נֵבֶל
nēbel
bag
Strong's H5035NounHebrewTWOT 1284b

נֵבֶל (nēbel) is a Hebrew noun meaning bag. It appears 38 times in 12 books of the Hebrew Bible (Strong's H5035).

Also rendered

Same Hebrew root (TWOT 1284b)

Range of meaning (TWOT 1284b)harp, lute, guitar; bag, collapsing, vase, lyre; bottle, pitcher, psaltery, vessel, viol
Full entry: Brown-Driver-Briggs and Strong's

נֵ֫בֶל noun, masculine: harp, lute, guitar

נֶ֫בֶל noun, masculine a musical instrument, either a portable harp, or a lute, guitar

Strong's H5035 נֶבֶל: 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)
KJV:bottle, pitcher, psaltery, vessel, viol.

Meanings: Brown-Driver-Briggs (1906) and Strong's Hebrew Dictionary (1890), public domain, via the Open Scriptures Hebrew Bible Project (CC BY 4.0). TWOT numbers for reference only.

Root family 1284: נבל nbl — Root of: נֵ֫בֶל skin-bottle, skin; נֵ֫בֶל harp, lute, guitar

See it in Scripture

1 Samuel 1:242 Samuel 6:51 Kings 10:12

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