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Psalm 92

Psa. 92:3 KJV (With Strong’s)

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Upon an instrument of ten strings
`asowr (Hebrew #6218)
from 6235; ten; by abbrev. ten strings, and so a decachord
KJV usage: (instrument of) ten (strings, -th).
Pronounce: aw-sore'
Origin: or masor {aw-sore'}
, and upon the psaltery
nebel (Hebrew #5035)
from 5034; 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)
KJV usage: bottle, pitcher, psaltery, vessel, viol.
Pronounce: neh'-bel
Origin: or nebel {nay'-bel}
; νupon the harp
kinnowr (Hebrew #3658)
a harp
KJV usage: harp.
Pronounce: kin-nore'
Origin: from a unused root meaning to twang
with πa solemn sound
higgayown (Hebrew #1902)
a murmuring sound, i.e. a musical notation (probably similar to the modern affettuoso to indicate solemnity of movement); by implication, a machination
KJV usage: device, Higgaion, meditation, solemn sound.
Pronounce: hig-gaw-yone'
Origin: intensive from 1897
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or, upon the solemn sound with the harp.
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Higgaion,
Psa. 9:16• 16Jehovah is become known;{HR}He hath executed judgment:{HR}In the work of his own hands the wicked [man] is ensnared.{HR}Higgayon. Selah. (Psa. 9:16)
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Harp,
Psaltery,
Ten

Cross References

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instrument.
Psa. 33:2• 2Give ye thanks unto Jehovah upon the harp;{HR}Upon a psaltery of ten strings sing ye praises unto him. (Psa. 33:2)
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Psa. 57:8• 8Awake, my glory! awake, lute and harp!{HR}I will wake the dawn . (Psa. 57:8)
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Psa. 68:25• 25Before went singers, behind players on stringed instruments,{HR}In the midst of maidens playing on timbrels. (Psa. 68:25)
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Psa. 81:2‑3• 2Raise a song and strike the timbrel,{HR}The pleasant harp with psaltery.
 3Blow the trumpet at the new moon,{HR}At the set time, on our feast day. (Psa. 81:2‑3)
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Psa. 149:3• 3Let them praise his name in the dance;{HR}With timbrel and harp let them sing psalms to him. (Psa. 149:3)
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Psa. 150:3‑5• 3Praise him with blast of trumpet;{HR}Praise him with lute and harp.
 4Praise him with timbrel and dance;{HR}Praise him with instruments and pipe.
 5Praise him with loud cymbals;{HR}Praise him with high-sounding cymbals. (Psa. 150:3‑5)
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1 Chron. 15:16• 16And David spake to the chief of the Levites to appoint their brethren to be the singers with instruments of music, psalteries and harps and cymbals, sounding, by lifting up the voice with joy. (1 Chron. 15:16)
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1 Chron. 25:6• 6All these were under the direction of their fathers Asaph, Jeduthun, and Heman, for song in the house of Jehovah, with cymbals, lutes and harps, for the service of the house of God, under the direction of the king. (1 Chron. 25:6)
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2 Chron. 23:5• 5and a third part shall be at the king's house; and a third part at the gate of the foundation; and all the people shall be in the courts of the house of Jehovah. (2 Chron. 23:5)
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2 Chron. 29:25• 25And he set the Levites in the house of Jehovah with cymbals, with psalteries, and with harps, according to the commandment of David, and of Gad the king's seer, and Nathan the prophet; for so was the commandment of Jehovah by his prophets. (2 Chron. 29:25)
the harp, etc.
or, the solemn sound with the harp.
a solemnsound.
Heb. Higgaion.
Psa. 9:16• 16Jehovah is become known;{HR}He hath executed judgment:{HR}In the work of his own hands the wicked [man] is ensnared.{HR}Higgayon. Selah. (Psa. 9:16)

J. N. Darby Translation

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Upon an instrument of ten strings and upon the lute; upon the Higgaionf with the harp.

JND Translation Notes

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Perhaps an instrument of music, or the softened tones of a harp (see Ps. 9.16); or "meditation," as Ps. 19.14.

W. Kelly Translation

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On decachord and on psaltery,{HR}On a meditation witha a harp,

WK Translation Notes

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Higgaion.