Definition

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)

Etymology

or נֵבֶל; from H5034 (נָבֵל);

Where the KJV renders it

• bottle
• pitcher
• psaltery
• vessel
• viol

Every distinct English word the King James Version uses to translate this Hebrew term. The variety shows what readers in English receive across many different surface words — the same underlying word, scattered across the English Bible under different names.

What the first audience heard

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