Reference: Minstrel
Easton
(Mt 9:23), a flute-player. Such music was a usual accompaniment of funerals. In 2Ki 3:15 it denotes a player on a stringed instrument.
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Now bring me a musician. As the musician played his harp, the power of Jehovah came on Elisha.
Jesus went into the official's house and saw flute players and the crowd making a lot of noise.
Fausets
A player upon the" harp" or kinor (1Sa 16:16; 18:10; 19:9). Elisha called for a minstrel to withdraw his mind from the outer world, so that his spirit might be in a state to receive the divine revelation (2Ki 3:15). Music was often so used to prepare the frame for spiritual influences (1Sa 10:5-11) and to soothe an evil spirit of excitement, as when David played to calm Saul. In Mt 9:23 the "minstrels" were flute players employed as professional mourners at a funeral (Ec 12:5; Jer 9:17-20; 2Ch 35:25).
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After that you will come to Gibeah, the hill of God, where an armed force of the Philistines is stationed. When you come to the town, you will see a band of prophets coming down from the high place with instruments of music before them. They will be acting like prophets: The Spirit of Jehovah will come upon you with power. You will be acting like a prophet with them, and will be changed into a different person. read more. When you see these signs be sure to take what is offered to you. For God is with you. Go ahead of me to Gilgal. I will come to sacrifice burnt offerings and make fellowship offerings. Wait seven days until I come to tell you what to do. When Saul tried to leave Samuel, God changed his mind. That day all these signs happened. When Saul came to the hill a group of prophets came to meet him. God's Spirit came over him. He prophesied with them. All those who knew him before saw how he prophesied with the prophets. They asked one another: What has happened to the son of Kish? Is Saul one of the prophets?
So give us the order and we will look for a man who knows how to play the harp. Then when the distressing spirit comes on you, the man can play his harp, and you will be all right again.
The next day Jehovah let a distressing spirit take control of Saul. He began acting like a crazy man inside his house. David came to play the harp for Saul as usual. This time Saul had a spear in his hand.
One night, David was in Saul's home, playing the harp for him. Saul sat there with a spear in his hand. The distressing spirit from Jehovah took control of him.
Now bring me a musician. As the musician played his harp, the power of Jehovah came on Elisha.
Also when they will be afraid of what is high, and fears will be in the way, and the almond tree will flourish, and the grasshopper will be a burden, and the caper berry breaks and desire fails, man goes to his long lasting home and the mourners go about the streets.
Jehovah of Hosts says: 'Consider the mourning women that they may come. Send for the wailing women that they may come! Let them hurry and take up a wailing for us. Let our eyes shed tears and our eyelids flow with water. read more. A voice of wailing is heard from Zion: How we are ruined! We are put to great shame for we have left the land, because they have cast down our dwellings. Listen to the word of Jehovah, you women, and open your ears to hear his words. Teach your daughters how to cry. Teach your neighbors funeral songs.
Jesus went into the official's house and saw flute players and the crowd making a lot of noise.
Morish
The word nagan signifies a player on a stringed instrument, a harpist, though used of players of any musical instrument. Elisha once when solicited to give advice asked for a minstrel to be brought, and 'when the minstrel played, the hand of the Lord came upon him.' 2Ki 3:15. The minstrels mentioned in Mt 9:23 were pipers or flute-players hired to assist in mourning.
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Now bring me a musician. As the musician played his harp, the power of Jehovah came on Elisha.
Jesus went into the official's house and saw flute players and the crowd making a lot of noise.
Smith
Minstrel.
The Hebrew word in
properly signifies a player upon a stringed instruments like the harp or kinnor [HARP], whatever its precise character may have been, on which David played before Saul,
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and which the harlots of the great cities used to carry with them as they walked, to attract notice.
The "minstrels" in
were the flute-players who were employed as professional mourners, to whom frequent allusion is made.
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So give us the order and we will look for a man who knows how to play the harp. Then when the distressing spirit comes on you, the man can play his harp, and you will be all right again.
The next day Jehovah let a distressing spirit take control of Saul. He began acting like a crazy man inside his house. David came to play the harp for Saul as usual. This time Saul had a spear in his hand.
One night, David was in Saul's home, playing the harp for him. Saul sat there with a spear in his hand. The distressing spirit from Jehovah took control of him.
Now bring me a musician. As the musician played his harp, the power of Jehovah came on Elisha.
Then Jeremiah chanted a lament for Josiah. All the male and female singers speak about Josiah in their lamentations (dirges) to this day. They made them an ordinance in Israel. They are also written in the Lamentations.
Also when they will be afraid of what is high, and fears will be in the way, and the almond tree will flourish, and the grasshopper will be a burden, and the caper berry breaks and desire fails, man goes to his long lasting home and the mourners go about the streets.
Take harp and walk about the city, O forgotten prostitute. Pluck the strings skillfully; sing many songs, that you may be remembered.
Jehovah of Hosts says: 'Consider the mourning women that they may come. Send for the wailing women that they may come! Let them hurry and take up a wailing for us. Let our eyes shed tears and our eyelids flow with water. read more. A voice of wailing is heard from Zion: How we are ruined! We are put to great shame for we have left the land, because they have cast down our dwellings. Listen to the word of Jehovah, you women, and open your ears to hear his words. Teach your daughters how to cry. Teach your neighbors funeral songs.
Jesus went into the official's house and saw flute players and the crowd making a lot of noise.