κιθαρίζω
kitharizō · play the harp
Greek word · Strong’s number G2789 · appears 2 times in the Bible
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kitharizō (κιθαρίζω) is a Greek word of the Bible that means “play the harp”.
Make music on strings.
How to say it
ki·tha·ri·zō
Approximate pronunciation. Vowels sound as in Spanish (a as in father, e as in bed, i as in machine, o as in note, u as in rule); the syllable in bold is stressed. The voice is your device's.
Its senses in the Bible
- To make music by plucking the strings of an instrument.
From Abbott-Smith (1922) · Thayer (1889)
How it is translated
The words this translation uses for it, most frequent first.
- played on the lyre ×1
- playing ×1
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Comes from
Words of the same family, by Strong’s numbering.
Where it appears
- 1 Corinthians 14:7
Even lifeless things that give a sound, whether flute or lyre, if they do not give a distinction in the notes, how will it be known what is played on the flute or what is played on the lyre?
- Revelation 14:2
And I heard a sound from heaven like the sound of many waters and like the sound of loud thunder; and the sound that I heard was like harpists playing on their harps.