sackbut Summary and Overview
Bible Dictionaries at a Glance
sackbut in Easton's Bible Dictionary
(Chald. sabkha; Gr. sambuke), a Syrian stringed instrument resembling a harp (Dan. 3:5, 7, 10, 15); not the modern sackbut, which is a wind instrument.
sackbut in Smith's Bible Dictionary
#Da 3:5,7,10,15| the rendering in the Authorized Version of the Chaldee sacbbeca. If this music instrument be the same as the Greek and Latin sabbeca, the English translation is entirely wrong. The sackbut was a wind instrument [see MUSIC]; the sambuca was a triangular instrument, with strings, and played with the hand.
sackbut in Schaff's Bible Dictionary
SACK'BUT . A sackbut is a wind instrument, but that meant in the original of Dan 3:5, etc., was a stringed instrument of a triangular shape, played with the fingers. It had four strings, and had a very penetrating sound. In process of time the strings were increased to twenty. See Music.
sackbut in Fausset's Bible Dictionary
Daniel 3:7; Daniel 3:10; Daniel 3:15. (See MUSIC.) Greek sambukee. Not, as the English term implies, a wind instrument, but played with strings. A triangle with four strings, shrill and high in key. A foreign instrument.