1910–1911
Britannica 11th
Encyclopaedia Britannica · 11th edition
ASOR (Hebr. for " ten "), an instrument " of ten strings " mentioned in the Bible, about which authors are not agreed. The word occurs only three times in the Bible, and has not been traced elsewhere. In Psalm xxxiii. 2 the reference is to " kinnor, nebel and asor"; in Psalm xcii. 3, to " nebel and asor "; in Psalm cxliv. to " nebel-asor." In the English version asor is translated " an instrument of ten strings," with a marginal note " omit " applied to " instrument." In the Septuagint, the word being derived from …
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