SACKBUT


Meaning of SACKBUT in English

(Daniel 3:5,7,10,15) the rendering in the Authorized Version of the Chaldee sacbbeca . If this music instrument be the same as the Greek and Latin sabbeca, the English translation is entirely wrong. The sackbut was a wind instrument See: see Music; the sambuca was a triangular instrument, with strings, and played with the hand.

Smith's Bible English dictionary.      Английский библейский словарь Смита.