Cymbal
κύμβαλονStrong’s G2950kumbalon
Appears in 1 verse of the New Testament
In short
Kumbalon is the Greek word usually translated “cymbal”. It appears in 1 verse of the New Testament.
“Though I speak with the tongues of men and of angels, and have not charity, I am become as sounding brass, or a tinkling cymbal.”
Meaning
Usually translated “cymbal”. Open the dictionary entry below for the full range of meaning, with the verses it cites.
How it's translated
- a cymbal 1
Word-by-word English from the STEPBible tagged text.
Where it's used most
- 1 Corinthians 1
1 book in all.
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Greek dictionary
κύμβαλον kumbalon · cymbal
κύμβαλον, -ου, τό (κύμβη, a cup), [in LXX chiefly for מְצִלָּה ;] a cymbal: 1Co.13:1.† (AS)
From STEPBible’s Greek lexicon (based on Abbott-Smith).
Webster's 1828 Dictionary
How the English word “cymbal” was understood when the King James Version was still the common Bible of English readers.
CYMBAL, noun
[Latin, Gr.]
- A musical instrument used by the ancients, hollow and made of brass, somewhat like a kettle-drum; but the precise form is not ascertained.
- A mean instrument used by gypsies and vagrants, made of a steel wire, in a triangular form, on which are passed fie rings, which are touched and shifter along the triangle with an iron rod held in the left hand, while it is supported in the right by a ring, to give it free motion.
Noah Webster, An American Dictionary of the English Language (1828). Verse references are checked against the KJV. Read the full entry.
Verses are from the King James Version. Word meanings come from the original Greek, not from any one translation.