psaltery

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Definition of psaltery in English Turkish dictionary

santur

{i} santur (çalgı)

(isim) santur (çalgı)

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Definition of psaltery in English English dictionary

An ancient musical instrument, similar to a dulcimer or a zither, and played by plucking the strings with the fingers or a plectrum

And at the dedication of the wall of Jerusalem they sought the Levites out of all their places, to bring them to Jerusalem, to keep the dedication with gladness, both with thanksgivings, and with singing, with cymbals, psalteries, and with harps. (Nehemiah 12:27, KJV).

{n} a kind of harp used for psalms

A medieval Zither like instrument with a trapezoid shape, flat box design, and plucked strings In 11th century Europe it was played with quills The role of this instrument may have been to accompany the psalms

an ancient stringed instrument similar to the lyre or zither but having a trapezoidal sounding board under the strings

A stringed instrument of music used by the Hebrews, the form of which is not known

{i} ancient stringed musical instrument that is played with the hands

psalteries an ancient musical instrument with strings stretched over a board

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 Isa 5: 12 (R V , "lute"); 14: 11 In Dan 3: 5, 7, 10, 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

A medieval zither

sautrie

Related Terms

A psaltery

sawtry

psalteries

plural of psaltery

Hyphenation

psal·te·ry

Etymology

() From Ancient Greek ψαλτήριον (psalterion) “stringed instrument, psaltery, harp” ψάλλω (psallo) “to touch sharply, to pluck, to pull, to twitch” and in the case of the strings of musical instruments, “to play a stringed instrument with the fingers, and not with the plectron”