Category:Neginoth

Neg"i*noth, n. pl. Etym: [heb. nêginoth.] (script.)

Defn: stringed instruments. Dr. W. Smith. To the chief musician on neginoth. Ps. iv. 9heading).

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---excerpt from the Illustrated Bible Dictionary

Neginoth - I.e., songs with instrumental accompaniment, found in the titles of Psalms 4:1; Psalms 6:1; Psalms 54:1; 55; Psalms 67:1; Psalms 76:1; rendered "stringed instruments," Habakkuk 3:19, A.V. It denotes all kinds of stringed instruments, as the "harp," "psaltery," "viol," etc. The "chief musician on Neginoth" is the leader of that part of the temple choir which played on stringed instruments.