Bible Dictionary
Jubal
Jubal was a son of Lamech and Adah in the line of Cain. He is described as the ancestor or inventor of those who play the lyre and pipe.
Definition
Jubal was a son of Lamech and Adah in the line of Cain. He is described as the inventor or ancestor of those who used musical instruments, particularly the lyre and the pipe or mouth-organ.
Biblical Usage
Jubal appears in Genesis as an early figure associated with the development of instrumental music.
Historical Background
The Hebrew terms translated “harp” and “organ” are explained as lyre and mouth-organ or Pan’s pipe.
Scripture References
Related Figures
Historical Bible Dictionaries
Easton's Bible Dictionary
Jubilee, music, Lamech’s second son by Adah, of the line of Cain. He was the inventor of “the harp” (Heb. kinnor, properly “lyre”) and “the organ” (Heb. ‘ugab, properly “mouth-organ” or Pan’s pipe), Gen. 4:21.
Smith's Bible Dictionary
(music), a son of Lamech by Adah, and the inventor of the “harp and organ.” (Genesis 4:21)
International Standard Bible Encyclopedia (ISBE)
<p>joo'-bal (yubhal; for meaning see JABAL): Son of Lamech by Adah, and inventor of musical instruments (Ge 4:21).</p>