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from The Century Dictionary.
- noun A Hebrew musical instrument, probably a syrinx, but possibly some simple pipe: translated ‘organ’ in the authorized version of the Bible. In modern Hebrew the term is applied to the organ and the piano.
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The ` ugab (Gen. 4: 21; Job 21: 12; 30: 31), probably the so-called Pan's pipes or syrinx.
Easton's Bible Dictionary M.G. Easton 1897
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+ The syrinx, pandean pipe or bagpipe (ugab); translated "organ" in (Genesis 4: 21) Either like the bagpipe, or a series of pipes from 5 to 23 in number, though usually only 7.
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The passage, however, shows that the ugab was known in the time of Moses, who was "learned in all the learning of the
The Recent Revolution in Organ Building Being an Account of Modern Developments George Laing Miller
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Stainer ( "Dictionary of Musical Terms," p. 444) says: "It is probable that in its earliest form the _ugab_ was nothing more than a
The Recent Revolution in Organ Building Being an Account of Modern Developments George Laing Miller
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