Tabret

Smith’s Bible Dictionary (1863)

[Timbrel, Tabret]

Easton’s Bible Dictionary (1897)

(Heb. toph), a timbrel (q.v.) or tambourine, generally played by women (Gen. 31:27; 1 Sam. 10:5; 18:6). In Job 17:6 the word (Heb. topheth) “tabret” should be, as in the Revised Version, “an open abhorring” (marg., “one in whose face they spit;” lit., “a spitting in the face”).

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