Bible Dictionary
Neginoth
Neginoth denotes songs or musical performance accompanied by stringed instruments. The term appears in several psalm titles and identifies the instrumental section of the temple music.
Definition
Neginoth denotes songs or musical performance accompanied by stringed instruments. The term includes various stringed instruments, such as the harp, psaltery, and viol, and identifies the instrumental section of the temple choir.
Biblical Usage
Neginoth appears in the titles of several psalms and is rendered “stringed instruments” in Habakkuk. The chief musician on Neginoth was the conductor of the temple singers and players who used stringed instruments.
Historical Background
The word is the plural counterpart of Neginah and functions as a general designation rather than the name of one particular instrument.
Scripture References
Historical Bible Dictionaries
Easton's Bible Dictionary
I.e., songs with instrumental accompaniment, found in the titles of Ps. 4; 6; 54; 55; 67; 76; rendered “stringed instruments,” Hab. 3:19, A.V. It denotes all kinds of stringed instruments, as the “harp,” “psaltery,” “viol,” etc. The “chief musician on Neginoth” is the leader of that part of the temple choir which played on stringed instruments.
Smith's Bible Dictionary
[Neginah]