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Lexicon :: Strong's H3658 - kinnôr

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כִּנּוֹר
Transliteration
kinnôr
Pronunciation
kin-nore'
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Part of Speech
masculine noun
Root Word (Etymology)
From a unused root meaning to twang
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TWOT Reference: 1004a

Strong’s Definitions

כִּנּוֹר kinnôwr, kin-nore'; from a unused root meaning to twang; a harp:—harp.

KJV Translation Count — Total: 42x

The KJV translates Strong's H3658 in the following manner: harp (42x).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 42x
The KJV translates Strong's H3658 in the following manner: harp (42x).

  1. lyre, harp

Strong’s Definitions [?](Strong’s Definitions Legend)
כִּנּוֹר kinnôwr, kin-nore'; from a unused root meaning to twang; a harp:—harp.
STRONGS H3658: Abbreviations
† כִּנּוֺר noun masculinePsalm 81:3 lyre (on formation compare LagBN 89, Anm.; Late Hebrew id.; Aramaic כִּנָּרָא, bdb049001; Mandean (כינאר(אׅ NöM § 104 (who questions Shemitic origin); Arabic bdb049002, bdb049003; as loan-word in Hellen. Greek κινύρα (Greek Version of the LXX and Joseph.); in Egyptian kn-an-aul according to Bondi79) — absolute כ׳ Genesis 4:21 +; suffix כִּנֹּרִי Job 30:31; plural כִּנֹּרוֺת 1 Kings 10:12 +; suffix כִּנּוֺרַיִךְ Ezekiel 26:13, כִּנֹּרוֺתֵינוּ Psalm 137:2; — lyre, stringed instrument used for popular as well as sacred music (compare BenzArchaeology 273 ff. NowArchaeology i. 273 ff.); — יְעוּגָבכ׳ Genesis 4:21, בְּתֹף וּבְכ׳ Genesis 31:27; אִישׁ יֹדֵעַ מְנַגֵּן בַּכּ׳ 1 Samuel 16:16 a man skilled in playing on the lyre, compare 1 Samuel 16:23 (וִנִגֵּן בְּיָדוֺׅ); at banquets Isaiah 5:12 (+ נֶבֶל, תֹּף, חָלִיל), token of merriment Isaiah 24:8 (+ תֻּמִּים), Ezekiel 26:13, compare וַיְהִי לְאֵבֶל כִּנֹּרִ֑י וְעֻגָבִי לְקוֺל בֹּכִים Job 30:31, וְיִשְׂמְחוּ לְקוֺל עוּגָב יִשְׂאוּ כְתֹף וְכ׳ Job 21:12; carried by a loose woman Isaiah 23:16 (figurative of Tyre); in simile Isaiah 16:11 (of murmuring sound of bowels = heart, in pity); used also in praising י׳, usually as accompaniment of song (compare 1 Chronicles 15:16) נֵבֶל וְתֹף וְחָלִיל וְכ׳ 1 Samuel 10:5; Isaiah 30:32 (|| תֻּפִּים); especially before the ark 2 Samuel 6:5 (+ נְבָלִים, תֻּפִּים, etc.) || 1 Chronicles 13:8, and in sanctuary (usually + נֵבֶל, etc.) 1 Kings 10:12, but especially Chronicles, Psalms: — 1 Chronicles 13:8 (plural, and so chiefly in Chronicles), 1 Chronicles 15:16, 21, 28; 1 Chronicles 16:5; 1 Chronicles 25:1, 3, 6; 2 Chronicles 5:12; 9:11; 20:28; 29:25; Nehemiah 12:27; Psalm 33:2 (singular, and so chiefly in Psalms), Psalm 43:4; Psalm 49:5; Psalm 57:9; Psalm 71:22; Psalm 81:3; Psalm 92:4; Psalm 98:5 (twice in verse); Psalm 108:3; Psalm 147:7; Psalm 149:3; Psalm 150:3; compare כִּנֹּרוֺתֵינוּ Psalm 137:2. — Vbs. used with כ׳ are: — תָּפַשׂ Genesis 4:21, נִגֵּן בְּ 1 Samuel 16:16, מְשַׂחֵק בְּ 2 Samuel 6:5 = 1 Chronicles 13:8, מְשֹׁרֲרִים בּ 1 Chronicles 15:16, מַשְׁמִיעִים בְּ 1 Chronicles 15:28, נִבָּא בְּ 1 Chronicles 25:1, 3, הוֺדָה בְּ Psalm 33:2; Psalm 43:4, זמּר בְּ Psalm 71:22; Psalm 98:5; Psalm 147:7; Psalm 149:3, הַלֲלוּהוּ בְּ Psalm 150:3. — On ancient lyres see references in DrAmos, p. 236 f.
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BLB Scripture Index of Brown-Driver-Briggs

