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Neginoth
I.e., songs with instrumental accompaniment, found in the titles of Ps 4:1–8; Ps 6:1–10; Ps 54:1–7; Ps 55:1–23; Ps 67:1–7; Ps 76:1–12; rendered “stringed instruments,” Hab 3:19, A.V. It denotes all kinds of stringed instruments, as the “harp,” “psaltery,” “viol,” etc. The “chief musician on Neginoth” is the leader of that part of the temple choir which played on stringed instruments.
Named in the Bible
6 verses
- Psalms 4:1 Hear me when I call, O God of my righteousness: thou hast enlarged me when I was in distress; have mercy upon me, and hear my prayer.
- Psalms 6:1 O LORD, rebuke me not in thine anger, neither chasten me in thy hot displeasure.
- Psalms 54:1 Save me, O God, by thy name, and judge me by thy strength.
- Psalms 55:1 Give ear to my prayer, O God; and hide not thyself from my supplication.
- Psalms 67:1 God be merciful unto us, and bless us; and cause his face to shine upon us; Selah.
- Psalms 76:1 In Judah is God known: his name is great in Israel.
From Easton’s Bible Dictionary (1897), by Matthew George Easton.
