Word Summary
kymbalon: a cymbal
Original Word: κύμβαλονTransliteration: kymbalon
Phonetic Spelling: (koom'-bal-on)
Part of Speech: Noun, Neuter
Short Definition: a cymbal
Meaning: a cymbal
Strong's Concordance
cymbal.
From a derivative of the base of kuma; a "cymbal" (as hollow) -- cymbal.
see GREEK kuma
Thayer's Greek Lexicon
STRONGS NT 2950: κύμβαλονκύμβαλον,
κυμβαλου,
τό (from
κυμβος,
ὁ, a hollow (cf. cup, cupola, etc.;
Vanicek, p. 164)),
a cymbal, i. e. a hollow basin of brass, producing (when two are struck together) a musical sound (see
B. D., under the word
; Stainer, Music of the Bible, chapter ix.): 1 Corinthians 13:1. (1 Chronicles 13:8; 1 Chronicles 15:16, 19, 28; Psalm 150:5. Pindar, Xenophon, Diodorus, Josephus, others.)