kumbalon denotes the cymbal named in a comparison for speech without love becoming loud sound.

The attested use names a cymbal in a comparison: in 1 Corinthians 13:1, speech without love is said to have become resounding copper or a wailing cymbal.

1. Cymbal in a loud-sound comparison · dominant

   The nominative singular neuter form occurs in 1 Corinthians 13:1 within the result of speaking without love. In 1 Corinthians 13:1 the APB renders the clause “I have become resounding copper or a wailing cymbal,” presenting the instrument as an image of loud sound.

   1 Corinthians 13:1

In the Anselm Project Bible: In 1 Corinthians 13:1, the APB presents the term in “resounding copper or a wailing cymbal.” The precise English correspondence is inferred from the clause rather than assumed.