Strong's Hebrew Concordance

H4517: מְנַעְנַע

mᵉnaʻnaʻ · pronounced men-ah-ah' · “castanets”

Definition

a sistrum (so called from its rattling sound)

KJV translates it as: cornet.

Word origin: from H5128 (נוּעַ);

Extended definition

1) a kind of rattle
1a) a kind of rattle used as a musical instrument

Brief lexicon based on BDB via STEPBible TBESH (CC BY 4.0).

How H4517 is translated

  • rattles ×1

Bible verses with H4517 (mᵉnaʻnaʻ)

Mᵉnaʻnaʻ appears in 1 verse.

  • 2 Samuel 6:5

    And David and all the house of Israel played before the Lord on all manner of instruments made of fir wood, even on harps, and on psalteries, and on timbrels, and on cornets, and on cymbals.