Easton: Gittith

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Source: Matthew Easton, Illustrated Bible Dictionary (1897) (Gittith) · external_aligned

A stringed instrument of music. This word is found in the titles of Ps. 8, 81, 84. In these places the LXX. render the word by “on the wine-fats.” The Targum explains by “on the harp which David brought from Gath.” It is the only stringed instrument named in the titles of the Psalms.

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