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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 - His brother’s name was Jubal; he was the father of all who play stringed instruments and pipes.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 31:27

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 31:27 - Why did you run off secretly and deceive me? Why didn’t you tell me, so I could send you away with joy and singing to the music of timbrels and harps?

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 9:11

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 9:11 - The king used the algumwood to make steps for the temple of the LORD and for the royal palace, and to make harps and lyres for the musicians. Nothing like them had ever been seen in Judah.)

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Unchecked Copy BoxJob 21:12

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 21:12 - They sing to the music of timbrel and lyre; they make merry to the sound of the pipe.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJob 30:9

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 30:9 - “And now those young men mock me in song; I have become a byword among them.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJob 30:31

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 30:31 - My lyre is tuned to mourning, and my pipe to the sound of wailing.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 33:2

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 33:2 - Praise the LORD with the harp; make music to him on the ten-stringed lyre.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 43:4

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 43:4 - Then I will go to the altar of God, to God, my joy and my delight. I will praise you with the lyre, O God, my God.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 57:8

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 57:8 - Awake, my soul! Awake, harp and lyre! I will awaken the dawn.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 71:22

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 71:22 - I will praise you with the harp for your faithfulness, my God; I will sing praise to you with the lyre, Holy One of Israel.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 81:2

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 81:2 - Begin the music, strike the timbrel, play the melodious harp and lyre.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 92:3

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 92:3 - to the music of the ten-stringed lyre and the melody of the harp.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 98:5

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 98:5 - make music to the LORD with the harp, with the harp and the sound of singing,

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 108:2

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 108:2 - Awake, harp and lyre! I will awaken the dawn.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 147:7

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 147:7 - Sing to the LORD with grateful praise; make music to our God on the harp.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 150:3

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 150:3 - Praise him with the sounding of the trumpet, praise him with the harp and lyre,

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 5:12

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 5:12 - They have harps and lyres at their banquets, pipes and timbrels and wine, but they have no regard for the deeds of the LORD, no respect for the work of his hands.

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 16:11

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 16:11 - My heart laments for Moab like a harp, my inmost being for Kir Hareseth.

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 23:16

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 23:16 - “Take up a harp, walk through the city, you forgotten prostitute; play the harp well, sing many a song, so that you will be remembered.”

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 24:8

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 24:8 - The joyful timbrels are stilled, the noise of the revelers has stopped, the joyful harp is silent.

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 30:32

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 30:32 - Every stroke the LORD lays on them with his punishing club will be to the music of timbrels and harps, as he fights them in battle with the blows of his arm.

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Unchecked Copy BoxDan 3:5

Unchecked Copy BoxDan 3:5 - As soon as you hear the sound of the horn, flute, zither, lyre, harp, pipe and all kinds of music, you must fall down and worship the image of gold that King Nebuchadnezzar has set up.

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Unchecked Copy BoxDan 3:7

Unchecked Copy BoxDan 3:7 - Therefore, as soon as they heard the sound of the horn, flute, zither, lyre, harp and all kinds of music, all the nations and peoples of every language fell down and worshiped the image of gold that King Nebuchadnezzar had set up.

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Unchecked Copy BoxDan 3:10

Unchecked Copy BoxDan 3:10 - Your Majesty has issued a decree that everyone who hears the sound of the horn, flute, zither, lyre, harp, pipe and all kinds of music must fall down and worship the image of gold,

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Unchecked Copy BoxDan 3:15

Unchecked Copy BoxDan 3:15 - Now when you hear the sound of the horn, flute, zither, lyre, harp, pipe and all kinds of music, if you are ready to fall down and worship the image I made, very good. But if you do not worship it, you will be thrown immediately into a blazing furnace. Then what god will be able to rescue you from my hand?”
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