To STRETCH OVER A DRUM — from tympanon, a drum or drumhead: to be spread on a frame and beaten, the way a skin is tensioned. A New Testament hapax at Hebrews 11:35. ⚠ KJV, ASV, NWT and TNM all give the general 'tortured'; only RV 1909 keeps the picture, with 'estirados', STRETCHED — the best rendering of the word anywhere on this shelf, in any language. → first discussed at Hebrews 11:35