נֶבֶל
nebel · neh'-bel
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)
Lexicon
Derivation: or נֵבֶל; from H5034 (נָבֵל);
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)
- 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)
Definition from Strong's Exhaustive Concordance (1890). Wording is Strong's own, including his etymological notes, which are not separate meanings.
KJV renderings: bottle, pitcher, psaltery, vessel, viol.
Letters
- נNun50
Picture: a sprouting seed, or a fish in water
- Concrete
- seed · sprout · fish · offspring
- Extended
- life · continuation · heir · to perpetuate
- בBet2
Picture: floor plan of a tent or house
- Concrete
- house · tent · dwelling
- Extended
- family · household · what is inside · in
- לLamed30
Picture: shepherd's staff or goad
- Concrete
- staff · goad · yoke · cattle prod
- Extended
- authority · to lead · to teach · to bind · toward
Possible cultural reading (auto-composed)
the seed, life continuing › the house, what is within › authority, the one who leads
The seed, life continuing of the house, what is within of authority, the one who leads.
Interpretive, not lexical. The dictionary sense of נֶבֶל above is the attested meaning; this pictographic reading is a tradition about how the sign-shapes may have been heard. Both can be held at once, they are answering different questions.
Usage
38 occurrences · 38 OT · 0 NT · 30 distinct forms
KJV renderings of this word, by how often each one is used.
- with psalteries6 · 17%
- psalteries3 · 8%
- and a bottle2 · 6%
- and psalteries2 · 6%
- psaltery2 · 6%
- of thy viols2 · 6%
- a bottle1 · 3%
- with a psaltery1 · 3%
- bottles1 · 3%
- and on psalteries1 · 3%
- also and psalteries1 · 3%
- and with psalteries1 · 3%
- the bottles1 · 3%
- unto him with the psaltery1 · 3%
- thee with the psaltery1 · 3%
- with the psaltery1 · 3%
- and upon the psaltery1 · 3%
- upon a psaltery1 · 3%
- him with the psaltery1 · 3%
- and the viol1 · 3%
- of flagons1 · 3%
- vessel1 · 3%
- every bottle1 · 3%
- that every bottle1 · 3%
- their bottles1 · 3%
Where it is used, by book.
Inflected forms found in the text.
Counts are computed from the tagged Hebrew and Greek text aligned to the King James Version, not from an estimate.