- -  INSTRUMENTS OF
......  Invented by Jubal: ...  Ge 4:21|
......  Invented by David: ...  1Ch 23:5; 2Ch 7:6; 29:26; Am 6:5|
......  Made by Solomon: ...  1Ki 10:12; 2Ch 9:11; Ec 2:8|
......  Made by Tyrians: ...  Eze 28:13|

......  CORNET: ...  Da 3:5,7,10|
......  See CYMBAL 
......  DULCIMER, a double pipe: ...  Da 3:5,10,15|
......  FLUTE: ...  Da 3:5,7,10,15|
......  GITTITH, a stringed instrument: ...  Ps 8; 81; 84|
......  See HARP 
......  ORGAN, probably composed of pipes furnishing a number of notes: ...  Ge 4:21; Job 21:12; 30:31; Ps 150:4|
......  See PIPE 
......  See PSALTERY 
......  SACKBUT, a harp: ...  Da 3:5,7,10,15|
......  TABRET
......  See TIMBREL, a tambourine
......  See TRUMPET 
......  VIOL, a lyre: ...  Isa 5:12; 14:11; Am 5:23; 6:5|
......  Cymbals: ...  1Ch 16:5; Ps 150:5|
......  Cornet: ...  Ps 98:6; Ho 5:8|
......  Dulcimer: ...  Da 3:5|
......  Flute: ...  Da 3:5|
......  Harp: ...  Ps 137:2; Eze 26:13|
......  Organ: ...  Ge 4:21; Job 21:12; Ps 150:4|
......  Pipe: ...  1Ki 1:40; Isa 5:12; Jer 48:36|
......  Psaltery: ...  Ps 33:2; 71:22|
......  Sackbut: ...  Da 3:5|
......  Tabret: ...  1Sa 10:5; Isa 24:8|
......  Timbrel: ...  Ex 15:20; Ps 68:25|
......  Trumpet: ...  2Ki 11:14; 2Ch 29:27|
......  Viol: ...  Isa 14:11; Am 5:23|
......  Made of fir wood: ...  2Sa 6:5|
......  Made of almug wood: ...  1Ki 10:12|
......  Made of brass: ...  1Co 13:1|
......  Made of silver: ...  Nu 10:2|
......  Made of horns of animals: ...  Jos 6:8|
......  Many, with strings: ...  Ps 33:2; 150:4|
......  Early invention of: ...  Ge 4:21|
......  Invented by David: ...  1Ch 23:5; 2Ch 7:6|
......  The Jews chastised for inventing: ...  Am 6:5|
......  Often expensively ornamented: ...  Eze 28:13|
......  Great diversity of: ...  Ec 2:8|

- -  THE JEWS USED
......  In sacred processions: ...  2Sa 6:4,5,15; 1Ch 13:6-8; 15:27,28|
......  At laying foundation of temple: ...  Ezr 3:9,10|
......  At consecration of temple: ...  2Ch 5:11-13|
......  At coronation of kings: ...  2Ch 23:11,13|
......  At dedication of city walls: ...  Ne 12:27,28|
......  To celebrate victories: ...  Ex 15:20; 1Sa 18:6,7|
......  In religious feasts: ...  2Ch 30:21|
......  In private entertainments: ...  Isa 5:12; Am 6:5|
......  In dances: ...  Mt 11:17; Lu 15:25|
......  In funeral ceremonies: ...  Mt 9:23|
......  In commemorating great men: ...  2Ch 35:25|

- -  ILLUSTRATIVE
......  Of joy and gladness: ...  Zep 3:17; Eph 5:19|
......  Of heavenly felicity: ...  Re 5:8,9|
......  (Ceasing of,) of calamities: ...  Isa 24:8,9; Re 18:22|

