(Daniel 3:5,7,10,15) the rendering in the Authorized Version of the Chaldee sacbbeca . If this music instrument be the same as the Greek and Latin sabbeca , the English translation is entirely wrong. The sackbut was a wind instrument [see MUSIC]; the sambuca was a triangular instrument, with strings, and played with the hand.
Smith’s Bible Dictionary
Sackbut
Smith’s Bible Dictionary, William Smith (1863). Public domain, from the CrossWire SWORD module.