Jubal
son of Lamech and Adah: the progenitor of musicians and those who produce musical instruments. Genesis 4:21.
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How to use Jubal in a sentence
I have begun a long-meditated poem, "The Legend of Jubal," but have not written more than twenty or thirty verses.
George Eliot's Life, Vol. III (of 3) | George EliotHolmes and Jubal Early were on their way to the imperilled left, but the dust cloud that they raised was yet distant.
The Long Roll | Mary JohnstonJubal Clenk dropped on one knee in front of the little boy, and the two were inscrutably eyeing each other at close quarters.
The Ordeal | Charles Egbert CraddockHe now had four guns, all twelve-pounders—two howitzers, the Napoleon and a new rifle, presented to him by Jubal Early.
Rebel Raider | H. Beam PiperBut Jubal, who was born of the same mother with him, exercised himself in music;7 and invented the psaltery and the harp.
The Antiquities of the Jews | Flavius Josephus
British Dictionary definitions for Jubal
/ (ˈdʒuːbəl) /
Old Testament the alleged inventor of musical instruments (Genesis 4:21)
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