Word Summary
kithara: a lyre
Original Word: κιθάραTransliteration: kithara
Phonetic Spelling: (kith-ar'-ah)
Part of Speech: Noun, Feminine
Short Definition: a lyre
Meaning: a lyre
Strong's Concordance
harp, lyre
Of uncertain affinity; a lyre -- harp.
Thayer's Greek Lexicon
STRONGS NT 2788: κιθάρακιθάρα,
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.)