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Gittith

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Easton's 1897Smith's 1863ISBE 19153 verse references

Easton's 1897

A stringed instrument of music. This word is found in the titles of Ps. 8, 81, 84. In these places the LXX. render the word by “on the wine-fats.” The Targum explains by “on the harp which David brought from Gath.” It is the only stringed instrument named in the titles of the Psalms.

Easton's Bible Dictionary (1897) · public domain

Smith's 1863

a musical instrument, by some supposed to have been used by the people of Gath, and by others to have been employed at the festivities of the vintage. Psal 8,81,84.

Smith's Bible Dictionary (1863) · public domain

ISBE 1915

git'-ith.

See MUSIC; PSALMS.

International Standard Bible Encyclopedia (1915) · public domain

In Scripture

3 references found in the entries above · verse links open the World English Bible

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