1 Chronicles 25:6
Old Testament • 17 words with Strong's data
"All these were under the hands of their father for song in the house of the LORD, with cymbals, psalteries, and harps, for the service of the house of God, according to the king’s order to Asaph, Jeduthun, and Heman."
Word-by-Word Analysis
יָד
yâd
a hand (the open one (indicating power, means, direction, etc.),
אָב
ʼâb
father, in a literal and immediate, or figurative and remote application
בַּיִת
bayith
a house (in the greatest variation of applications, especially family, etc.)
יְהֹוָה
Yᵉhôvâh
Jehovah, Jewish national name of God
מְצֵלֶת
mᵉtsêleth
(only dual) double tinklers, i.e. cymbals
נֶבֶל
nebel
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)
בַּיִת
bayith
a house (in the greatest variation of applications, especially family, etc.)
אֱלֹהִים
ʼĕlôhîym
gods in the ordinary sense; but specifically used (in the plural thus, especially with the article) of the supreme God; occasionally applied by way of...
פֶּה
peh
the mouth (as the means of blowing), whether literal or figurative (particularly speech); specifically edge, portion or side; adverbially (with prepos...
עָרַךְ
ʻârak
to set in a row, i.e. arrange, put in order (in a very wide variety of applications)
אָסָף
ʼÂçâph
Asaph, the name of three Israelites, and of the family of the first
הֵימָן
Hêymân
Heman, the name of at least two Israelites
Key Terms in This Verse
נֶבֶל nebel
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)
Study H5035 →אָסָף ʼÂçâph
Asaph, the name of three Israelites, and of the family of the first
Study H623 →עָרַךְ ʻârak
to set in a row, i.e. arrange, put in order (in a very wide variety of applications)
Study H6186 →Cross References
Speaking to yourselves in psalms and hymns and spiritual songs, singing and making melody in your heart to the Lord;
So the singers, Heman, Asaph, and Ethan, were appointed to sound with cymbals of brass;
And David spake to the chief of the Levites to appoint their brethren to be the singers with instruments of musick, psalteries and harps and cymbals, sounding, by lifting up the voice with joy.
The singers went before, the players on instruments followed after; among them were the damsels playing with timbrels.
And Chenaniah, chief of the Levites, was for song: he instructed about the song, because he was skilful.
Moreover four thousand were porters; and four thousand praised the LORD with the instruments which I made, said David, to praise therewith.
Let the word of Christ dwell in you richly in all wisdom; teaching and admonishing one another in psalms and hymns and spiritual songs, singing with grace in your hearts to the Lord.
Welcome to LOGOS Study
Your complete Bible study toolkit