Word Study · Strong's H5035 · Hebrew
נֶבֶל
nebel
neh'-bel
“a skin-bag for liquids (from collapsing when empty)”
Strong's Dictionary · 1890 · public domain
a skin-bag for liquids (from collapsing when empty); hence, a vase (as similar in shape when full); also a lyre (as having a body of like form)
Rendered in the KJV as
bottle, pitcher, psaltery, vessel, viol.
- 38occurrencesin the Old Testament
- 12 of 39Old Testament bookswhere the word stands
- 30inflected formsdistinct spellings
Across 38 occurrences
The word itself
Inflected forms · 30
- בִּנְבָלִ֖ים3
- בְּנֵ֥בֶל2
- הַנֵּ֥בֶל2
- וּבִנְבָלִ֣ים2
- וּנְבָלִ֖ים2
- נֵ֖בֶל2
- נְבָלִ֥ים2
- בְּנֵ֣בֶל1
- בִּנְבָלִ֥ים1
- בִּנְבָלִ֣ים1
- הַנָּ֑בֶל1
- הַנְּבָלִֽים׃1
and 18 more spellings in the ledger below.
How it is rendered · 23
- with lyres5
- lyres4
- a lyre3
- and a skin of2
- and lyres2
- and with lyres2
- lyres your2
- O lyre2
- wineskin2
- a jar of1
- a skin of1
- and [the] waterskins of1
The sense the word carries at each spot — how the translators read it there, not a fixed translation.
How it parses · 17
- noun · masculine singular6
- preposition + noun · masculine plural5
- noun · masculine plural4
- conjunction (“and”) + preposition + noun · masculine plural3
- the definite article (“the”) + noun · masculine singular3
- conjunction (“and”) + noun · masculine plural2
- conjunction (“and”) + noun · masculine singular · in construct (“…of”)2
- noun · masculine plural · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 2nd person masculine singular2
- noun · masculine singular · in construct (“…of”)2
- preposition + noun · masculine singular · in construct (“…of”)2
- conjunction (“and”) + noun · masculine plural · in construct (“…of”)1
- conjunction (“and”) + noun · masculine plural · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 3rd person masculine plural1
Show the grammar codes as tagged
- HNcmsa · 6
- HR/Ncmpa · 5
- HNcmpa · 4
- HC/R/Ncmpa · 3
- HTd/Ncmsa · 3
- HC/Ncmpa · 2
- HC/Ncmsc · 2
- HNcmpc/Sp2ms · 2
- HNcmsc · 2
- HR/Ncmsc · 2
- HC/Ncmpc · 1
- HC/Ncmpc/Sp3mp · 1
All 38, in canonical order
The ledger of occurrences
Where this word lives
- Psalms8 of 38 · 21%
- 1 Chronicles7 of 38 · 18%
- 1 Samuel4 of 38 · 11%
- 2 Chronicles4 of 38 · 11%
- Isaiah4 of 38 · 11%
Psalms carries the most and opens below; every other book is one click.
