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תֹּף H8596
H8596 is the Hebrew word תֹּף, transliterated tôph and said tofe. The King James Version most often renders it tabrets.
What it means
a tambourine.
Where it comes from
from H8608 (תָּפַף) contracted.
How the King James Version translates it
Across 17 tagged occurrences, counted from this edition's word index.
Strong's own list of renderings: tabret, timbrel.
Verses using תֹּף
All 16 verses, quoted in full.
Genesis 31:27 · KJV
Wherefore didst thou flee away secretly, and steal away from me; and didst not tell me, that I might have sent thee away with mirth, and with songs, with tabret, and with harp?
Exodus 15:20 · KJV
And Miriam the prophetess, the sister of Aaron, took a timbrel in her hand; and all the women went out after her with timbrels and with dances.
Judges 11:34 · KJV
And Jephthah came to Mizpeh unto his house, and, behold, his daughter came out to meet him with timbrels and with dances: and she was his only child; beside her he had neither son nor daughter.
1 Samuel 10:5 · KJV
After that thou shalt come to the hill of God, where is the garrison of the Philistines: and it shall come to pass, when thou art come thither to the city, that thou shalt meet a company of prophets coming down from the high place with a psaltery, and a tabret, and a pipe, and a harp, before them; and they shall prophesy:
1 Samuel 18:6 · KJV
And it came to pass as they came, when David was returned from the slaughter of the Philistine, that the women came out of all cities of Israel, singing and dancing, to meet king Saul, with tabrets, with joy, and with instruments of musick.
2 Samuel 6:5 · KJV
And David and all the house of Israel played before the LORD on all manner of instruments made of fir wood, even on harps, and on psalteries, and on timbrels, and on cornets, and on cymbals.
1 Chronicles 13:8 · KJV
And David and all Israel played before God with all their might, and with singing, and with harps, and with psalteries, and with timbrels, and with cymbals, and with trumpets.
Job 21:12 · KJV
They take the timbrel and harp, and rejoice at the sound of the organ.
Psalm 81:2 · KJV
Take a psalm, and bring hither the timbrel, the pleasant harp with the psaltery.
Psalm 149:3 · KJV
Let them praise his name in the dance: let them sing praises unto him with the timbrel and harp.
Psalm 150:4 · KJV
Praise him with the timbrel and dance: praise him with stringed instruments and organs.
Isaiah 5:12 · KJV
And the harp, and the viol, the tabret, and pipe, and wine, are in their feasts: but they regard not the work of the LORD, neither consider the operation of his hands.
Isaiah 24:8 · KJV
The mirth of tabrets ceaseth, the noise of them that rejoice endeth, the joy of the harp ceaseth.
Isaiah 30:32 · KJV
And in every place where the grounded staff shall pass, which the LORD shall lay upon him, it shall be with tabrets and harps: and in battles of shaking will he fight with it.
Jeremiah 31:4 · KJV
Again I will build thee, and thou shalt be built, O virgin of Israel: thou shalt again be adorned with thy tabrets, and shalt go forth in the dances of them that make merry.
Ezekiel 28:13 · KJV
Thou hast been in Eden the garden of God; every precious stone was thy covering, the sardius, topaz, and the diamond, the beryl, the onyx, and the jasper, the sapphire, the emerald, and the carbuncle, and gold: the workmanship of thy tabrets and of thy pipes was prepared in thee in the day that thou wast created.
Common questions
What does Strong's H8596 mean?
H8596 is the Hebrew word תֹּף (tôph), meaning a tambourine.
How is H8596 translated in the King James Version?
The King James translators rendered it tabrets (5 times), timbrel (4 times), timbrels (4 times), tabret (3 times), hither the timbrel (1 time).
How many times does H8596 appear in the Bible?
תֹּף (tôph) is tagged in 16 verses of the King James Version in this edition's word index.
Where does H8596 come from?
Strong's gives its derivation as: from H8608 (תָּפַף) contracted.
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