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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κιθάραG2788
Pronunciationkithára
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 Itharps2×Revelation 14:2, Revelation 15:2
a harp1×Revelation 5:8
harp1×1 Corinthians 14:7
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Usage map
A compact distribution from source-word alignment before the full evidence tables.
First aligned row1 Corinthians 14:7
Aligned rows4
Books represented2
1 Corinthians1Revelation3
Source forms
κιθάρα1xkithara1 Corinthians 14:7
κιθάραις1xkitharaisRevelation 14:2
κιθάραν1xkitharanRevelation 5:8
κιθάρας1xkitharasRevelation 15:2
Parsing patterns
Noun - Accusative Feminine Plural1xRevelation 15:2
Noun - Accusative Feminine Singular1xRevelation 5:8
Noun - Dative Feminine Plural1xRevelation 14:2
Noun - Nominative Feminine Singular1x1 Corinthians 14:7
Evidence Summary
Greek word. a lyre
Strong'sG2788
Lexical occurrences4 versesGreek text appearances4 timesWord forms4 forms4 referencesVerse guides0 guides
Source Gloss
a lyre
Greek Text Appearances
Textus Receptus witness, full corpusGreek 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 14:7Noun Nominative Singular Feminine
κιθάρα,kiqara
a harp
Read verseRevelation 5:8Noun Accusative Plural Feminine
κιθάρας,kiqarav
a harp
Read verseRevelation 14:2Noun Dative Plural Feminine
κιθάραιςkiqaraiv
a harp
Read verseRevelation 15:2Noun Accusative Plural Feminine
κιθάραςkiqarav
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 patterns4Aligned forms4Case patternAccusative (2)Number patternPlural (2)
Verse guides are not available for this word yet, so verse references remain plain evidence markers.
Nominative · Singular · Feminine1 Cor 14:71×
Dative · Plural · FeminineRev 14:21×
Accusative · Singular · FeminineRev 5:81×
Accusative · Plural · FeminineRev 15:21×
Word Origins
κιθάρα is of uncertain origin - no further derivation.