Hebrew noun (masculine) · H5035
נֶבֶל
nebelneh'-bel
bag; harp
38 uses in the Hebrew text, one for each word STEP Bible has tagged with this key
Word page · Part of the concordance, one page for every word of the Hebrew and Greek text. Strong's H5035is this word's number in James Strong's 1890 index of the King James Bible.
- 12 of 39Old Testament books
- 30spellings
- 2meanings
The definition in full
Strong's key (1890) · H5035
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)
The King James renders it: bottle, pitcher, psaltery, vessel, viol.
James Strong, The Exhaustive Concordance of the Bible (1890), public domain. Strong indexed the King James text, and this site quotes his entry as that index.
Summary
nebel is rendered "bag; harp". It stands 38 times in the Hebrew text, across twelve books.
- Eight of the uses stand in Psalms, more than in any other book.
- The lexicon lists two meanings for it, beginning with "bag".
- Its first use in canonical order opens the ledger below.1 Samuel 1:24Once 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.
- The Greek text spells it thirty different ways.
The first use
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.
1 Samuel 1:24וְנֵ֣בֶל
The first use, in the order of the Old Testament's books.
Where the word stands
The word stands in twelve of the 39 Old Testament books.
What the word means
The word carries two meanings: bag, and harp.
Each meaning, and the words it is translated by
| Meaning | Tagged as | Where |
|---|---|---|
| bagStrong's entry A | Tagged aslisted under the table | Where1 Samuel 1:24Once she had weaned him, Hannah took the boy with her, along with a three-year-old bull… |
| harpStrong's entry B | Tagged aslisted under the table | Wherein the ledger below |
How the Greek text is glossed, word by word
- 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 jars their1
and 11 more, 38 uses in all
The words built on the same word-part
Each word below begins with the same letters this one begins with. A shared word-part shows a family. It does not settle what any one of them means, so each word carries its own uses on its own page. Scholars call that shared part the stem.
The words it stands beside
All 38, in canonical order
Every use, in order
Every use, grouped by book, with its verse.
30 spellings and their grammar
STEP Bible tags every word of the Hebrew and Greek text with its spelling and its grammar. Both lists below count the rows printed underneath, written out in English, with the code beside each one as it was tagged.
How it is spelled
- בִּנְבָלִ֖ים3
- בְּנֵ֥בֶל2
- הַנֵּ֥בֶל2
- וּבִנְבָלִ֣ים2
- וּנְבָלִ֖ים2
- נֵ֖בֶל2
- נְבָלִ֥ים2
- בְּנֵ֣בֶל1
- בִּנְבָלִ֥ים1
- בִּנְבָלִ֣ים1
- הַנָּ֑בֶל1
- הַנְּבָלִֽים׃1
and 18 more spellings in the ledger below.
The grammar of each form
- noun · masculine singular6HNcmsa
- preposition + noun · masculine plural5HR/Ncmpa
- noun · masculine plural4HNcmpa
- conjunction (“and”) + preposition + noun · masculine plural3HC/R/Ncmpa
- the definite article (“the”) + noun · masculine singular3HTd/Ncmsa
- conjunction (“and”) + noun · masculine plural2HC/Ncmpa
- conjunction (“and”) + noun · masculine singular · in construct (“…of”)2HC/Ncmsc
- noun · masculine plural · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 2nd person masculine singular2HNcmpc/Sp2ms
- noun · masculine singular · in construct (“…of”)2HNcmsc
- preposition + noun · masculine singular · in construct (“…of”)2HR/Ncmsc
- conjunction (“and”) + noun · masculine plural · in construct (“…of”)1HC/Ncmpc
- conjunction (“and”) + noun · masculine plural · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 3rd person masculine plural1HC/Ncmpc/Sp3mp
1 Samuel
four uses
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.
- וְנֵ֣בֶלvenevelconjunction (“and”) + noun · masculine singular · in construct (“…of”)tagged: and a skin 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.
- נֵֽבֶל־nevel-noun · masculine singular · in construct (“…of”)tagged: a skin of
After 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.
- נֵ֤בֶלnevelnoun · masculine singulartagged: lyre
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 donkeys
- נִבְלֵי־nivlei-noun · masculine plural · in construct (“…of”)tagged: jars of
2 Samuel
two uses
David and all the house of Israel were celebrating before the LORD with all kinds of wood instruments, harps, stringed instruments, tambourines, sistrums, and cymbals.
- וּבִנְבָלִים֙uvinvalimconjunction (“and”) + preposition + noun · masculine pluraltagged: and on lyres
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.
- וְנֵ֥בֶלvenevelconjunction (“and”) + noun · masculine singular · in construct (“…of”)tagged: and a skin of
1 Kings
one use
The king made the almug 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 such almug wood been brought in, nor has such been seen to this day.)
- וּנְבָלִ֖יםunevalimconjunction (“and”) + noun · masculine pluraltagged: and lyres
1 Chronicles
seven uses
David and all the Israelites were celebrating before God with all their might, with songs and on harps and lyres, with tambourines, cymbals, and trumpets.
- וּבִנְבָלִ֣יםuvinvalimconjunction (“and”) + preposition + noun · masculine pluraltagged: and with lyres
David 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.
- נְבָלִ֥יםnevalimnoun · masculine pluraltagged: lyres
Zechariah, Aziel, Shemiramoth, Jehiel, Unni, Eliab, Maaseiah, and Benaiah were to play the harps according to Alamoth.
