κιθάραkithára

Meanings

Same root

• κιθαρῳδόςkitharōidós · G2790a lyre-singer(-player), i.e. harpist
• κιθαρίζωkitharízō · G2789to play on a lyre

Where it appears

Appears 4 times in the Bible.

• 1 Corinthians 14:7 Even lifeless instruments like the flute or the harp must play the notes clearly, or no one will recognize the melody.
• Revelation 5:8 And when he took the scroll, the four living beings and the twenty-four elders fell down before the Lamb. Each one had a harp, and they held gold bowls filled with incense, which are the prayers of God’s people.
• Revelation 14:2 And I heard a sound from heaven like the roar of mighty ocean waves or the rolling of loud thunder. It was like the sound of many harpists playing together.
• Revelation 15:2 I saw before me what seemed to be a glass sea mixed with fire. And on it stood all the people who had been victorious over the beast and his statue and the number representing his name. They were all holding harps that God had given them.