Harp A stringed instrument of music.
General references
Isaiah 38:20; Ezekiel 33:32; Habakkuk 3:19
With three strings
1 Samuel 18:6
With ten strings
Psalms 33:2; Psalms 92:3; Psalms 144:9; Psalms 150:4
Originated with Jubal
Genesis 4:21
Made of almug wood
1 Kings 10:12
David skillful in manipulating
1 Samuel 16:16; 1 Samuel 16:23
Used:
- In worship
1 Samuel 10:5; 1 Chronicles 16:5; 1 Chronicles 25:7; 2 Chronicles 5:13; 2 Chronicles 29:25; Psalms 33:2; Psalms 43:4; Psalms 49:4; Psalms 57:8; Psalms 71:22; Psalms 81:2; Psalms 92:3; Psalms 98:5; Psalms 108:2; Psalms 147:7; Psalms 149:3; Psalms 150:3
- In national jubilees:
b After the triumph over Goliath
1 Samuel 18:6
b After the triumph over the armies of Ammon and Moab
2 Chronicles 20:29
b When the new walls of Jerusalem were dedicated
Nehemiah 12:27; Nehemiah 12:36
- In festivities
Genesis 31:27; Job 21:12; Isaiah 5:12; Isaiah 23:16; Isaiah 24:8; Isaiah 30:32; Ezekiel 26:13; Revelation 18:22
- In mourning
Job 30:31
Discordant
1 Corinthians 14:7
Hung on the willows by the captive Jews
Psalms 137:2
Heard in heaven, in John's apocalyptic vision
Revelation 5:8; Revelation 14:2; Revelation 15:2
The symbol used in the psalmody to indicate when the harp was to be introduced in the music was Neginoth, See selected titles
Psalms 4:1; Psalms 6:1; Psalms 54:1; Psalms 55:1; Psalms 61:1; Psalms 67:1; Psalms 76:1
Music, Instruments of