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Music played a significant role in the religious, cultural, and social life of the Israelites. It was used in worship, celebrations, and even in times of mourning.<br><br><b>Biblical References:</b><br><br>1. <b>Worship and Temple Service:</b><br> Music was integral to worship in the temple. King David, known for his musical talent, organized the Levitical musicians for temple service. In <a href="/1_chronicles/15-16.htm">1 Chronicles 15:16</a>, David instructs the leaders of the Levites to appoint their brothers as singers and musicians: "David also told the leaders of the Levites to appoint their brothers as singers to sing joyful songs, accompanied by musical instruments: lyres, harps, and cymbals."<br><br>2. <b>Instruments:</b><br> Various musical instruments are mentioned throughout the Bible, including the harp, lyre, trumpet, cymbals, and tambourine. <a href="/psalms/150-3.htm">Psalm 150:3-5</a> highlights the use of instruments in praising God: "Praise Him with the sound of the trumpet; praise Him with the harp and lyre. Praise Him with tambourine and dancing; praise Him with strings and flute. Praise Him with clashing cymbals; praise Him with resounding cymbals."<br><br>3. <b>Prophetic and Spiritual Significance:</b><br> Music often accompanied prophetic activity. In <a href="/2_kings/3-15.htm">2 Kings 3:15</a>, Elisha calls for a musician to play, and as the musician plays, the hand of the LORD comes upon Elisha: "But now bring me a harpist. And while the harpist played, the hand of the LORD came upon Elisha."<br><br>4. <b>Celebration and Victory:</b><br> Music was used to celebrate victories and significant events. After the crossing of the Red Sea, Miriam led the women in song and dance with tambourines, as recorded in <a href="/exodus/15-20.htm">Exodus 15:20-21</a>: "Then Miriam the prophetess, Aaron’s sister, took a tambourine in her hand, and all the women followed her with tambourines and dancing. And Miriam sang to them: 'Sing to the LORD, for He is highly exalted; the horse and rider He has thrown into the sea.'"<br><br>5. <b>Personal and Communal Expression:</b><br> Music was a means of personal and communal expression. The Psalms, many of which were written by David, are a testament to the use of music in expressing a range of emotions, from lament to joy. <a href="/psalms/33-2.htm">Psalm 33:2-3</a> encourages the use of music in worship: "Praise the LORD with the harp; make music to Him with ten strings. Sing to Him a new song; play skillfully with a shout of joy."<br><br>6. <b>New Testament Context:</b><br> In the New Testament, music continues to play a role in worship and community life. <a href="/ephesians/5-19.htm">Ephesians 5:19-20</a> encourages believers to speak to one another with psalms, hymns, and spiritual songs: "Speak to one another with psalms, hymns, and spiritual songs. Sing and make music in your heart to the Lord, always giving thanks to God the Father for everything, in the name of our Lord Jesus Christ."<br><br><b>Cultural and Spiritual Impact:</b><br>Musicians held an esteemed position in biblical society, often associated with the divine and the sacred. Their role was not only to entertain but to lead the people in worship and to facilitate encounters with God through music. The legacy of biblical musicians continues to influence Christian worship practices today, emphasizing the power of music to uplift, inspire, and connect believers with the divine.<a name="grk" id="grk"></a><div class="vheading2">Greek</div><a href="/greek/3451.htm"><span class="l">3451. mousikos -- skilled in the arts (esp. music)</span></a> <br><b>...</b> singer. Word Origin from Mousa (a Muse) Definition skilled in the arts<br> (esp. music) NASB Word Usage <b>musicians</b> (1). musician. From <b>...</b> <br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">//strongsnumbers.com/greek2/3451.htm</font><font color="#ff6600" size="-1"> - 6k</font><a name="heb" id="heb"></a><div class="vheading2">Strong's Hebrew</div><a href="/hebrew/5059.htm"><span class="l">5059. nagan -- to touch or play a stringed instrument</span></a><br><b>...</b> root Definition to touch or play a stringed instrument NASB Word Usage minstrel<br> (1), minstrel played (1), musician (1), <b>musicians</b> (1), play (5), play songs (1 <b>...</b> <br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">/hebrew/5059.htm</font><font color="#ff6600" size="-1"> - 6k</font><a name="lib" id="lib"></a><div class="vheading2">Library</div><p><a href="/library/starrett/letters_to_a_daughter_and_a_little_sermon_to_school_girls/biographies_of_musicians.htm"><span class="l">Biographies of <b>Musicians</b>.