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Lexicon :: Strong's H3658 - kinnôr

Aa
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 BoxGen 4:21

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 4:21 - And his brother's name was Jubal: he was the father of all players on instruments of music.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 31:27

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 31:27 - Why did you make a secret of your flight, not giving me word of it, so that I might have sent you away with joy and songs, with melody and music?

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Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 10:5

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 10:5 - After that you will come to Gibeah, the hill of God, where an armed force of the Philistines is stationed: and when you come to the town, you will see a band of prophets coming down from the high place with instruments of music before them; and they will be acting like prophets:

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Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 16:16

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 16:16 - Now give orders to your servants who are here before you to go in search of a man who is an expert player on a corded instrument: and it will be that when the evil spirit from God is on you, he will make music for you on his instrument, and you will get well.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 16:23

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 16:23 - And whenever the evil spirit from God came on Saul, David took his instrument and made music: so new life came to Saul, and he got well, and the evil spirit went away from him.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 6:5

Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 6:5 - And David and all the men of Israel made melody before the Lord with all their power, with songs and with corded instruments and instruments of brass.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 10:12

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 10:12 - And from the sandal-wood the king made pillars for the house of the Lord, and for the king's house, and instruments of music for the makers of melody: never has such sandal-wood been seen to this day.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 13:8

Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 13:8 - Then David and all Israel made melody before God with all their strength, with songs and corded instruments of music, and with brass instruments and horns.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 15:16

Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 15:16 - And David gave orders to the chief of the Levites to put their brothers the music-makers in position, with instruments of music, corded instruments and brass, with glad voices making sounds of joy.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 15:21

Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 15:21 - And Mattithiah and Eliphelehu and Mikneiah and Obed-edom and Jeiel and Azaziah, with corded instruments on the octave, to give the first note of the song.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 15:28

Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 15:28 - So all Israel took up the ark of the agreement of the Lord, with loud cries and with horns and brass and corded instruments sounding loudly.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 16:5

Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 16:5 - Asaph the chief, and second to him Zechariah, Uzziel and Shemiramoth and Jehiel and Mattithiah and Eliab and Benaiah and Obed-edom and Jeiel, with corded instruments of music; and Asaph, with brass instruments sounding loudly;

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 25:1

Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 25:1 - Further, David and the chiefs of the servants of the holy place made selection of certain of the sons of Asaph and of Heman and of Jeduthun for the work of prophets, to make melody with corded instruments and brass; and the number of the men for the work they had to do was:

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 25:3

Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 25:3 - Of Jeduthun: the six sons of Jeduthun, Gedaliah and Zeri and Jeshaiah, Hashabiah and Mattithiah; under the direction of their father Jeduthun who, acting as a prophet, with corded instruments gave praise and glory to the Lord.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 25:6

Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 25:6 - All these, under the direction of their father, made music in the house of the Lord, with brass and corded instruments, for the worship of the house of God; Asaph, Jeduthun, and Heman being under the orders of the king.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 5:12

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 5:12 - And the Levites who made the music, all of them, Asaph, Heman, Jeduthun, and their sons and brothers, robed in fair linen, were in their places with their brass and corded instruments at the east side of the altar, and with them a hundred and twenty priests blowing horns;)

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 9:11

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 9:11 - And with the sandal-wood the king made steps for the house of the Lord and for the king's house, and instruments of music for the makers of melody; never before had such been seen in the land of Judah.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 20:28

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 20:28 - So they came to Jerusalem with corded instruments and wind-instruments into the house of the Lord.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 29:25

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 29:25 - Then he put the Levites in their places in the house of the Lord, with brass and corded instruments of music as ordered by David and Gad, the king's seer, and Nathan the prophet: for the order was the Lord's, given by his prophets.

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Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 12:27

Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 12:27 - And when the time came for the wall of Jerusalem to be made holy, they sent for the Levites out of all their places to come to Jerusalem, to keep the feast with joy, and with praise and melody, with brass and corded instruments of music.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJob 21:12

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 21:12 - They make songs to the instruments of music, and are glad at the sound of the pipe.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJob 30:31

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 30:31 - And my music has been turned to sorrow, and the sound of my pipe into the noise of weeping.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 33:2

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 33:2 - Give praise to the Lord on the corded instrument; make melody to him with instruments of music.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 43:4

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 43:4 - Then I will go up to the altar of God, to the God of my joy; I will be glad and give praise to you on an instrument of music, O God, my God.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 49:4

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 49:4 - I will put my teaching into a story; I will make my dark sayings clear with music.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 57:8

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 57:8 - You are my glory; let the instruments of music be awake; I myself will be awake with the dawn.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 71:22

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 71:22 - I will give praise to you with instruments of music, O my God, for you are true; I will make songs to you with music, O Holy One of Israel.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 81:2

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 81:2 - Take up the melody, playing on an instrument of music, even on corded instruments.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 92:3

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 92:3 - On a ten-corded instrument, and on an instrument of music with a quiet sound.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 98:5

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 98:5 - Make melody to the Lord with instruments of music; with a corded instrument and the voice of song.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 108:2

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 108:2 - Give out your sounds, O corded instruments: the dawn will be awaking with my song.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 137:2

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 137:2 - Hanging our instruments of music on the trees by the waterside.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 147:7

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 147:7 - Make songs of praise to the Lord; make melody to our God with instruments of music.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 149:3

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 149:3 - Let them give praise to his name in the dance: let them make melody to him with instruments of brass and corded instruments of music.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 150:3

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 150:3 - Give him praise with the sound of the horn: give him praise with corded instruments of music.

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 5:12

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 5:12 - And corded instruments and wind-instruments and wine are in their feasts: but they give no thought to the work of the Lord, and they are not interested in what his hands are doing.

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 16:11

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 16:11 - For this cause the cords of my heart are sounding for Moab, and I am full of sorrow for Kir-heres.

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 23:16

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 23:16 - Take an instrument of music, go about the town, O loose woman who has gone out from the memory of man; make sweet melody with songs, so that you may come back to men's minds.

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 24:8

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 24:8 - The pleasing sound of all instruments of music has come to an end, and the voices of those who are glad.

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 30:32

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 30:32 - And every blow of the rod of his punishment, which the Lord will send on him, will be with the sound of music: and with the waving of his sword the Lord will make war against him.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEze 26:13

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 26:13 - I will put an end to the noise of your songs, and the sound of your instruments of music will be gone for ever.
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