תֹּף toph
Hebrew word for “tambourine” · Strong’s H8596 · used 17 times in 16 verses
Meaning
timbrel, tambourine
How it is translated
Glosses given for toph in context, with how often each is used:
- tambourine 8
- tambourines 8
- will be with tambourines 1
Where it is used
| Book | Uses | Per 1,000 words | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Psalms | 3 | 0.2 | |
| Isaiah | 3 | 0.2 | |
| Exodus | 2 | 0.1 | |
| 1 Samuel | 2 | 0.2 | |
| Genesis | 1 | 0.0 | |
| Judges | 1 | 0.1 | |
| 2 Samuel | 1 | 0.1 | |
| 1 Chronicles | 1 | 0.1 | |
| Job | 1 | 0.1 | |
| Jeremiah | 1 | 0.0 | |
| Ezekiel | 1 | 0.1 |
Chapters where it is used most
Genesis 31 (1), Exodus 15 (1), Judges 11 (1), 1 Samuel 10 (1), 1 Samuel 18 (1), 2 Samuel 6 (1), 1 Chronicles 13 (1), Job 21 (1), Psalms 81 (1), Psalms 149 (1)
Forms
- בתפים 4
- בתף 3
- ובתפים 2
- תף 2
- תפיך 2
- התף 1
- ותף 1
- כתף 1
- תפים 1
Words used with it
Words that share verses with toph more often than their overall frequency would suggest:
- כִּנּוֹר kinnor “lyre” 10
- נֵבֶל nevel “harp” 5
- מָחוֹל machol “dance” 3
- מְחוֹלָה mecholah “dance” 3
- שָׂחַק sachaq “to laugh” 3
- עוּגָב ugav “pipe” 2
- חָלִיל chalil “flute” 2
- יָצָא yatsa “to come out” 4
- שִׁיר shir “song” 2
- שִׂמְחָה simchah “joy” 2
- קָרָא qara “to encounter” 2
- הָלַל halal “to boast” 2
Key verses
The verses using toph that are most connected by cross-references (King James Version):
- Genesis 31:27 — 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…
- Exodus 15:20 — 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 — 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…
- 1 Samuel 10:5 — 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,…
- 2 Samuel 6:5 — 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,…
- 1 Chronicles 13:8 — 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,…
- Psalms 81:2 — Take a psalm, and bring hither the timbrel, the pleasant harp with the psaltery.
- Psalms 149:3 — Let them praise his name in the dance: let them sing praises unto him with the timbrel and harp.
- Psalms 150:4 — Praise him with the timbrel and dance: praise him with stringed instruments and organs.
- Isaiah 5:12 — 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…
- Jeremiah 31:4 — 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…
- Ezekiel 28:13 — 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…
See all 16 verses in the Word Atlas
Hebrew and Greek text, tagging, glosses and lexicon definitions: STEPBible.org, Tyndale House Cambridge (TAHOT, TAGNT, TBESH, TBESG; CC BY 4.0), adapted. Counts follow King James verse numbering; a word counts each time it is written.