jubal Summary and Overview
Bible Dictionaries at a Glance
jubal in Easton's Bible Dictionary
jubilee, music, Lamech's second son by Adah, of the line of Cain. He was the inventor of "the harp" (Heb. kinnor, properly "lyre") and "the organ" (Heb. 'ugab, properly "mouth-organ" or Pan's pipe), Gen. 4:21.
jubal in Smith's Bible Dictionary
(music), a son of Lamech by Adah, and the inventor of the "harp and organ." #Ge 4:21|
jubal in Fausset's Bible Dictionary
Lamech's son by Adah; invented the harp and organ (pipe), i.e. stringed and wind instruments (Gen 4:21). Brother of Jabal, the beginner of pastoral life. The connection herein is implied between nomadic life and music, which can be practiced in the leisure afforded by such a life. Pan and Apollo, to whom the Greeks attributed the invention of the pipe and lyre respectively, were represented as shepherds.