gittith
English
Etymology
A transliteration of Biblical Hebrew גתית.
Noun
gittith (plural gittiths)
- A musical term of uncertain meaning (possibly the name of an instrument), found in the Bible.
- 1611, Authorized King James Version, Psalm 8:
- To the chief Musician upon Git'tith, A Psalm of David.
- 1611, Authorized King James Version, Psalm 8:
Part or all of this entry has been imported from the 1913 edition of Webster’s Dictionary, which is now free of copyright and hence in the public domain. The imported definitions may be significantly out of date, and any more recent senses may be completely missing.
(See the entry for gittith in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.)
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