Harp
κιθάραStrong’s G2788kithara
Appears in 4 verses of the New Testament
In short
Kithara is the Greek word usually translated “harps” and “harp”. It appears in 4 verses of the New Testament.
“And even things without life giving sound, whether pipe or harp, except they give a distinction in the sounds, how shall it be known what is piped or harped?”
Meaning
Usually translated “harps” and “harp”. Open the dictionary entry below for the full range of meaning, with the verses it cites.
How it's translated
- harps 2
- harp 1
- a harp 1
Word-by-word English from the STEPBible tagged text.
Where it's used most
- Revelation 3
- 1 Corinthians 1
2 books in all.
Explore in Scripture
- Revelation 5:8And when he had taken the book, the four beasts and four and twenty elders fell down before the Lamb, having every one of them harps, and golden vials full of odours, which are the prayers of saints.
- Revelation 14:2And I heard a voice from heaven, as the voice of many waters, and as the voice of a great thunder: and I heard the voice of harpers harping with their harps:
- Revelation 15:2And I saw as it were a sea of glass mingled with fire: and them that had gotten the victory over the beast, and over his image, and over his mark, and over the number of his name, stand on the sea of glass, having the harps of God.
Greek dictionary
κιθάρα kithara · harp
κιθάρα, -ας, ἡ [in LXX chiefly for כִּנּוֹר, frequently in Psa.33:2, al.); and in (Dan.3:5, al.) for קִיתָרֹס, itself a transliteration of κίθαρις, the Homeric form of κ. (cf. CB, Dn., lviii) ;] a lyre, harp: 1Co.14:7, Rev.5:8 14:2 15:2.† (AS)
From STEPBible’s Greek lexicon (based on Abbott-Smith).
Webster's 1828 Dictionary
How the English word “harp” was understood when the King James Version was still the common Bible of English readers.
H'ARP, noun
- An instrument of music of the stringed kind, of a triangular figure, held upright and commonly touched with the fingers.
- A constellation.
All definitions and other forms of “harp”
H'ARP, verb intransitive
To play on the harp
- “I heard the voice of harpers, harping with their harps” Revelation 14:2
- To dwell on, in speaking or writing; to continue sounding.
- To touch as a passion; to affect.
Noah Webster, An American Dictionary of the English Language (1828). Verse references are checked against the KJV. Read the full entry.
Verses are from the King James Version. Word meanings come from the original Greek, not from any one translation.