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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 4 times in 4 verses in the TR Greek.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Co 14:7

Unchecked Copy Box1Co 14:7 - Even lifeless things giving a sound, whether pipe or harp, if they give not distinction to the sounds, how shall it be known what is piped or harped?

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Unchecked Copy Box Rev 5:8

Unchecked Copy BoxRev 5:8 - And when it took the book, the four living creatures and the twenty-four elders fell before the Lamb, having each a harp and golden bowls full of incenses, which are the prayers of the saints.

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Unchecked Copy Box Rev 14:2

Unchecked Copy BoxRev 14:2 - And I heard a voice out of the heaven as a voice of many waters, and as a voice of great thunder. And the voice which I heard was as of harp-singers harping with their harps;

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Unchecked Copy Box Rev 15:2

Unchecked Copy BoxRev 15:2 - And I saw as a glass sea, mingled with fire, and those that had gained the victory over the beast, and over its image, and over the number of its name, standing upon the glass sea, having harps of God.
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