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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

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First occurrence: Genesis 49:5

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Isaiah 32:7
The instruments also of the churl are evil: he deviseth wicked devices to destroy the poor with lying words, even when the needy speaketh right.
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The 1611 reading & marginal notes
1611 witness · Isaiah 32:7 · retained source text

The instruments also of the churle are euill: he deuiseth wicked deuices, to destroy the poore with lying wordes, euen when the needie speaketh right.

1611 marginal noteOr, when he speaketh against the poore in iudgement.

Isaiah 38:20
The Lord was ready to save me: therefore we will sing my songs to the stringed instruments all the days of our life in the house of the Lord.
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1611 witness · Isaiah 38:20 · retained source text

The LORD was ready to saue me: therefore we will sing my songs to the stringed instruments, all the dayes of our life, in the house of the LORD.

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