Strong G2789κιθαρίζω
to play the harp
- Transliteration
- kitharizō
- Pronunciation
- kith-ar-id'-zo
- Morphology
- Greek Verb
Definition
From G2788; to play on a lyre: - harp.
Detailed definition
κιθαρίζω
[in LXX: Isa.23:16 (נָגַן pi.)*;]
to play upon the lyre or harp: 1Co.14:7, Rev.14:2.†
(AS)
[in LXX: Isa.23:16 (נָגַן pi.)*;]
to play upon the lyre or harp: 1Co.14:7, Rev.14:2.†
(AS)
In the Bible
Strong G2789 appears in 2 verses of the KJV.
Translated in the KJV by
- harp2
First verses
- 1 Corinthians 14:7And 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?
- 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:
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Detailed Greek dictionary
κῐθαρ-ίζω,
Attic dialect future -ιῶ [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th c.BC: Antiphanes Comicus 141)]: (κίθαρις):— play the cithara, φόρμιγγι.. ἱμερόεν κιθάριζε [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 18.570, 8th-7th c.BC: Hesiodus Epicus “Scutum Herculis” 202; λύρῃ δ᾽ ἐρατὸν κιθαρίζων “hymnus ad Mercurium” 423; ἕρπει ἄντα τῶ σιδάρω τὸ καλῶς κιθαρίσδεν 7th c.BC: Alcman Lyricus 35, compare 5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Symposium” 3.1, “Oec.” 2.13; ᾄδειν καὶ κ. 1st c.BC: Philodemus Gadarensis Epigrammaticus “Mus.” 7)] K.; κιθαρίζειν οὐκ ἐπίσταμαι I am not a 'high-brow', [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Vespae” 989, compare 959; ἀρχαῖον εἶν᾽ ἔφασκε τὸ κ. [prev. author] “Nu.” 1357: proverbial, ὄνος κιθαρίζειν πειρώμενος, like{ὄνος πρὸς λύραν} (see. λύρα), 2nd c.AD: Lucianus Sophista “Pseudol.” 7)]; τὸ κιθαριζόμενον music composed for the cithara, [Refs 1st c.AD+ (1st-2nd c.AD: Plutarchus Biographus et Philosophus 2.1144d.)]
Attic dialect future -ιῶ [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th c.BC: Antiphanes Comicus 141)]: (κίθαρις):— play the cithara, φόρμιγγι.. ἱμερόεν κιθάριζε [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 18.570, 8th-7th c.BC: Hesiodus Epicus “Scutum Herculis” 202; λύρῃ δ᾽ ἐρατὸν κιθαρίζων “hymnus ad Mercurium” 423; ἕρπει ἄντα τῶ σιδάρω τὸ καλῶς κιθαρίσδεν 7th c.BC: Alcman Lyricus 35, compare 5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Symposium” 3.1, “Oec.” 2.13; ᾄδειν καὶ κ. 1st c.BC: Philodemus Gadarensis Epigrammaticus “Mus.” 7)] K.; κιθαρίζειν οὐκ ἐπίσταμαι I am not a 'high-brow', [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Vespae” 989, compare 959; ἀρχαῖον εἶν᾽ ἔφασκε τὸ κ. [prev. author] “Nu.” 1357: proverbial, ὄνος κιθαρίζειν πειρώμενος, like{ὄνος πρὸς λύραν} (see. λύρα), 2nd c.AD: Lucianus Sophista “Pseudol.” 7)]; τὸ κιθαριζόμενον music composed for the cithara, [Refs 1st c.AD+ (1st-2nd c.AD: Plutarchus Biographus et Philosophus 2.1144d.)]