I.e., songs with instrumental accompaniment, found in the titles of Psalm 4 ; 6 ; 54 ; 55 ; 67 ; 76 ; rendered "stringed instruments," Habakkuk 3:19 , A.V. It denotes all kinds of stringed instruments, as the "harp," "psaltery," "viol," etc. The "chief musician on Neginoth" is the leader of that part of the temple choir which played on stringed instruments.
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source-manifest/easton— Easton's Bible Dictionary (PD)