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Friday, October 31st, 2025
the Week of Proper 25 / Ordinary 30

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Bible Lexicons

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Strong's #4517 - מְנַעַנְעִים

Transliteration

mᵉnaʻnaʻ

Phonetics

men-ah-ah'

Origin

from (H5128)

Parts of Speech

masculine noun

TWOT

1328a

Definition

Brown-Driver-Briggs
Strong

Brown-Driver-Briggs' Definition

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

Greek Equivalent Words:

Strong #: 2950 ‑ κύμβαλον (koom'‑bal‑on);

Frequency Lists

Book
Word

Verse Results

ASV (1)

2 Samuel 1

BSB (1)

2 Samuel 1

CSB (1)

2 Samuel 1

ESV (1)

2 Samuel 1

KJV (1)

2 Samuel 1

LEB (1)

2 Samuel 1

LSB (1)

2 Samuel 1

N95 (1)

2 Samuel 1

NAS (1)

2 Samuel 1

NLT (0)

The World English Bible
did not use
this Strong's Number

WEB (1)

2 Samuel 1

Ancient Hebrew Lexicon Definitions

1322) g n (נגה NGh) AC: Shake CO: Rattle AB: ?: (eng: wag - with the removal of n)

A) g n (נגה NGh) AC: ? CO: Rattle AB: ?: A musical instrument that is shaken.

kl^m) g n g n m (מנגהנגה MNGhNGh) - Rattle: KJV (1): cornet - Strongs: H4517 (מְנַעַנְעִים)

J) g f n (נוגה NWGh) AC: Shake CO: ? AB: ?

V) g f n (נוגה NWGh) - Shake: To wag or shake back and forth or up and down. Also a wandering as wagging about. KJV (42): (vf: Paal, Niphal, Hiphil, Participle) shake, wander, move, promote fugitive sift, stagger, wag - Strongs: H5128 (נוּעַ)

Adopted Roots:

A2458 R g n (Shake)

Brown-Driver-Briggs Expanded Definition

[מְנַעֲנֵעַ] noun [masculine] apparently a kind of rattle, only וּבִמְנַָֽעַנְעִים 2 Samuel 6:5, in list of musical instruments; ᵐ5 κύμβαλα, but this usually (12t.) = מְצִלְתַּיִם; ᵑ9 sisitra; the sistrum (Gr. σεῖστρον, from σείω) was much used in Egypt; it was a small metal frame with loose metal bars carrying loose rings, borne and swung or shaken in the hand, see Wilkinson^{Anc. Kgyptians (1878), i. 497 ff.} Now^{Archaeology l. 273} Benz^{Archaeology 278} We^{Psalm Eng. Trans. p. 233}.

נוֺעַדְיָה see יעד.

List of Word Forms

וּבִמְנַֽעַנְעִ֖ים ובמנענעים ū·ḇim·na·‘an·‘îm ūḇimna‘an‘îm uvimnaanIm