Easton's Bible Dictionary (1897)
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Hastings' Dictionary of the Bible (1898) & Schaff's Bible Dictionary
TIM'BREL, a musical instrument, supposed to have resembled very nearly the instrument of modern days called the tambourine. Ex 15:20. A skin is stretched over a rim like the end of a drum; around the rim are hung little Timbrel. ) bells, and the player strikes the skin with the knuckles of one hand and shakes it with the other hand. It was used in ancient times chiefly by women.