1 Samuel4 occurrences
- 1 Samuel 1:24וְנֵ֣בֶלvenevelconjunction (“and”) + noun · masculine singular · in construct (“…of”)Once she had weaned him, Hannah took the boy with her, along with a three-year-old bull, an ephah of flour, and a skin of wine. Though the boy was still young, she brought him to the house of the LORD at Shiloh.here: and a skin of
- 1 Samuel 10:3נֵֽבֶל־nevel-noun · masculine singular · in construct (“…of”)Then you will go on from there until you come to the Oak of Tabor. Three men going up to God at Bethel will meet you there, one carrying three young goats, another carrying three loaves of bread, and another carrying a skin of wine.here: a skin of
- 1 Samuel 10:5נֵ֤בֶלnevelnoun · masculine singularAfter that you will come to Gibeah of God, where the Philistines have an outpost. As you approach the city, you will meet a group of prophets coming down from the high place, preceded by harps, tambourines, flutes, and lyres, and they will be prophesying.here: lyre
- 1 Samuel 25:18נִבְלֵי־nivlei-noun · masculine plural · in construct (“…of”)Then Abigail hurried and took two hundred loaves of bread, two skins of wine, five butchered sheep, five seahs of roasted grain, a hundred clusters of raisins, and two hundred cakes of figs. She loaded them on donkeyshere: jars of
2 Samuel2 occurrences
- 2 Samuel 6:5וּבִנְבָלִים֙uvinvalimconjunction (“and”) + preposition + noun · masculine pluralDavid and all the house of Israel were celebrating before the LORD with all kinds of wood instruments, harps, stringed instruments, tambourines, sistrums, and cymbals.here: and on lyres
- 2 Samuel 16:1וְנֵ֥בֶלvenevelconjunction (“and”) + noun · masculine singular · in construct (“…of”)When David had gone a little beyond the summit, Ziba the servant of Mephibosheth was there to meet him. He had a pair of saddled donkeys loaded with two hundred loaves of bread, a hundred clusters of raisins, a hundred summer fruits, and a skin of wine.here: and a skin of
1 Chronicles7 occurrences
- 1 Chronicles 13:8וּבִנְבָלִ֣יםuvinvalimconjunction (“and”) + preposition + noun · masculine pluralDavid and all the Israelites were celebrating before God with all their might, with songs and on harps and lyres, with tambourines, cymbals, and trumpets.here: and with lyres
- 1 Chronicles 15:16נְבָלִ֥יםnevalimnoun · masculine pluralDavid also told the leaders of the Levites to appoint their relatives as singers to lift up their voices with joy, accompanied by musical instruments—harps, lyres, and cymbals.here: lyres
- 1 Chronicles 15:20בִּנְבָלִ֖יםbinvalimpreposition + noun · masculine pluralZechariah, Aziel, Shemiramoth, Jehiel, Unni, Eliab, Maaseiah, and Benaiah were to play the harps according to Alamoth.here: with lyres
- 1 Chronicles 15:28בִּנְבָלִ֖יםbinvalimpreposition + noun · masculine pluralSo all Israel brought up the ark of the covenant of the LORD with shouting, with the sounding of rams’ horns and trumpets, and with cymbals and the music of harps and lyres.here: with lyres
- 1 Chronicles 16:5נְבָלִים֙nevalimnoun · masculine pluralAsaph was the chief, Zechariah was second, then Jeiel, Shemiramoth, Jehiel, Mattithiah, Eliab, Benaiah, Obed-edom, and Jeiel. They were to play the harps and lyres, while Asaph sounded the cymbalshere: lyres
- 1 Chronicles 25:1בִּנְבָלִ֖יםbinvalimpreposition + noun · masculine pluralAdditionally, David and the commanders of the army set apart some of the sons of Asaph, Heman, and Jeduthun to prophesy with the accompaniment of lyres, harps, and cymbals. The following is the list of the men who performed this service:here: with lyres
- 1 Chronicles 25:6נְבָלִ֣יםnevalimnoun · masculine pluralAll these were under the direction of their fathers for the music of the house of the LORD with cymbals, harps, and lyres, for the service of the house of God. Asaph, Jeduthun, and Heman were under the direction of the king.here: lyres
2 Chronicles4 occurrences
- 2 Chronicles 5:12וּבִנְבָלִ֣יםuvinvalimconjunction (“and”) + preposition + noun · masculine pluralall the Levitical singers—Asaph, Heman, Jeduthun, and their sons and relatives—stood on the east side of the altar, dressed in fine linen and playing cymbals, harps, and lyres, accompanied by 120 priests sounding trumpets.here: and with lyres
- 2 Chronicles 9:11וּנְבָלִ֖יםunevalimconjunction (“and”) + noun · masculine pluralThe king made the algum wood into steps for the house of the LORD and for the king’s palace, and into lyres and harps for the singers. Never before had anything like them been seen in the land of Judah.)here: and lyres
