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Lexicon :: Strong's G2788 - kithara

Aa
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 - 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 BoxGen 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 Box2Ch 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 BoxJob 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 BoxJob 30:9

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 30:9 -
And now I am become their song,
Yea, I am a byword unto them.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJob 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 BoxPsa 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 BoxPsa 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 BoxPsa 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 BoxPsa 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 BoxPsa 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 BoxPsa 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 BoxPsa 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 BoxPsa 108:2

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

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 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 BoxPsa 150:3

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

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 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 BoxIsa 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 BoxIsa 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 BoxIsa 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 BoxIsa 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 BoxDan 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 music, ye fall down and worship the golden image that Nebuchadnezzar the king hath set up;

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Unchecked Copy BoxDan 3:7

Unchecked Copy BoxDan 3:7 - Therefore at that time, when all the peoples heard the sound of the cornet, flute, harp, sackbut, psaltery, and all kinds of music, all the peoples, 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 BoxDan 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 music, shall fall down and worship the golden image;

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Unchecked Copy BoxDan 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 music, 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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