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Lexicon :: Strong's G2788 - kithara

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κιθάρα
Transliteration
kithara (Key)
Pronunciation
kith-ar'-ah
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Part of Speech
feminine noun
Root Word (Etymology)
Of uncertain affinity
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Strong’s Definitions

κιθάρα kithára, kith-ar'-ah; of uncertain affinity; a lyre:—harp.

KJV Translation Count — Total: 4x

The KJV translates Strong's G2788 in the following manner: harp (4x).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 4x
The KJV translates Strong's G2788 in the following manner: harp (4x).

  1. a harp to which praises of God are sung in heaven

Strong’s Definitions [?](Strong’s Definitions Legend)
κιθάρα kithára, kith-ar'-ah; of uncertain affinity; a lyre:—harp.
STRONGS G2788:
κιθάρα, κιθάρας, ἡ, a harp (cf. Stainer, Music of the Bible, chapter iv.; B. D., under the word ): 1 Corinthians 14:7; Revelation 5:8; Revelation 14:2; τοῦ Θεοῦ, to which the praises of God are sung in heaven, Revelation 15:2; cf. Winers Grammar, § 36, 3 b. (From Homer h. Merc., Herodotus on.)
THAYER’S GREEK LEXICON, Electronic Database.
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BLB Scripture Index of Thayer's

1 Corinthians
14:7
Revelation
5:8; 14:2; 15:2

Word / Phrase / Strong's Search

Strong's Number G2788 matches the Greek κιθάρα (kithara),
which occurs 26 times in 25 verses in the LXX Greek.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 4:21

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 4:21 - And the name of his brother was Jubal; he it was who [fn]invented the psaltery and harp.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 31:27

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 31:27 - Whereas if thou hadst told me, I would have sent thee away with mirth, and with songs, and timbrels, and harp.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 9:11

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 9:11 - And the king made of the pine timber steps to the house of the Lord, and to the king's house, and harps and lutes for the singers: and such were not seen before in the land of Juda.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJob 21:12

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 21:12 - and they rejoice at the voice of a song.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJob 30:9

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 30:9 - But now I am their music, and they have me for a by-word.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJob 30:31

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 30:31 - My harp also has been turned into mourning, and my song into my weeping.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 33:2

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 33:2 - (LXX 32:2) [fn]Praise the Lord on the harp; play to him on a psaltery of ten strings.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 43:4

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 43:4 - (LXX 42:4) And I will go in to the altar of God, to God who gladdens my youth: I will give thanks to thee on the harp, O God, my God.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 57:8

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 57:8 - (LXX 56:9) Awake, my glory; awake, psaltery and harp: I will awake early.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 71:22

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 71:22 - (LXX 70:22) I will also therefore give thanks to thee, O God, because of thy truth, on an instrument of psalmody: I will sing psalms to thee on the harp, O Holy One of Israel.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 81:2

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 81:2 - (LXX 80:3) Take a psalm, and produce the timbrel, the pleasant psaltery with the harp.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 92:3

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 92:3 - (LXX 91:4) on a psaltery of ten strings, with a song on the harp.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 98:5

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 98:5 - (LXX 97:5) Sing to the Lord with a harp, with a harp, and the voice of a psalm.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 108:2

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 108:2 - (LXX 107:3) Awake, psaltery and harp; I will awake early.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 147:7

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 147:7 - (LXX 146:7) Begin the song with thanksgiving to the Lord; sing praises on the harp to our God:

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 150:3

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 150:3 - Praise him with the sound of a trumpet: praise him with psaltery and harp.

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 5:12

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 5:12 - For they drink wine with harp, and psaltery, and drums, and pipes: but they regard not the works of the Lord, and consider not the works of his hands.

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 16:11

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 16:11 - Therefore my belly shall sound as a harp for Moab, and [fn]thou hast repaired my inward parts as a wall.

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 23:16

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 23:16 - Take a harp, go about, O city, thou harlot that hast been forgotten; play well on the harp, sing many songs, that thou mayest be remembered.

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 24:8

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 24:8 - The mirth of timbrels has ceased, the sound of the harp has ceased.

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 30:32

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 30:32 - And it shall happen to him from every side, that they from whom their hope of assistance was, in which he trusted, themselves shall war against him in turn with drums and with harp.

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Unchecked Copy BoxDan 3:5

Unchecked Copy BoxDan 3:5 - at what hour ye shall hear the sound of the trumpet, and pipe, and harp, and sackbut, and psaltery, and every kind of music, ye shall fall down and worship the golden image which king Nabuchodonosor has set up.

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Unchecked Copy BoxDan 3:7

Unchecked Copy BoxDan 3:7 - And it came to pass when the nations heard the sound of the trumpet, and pipe, and harp, and sackbut, and psaltery, and all kinds of music, all the nations, tribes, and languages, fell down and worshipped the golden image which king Nabuchodonosor had set up.

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Unchecked Copy BoxDan 3:10

Unchecked Copy BoxDan 3:10 - Thou, O king, hast made a decree, that every man who shall hear the sound of the trumpet, and pipe, and harp, sackbut, and psaltery, and all kinds of music,

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Unchecked Copy BoxDan 3:15

Unchecked Copy BoxDan 3:15 - Now then if ye be ready, whensoever ye shall hear the sound of the trumpet, and pipe, and harp, and sackbut, and psaltery, and harmony, and every kind of music, to fall down and worship the golden image which I have made; well: but if ye worship not, in the same hour ye shall be cast into the burning fiery furnace; and who is the God that shall deliver you out of my hand?
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