Strong’s Hebrew and Greek Lexicon
מַשְׂכִּיל
- Transliteration
- maskîyl
- Pronunciation
- mas-keel'
- Language
- Hebrew
- Indexed occurrences
- 14
Glosses
Maschil.
Lexicon definition
instructive, i.e. a didactic poem
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Maschil
A title, or inscription, at the head of several psalms of David and others, in the book of Psalms. Thus Psalm xxxii is inscribed, A Psalm of David, Maschil; This unified study connects 5 installed resource categories without replacing their source records.
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- Historical Reference: Nave’s Topical Bible — Public domain
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- Historical Reference: A Biblical and Theological Dictionary
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- מַשְׂכִּיל · maskîyl
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Complete dictionary entries
Easton’s Bible Dictionary (1897)
Maschil
Instructing, occurs in the title of thirteen Psalms (32, 42, 44, etc.). It denotes a song enforcing some lesson of wisdom or piety, a didactic song. In Ps. 47:7 it is rendered, Authorized Version, "with understanding;" Revised Version, marg., "in a skilful psalm."
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A Biblical and Theological Dictionary
MASCHIL
a title, or inscription, at the head of several psalms of David and others, in the book of Psalms. Thus Psalm xxxii is inscribed, A Psalm of David, Maschil;” and Psalm xlii, To the chief musician, Maschil, for the sons of Korah.” The word _Maschil_, in the Hebrew, signifies, he that instructs;” though some interpreters take it for the name of a musical instrument. Some of the rabbins believe that, in repeating the psalms which have this inscription, it was usual to add an interpretation or explication to them. Others, on the contrary, think it shows the clearness and perspicuity of such psalms, and that they needed no particular explication. The most probable opinion is, that Maschil means an instructive song.
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Topical Bible
Nave's Topical Bible
MASCHIL
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Nave’s Topical Bible references for MASCHIL.
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- Historical Reference: Nave’s Topical Bible — Public domain
- Historical Reference: Easton’s Bible Dictionary (1897)
- Historical Reference: A Biblical and Theological Dictionary
- Historical Reference: Installed reference work
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MASCHIL
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Mahalath Leannoth Maschil
This word leannoth seems to point to some kind of instrument unknown (Ps. 88, title). The whole phrase has by others been rendered, "On the sickness of affliction: a lesson;" or, "Concerning afflictive sickness: a didactic psalm."
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Mahalath Maschil
In the title of Ps. 53, denoting that this was a didactic psalm, to be sung to the accompaniment of the lute or guitar. Others regard this word "mahalath" as the name simply of an old air to which the psalm was to be sung. Others, again, take the word as meaning "sickness," and regard it as alluding to the contents of the psalm.
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Maschil
Instructing, occurs in the title of thirteen Psalms (32, 42, 44, etc.). It denotes a song enforcing some lesson of wisdom or piety, a didactic song. In Ps. 47:7 it is rendered, Authorized Version, "with understanding;" Revised Version, marg., "in a skilful psalm."
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