- -  Appointed to be used in the temple: ...  1Ch 16:4-6; 23:5,6; 25:1; 2Ch 29:25|
- -  Custom of sending away friends with: ...  Ge 31:27|
- -  Used in idol worship: ...  Da 3:5|
- -  The movements of armies regulated by: ...  Jos 6:8; 1Co 14:8|
- -  Generally put aside in times of affliction: ...  Ps 137:2-4; Da 6:18|
- -  Teachers of: ...  1Ch 15:22; 25:7,8; 2Ch 23:13|
- -  Physical effect of, on man: ...  1Sa 6:15,16|
- -  Discoursed during the offering of sacrifices: ...  2Ch 29:27,28|
- -  Precentor: ...  Ne 12:42|
- -  Chief musician: ...  Ne 12:42; Hab 3:19|
- -  Chambers for musicians in the temple, in Ezekiel's vision: ...  Eze 40:44|
- -  In heaven: ...  Re 5:8,9; 14:2,3; 15:2,3|
- -  Designed to promote joy: ...  Ec 2:8,10|
- -  Vanity of all unsanctified: ...  Ec 2:8,11|
- -  Considered efficacious in mental disorders: ...  1Sa 16:14-17,23|
- -  Effects produced on the prophets of old by: ...  1Sa 10:5,6; 2Ki 3:15|

- -  UNCLASSIFIED SCRIPTURES RELATING TO: ...  Ge 31:27; Ex 15:1,20,21; 21:17-20; Jud 5:1-3; 11:34; 1Sa 18:6,7; 2Sa 19:35; 1Ki 1:40; 1Ch 6:31,32; 15:16-22,24,27,28; 16:4-39,41,42; 22:3,5,6,27,30; 25:1,5,6,7,8; 2Ch 5:12,13; 20:19,21,22,28; 23:13,18; 29:25-28; 31:2; 35:15,25; Ezr 2:64; 3:10,11; Neh 12:24,27-31; Job 21:12; 30:31; Ps 33:1-4; 68:4,25,26,32-35; 81:1-3; 87:7; 92:1-3; 95:1,2; 98:1-8; 104:33; 105:2; 135:1,2,3; 137:1-6; 144:9; 149:1-3,6; 150:1-6; Pr 25:20; Ec 2:8; Isa 5:12; 14:11; 16:10; 23:16; 24:8,9; 30:29,32; Jer 31:4; Eze 26:13; 33:32; Da 3:4,6,7; Am 6:5; 8:10; Mt 9:23; 11:17; Mr 14:26; 1Co 14:15; Eph 5:19; Col 3:16; Heb 2:12; Re 14:2,3; 18:22|

- -  See PRAISE 
- -  See PSALMS 
 

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MUSIC, SYMBOLS USED IN PSALMS
- -  ALAMOTH
......  (Literally virgins)
......  A musical term which appears in: ...  1Ch 15:20|
......  And in the title of: ...  Ps 46:1|
......  (It seems to indicate the rendering of the song by female voices, possibly soprano)

- -  AL-TASCHITH
......  It appears in the titles of: ...  Ps 57:1; 58:1; 59:1; 75:1|
......  (it seems to have been used to indicate the kind of ode, or the kind of melody in which the ode should be sung.)

- -  HIGGAION: ...  Ps 92:3|
......  (According to Gesenius, it signifies the murmuring tone of a harp, and hence that the music should be rendered in a plaintive manner.): ...  Ps 9:16|
......  (Combined with "Selah," it may have been intended to indicate a pause in the vocal music while the instruments rendered an interlude.): ...  Ps 19:14|
......  (Mendelssohn translates it "meditation, thought." Hence, the music was to be rendered in a mode to promote devout meditation.)

- -  MAKALATH, MASCHIL, LEANNOTH
......  These terms are found in the titles of: ...  Ps 53:1; 88:1|
......  (Authorities grope in darkness as to their signification. They may indicate the instruments to be played, or the melody to be sung)

- -  MASCHIL
......  This musical sign occurs in the titles of: ...  Ps 32:1; 42:1; 44:1; 45:1; 52:1; 53:1; 54:1; 55:1; 74:1;  78:1; 88:1; 89:1; 142:1|
......  (The meaning is obscure. But its signification where it occurs elsewhere than in the titles of Psalms is equivalent to the English word "instruction," or to become wise by instruction; hence, Ps 47:7: "Sing ye praises with understanding.")

