King James Bible
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STRONGS NUMBER H1761
Transliteration: dachavah
Phonetic Spelling: (dakh-av-aw')
Part of Speech: Noun Feminine
Short Definition: perhaps a musical instrument
Meaning: perhaps a musical instrument
Word Summary
dachavah: perhaps a musical instrument
Original Word: דַּחֲוָהTransliteration: dachavah
Phonetic Spelling: (dakh-av-aw')
Part of Speech: Noun Feminine
Short Definition: perhaps a musical instrument
Meaning: perhaps a musical instrument
Strong's Concordance
instrument of music (Aramaic) from the equivalent of dachah; probably a musical instrument (as being struck) -- instrument of music.
see HEBREW dachah
Brown-Driver-Briggs
H1761. dachavah
[דַּחֲוָה] noun feminine dubious; — plural absolute דַּחֲוָן Daniel 6:19, Vrss conject.; AV RV instrument of music (so AE, assuming meaning strike [strings] for דְּחָא [Biblical Hebrew דָּחָה] thrust; Saad RVm dancing-girls; Bertholet al. concubines (from sens. obsc. of Arabic , but then read probably לְחֵנָן (5:2-3, 23) Marti Prince Dr.