</span></a> <br><b>...</b> BIOGRAPHIES OF <b>MUSICIANS</b>. LIFE OF LISZT. With Portrait. LIFE OF HAYDN. With Portrait.<br> LIFE OF MOZART. With Portrait. LIFE OF WAGNER. With Portrait. <b>...</b> <br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">/.../biographies of musicians.htm</font><p><a href="/library/therese/story_of_a_soul/xvii_october_20_1893.htm"><span class="l">October 20, 1893</span></a> <br><b>...</b> SISTER,"I find in the Canticle of Canticles this passage which may be fitly applied<br> to you: "What dost thou see in thy beloved but a band of <b>musicians</b> in an <b>...</b> <br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">//christianbookshelf.org/therese/story of a soul/xvii october 20 1893.htm</font><p><a href="/library/lardner/a_vindication_of_three_of_our_blessed_saviours_miracles/section_vi_answer_to_mr.htm"><span class="l">Answer to Mr. W's Sixth Objection.</span></a> <br><b>...</b> This action of our Blessed Lord in clearing the house of hired <b>musicians</b> and<br> other people is no exception in the lest to this miracle. <b>...</b> <br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">/.../section vi answer to mr.htm</font><p><a href="/library/bridges/a_practical_discourse_on_some_principles_of_hymn-singing/a_practical_discourse_on_some.htm"><span class="l">A Practical Discourse on Some Principles of Hymn-Singing</span></a> <br><b>...</b> do I see that it can ever be otherwise, for the highest music demands a supernatural<br> material; so that it would seem an equal folly for <b>musicians</b> to neglect <b>...</b> <br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">/.../a practical discourse on some.htm</font><p><a href="/library/bridges/a_practical_discourse_on_some_principles_of_hymn-singing/preface_to_the_yattendon_hymnal.htm"><span class="l">Preface to the Yattendon Hymnal</span></a> <br><b>...</b> at the end of the volume, there is nothing to add here but a list of the sources<br> and composers in order of date, which should in the eyes of <b>musicians</b> go far <b>...</b> <br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">/.../preface to the yattendon hymnal.htm</font><p><a href="/library/kleiser/the_training_of_a_public_speaker/the_exordium_or_introduction.htm"><span class="l">The Exordium or Introduction</span></a> <br><b>...</b> As <b>musicians</b> make a prelude for obtaining silence and attention before they play<br> their selections, so orators, before they begin their cause, have specified by <b>...</b> <br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">/.../kleiser/the training of a public speaker/the exordium or introduction.htm</font><p><a href="/library/whiton/miracles_and_supernatural_religion/v_synopsis_biblical_miracles_the_effluence.htm"><span class="l">Synopsis. --Biblical Miracles the Effluence of Extraordinary Lives <b>...</b></span></a> <br><b>...</b> Through differences of vital endowment some can use color, as wonderful painters,<br> and others employ sound, as wonderful <b>musicians</b>, in ways impossible to those <b>...</b> <br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">/.../v synopsis biblical miracles the effluence.htm</font><p><a href="/library/starrett/letters_to_a_daughter_and_a_little_sermon_to_school_girls/a_little_sermon_to_school-girls.htm"><span class="l">A Little Sermon to School-Girls.</span></a> <br><b>...</b> school course you should return to your homes, skilled in all the sciences, possessed<br> of extensive knowledge of literature, fine <b>musicians</b>, fine artists, and <b>...</b> <br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">/.../a little sermon to school-girls.htm</font><p><a href="/library/flavel/on_keeping_the_heart/vi_the_sixth_season.htm"><span class="l">The Sixth Season</span></a> <br><b>...</b> Few <b>musicians</b> can take an instrument and play upon it without some time and labor<br> to tune it; few Christians can say with David, "My heart is fixed, O God, it <b>...</b> <br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">//christianbookshelf.org/flavel/on keeping the heart/vi the sixth season.htm</font><p><a href="/library/pink/the_divine_inspiration_of_the_bible/chapter_seven_the_wonderful_unity.htm"><span class="l">The Wonderful Unity of the Bible Attests Its Divine Authorship</span></a> <br><b>...</b> an immense variety of instruments playing their different parts, but producing melody<br> and harmony, we realize that at the back of these many <b>musicians</b> there is <b>...</b> <br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">/.../pink/the divine inspiration of the bible/chapter seven the wonderful unity.htm</font><a name="thes" id="thes"></a><div class="vheading2">Thesaurus</div><a href="/topical/m/musicians.htm"><span class="l"><b>Musicians</b> (6 Occurrences)</span></a><br><b>...