- 2 Chronicles 20:28בִּנְבָלִ֥יםbinvalimpreposition + noun · masculine pluralSo they entered Jerusalem and went into the house of the LORD with harps, lyres, and trumpets.here: with lyres
- 2 Chronicles 29:25בִּנְבָלִ֣יםbinvalimpreposition + noun · masculine pluralHezekiah stationed the Levites in the house of the LORD with cymbals, harps, and lyres according to the command of David, of Gad the king’s seer, and of Nathan the prophet. For the command had come from the LORD through His prophets.here: with lyres
Psalms8 occurrences
- Psalms 33:2בְּנֵ֥בֶלbenevelpreposition + noun · masculine singular · in construct (“…of”)Praise the LORD with the harp; make music to Him with ten strings.here: with lyre of
- Psalms 57:8הַנֵּ֥בֶלhanevelthe definite article (“the”) + noun · masculine singularAwake, my glory! Awake, O harp and lyre! I will awaken the dawn.here: O lyre
- Psalms 71:22נֶבֶל֮nevelnoun · masculine singularSo I will praise You with the harp for Your faithfulness, O my God; I will sing praise to You with the lyre, O Holy One of Israel.here: a lyre
- Psalms 81:2נָֽבֶל׃navelnoun · masculine singularLift up a song, strike the tambourine, play the sweet-sounding harp and lyre.here: a lyre
- Psalms 92:3נָ֑בֶלnavelnoun · masculine singularwith the ten-stringed harp and the melody of the lyre.here: a lyre
- Psalms 108:2הַנֵּ֥בֶלhanevelthe definite article (“the”) + noun · masculine singularAwake, O harp and lyre! I will awaken the dawn.here: O lyre
- Psalms 144:9בְּנֵ֥בֶלbenevelpreposition + noun · masculine singular · in construct (“…of”)I will sing to You a new song, O God; on a harp of ten strings I will make music to You—here: with a lyre of
- Psalms 150:3בְּנֵ֣בֶלbenevelpreposition + noun · masculine singularPraise Him with the sound of the horn; praise Him with the harp and lyre.here: with lyre
Isaiah4 occurrences
- Isaiah 5:12וָנֶ֗בֶלvanevelconjunction (“and”) + noun · masculine singularAt their feasts are the lyre and harp, tambourines and flutes and wine. They disregard the actions of the LORD and fail to see the work of His hands.here: and lyre
- Isaiah 14:11נְבָלֶ֑יךָnevaleikhanoun · masculine plural · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 2nd person masculine singularYour pomp has been brought down to Sheol, along with the music of your harps. Maggots are your bed and worms your blanket.here: lyres your
- Isaiah 22:24הַנְּבָלִֽים׃hanevalimthe definite article (“the”) + noun · masculine pluralSo they will hang on him all the glory of his father’s house: the descendants and the offshoots—all the lesser vessels, from bowls to every kind of jar.here: the jars
- Isaiah 30:14נֵ֧בֶלnevelnoun · masculine singular · in construct (“…of”)It will break in pieces like a potter’s jar, shattered so that no fragment can be found. Not a shard will be found in the dust large enough to scoop the coals from a hearth or to skim the water from a cistern.”here: a jar of
Jeremiah3 occurrences
- Jeremiah 13:12נֵ֖בֶלnevelnoun · masculine singularTherefore you are to tell them that this is what the LORD, the God of Israel, says: ‘Every wineskin shall be filled with wine.’ And when they reply, ‘Don’t we surely know that every wineskin should be filled with wine?’here: wineskin
- Jeremiah 13:12נֵ֖בֶלnevelnoun · masculine singularTherefore you are to tell them that this is what the LORD, the God of Israel, says: ‘Every wineskin shall be filled with wine.’ And when they reply, ‘Don’t we surely know that every wineskin should be filled with wine?’here: wineskin
- Jeremiah 48:12וְנִבְלֵיהֶ֖םvenivleihemconjunction (“and”) + noun · masculine plural · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 3rd person masculine pluralTherefore behold, the days are coming, declares the LORD, when I will send to him wanderers, who will pour him out. They will empty his vessels and shatter his jars.here: and jars their
Amos2 occurrences
- Amos 5:23נְבָלֶ֖יךָnevaleikhanoun · masculine plural · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 2nd person masculine singularTake away from Me the noise of your songs! I will not listen to the music of your harps.here: lyres your
- Amos 6:5הַנָּ֑בֶלhanavelthe definite article (“the”) + noun · masculine singularYou improvise songs on the harp like David and invent your own musical instruments.here: the lyre