noun · neuter
kumbalem
Greekκύμβαλον (kumbalon)
Strong’sG2950
a cymbal
stem kumbal-once in the New Testament1 of 6 forms occur
Translated as
What it means
κύμβαλον, -ου, τό
(< κύμβη, a cup), [in LXX chiefly for מְצֵלֶת;]
G. Abbott-Smith, A Manual Greek Lexicon of the New Testament, 1922 — public domain. References open in the reader.
Strong’s G2950 — the 1890 definition, and where the word comes from
Saidkoom'-bal-on
a "cymbal" (as hollow)
Fromfrom a derivative of the base of G2949;
King Jamescymbal.
James Strong, Exhaustive Concordance of the Bible, 1890 — public domain. The numbers in it link to the entries here.
Every form
| Job in the sentence case | one singular | more than one plural |
|---|---|---|
| subject or object direct | kumbalem1×κύμβαλον | kumbaleim |
| of, belonging to genitive | kumbaleu | kumbaleiu |
| to, for dative | kumbale | kumbalei |
Tinted cells are forms the New Testament never uses, so there is no Greek to show against them — but they are still correct Biblang, built from the slots below like any other.
Why these forms, and no others — the slots that make them
kumbale is this word in every one of its forms. The slots after it make all the rest.
same in every form varies — every value shown
Where it appears
1 occurrence, every one of them listed
kumbalem“cymbal”subject or objectdirect singular1×
1 Corinthians 13:1“cymbal”Ean tai glōssai toiu anthrōpoiu lalameiō kai toiu angeloiu, agapan de mē echameiō, ginamē chalkos ēcharōtos ē kumbalem alalazarōtem.If I speak in the tongues of men and of angels, but have not love, I am only a ringing gong or a clanging cymbal.