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Strong Concordance 1Ch 16:42 And with them Heman [01968] and Jeduthun [03038] with trumpets [02689] and cymbals [04700] for those that should make a sound [08085], and with musical [07892] instruments [03627] of God [0430]. And the sons [01121] of Jeduthun [03038] were porters [08179].

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CYMBALS (Heb. tzeltzelim, from a root meaning to "tinkle"), musical instruments, consisting of two convex pieces of brass one held in each hand, which were clashed together to produce a loud clanging sound; castanets; "loud cymbals." "Highsounding cymbals" consisted of two larger plates, one held also in each hand (2 Sam. 6:5; Ps. 150:5; 1 Chr. 13:8; 15:16, 19, 28; 1 Cor. 13:1).
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