Lexical Definition

‎כִּנּוֹר‎ kinnôwr (kin-nore') lyre ^H:N-M
from a unused root meaning to twang

harp.

• a harp

1) lyre, harp

See Greek: κιθάρα

Brown-Driver-Briggs

‎כִּנּוֺר‎ noun masculine^{Ps 81:3*} lyre (on formation compare Lag^{BN 89, Anm}.; Late Hebrew id.; Aramaic ‎כִּנָּרָא‎, ; Mandean ‎כינאר(אׅ‎ Nö^{M § 104} (who questions Shemitic origin); Arabic , ; as loan-word in Hellen. Greek κινύρα (ᵐ5 and Joseph.); in Egyptian kn-an-aul according to Bondi⁷⁹) — absolute ‎׳‎‎כ‎ Gen 4:21 +; suffix ‎כִּנֹּרִי‎ Job 30:31 plural ‎כִּנֹּרוֺת‎ 1Kgs 10:12 +; suffix ‎כִּנּוֺרַיִךְ‎ Ezek 26:13, ‎כִּנֹּרוֺתֵינוּ‎ Ps 137:2 — lyre, stringed instrument used for popular as well as sacred music (compare Benz^{Archaeology 273 ff.} Now^{Archaeology i. 273 ff.}); — ‎׳‎‎יְעוּגָבכ‎ Gen 4:21, ‎׳‎‎בְּתֹף וּבְכ‎ Gen 31:27 ‎׳‎‎אִישׁ יֹדֵעַ מְנַגֵּן בַּכּ‎ 1Sam 16:16 a man skilled in playing on the lyre, compare v1Sam 16:23 (‎וִנִגֵּן בְּיָדוֺׅ‎); at banquets Isa 5:12 (+ ‎נֶבֶל‎, ‎תֹּף‎, ‎חָלִיל‎), token of merriment Isa 24:8 (+ ‎תֻּפִּים‎), Ezek 26:13, compare ‎וַיְהִי לְאֵבֶל כִּנֹּרִ֑י וְעֻגָבִי לְקוֺל בֹּכִים‎ Job 30:31, ‎וְיִשְׂמְחוּ לְקוֺל עוּגָב‎ ‎׳‎‎יִשְׂאוּ כְתֹף וְכ‎ Job 21:12 carried by a loose woman Isa 23:16 (figurative of Tyre); in simile Isa 16:11 (of murmuring sound of bowels = heart, in pity); used also in praising ‎׳‎‎י‎, usually As accompaniment of song (compare 1Chr 15:16) ‎׳‎‎נֵבֶל וְתֹף וְחָלִיל וְכ‎ 1Sam 10:5; Isa 30:32 (|| ‎תֻּפִּים‎); especially before the ark 2Sam 6:5 (+ ‎נְבָלִים‎, ‎תֻּפִּים‎, etc.) || 1Chr 13:8, and in sanctuary (usually + ‎נֵבֶל‎, etc.) 1Kgs 10:12, but especially Chronicles, Psalms: — 1Chr 13:8 (plural, and so chiefly in Chronicles), 1Chr 15:16; 1Chr 15:21; 1Chr 15:28; 1Chr 16:5; 1Chr 25:1; 1Chr 25:3; 1Chr 25:6; 2Chr 5:12; 2Chr 9:11; 2Chr 20:28; 2Chr 29:25; Neh 12:27; Ps 33:2 (singular, and so chiefly in Psalms), Ps 43:4; Ps 49:5*; Ps 57:9*; Ps 71:22; Ps 81:3*; Ps 92:4*; Ps 98:5 (twice in verse); Ps 108:3*; Ps 147:7; Ps 149:3; Ps 150:3 compare ‎כִּנֹּרוֺתֵינוּ‎ Ps 137:2. — Vbs. used with ‎׳‎‎כ‎ are: — ‎תָּפַשׂ‎ Gen 4:21, ‎נִגֵּן בְּ‎ 1Sam 16:16, ‎מְשַׂחֵק בְּ‎ 2Sam 6:5 = 1Chr 13:8, ‎מְשֹׁרֲרִים בּ‎ 1Chr 15:16, ‎מַשְׁמִיעִים בְּ‎ v1Chr 15:28, ‎נִבָּא בְּ‎ 1Chr 25:1; 1Chr 25:3, ‎הוֺדָה בְּ‎ Ps 33:2; Ps 43:4, ‎זמּר בְּ‎ Ps 71:22; Ps 98:5; Ps 147:7; Ps 149:3, ‎הַלֲלוּהוּ בְּ‎ Ps 150:3. — On ancient lyres see references in Dr^{Amos, p. 236 f}.

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