Genesis

4:21; 4:21; 4:21; 31:27

1 Samuel

10:5; 16:16; 16:16; 16:23

2 Samuel

6:5; 6:5

1 Kings

10:12; 10:12

1 Chronicles

13:8; 13:8; 13:8; 15:16; 15:16; 15:16; 15:21; 15:28; 15:28; 16:5; 25:1; 25:1; 25:3; 25:3; 25:6

2 Chronicles

5:12; 9:11; 20:28; 29:25

Nehemiah

12:27

Job

21:12; 30:31; 30:31

Psalms

33:2; 33:2; 43:4; 43:4; 49:5; 57:9; 71:22; 71:22; 81:3; 81:3; 92:4; 98:5; 98:5; 108:3; 137:2; 137:2; 147:7; 147:7; 149:3; 149:3; 150:3; 150:3

Isaiah

5:12; 16:11; 23:16; 24:8; 30:32

Ezekiel

26:13; 26:13

H3658

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Strong's Number H3658 matches the Hebrew כִּנּוֹר (kinnôr),
which occurs 42 times in 41 verses in the WLC Hebrew.

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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 pipe.

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 31:27

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 31:27 - Wherefore didst thou flee 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 1Sa 10:5

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 10:5 - After that thou shalt come to the hill of God, where is the garrison of the Philistines: and it shall come to pass, when thou art come thither to the city, that thou shalt meet a band of prophets coming down from the high place with a psaltery, and a timbrel, and a pipe, and a harp, before them; and they will be prophesying:

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Sa 16:16

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 16:16 - Let our lord now command thy servants, that are before thee, to seek out a man who is a skilful player on the harp: and it shall come to pass, when the evil spirit from God is upon thee, that he shall play with his hand, and thou shalt be well.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Sa 16:23

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 16:23 - And it came to pass, when the evil spirit from God was upon Saul, that David took the harp, and played with his hand: so Saul was refreshed, and was well, and the evil spirit departed from him.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Sa 6:5

Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 6:5 - And David and all the house of Israel played before Jehovah with all manner of instruments made of fir-wood, and with harps, and with psalteries, and with timbrels, and with castanets, and with cymbals.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ki 10:12

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 10:12 - And the king made of the almug-trees pillars for the house of Jehovah, and for the king’s house, harps also and psalteries for the singers: there came no such almug-trees, nor were seen, unto this day.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ch 13:8

Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 13:8 - And David and all Israel played before God with all their might, even with songs, and with harps, and with psalteries, and with timbrels, and with cymbals, and with trumpets.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ch 15:16

Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 15:16 - And David spake to the chief of the Levites to appoint their brethren the singers, with instruments of music, psalteries and harps and cymbals, sounding aloud and lifting up the voice with joy.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ch 15:21

Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 15:21 - and Mattithiah, and Eliphelehu, and Mikneiah, and Obed-edom, and Jeiel, and Azaziah, with harps set to the Sheminith, to lead.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ch 15:28

Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 15:28 - Thus all Israel brought up the ark of the covenant of Jehovah with shouting, and with sound of the cornet, and with trumpets, and with cymbals, sounding aloud with psalteries and harps.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ch 16:5

Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 16:5 - Asaph the chief, and second to him Zechariah, Jeiel, and Shemiramoth, and Jehiel, and Mattithiah, and Eliab, and Benaiah, and Obed-edom, and Jeiel, with psalteries and with harps; and Asaph with cymbals, sounding aloud;

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ch 25:1

Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 25:1 - Moreover David and the captains of the host set apart for the service certain of the sons of Asaph, and of Heman, and of Jeduthun, who should prophesy with harps, with psalteries, and with cymbals: and the number of them that did the work according to their service was:

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ch 25:3

Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 25:3 - Of Jeduthun; the sons of Jeduthun: Gedaliah, and Zeri, and Jeshaiah, Hashabiah, and Mattithiah, six, under the hands of their father Jeduthun with the harp, who prophesied in giving thanks and praising Jehovah.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ch 25:6

Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 25:6 - All these were under the hands of their father for song in the house of Jehovah, with cymbals, psalteries, and harps, for the service of the house of God; Asaph, Jeduthun, and Heman being under the order of the king.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ch 5:12

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 5:12 - also the Levites who were the singers, all of them, even Asaph, Heman, Jeduthun, and their sons and their brethren, arrayed in fine linen, with cymbals and psalteries and harps, stood at the east end of the altar, and with them a hundred and twenty priests sounding with trumpets);

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ch 9:11

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

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ch 20:28

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 20:28 - And they came to Jerusalem with psalteries and harps and trumpets unto the house of Jehovah.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ch 29:25

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 29:25 - And he set the Levites in the house of Jehovah with cymbals, with psalteries, and with harps, according to the commandment of David, and of Gad the king’s seer, and Nathan the prophet; for the commandment was of Jehovah by his prophets.

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Unchecked Copy Box Neh 12:27

Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 12:27 - And at the dedication of the wall of Jerusalem they sought the Levites out of all their places, to bring them to Jerusalem, to keep the dedication with gladness, both with thanksgivings, and with singing, with cymbals, psalteries, and with harps.

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 21:12

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 21:12 -
They sing to the timbrel and harp,
And rejoice at the sound of the pipe.

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 30:31

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 30:31 -
Therefore is my harp turned to mourning,
And my pipe into the voice of them that weep.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 33:2

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 33:2 -
Give thanks unto Jehovah with the harp:
Sing praises unto him with the psaltery 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;
And upon the harp will I praise thee, O God, my God.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 49:4

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 49:4 -
I will incline mine ear to a parable:
I will open my dark saying upon the harp.

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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 right 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 praises with the harp,
O thou Holy One of Israel.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 81:2

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 81:2 -
Raise a song, 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 -
With an instrument of ten strings, and with the psaltery;
With a solemn sound upon the harp.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 98:5

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 98:5 -
Sing praises unto Jehovah with the harp;
With the harp and the voice of melody.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 108:2

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

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 137:2

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 137:2 -
Upon the willows in the midst thereof
We hanged up our harps.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 147:7

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 147:7 -
Sing unto Jehovah with thanksgiving;
Sing praises upon the harp unto our God,

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 149:3

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 149:3 -
Let them praise his name in the dance:
Let them sing praises unto him with timbrel and harp.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 150:3

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

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 5:12

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 5:12 - And the harp and the lute, the tabret and the pipe, and wine, are in their feasts; but they regard not the work of Jehovah, neither have they considered the operation of his hands.

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 16:11

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 16:11 - Wherefore my heart soundeth like a harp for Moab, and mine inward parts for Kir-heres.

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 23:16

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 23:16 - Take a 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 every stroke of the appointed staff, which Jehovah shall lay upon him, shall be with the sound of tabrets and harps; and in battles with the brandishing of his arm will he fight with them.

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Unchecked Copy Box Eze 26:13

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 26:13 - And I will cause the noise of thy songs to cease; and the sound of thy harps shall be no more heard.
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