נְגִינָהnᵉgîynâh

music

Pronunciation: neg-ee-naw' · Hebrew/Aramaic (Old Testament) · H5058

Meanings

1. music, (of stringed instrument) (Isaiah 38:20; Lamentations 5:14; Psalms 4:1)

2. song, (with string accompaniment?) (Psalms 77:7; Job 30:9; Psalms 69:13)

Same root

נָגַןnâgan · H5059properly, to thrum, i.e. beat atune with the fingers; expectation. to play on astringed instrument; hence (generally), to make music

Where it appears

Appears 14 times in the Bible.

Job 30:9 “And now they mock me with vulgar songs! They taunt me!
Psalms 4:0
Psalms 6:0
Psalms 54:0
Psalms 55:0
Psalms 61:0

See every passage

Job 30:9
Psalms 4:0, 6:0, 54:0, 55:0, 61:0, 67:0, 69:12, 76:0, 77:6
Isaiah 38:20
Lamentations 3:14, 5:14
Habakkuk 3:19

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).