כִּנּוֹרkinnôwr
lyre, stringed instrument used for popular as well as sacred music (Psalms 81:3; Genesis 4:21; Job 30:31; 1 Kings 10:12; Ezekiel 26:13)
Pronunciation: kin-nore' · Hebrew/Aramaic (Old Testament) · H3658
Same root
Where it appears
Appears 42 times in the Bible.
- Genesis 4:21 His brother’s name was Jubal, the first of all who play the harp and flute.
- Genesis 31:27 Why did you slip away secretly? Why did you deceive me? And why didn’t you say you wanted to leave? I would have given you a farewell feast, with singing and music, accompanied by tambourines and harps.
- 1 Samuel 10:5 “When you arrive at Gibeah of God, where the garrison of the Philistines is located, you will meet a band of prophets coming down from the place of worship. They will be playing a harp, a tambourine, a flute, and a lyre, and they will be prophesying.
- 1 Samuel 16:16 Let us find a good musician to play the harp whenever the tormenting spirit troubles you. He will play soothing music, and you will soon be well again.”
- 1 Samuel 16:23 And whenever the tormenting spirit from God troubled Saul, David would play the harp. Then Saul would feel better, and the tormenting spirit would go away.
- 2 Samuel 6:5 David and all the people of Israel were celebrating before the Lord, singing songs and playing all kinds of musical instruments—lyres, harps, tambourines, castanets, and cymbals.
See every passage
- Genesis 4:21, 31:27
- 1 Samuel 10:5, 16:16, 16:23
- 2 Samuel 6:5
- 1 Kings 10:12
- 1 Chronicles 13:8, 15:16, 15:21, 15:28, 16:5, 25:1, 25:3, 25:6
- 2 Chronicles 5:12, 9:11, 20:28, 29:25
- Nehemiah 12:27
- Job 21:12, 30:31
- Psalms 33:2, 43:4, 49:4, 57:8, 71:22, 81:2, 92:3, 98:5, 108:2, 137:2, 147:7, 149:3, 150:3
- Isaiah 5:12, 16:11, 23:16, 24:8, 30:32
- Ezekiel 26:13
Source: Brown, Driver and Briggs, Hebrew and English Lexicon of the Old Testament (1906), public domain; markup by unfoldingWord, CC BY (github.com/unfoldingWord/Brown-Driver-Briggs-Enhanced).