נֶבֶלnebel

נֵ֫בֶל: 1.

Pronunciation: neh'-bel · Hebrew/Aramaic (Old Testament) · H5035

Meanings

skin-bottle, skin

2. jar, pitcher

1. skin of wine (1 Samuel 1:24; 1 Samuel 10:3; 2 Samuel 16:1)

2. earthen jar, pitcher (Isaiah 22:24; Jeremiah 48:12; Psalms 2:9)

נֵ֫בֶל: lute, guitar, harp (or lute), a musical instrument, played at feasts and religious ceremonies, probably less simple, cheap and common than כִּנּוֺר (Psalms 57:9; 1 Samuel 10:5; Psalms 71:22; Amos 6:5; 2 Samuel 6:5)

Same root

Where it appears

Appears 38 times in the Bible.

  • 1 Samuel 1:24 When the child was weaned, Hannah took him to the Tabernacle in Shiloh. They brought along a three-year-old bull for the sacrifice and a basket of flour and some wine.
  • 1 Samuel 10:3 “When you get to the oak of Tabor, you will see three men coming toward you who are on their way to worship God at Bethel. One will be bringing three young goats, another will have three loaves of bread, and the third will be carrying a wineskin full of wine.
  • 1 Samuel 10:5 “When you arrive at Gibeah of God, where the garrison of the Philistines is located, you will meet a band of prophets coming down from the place of worship. They will be playing a harp, a tambourine, a flute, and a lyre, and they will be prophesying.
  • 1 Samuel 25:18 Abigail wasted no time. She quickly gathered 200 loaves of bread, two wineskins full of wine, five sheep that had been slaughtered, nearly a bushel of roasted grain, 100 clusters of raisins, and 200 fig cakes. She packed them on donkeys
  • 2 Samuel 6:5 David and all the people of Israel were celebrating before the Lord, singing songs and playing all kinds of musical instruments—lyres, harps, tambourines, castanets, and cymbals.
  • 2 Samuel 16:1 When David had gone a little beyond the summit of the Mount of Olives, Ziba, the servant of Mephibosheth, was waiting there for him. He had two donkeys loaded with 200 loaves of bread, 100 clusters of raisins, 100 bunches of summer fruit, and a wineskin full of wine.
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Source: Brown, Driver and Briggs, Hebrew and English Lexicon of the Old Testament (1906), public domain; markup by unfoldingWord, CC BY (github.com/unfoldingWord/Brown-Driver-Briggs-Enhanced).