Scripture names a large number of musical instruments, particularly in the OT, reflecting the importance of music in Israelite worship and culture.

Exodus 19:16; 20:18

Wind instruments

Leviticus 25:9

Trumpets

Judges 3:27
1 Kings 1:39
Psalms 150:3
Revelation 8:7-13
Genesis 4:21
Job 21:12

Flutes

Psalms 150:4
Daniel 3:5-15
Matthew 9:23; 11:17
Psalms 98:4-6

Horns

See also

Exodus 19:13

The NIV translates several different Hebrew words as "ram's horn" or "horn", including "shophar" (Ps 81:3) which is translated elsewhere as "trumpet". The horn was a very similar instrument to the trumpet, being made from the horn of an animal, usually a ram.

2 Chronicles 15:14
Psalms 81:3
Genesis 4:21

Stringed instruments

1 Samuel 16:18

Harps

Job 30:31
Psalms 43:4; 81:2; 149:3; 150:3
Daniel 3:5-11
Revelation 5:8
Psalms 33:2; 71:22; 81:2; 108:2; 144:9
Daniel 3:5-10

Lyres

Psalms 4:1 Title

See also

Several of the psalms were intended to be sung to the accompaniment of stringed instruments

Psalms 6:1 Title; 54:1 Title; 55:1 Title; 61:1 Title; 67:1 Title; 76:1 Title
Psalms 149:3

Percussion instruments

Isaiah 5:12

Tambourines

See also

Genesis 31:27
Exodus 15:20-21
Judges 11:34
1 Samuel 10:5; 18:6-7
2 Samuel 6:5
Job 21:12
Psalms 68:24-25; 81:1-2; 150:4

pp 1Ch 13:8

Isaiah 24:8; 30:32
Jeremiah 31:4
Psalms 150:1-6
1 Corinthians 13:1

Cymbals

See also

2 Samuel 6:5
1 Chronicles 15:16,19; 16:5,42; 25:1,6

pp 1Ch 13:8

1 Chronicles 15:28

David's appointment of the Levites to sound the cymbals in the temple worship:

2 Chronicles 5:12-13; 29:25
Ezra 3:10
Nehemiah 12:27
2 Samuel 6:3-5

Sistrums

Daniel 3:4-5

Babylonian instruments

See also

Daniel 3:7,10,15
Revelation 18:21-22

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4657 horse
5315 fortifications
5333 healing
5401 madness
5420 music
5422 musicians
5596 victory
8627 worship, elements