Drum - International Standard Bible Encyclopedia

DRUM

drum (tumpanon):

This was the Hebrew toph, "tabret" or "timbrel," a hand-drum, consisting of a ring of wood or metal covered with a tightly drawn skin, with small pieces of metal hung around the rim, like a tambourine. It was raised in the one hand and struck with the other, usually by women, but sometimes also by men, at festivities and on occasions of rejoicing. See 1 Macc 9:39, the Revised Version (British and American) "timbrels."

Bibliography Information
Orr, James, M.A., D.D. General Editor. "Entry for 'DRUM'". "International Standard Bible Encyclopedia". 1915.