SACKBUT

See MUSIC.

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Sackbut. Sackbut
(Chald. sabkha; Gr. sambuke), a Syrian stringed instrument resembling a harp (Dan. 3:5, 7, 10, 15); not the modern sackbut, which is a wind instrument.

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SACKBUT. → A stringed musical instrument Da 3:5,7,10,15 → See MUSIC, INSTRUMENTS OF

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sackbut. Sackbut, n. an old musical instrument a pipe

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Sack″but (?), n. [[F. saquebute, OF. saqueboute a sackbut, earlier, a sort of hook attached to the end of a lance used by foot soldiers to unhorse cavalrymen; prop. meaning, pull and push; fr. saquier, sachier, to pull, draw (perhaps originally, to put into a bag or take out from a bag; see Sack a bag) + bouter to push (see Butt to thrust). The name was given to the musical instrument from its being lengthened and shortened.]] (Mus.) A brass wind instrument, like a bass trumpet, so contrived that it can be lengthened or shortened according to the tone required; — said to be the same as the trombone. [Written also sagbut.] Moore (Encyc. of Music). ☞ The sackbut of the Scriptures is supposed to have been a stringed instrument.