What does κιθάρα (kithára) mean in the Bible?
κιθάρα (kithára) is a Greek word meaning "a lyre".
Greek · G2788
κιθάρα
A lyre
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κιθάρα G2788
Pronunciation kithára
What does κιθάρα (kithára) mean in the Bible?
κιθάρα (kithára) is a Greek word meaning "a lyre".
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Questions this entry answers
How does the BSB render G2788?
The BSB source-word alignment has 4 aligned rows for this entry. Common renderings include harps (2), a harp (1), harp (1).
Where does κιθάρα (kithára) appear in Scripture?
The source-word alignment first shows this entry at 1 Corinthians 14:7. Its strongest book concentrations include Revelation (3), 1 Corinthians (1).
Source Word Evidence
BSB source-word alignment connects this entry to exact verse rows, English rendering, source form, transliteration, and parsing.
How English Renders It harps 2× Revelation 14:2, Revelation 15:2
a harp 1× Revelation 5:8
harp 1× 1 Corinthians 14:7
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Usage map
A compact distribution from source-word alignment before the full evidence tables.
First aligned row 1 Corinthians 14:7
Aligned rows 4
Books represented 2
1 Corinthians 1 Revelation 3
Source forms
κιθάρα 1x kithara 1 Corinthians 14:7
κιθάραις 1x kitharais Revelation 14:2
κιθάραν 1x kitharan Revelation 5:8
κιθάρας 1x kitharas Revelation 15:2
Parsing patterns
Noun - Accusative Feminine Plural 1x Revelation 15:2
Noun - Accusative Feminine Singular 1x Revelation 5:8
Noun - Dative Feminine Plural 1x Revelation 14:2
Noun - Nominative Feminine Singular 1x 1 Corinthians 14:7
Evidence Summary
Greek word. a lyre
Strong's G2788
Lexical occurrences 4 verses Greek text appearances 4 times Word forms 4 forms 4 references Verse guides 0 guides
Source Gloss
a lyre
Greek Text Appearances
Textus Receptus witness, full corpus Greek token appearances from Scrivener 1894 Textus Receptus in the full New Testament corpus.
4 Greek text appearances shown. Linked morphology labels have verse guides.
1 Corinthians 14:7 Noun Nominative Singular Feminine
κιθάρα, kiqara
a harp
Read verse Revelation 5:8 Noun Accusative Plural Feminine
κιθάρας, kiqarav
a harp
Read verse Revelation 14:2 Noun Dative Plural Feminine
κιθάραις kiqaraiv
a harp
Read verse Revelation 15:2 Noun Accusative Plural Feminine
κιθάρας kiqarav
a harp
Read verseFull New Testament corpus: 260 chapters, 7,957 verses, 140,628 tokens. Data source: honza/textus-receptus (data only), with authority check against byztxt/greektext-textus-receptus.
Grammatical Forms
How this word appears across different grammatical cases and numbers.
This word appears as a noun across 4 case and number patterns. The form changes show how the word functions in a sentence; they do not change the basic lexical meaning by themselves.
Form patterns 4 Aligned forms 4 Case pattern Accusative (2) Number pattern Plural (2)
Verse guides are not available for this word yet, so verse references remain plain evidence markers.
Nominative · Singular · Feminine 1 Cor 14:7 1×
Dative · Plural · Feminine Rev 14:2 1×
Accusative · Singular · Feminine Rev 5:8 1×
Accusative · Plural · Feminine Rev 15:2 1×
Word Origins
κιθάρα is of uncertain origin - no further derivation.
Sources
MorphGNT Strong's Dictionary XML — CC0 1.0 Public Domain
Open Scriptures Hebrew Bible (morphhb/OSHB) — CC BY 4.0
Open Scriptures Hebrew Lexicon — CC BY 4.0
Berean Standard Bible (BSB) source-word alignment - CC0 Public Domain