Psaltery
פְּסַנְטֵרִיןStrong’s H6460pesanterin (pe-san-te-rin)
Appears in 4 verses of the Old Testament
In short
Pesanterin is the Aramaic word usually translated “harp”. It appears in 4 verses of the Old Testament.
“That at what time ye hear the sound of the cornet, flute, harp, sackbut, psaltery, dulcimer, and all kinds of musick, ye fall down and worship the golden image that Nebuchadnezzar the king hath set up:”
Meaning
- A stringed instrument (triangular)perhaps a lyre or a harp
How it's translated
- harp 4
Word-by-word English from the STEPBible tagged text.
Where it's used most
- Daniel 4
1 book in all.
Explore in Scripture
- Daniel 3:7In contextTherefore at that time, when all the people heard the sound of the cornet, flute, harp, sackbut, psaltery, and all kinds of musick, all the people, the nations, and the languages, fell down and worshipped the golden image that Nebuchadnezzar the king had set up.
- Daniel 3:10In contextThou, O king, hast made a decree, that every man that shall hear the sound of the cornet, flute, harp, sackbut, psaltery, and dulcimer, and all kinds of musick, shall fall down and worship the golden image:
- Daniel 3:15In contextNow if ye be ready that at what time ye hear the sound of the cornet, flute, harp, sackbut, psaltery, and dulcimer, and all kinds of musick, ye fall down and worship the image which I have made; well: but if ye worship not, ye shall be cast the same hour into the midst of a burning fiery furnace; and who is that God that shall deliver you out of my hands?
Aramaic dictionary
פְּסַנְטֵרִין pesanterin · psaltery
1) a stringed instrument (triangular) 1a) perhaps a lyre or a harp
From STEPBible’s Hebrew lexicon (based on Brown-Driver-Briggs).
Webster's 1828 Dictionary
How the English word “psaltery” was understood when the King James Version was still the common Bible of English readers.
PSAL'TERY, noun
[Gr.]
An instrument of music used by the Hebrews, the form of which is not now known. That which is now used is a flat instrument in form of a trapezium or triangle truncated at the top, strung with thirteen chords of wire, mounted on two bridges at the sides, and struck with a plectrum or crooked stick.
- “Praise the Lord with harp; sing to him with the psaltery and an instrument of ten strings” Psalms 33:2
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 Aramaic, not from any one translation.