- בִּנְבָלִ֖יםbinvalimpreposition + noun · masculine pluraltagged: with lyres
So 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.
- בִּנְבָלִ֖יםbinvalimpreposition + noun · masculine pluraltagged: with lyres
Asaph 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 cymbals
- נְבָלִים֙nevalimnoun · masculine pluraltagged: lyres
Additionally, 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:
- בִּנְבָלִ֖יםbinvalimpreposition + noun · masculine pluraltagged: with lyres
All 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.
- נְבָלִ֣יםnevalimnoun · masculine pluraltagged: lyres
2 Chronicles
four uses
all 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.
- וּבִנְבָלִ֣יםuvinvalimconjunction (“and”) + preposition + noun · masculine pluraltagged: and with lyres
The 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.)
- וּנְבָלִ֖יםunevalimconjunction (“and”) + noun · masculine pluraltagged: and lyres
So they entered Jerusalem and went into the house of the LORD with harps, lyres, and trumpets.
- בִּנְבָלִ֥יםbinvalimpreposition + noun · masculine pluraltagged: with lyres
Hezekiah 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.
- בִּנְבָלִ֣יםbinvalimpreposition + noun · masculine pluraltagged: with lyres
Nehemiah
one use
At the dedication of the wall of Jerusalem, the Levites were sought out from all their homes and brought to Jerusalem to celebrate the joyous dedication with thanksgiving and singing, accompanied by cymbals, harps, and lyres.
- נְבָלִ֥יםnevalimnoun · masculine pluraltagged: lyres
Job
one use
Who has the wisdom to count the clouds? Or who can tilt the water jars of the heavens
- וְנִבְלֵ֥יvenivleiconjunction (“and”) + noun · masculine plural · in construct (“…of”)tagged: and waterskins of
Psalms
eight uses
Praise the LORD with the harp; make music to Him with ten strings.
- בְּנֵ֥בֶלbenevelpreposition + noun · masculine singular · in construct (“…of”)tagged: with lyre of
Awake, my glory! Awake, O harp and lyre! I will awaken the dawn.
- הַנֵּ֥בֶלhanevelthe definite article (“the”) + noun · masculine singulartagged: O lyre
So 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.
- נֶבֶל֮nevelnoun · masculine singulartagged: a lyre
Lift up a song, strike the tambourine, play the sweet-sounding harp and lyre.
- נָֽבֶל׃navelnoun · masculine singulartagged: a lyre
with the ten-stringed harp and the melody of the lyre.
- נָ֑בֶלnavelnoun · masculine singulartagged: a lyre
Awake, O harp and lyre! I will awaken the dawn.
- הַנֵּ֥בֶלhanevelthe definite article (“the”) + noun · masculine singulartagged: O lyre
I will sing to You a new song, O God; on a harp of ten strings I will make music to You—
- בְּנֵ֥בֶלbenevelpreposition + noun · masculine singular · in construct (“…of”)tagged: with a lyre of
Praise Him with the sound of the horn; praise Him with the harp and lyre.
- בְּנֵ֣בֶלbenevelpreposition + noun · masculine singulartagged: with lyre
Isaiah
four uses
At 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.
- וָנֶ֗בֶלvanevelconjunction (“and”) + noun · masculine singulartagged: and lyre
Your pomp has been brought down to Sheol, along with the music of your harps. Maggots are your bed and worms your blanket.
- נְבָלֶ֑יךָnevaleikhanoun · masculine plural · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 2nd person masculine singulartagged: lyres your
So 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.
- הַנְּבָלִֽים׃hanevalimthe definite article (“the”) + noun · masculine pluraltagged: the jars
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.”
- נֵ֧בֶלnevelnoun · masculine singular · in construct (“…of”)tagged: a jar of
Jeremiah
three uses
Therefore 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?’
- נֵ֖בֶלnevelnoun · masculine singulartagged: wineskin
- נֵ֖בֶלnevelnoun · masculine singulartagged: wineskin
Therefore 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.
- וְנִבְלֵיהֶ֖םvenivleihemconjunction (“and”) + noun · masculine plural · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 3rd person masculine pluraltagged: and jars their
Lamentations
one use
How the precious sons of Zion, once worth their weight in pure gold, are now esteemed as jars of clay, the work of a potter’s hands!
- לְנִבְלֵי־lenivlei-preposition + noun · masculine plural · in construct (“…of”)tagged: to jars of
Amos
two uses
Take away from Me the noise of your songs! I will not listen to the music of your harps.
- נְבָלֶ֖יךָnevaleikhanoun · masculine plural · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 2nd person masculine singulartagged: lyres your
You improvise songs on the harp like David and invent your own musical instruments.
- הַנָּ֑בֶלhanavelthe definite article (“the”) + noun · masculine singulartagged: the lyre
Where it leads
How the numbers are counted
Every count on this page comes from STEP Bible's tagged Hebrew and Greek text, the same text the ledger prints. A use is counted once each time the tagging marks a word with this key.
Spellings are counted as the Greek text spells them, with the sentence's own punctuation taken off the word first, so a form that ends a clause is not counted as a second spelling.
The words it stands beside are the nouns, verbs and adjectives immediately before or after it, counted in every verse where the word stands. The article, the conjunctions and the prepositions are left out, because they stand beside every word.