- -  MICAHTAM
......  A musical term in the titles of: ...  Ps 16:1; 56:1; 57:1; 58:1; 59:1; 60:1|
......  (Luther interprets this as "golden," that is, "precious." Ewald interprets it as signifying a plaintive manner.)

- -  MUTH-LABBEN
......  In the title of: ...  Ps 9:1|
......  (Authorities, ancient and modern, differ as to the probable signification. Gesenius and De Wette interpret it, "with the voice of virgins, by boys." Others derive the word from a different Hebrew root, and interpret it as indicating that the Psalm was a funeral ode.)

- -  NEGINAH and NEGINOTH
......  Appear in the titles of: ...  Ps 4:1; 54:1; 55:1; 61:1; 67:1; Hab 3:19|
......  (Its use seems to have been to indicate that the song should be accompanied by stringed instruments.)

- -  NEHILOTH
......  Appears in the title of: ...  Ps 5:1|
......  (It seems to indicate, according to Gesenius, that when this Psalm was sung it was to be accompanied by wind instruments.)

- -  SELAH
......  (This term appears frequently in the Psalms. Its use is not known. Possibly it signified a pause in the vocal music while an instrumental interlude or finale was rendered.)

- -  SHEMINITH
......  In the titles of: ...  Ps 6:1; 12:1|
......  (Translated "eighth," probably indicates the measure, movement, or pitch.)

- -  SHIGGAION
......  In the title of: ...  Ps 7:1|
......  And its plural, SHIGIONOTH, in the title of: ...  Hab 3:1|
......  (Supposed to be a musical term to guide in rendering the song. At the close of the chapter, the author refers the ode "to the chief musician, on my stringed instruments." The term may suggest the movement in interpreting the music set to it.)

- -  SHOSHANNIM and SHUSHAN-EDUTH
......  In the titles to: ...  Ps 45:1; 60:1; 69:1; 80:1|
......  (Seems to indicate the manner in which these Psalms were to be rendered. Kimchi, Tremellius, and Eichhorn render it "hexachorda," that is, that in singing these Psalms instruments of six strings were to accompany.)
 
 
 

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MUSTARD
- -  General scriptures concerning: ...  Mt 13:31,32|
 
 

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MUSTER
- -  Of troops: ...  1Sa 14:17; 2Sa 20:4; 1Ki 20:26; 2Ki 25:19; Isa 13:4|
- -  See ARMIES 
 
 

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MUTINY
- -  Israelites against Moses: ...  Nu 14:4|
- -  See CONSPIRACY 
 
 

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MYRRH
- -  (A fragrant gum)
- -  A product of the land of Canaan: ...  So 4:6,14; 5:1|
- -  One of the compounds in the sacred anointing oil: ...  Ex 30:23|
- -  Used as a perfume: ...  Es 2:12; Ps 45:8; Pr 7:17; So 3:6; 5:13|
- -  Brought by the wise men (Magi) as a present to Jesus: ...  Mt 2:11|
- -  Offered to Jesus on the cross: ...  Mr 15:23|
- -  Used for embalming: ...  Joh 19:39|
- -  Traffic in: ...  Ge 37:25; 43:11|
 
 

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MYRTLE
- -  General scriptures concerning: ...  Ne 8:15; Isa 41:19; 55:13; Zec 1:8|
 
 

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MYSTERIES
- -  OF REDEMPTION: ...  De 29:29; Job 15:8; Ps 25:14; Pr 3:32; Am 3:7; Mt 11:25; 13:11,35; Mr 4:11; Lu 8:10; Joh 3:8-12; Ro 16:25,26; 1Co 2:7-10; 2Co 3:12-18; Eph 1:9,10; 3:3-5,9,18,19; 6:19; Col 1:25-27; 2:2; 4:3,4; 2Th 2:7; 1Ti 3:9,16; Heb 5:11; 1Pe 1:10-12; Re 10:7|
......  See SALVATION, PLAN OF