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Boyd’s Bible Dictionary
:
(instrument). The “
pipe
,” or any perforated
wind
instrument (
Gen. 4:21
21
And his brother's name was Jubal: he was the father of all such as handle the harp and organ. (Genesis 4:21)
;
Job 21:12
12
They take the timbrel and harp, and rejoice at the sound of the organ. (Job 21:12)
;
Psa. 150:4
4
Praise him with the timbrel and dance: praise him with stringed instruments and organs. (Psalm 150:4)
).
Concise Bible Dictionary
:
Uggab
,
ugab
. A
wind
musical instrument, of either one or several pipes. The Egyptian
monuments
show a double
pipe
, with holes as in a
flute
: several pipes of different lengths were also joined together (
Gen. 4:21
21
And his brother's name was Jubal: he was the father of all such as handle the harp and organ. (Genesis 4:21)
;
Job 21:12
12
They take the timbrel and harp, and rejoice at the sound of the organ. (Job 21:12)
;
Job 30:31
31
My harp also is turned to mourning, and my organ into the voice of them that weep. (Job 30:31)
;
Psa. 150:4
4
Praise him with the timbrel and dance: praise him with stringed instruments and organs. (Psalm 150:4)
). The syrinx, or
Pan
’s pipe, is still used in
Syria
, and
sometimes
has as many as twenty-
three
pipes.
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Pan Pipe
Strong’s Dictionary of Hebrew Words:
Number:
5748
(
find all occurrences in KJV Bible
)
Transliteration:
`uwgab
Phonic:
oo-gawb’
Meaning:
or buggab {oog-gawb'}; from
5689
in the original sense of breathing; a reed-instrument of music
KJV Usage:
organ
From
Manners and Customs of the Bible
:
Psalm 150:4
4
Praise him with the timbrel and dance: praise him with stringed instruments and organs. (Psalm 150:4)
.
Praise
him with the
timbrel
and dance: praise him with stringed instruments and organs.
The ugab was one of the most ancient instruments, its invention being ascribed to
Jubal
(
Gen. 4:21
21
And his brother's name was Jubal: he was the father of all such as handle the harp and organ. (Genesis 4:21)
). From
Job 21:12
12
They take the timbrel and harp, and rejoice at the sound of the organ. (Job 21:12)
and
Job 30:31
31
My harp also is turned to mourning, and my organ into the voice of them that weep. (Job 30:31)
it appears to have been used on festive occasions. In the text it is spoken of as appropriate for use in the
worship
of
God
.
Various opinions have been expressed in reference to the character of this instrument. Winer, (Bib. Realty) and Leyrer (in Herzog’s Real-Encyklopadie) following some very old authorities, suppose the ugab to have resembled the bagpipe. They represent it as consisting of two pipes fastened in a
leather
bag, one above and the other below. Through the upper
pipe
, which had a mouth-piece, the bag was filled with
air
, while the lower pipe had holes which were played on with the fingers like a
flute
, the bag meanwhile rising and falling like a
bellows
, by means of pressure.
Most authorities, however, identify the ugab with the syrinx or “Pandean pipes,” which is undoubtedly a very ancient instrument, and is generally conceded to be the germ of the modern
organ
. Kitto says that the syrinx was the instrument which was meant by our translators when they used
the word
“organ”; thus relieving them from the charge of obscurity, that word having changed its meaning since their
day
.
The syrinx was used by the Arcadian and other Grecian shepherds, and was supposed by them to have been invented by
Pan
, their tutelary god, who was
sometimes
heard playing on it, as they imagined, on Mount Menelaus.
It was made of cane,
reed
, or
hemlock
. “In general,
seven
hollow stems of these plants were fitted together by means of wax, having been previously cut to the proper length, and adjusted so as to form an octave; but sometimes nine were admitted, giving an equal number of notes. Another refinement in the construction of this instrument, which, however, was rarely practiced, was to arrange the pipes in a curve so as to fit the form of the lip, instead of arranging them in a plane.”—
Smith
Dict.
Greek
and Roman
Ant
.
This instrument is still used in some parts of the
East
. The reeds are of unequal length, but of equal thickness, and vary in number from five to twenty-
three
. Specimens may be occasionally seen in European and American cities in the possession of itinerant street
musicians
.
Related Books and Articles:
455. Organs
From:
Manners and Customs of the Bible
By:
James M. Freeman
Call: 1-630-543-1441
“Study to show thyself approved unto God, … rightly dividing the word of truth” (2 Timothy 2:15).
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