תֹּף
tôph · tofe
a tambourine
Lexicon
Derivation: from H8608 (תָּפַף) contracted;
a tambourine
Definition from Strong's Exhaustive Concordance (1890). Wording is Strong's own, including his etymological notes, which are not separate meanings.
KJV renderings: tabret, timbrel.
Letters
- תTav400
Picture: a crossed mark
- Concrete
- mark · sign · cross · signature
- Extended
- a covenant · to seal · to sign · the end · monument
- פPe80
Picture: an open mouth
- Concrete
- mouth · lips · teeth
- Extended
- to speak · a word · an edge or opening · to scatter speech
Possible cultural reading (auto-composed)
the mark, the covenant sign › to speak, the word
The mark, the covenant sign that works to speak, the word.
Interpretive, not lexical. The dictionary sense of תֹּף 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
17 occurrences · 17 OT · 0 NT · 14 distinct forms
KJV renderings of this word, by how often each one is used.
- with tabret1 · 6%
- a timbrel1 · 6%
- her with timbrels1 · 6%
- him with timbrels1 · 6%
- and a tabret1 · 6%
- with tabrets1 · 6%
- and on timbrels1 · 6%
- and with timbrels1 · 6%
- the timbrel1 · 6%
- hither the timbrel1 · 6%
- unto him with the timbrel1 · 6%
- him with the timbrel1 · 6%
- the tabret1 · 6%
- of tabrets1 · 6%
- upon him, it shall be with tabrets1 · 6%
- with thy tabrets1 · 6%
- of thy tabrets1 · 6%
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.