praise him with the timbrel and dance: praise him with stringed instruments and organs. (Psalm 150:44Praise him with the timbrel and dance: praise him with stringed instruments and organs. (Psalm 150:4))
Used in dances
They take the timbrel and harp, and rejoice at the sound of the organ. (Job 21:1212They take the timbrel and harp, and rejoice at the sound of the organ. (Job 21:12))
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