</b> Multi-Version Concordance <b>Musicians</b> (6 Occurrences). Revelation 18:22 And<br> the voice of harpers, and <b>musicians</b>, and of pipers, and <b>...</b><br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">/m/musicians.htm - 8k</font><p><a href="/topical/j/jesharelah.htm"><span class="l">Jesharelah (1 Occurrence)</span></a><br><b>...</b> Easton's Bible Dictionary Upright towards God, the head of the seventh division<br> of Levitical <b>musicians</b> (1 Chronicles 25:14). Int. Standard Bible Encyclopedia. <b>...</b><br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">/j/jesharelah.htm - 7k</font><p><a href="/topical/w/wait.htm"><span class="l">Wait (223 Occurrences)</span></a><br><b>...</b> 8. (vi) Ambush. 9. (n.) One who watches; a watchman. 10. (vi) Hautboys, or oboes,<br> played by town <b>musicians</b>; not used in the singular. 11. <b>...</b><br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">/w/wait.htm - 41k</font><p><a href="/topical/m/mahazioth.htm"><span class="l">Mahazioth (2 Occurrences)</span></a><br><b>...</b> Easton's Bible Dictionary Visions, a Kohathite Levite, chief of the twenty-third<br> course of <b>musicians</b> (1 Chronicles 25:4, 30). Int. Standard Bible Encyclopedia. <b>...</b><br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">/m/mahazioth.htm - 7k</font><p><a href="/topical/n/noise.htm"><span class="l">Noise (126 Occurrences)</span></a><br><b>...</b> 3. (n.) Loud or continuous talk; general talk or discussion; rumor; report. 4.<br> (n.) Music, in general; a concert; also, a company of <b>musicians</b>; a band. <b>...</b><br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">/n/noise.htm - 41k</font><p><a href="/topical/j/jaaziel.htm"><span class="l">Jaaziel (1 Occurrence)</span></a><br><b>...</b> ja-a'-zi-el (ya`azi'el, "God strengthens"): In 1 Chronicles 15:18, a Levite, one<br> of the <b>musicians</b> appointed to play upon instruments at the bringing up of the <b>...</b><br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">/j/jaaziel.htm - 7k</font><p><a href="/topical/j/jehieli.htm"><span class="l">Jehieli (2 Occurrences)</span></a><br><b>...</b> je-hi'-el, je-hi'-e-li (yechi'el, "may God live!"): (1) A Levite, one of the <b>musicians</b><br> appointed to play upon instruments at the bringing up of the ark by <b>...</b><br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">/j/jehieli.htm - 9k</font><p><a href="/topical/j/jehiel.htm"><span class="l">Jehiel (17 Occurrences)</span></a><br><b>...</b> je-hi'-el, je-hi'-e-li (yechi'el, "may God live!"): (1) A Levite, one of the <b>musicians</b><br> appointed to play upon instruments at the bringing up of the ark by <b>...</b><br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">/j/jehiel.htm - 16k</font><p><a href="/topical/g/giddalti.htm"><span class="l">Giddalti (2 Occurrences)</span></a><br><b>...</b> GIDDALTI. gi-dal'-ti (giddalti, "I magnify (God)"): A son of Heman (1 Chronicles<br> 25:4, 29), one of David's <b>musicians</b>. Multi-Version Concordance <b>...</b><br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">/g/giddalti.htm - 7k</font><p><a href="/topical/g/gallery.htm"><span class="l">Gallery (2 Occurrences)</span></a><br><b>...</b> or more sides of public hall or the interior of a church, and supported by brackets<br> or columns; -- sometimes intended to be occupied by <b>musicians</b> or spectators <b>...</b><br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">/g/gallery.htm - 11k</font><p><a name="res" id="res"></a><div class="vheading2">Resources</div><a href="https://www.gotquestions.org/Bible-music.html">What does the Bible say about music? | GotQuestions.org</a><br /><br /><a href="https://www.gotquestions.org/Jeduthun-in-the-Bible.html">Who was Jeduthun in the Bible? | GotQuestions.org</a><br /><br /><a href="https://www.gotquestions.org/Saul-also-among-the-prophets.html">What does it mean that Saul is also among the prophets? | GotQuestions.org</a><br /><br /><a href="/concordance/">Bible Concordance</a> • <a href="/dictionary/">Bible Dictionary</a> • <a href="/encyclopedia/">Bible Encyclopedia</a> • <a href="/topical/">Topical Bible</a> • <a href="/thesaurus/">Bible Thesuarus</a></div></div><div id="centbox"><div class="padcent"><a name="cnc" id="cnc"></a><div class="vheading2">Concordance</div><span class="encheading">Musicians (6 Occurrences)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/revelation/18-22.htm">Revelation 18:22</a></span><br />And the voice of harpers, and <span class="boldtext">musicians</span>, and of pipers, and trumpeters, shall be heard no more at all in thee; and no craftsman, of whatsoever craft he be, shall be found any more in thee; and the sound of a millstone shall be heard no more at all in thee;<br /><span class="source">(KJV DBY WBS YLT NAS NIV)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/judges/5-11.htm">Judges 5:11</a></span><br />To the sound of <span class="boldtext">musicians</span> at the watering places, there they repeat the triumphs of the LORD, the triumphs of his peasantry in Israel. "Then down to the gates marched the people of the LORD.