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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 Box Gen 4:21

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 4:21 - And his brother's name was Jubal: he was the father of all such as handle the harp and organ.

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 31:27

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 31:27 - Wherefore didst thou flee away secretly, and steal away from me; and didst not tell me, that I might have sent thee away with mirth, and with songs, with tabret, and with harp?

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ch 9:11

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 9:11 - And the king made of the algum trees terraces to the house of the LORD, and to the king's palace, and harps and psalteries for singers: and there were none such seen before in the land of Judah.

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 21:12

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 21:12 - They take the timbrel and harp, and rejoice at the sound of the organ.

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 30:9

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 30:9 - And now am I their song, yea, I am their byword.

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 30:31

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 30:31 - My harp also is turned to mourning, and my organ into the voice of them that weep.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 33:2

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 33:2 - Praise the LORD with harp: sing unto him with the psaltery and an instrument of ten strings.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 43:4

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 43:4 - Then will I go unto the altar of God, unto God my exceeding joy: yea, upon the harp will I praise thee, O God my God.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 57:8

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 57:8 - Awake up, my glory; awake, psaltery and harp: I myself will awake early.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 71:22

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 71:22 - I will also praise thee with the psaltery, even thy truth, O my God: unto thee will I sing with the harp, O thou Holy One of Israel.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 81:2

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 81:2 - Take a psalm, and bring hither the timbrel, the pleasant harp with the psaltery.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 92:3

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 92:3 - Upon an instrument of ten strings, and upon the psaltery; upon the harp with a solemn sound.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 98:5

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 98:5 - Sing unto the LORD with the harp; with the harp, and the voice of a psalm.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 108:2

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 108:2 - Awake, psaltery and harp: I myself will awake early.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 147:7

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 147:7 - Sing unto the LORD with thanksgiving; sing praise upon the harp unto our God:

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 150:3

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

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 5:12

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 5:12 - And the harp, and the viol, the tabret, and pipe, and wine, are in their feasts: but they regard not the work of the LORD, neither consider the operation of his hands.

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 16:11

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 16:11 - Wherefore my bowels shall sound like an harp for Moab, and mine inward parts for Kirharesh.

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 23:16

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 23:16 - Take an harp, go about the city, thou harlot that hast been forgotten; make sweet melody, sing many songs, that thou mayest be remembered.

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 24:8

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 24:8 - The mirth of tabrets ceaseth, the noise of them that rejoice endeth, the joy of the harp ceaseth.

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 30:32

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 30:32 - And in every place where the grounded staff shall pass, which the LORD shall lay upon him, it shall be with tabrets and harps: and in battles of shaking will he fight with it.

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Unchecked Copy Box Dan 3:5

Unchecked Copy BoxDan 3:5 - That at what time ye hear the sound of the cornet, flute, harp, sackbut, psaltery, dulcimer, and all kinds of musick, ye fall down and worship the golden image that Nebuchadnezzar the king hath set up:

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Unchecked Copy Box Dan 3:7

Unchecked Copy BoxDan 3:7 - Therefore at that time, when all the people heard the sound of the cornet, flute, harp, sackbut, psaltery, and all kinds of musick, all the people, the nations, and the languages, fell down and worshipped the golden image that Nebuchadnezzar the king had set up.

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Unchecked Copy Box Dan 3:10

Unchecked Copy BoxDan 3:10 - Thou, O king, hast made a decree, that every man that shall hear the sound of the cornet, flute, harp, sackbut, psaltery, and dulcimer, and all kinds of musick, shall fall down and worship the golden image:

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Unchecked Copy Box Dan 3:15

Unchecked Copy BoxDan 3:15 - Now if ye be ready that at what time ye hear the sound of the cornet, flute, harp, sackbut, psaltery, and dulcimer, and all kinds of musick, ye fall down and worship the image which I have made; well: but if ye worship not, ye shall be cast the same hour into the midst of a burning fiery furnace; and who is that God that shall deliver you out of my hands?
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