Category:Psaltery

Psal"ter*y, n.; pl. Psalteries. Etym: [oe. sautrie, of. psalterie, f. Psaltérion, l. psalterium psaltery, psalter, from gr. Psalm, Psalter.]

Defn: a stringed instrument of music used by the Hebrews, the form of which is not known. Praise the Lord with harp; sing unto Him with the psaltery and an instrument of ten strings. Psalm 33:2.

Psalm 143:9 143:9. To you, O God, I will sing a new canticle: on the psaltery and an instrument of ten strings I will sing praises to you.

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Psaltery - A musical instrument, supposed to have been a kind of lyre, or a harp with twelve strings. The Hebrew word nebhel, so rendered, is translated "viol" in Isaiah 5:12 (R.V., "lute"); Isaiah 14:11. In Daniel 3:5, Daniel 3:7, Daniel 3:10, Daniel 3:15, the word thus rendered is Chaldaic, pesanterin, which is supposed to be a word of Greek origin denoting an instrument of the harp kind.