Easton's Bible Dictionary: M. G. Easton, M.A., D.D.
(Heb.
toph), a timbrel (q.v.) or tambourine, generally played by women (
Gen. 31:27; 1 Sam. 10:5, 18:6). In
Job 17:6 the word (Heb.
topheth) "tabret" should be, as in the Revised Version, "an open abhorring" (marg., "one in whose face they spit;" lit., "a spitting in the face").