(Chald. sabkha; Gr. sambuke), a Syrian stringed instrument resembling a harp (Daniel 3:5,7,10,15); not the modern sackbut, which is a wind instrument.
Source: Easton's Bible Dictionary
Sackbut
SACK'BUT, n. The last syllable is the L. buxus.
A wind instrument of music; a kind of trumpet, so contrived that it can be lengthened or shortened according to the tone required.
Source: King James Dictionary
Sackbut
(Daniel 3:5,7,10,15) the rendering in the Authorized Version of the Chaldee sacbbeca . If this music instrument be the same as the Greek and Latin sabbeca , the English translation is entirely wrong. The sackbut was a wind instrument [see MUSIC]; the sambuca was a triangular instrument, with strings, and played with the hand.
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