NEGINOTH - Definition

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

	Definition:	\Neg"i*noth\, n. pl. [Heb. n[e^]g[=i]n[=o]th.] (Script.) Stringed instruments. --Dr. W. Smith. To the chief musician on Neginoth. --Ps. iv. 9heading).

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Easton Bible Dictionary

	Definition:	i.e., songs with instrumental accompaniment, found in the titles of Ps. 4; 6; 54; 55; 67; 76; rendered "stringed instruments," Hab. 3:19, A.V. It denotes all kinds of stringed instruments, as the "harp," "psaltery," "viol," etc. The "chief musician on Neginoth" is the leader of that part of the temple choir which played on stringed instruments.