<br /><span class="source">(DBY RSV)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/1_kings/10-12.htm">1 Kings 10:12</a></span><br />And from the sandal-wood the king made pillars for the house of the Lord, and for the king's house, and instruments of music for the makers of melody: never has such sandal-wood been seen to this day.<br /><span class="source">(See NIV)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/2_chronicles/5-12.htm">2 Chronicles 5:12</a></span><br />And the Levites who made the music, all of them, Asaph, Heman, Jeduthun, and their sons and brothers, robed in fair linen, were in their places with their brass and corded instruments at the east side of the altar, and with them a hundred and twenty priests blowing horns;)<br /><span class="source">(See NIV)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/2_chronicles/9-11.htm">2 Chronicles 9:11</a></span><br />And with the sandal-wood the king made steps for the house of the Lord and for the king's house, and instruments of music for the makers of melody; never before had such been seen in the land of Judah.<br /><span class="source">(See NIV)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/psalms/68-25.htm">Psalms 68:25</a></span><br />The makers of songs go before, the players of music come after, among the young girls playing on brass instruments.<br /><span class="source">(See NAS NIV)</span><a name="sub" id="sub"></a><div class="vheading2">Subtopics</div><p class="pspc"><a href="/topical/m/musicians.htm">Musicians</a></p><a name="rel" id="rel"></a><div class="vheading2">Related Terms</div><p class="pspc2"><a href="/topical/m/musicians.htm">Musicians (6 Occurrences)</a></p><p class="pspc2"><a href="/topical/m/musicion.htm">Musicion (1 Occurrence)</a></div></div></td></tr></table></div><div id="left"><a href="/topical/m/musician.htm" onmouseover='lft.src="/leftgif.png"' onmouseout='lft.src="/left.png"' title="Musician"><img src="/left.png" name="lft" border="0" alt="Musician" /></a></div><div id="right"><a href="/topical/m/musicians_and_dancers.htm" onmouseover='rght.src="/rightgif.png"' onmouseout='rght.src="/right.png"' title="Musicians and Dancers"><img src="/right.png" name="rght" border="0" alt="Musicians and Dancers" /></a></div><div id="botleft"><a href="#" onmouseover='botleft.src="/botleftgif.png"' onmouseout='botleft.src="/botleft.png"' title="Top of Page"><img src="/botleft.png" name="botleft" border="0" alt="Top of Page" /></a></div><div id="botright"><a href="#" onmouseover='botright.src="/botrightgif.png"' onmouseout='botright.src="/botright.png"' title="Top of Page"><img src="/botright.png" name="botright" border="0" alt="Top of Page" /></a></div> <div id="mdd"><div align="center"><div class="bot2"><table align="center" width="100%"><tr><td><div align="center"><script id="3d27ed63fc4348d5b062c4527ae09445"> (new Image()).src = 'https://capi.connatix.com/tr/si?token=51ce25d5-1a8c-424a-8695-4bd48c750f35&cid=3a9f82d0-4344-4f8d-ac0c-e1a0eb43a405'; </script> <script id="b817b7107f1d4a7997da1b3c33457e03"> (new Image()).src = 'https://capi.connatix.com/tr/si?token=cb0edd8b-b416-47eb-8c6d-3cc96561f7e8&cid=3a9f82d0-4344-4f8d-ac0c-e1a0eb43a405'; </script><br /><br />  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-2'> </div><br /><br />  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-0' style='max-width: 300px;'> </div><br /><br />  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-3'> </div><br /><br />  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-1' style='max-width: 300px;'> </div><br /><br />  <div align="center" id='div-gpt-ad-1531425649696-0'> </div><br /><br /> <ins class="adsbygoogle" style="display:inline-block;width:200px;height:200px" data-ad-client="ca-pub-3753401421161123" data-ad-slot="3592799687"></ins> <script> (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({}); </script></div></td></tr></table></div></div></div> <br /><br /> <div align="center"> <div id="bot"><iframe width="100%" height="1500" scrolling="no" src="/botmenubhnew2.htm" frameborder="0"></iframe></div></td></tr></table></div></body></html>