Dict: easton - Cymbals

Cymbals @ (Heb. tzeltzelim, from a root meaning to "tinkle"), musical instruments, consisting of two convex pieces of brass one held in each hand, which were clashed together to produce a loud clanging sound; castanets; "loud cymbals." "Highsounding cymbals" consisted of two larger plates, one held also in each hand ( kjv@2Samuel:6:5; kjv@Psalms:150:5; kjv@1Chronicles:13:8 kjv@1Chronicles:15:16 kjv@1Chronicles:15:19, 28; kjv@1Corinthians:13:1).