The corpus record

νάβλα

nabla · ἡ

a musical instrument of ten

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Where it lives

Paralipomenon I 7 · 5.27/10k
Paralipomenon II 4 · 2.03/10k
Regnorum II 1 · 0.62/10k
Machabaeorum I 1 · 0.57/10k
Regnorum I 1 · 0.54/10k
Regnorum III 1 · 0.52/10k

What it meant — LSJ

a musical instrument of ten, of twelve strings

a musical instrument of ten or (acc. to J. AJ 7.12.3) of twelve strings, cj. in S. Fr. 849, cf. LXX 1 Ki. 10.5, al.:—also νάβλας, α, ὁ, Sopat. 16, Philem. 44, Str. 10.3.17; cf. ναῦλον I. (Semitic word, cf. Hebr. nēbel; Phoenician, acc. to Ath. 4.175b.).

dub. sens. in acc. τὸν νάβλα, OGI 175.9 (Egypt, ii B.C.).

In the wild

νάβλαις · nablais Septuaginta, Machabaeorum I 13
νάβλαις · nablais Septuaginta, Paralipomenon I 13
νάβλαις · nablais Septuaginta, Paralipomenon I 15
νάβλαις · nablais Septuaginta, Paralipomenon I 15
νάβλαις · nablais Septuaginta, Paralipomenon I 15
νάβλαις · nablais Septuaginta, Paralipomenon I 16

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Where it came from

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