What Is Psaltery in the Bible?
Object
A stringed instrument played to praise God.
A detail
- Also: the Book of Psalms, the “Psalter.”
Where it appears in the Bible
Daniel 3:5; Judith 16:1
What the Bible says
Daniel 3:5
That in the hour that you shall hear the sound of the trumpet, and of the flute, and of the harp, of the sackbut, and of the psaltery, and of the symphony, and of all kind of music; ye fall down and adore the golden statue which king Nabuchodonosor hath set up.
Judith 16:1
Begin ye to the Lord with timbrels, sing ye to the Lord with cymbals, tune unto him a new psalm, extol and call upon his name.
Douay-Rheims Bible (Challoner revision), public domain.
Source: Dictionary.com, “psaltery”