Lyre Harp Instrument

† כִּנּוֹר n.m. ψ 81:3 lyre (on formation cf. LagBN 89, Anm.; NH id.; Aramaic כִּנָּרָא, ܟܶܢܳܪܳܐ; Mand. כינאר(א) NöM § 104 (who questions Shemitic origin); Arabic كِنَارٌ, كَنَّارَةٌ; as loan-word in Hellen. Gk. κινύρα (𝔊 and Joseph); in Egyptian kn-an-aul according to Bondi79)—abs. כ׳ Gn 4:21 +; sf. כִּנֹּרִי Jb 30:31; pl. כִּנֹּרוֹת 1 K 10:12 +; sf. כִּנּוֹרַיִךְ Ez 26:13, כִּנֹּרוֹתֵינוּ ψ 137:2;—lyre, stringed instrument used for popular as well as sacred music (cf. BenzArch. 273 ff. NowArch. i. 273 ff.);—כ׳ וְעוּגָב Gn 4:21, בְּתֹף וּבְכ׳ 31:27; אִישׁ יֹדֵעַ מְנַגֵּן בַּכּ׳ 1 S 16:16 a man skilled in playing on the lyre, cf. v 23 (וִנִגֵּן בְּיָדוֹ); at banquets Is 5:12 (+ נֶבֶל, תֹּף, חָלִיל), token of merriment 24:8 (+ תֻּפִּים), Ez 26:13, cf. וַיְהִי לְאֵבֶל כִּנֹּרִ֑י וְעֻגָבִי לְקוֹל בֹּכִים Jb 30:31, יִשְׂאוּ כְתֹף וְכ׳ וְיִשְׂמְחוּ לְקוֹל עוּגָב Jb 21:12; carried by a loose woman Is 23:16 (fig. of Tyre); in sim. Is 16:11 (of murmuring sound of bowels = heart, in pity); used also in praising י׳, usually as accompainment of song (cf. 1 Ch 15:16) נֵבֶל וְתֹף וְחָלִיל וְכ׳ 1 S 10:5; Is 30:32 (‖ תֻּפִּים); especially before the ark 2 S 6:5 (+ נְבָלִים, תֻּפִּים, etc.) ‖ 1 Ch 13:8, and in sanctuary (usually + נֵבֶל, etc.) 1 K 10:12, but especially Chr ψψ:—1 Ch 13:8 (pl., and so chiefly in Chr), 15:16, 21, 28; 16:5; 25:1, 3, 6 2 Ch 5:12; 9:11; 20:28; 29:25 Ne 12:27; ψ 33:2 (sg., and so chiefly in ψψ), 43:4; 49:5; 57:9; 71:22; 81:3; 92:4; 98:5(×2); 108:3; 147:7; 149:3; 150:3; cf. כִּנֹּרוֹתֵינוּ ψ 137:2.—Vbs. used with כ׳ are:—תָּפַשׂ Gn 4:21, נִגֵּן בְּ 1 S 16:16, מְשַׂחֵק בְּ 2 S 6:5 = 1 Ch 13:8, מְשֹׁרֲרִים בּ 1 Ch 15:16, מַשְׁמִיעִים בְּ v 28, נִבָּא בְּ 25:1, 3, הוֹדָה בְּ ψ 33:2; 42:4, זמּר בְּ ψ 71:22; 98:5; 147:7; 149:3, הַלֲלוּהוּ בְּ 150:3.—On ancient lyres v. reff. ap. Dr Amos, p. 236 f.

† II. נֵ֫בֶל, נֶ֫בֶל n.m. ψ 57:9 a musical instrument, either a portable harp, or a lute, guitar (with bulging resonance-body at lower end); (perhaps = i. נֵבֶל, and then shape seems to favour lute; perhaps independent word, e.g. Egyptian loan-word, cf. nfr, lute, WeHpt 222);—abs. נֵ֫בֶל 1 S 10:5 + 3 times, נֶ֫בֶל ψ 71:22 + 3 times; נָ֑בֶל Am 6:5 + 2 times; pl. נְבָלִים 2 S 6:5 + 4 times; sf. נְבָלֶיךָ Am 5:23 Is 14:11;—harp (or lute), played at feasts and religious ceremonies, probably less simple, cheap and common than כִּנּוֹר (q.v.; often named with נ׳):— as mark of luxury, revelry Am 5:23; 6:5 Is 14:11, so 5:12 (כִּנּוֹר נ׳ תֹּף חָלִיל, also (not in bad sense) 1 K 10:12; played by wandering band of prophets 1 S 10:5 (list as Is 5:12); in worship 2 S 6:5; elsewhere only ψψ Chr. always in worship: ψ 57:9; 81:3; 92:4; 108:3; 150:3; כְּלִי נֶבֶל 71:22; נ׳ עָשׂוֹר a harp with ten strings 33:2; 144:9; 1 Ch 13:8; 15:16, 20, 28; 16:5 (כְּלֵי נְבָלִים), 25:1, 6 2 Ch 5:12; 9:11; 20:28; 29:25 Ne 12:27.—Cf. further BenzArch. 273 ff. NowArch. i. 273 ff. Dr Amos 234 ff. WeHpt 222 ff.

† קיתרס Kt, קַתְרֹס Qr, n. [m.] lyre, zither (also 𝔗; loan-word from Gk. κίθαρις Krauss i. 193; ii. 573);—Dn 3:5, 7, 10, 15; Kmp קִיתָרִס.

κῐθάρ-α, Ionic dialect κῐθάρ-η [θᾰ], ἡ, lyre, Refs 5th c.BC+, etc.; compare κίθαρις. __II ={κίθαρος}, thorax, Refs: in plural, ribs of the horse, Refs

† פְּסַנְטֵרִין n.[m.] a (triangular) stringed instrument (Gk. ψαλτήριον, Kraussi. 12, 99, 101; ii. 473 PrinceEB 3232 Dr Dn 58, and on 3, 5);—פ׳ Dn 3:7, פְּסַנְתֵּרִין v 5, 10, 15.

κῐθαρ-ίζω, Attic dialect future -ιῶ Refs 4th c.BC+: (κίθαρις):— play the cithara, φόρμιγγι.. ἱμερόεν κιθάριζε Refs 8th c.BC+ K.; κιθαρίζειν οὐκ ἐπίσταμαι I am not a 'high-brow', Refs 5th c.BC+; τὸ κιθαριζόμενον music composed for the cithara, Refs 1st c.AD+

κῐθᾰρῳδ-ός, ὁ, (κιθάρα, ἀοιδός) one who plays and sings to the cithara, Refs 5th c.BC+ __II a fish, found in the Red Sea, with body striped like the strings of a lyre, Refs 2nd c.AD+