KJV dictionary & concordance

instruments

Meaning of “instruments”

Sense 1: Tools or implements by which work is done or effects are produced. Sense 2: Devices made to produce music.

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51 occurrences45 verses18 booksKJV PCE

Some verses contain the word more than once.

First occurrence: Genesis 49:5

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Amos 1:3

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Thus saith the Lord; For three transgressions of Damascus, and for four, I will not turn away the punishment thereof; because they have threshed Gilead with threshing instruments of iron:

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The 1611 reading & marginal notes

1611 witness · Amos 1:3 · retained source text

Thus saith the LORD; For three transgressions of Damascus, and for foure I wil not turne away the punishment thereof, because they haue threshed Gilead, with threshing instruments of yron.

1611 marginal noteOr, he for foure.

1611 marginal noteOr, conuert it, or let it be quiet. And so ver. 6. &c.

Amos 6:5

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That chant to the sound of the viol, and invent to themselves instruments of musick, like David;

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1611 witness · Amos 6:5 · retained source text

That chaunt to the sound of the Uiole, and inuent to themselues instruments of musicke, like Dauid:

1611 marginal noteOr, quauer.

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Genesis 49:5 Numbers 7:1 1 Chronicles 9:29 1 Chronicles 23:5 2 Chronicles 23:13 Psalms 7:13 Ezekiel 40:42 Romans 6:13