Hebrew noun (masculine) · H3658
כִּנּוֹר
kinnorkin-nore'
lyre
42 uses in the Hebrew text, one for each word STEP Bible has tagged with this key
Concordance spelling: kinnôwr
Word page · Part of the concordance, one page for every word of the Hebrew and Greek text. Strong's H3658is this word's number in James Strong's 1890 index of the King James Bible.
- 11 of 39Old Testament books
- 34spellings
The definition in full
Strong's key (1890) · H3658
a harp
The King James renders it: harp.
James Strong, The Exhaustive Concordance of the Bible (1890), public domain. Strong indexed the King James text, and this site quotes his entry as that index.
Summary
kinnor is rendered "lyre". It stands 42 times in the Hebrew text, across eleven books.
- Fourteen of the uses stand in Psalms, more than in any other book.
- Its first use in canonical order opens the ledger below.Genesis 4:21And his brother’s name was Jubal; he was the father of all who play the harp and flute.
- The Greek text spells it thirty-four different ways.
The first use
And his brother’s name was Jubal; he was the father of all who play the harp and flute.
Genesis 4:21כִּנּ֖וֹר
The first use, in the order of the Old Testament's books.
Where the word stands
What the word means
Each meaning, and the words it is translated by
How the Greek text is glossed, word by word
- with a harp7
- and harp6
- and harps6
- and with harps6
- harp3
- a harp2
- with harps2
- and on harps1
- and with harp1
- harp my1
- harps our1
- harps your1
and 5 more, 42 uses in all
The words built on the same word-part
Each word below begins with the same letters this one begins with. A shared word-part shows a family. It does not settle what any one of them means, so each word carries its own uses on its own page. Scholars call that shared part the stem.
| Word | Written | Meaning | Uses |
|---|---|---|---|
| כִּנְעָה | kinah | bundle | Uses1 |
The words it stands beside
All 42, in canonical order
Every use, in order
Every use, grouped by book, with its verse.
34 spellings and their grammar
STEP Bible tags every word of the Hebrew and Greek text with its spelling and its grammar. Both lists below count the rows printed underneath, written out in English, with the code beside each one as it was tagged.
How it is spelled
- בְּכִנּ֑וֹר2
- בְּ֝כִנּ֗וֹר2
- בְּכִנֹּר֥וֹת2
- וּבְכִנֹּר֔וֹת2
- וְכִנּ֗וֹר2
- וְכִנֹּר֥וֹת2
- וְכִנֹּר֔וֹת2
- כִּנּ֖וֹר2
- בְכִנּ֗וֹר1
- בְכִנּ֑וֹר1
- בַּכִּנּ֑וֹר1
- בַּכִּנּ֔וֹר1
and 22 more spellings in the ledger below.
The grammar of each form
- conjunction (“and”) + preposition + noun · feminine plural7HC/R/Ncfpa
- preposition + noun · masculine singular7HR/Ncmsa
- conjunction (“and”) + noun · feminine plural6HC/Ncfpa
- conjunction (“and”) + noun · masculine singular6HC/Ncmsa
- noun · masculine singular4HNcmsa
- preposition with the article + noun · masculine singular3HRd/Ncmsa
- preposition + noun · feminine plural2HR/Ncfpa
- conjunction (“and”) + preposition + noun · masculine singular1HC/R/Ncmsa
- noun · feminine plural · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 1st person masculine or feminine plural1HNcfpc/Sp1bp
- noun · masculine plural · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 2nd person feminine singular1HNcmpc/Sp2fs
- noun · masculine singular · in construct (“…of”)1HNcmsc
- noun · masculine singular · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 1st person masculine or feminine singular1HNcmsc/Sp1bs
Genesis
two uses
And his brother’s name was Jubal; he was the father of all who play the harp and flute.
- כִּנּ֖וֹרkinornoun · masculine singulartagged: harp
Why did you run away secretly and deceive me, without even telling me? I would have sent you away with joy and singing, with tambourines and harps.
- וּבְכִנּֽוֹר׃uvekhinorconjunction (“and”) + preposition + noun · masculine singulartagged: and with harp
1 Samuel
three uses
After that you will come to Gibeah of God, where the Philistines have an outpost. As you approach the city, you will meet a group of prophets coming down from the high place, preceded by harps, tambourines, flutes, and lyres, and they will be prophesying.
- וְכִנּ֔וֹרvekhinorconjunction (“and”) + noun · masculine singulartagged: and harp
Let our lord command your servants here to seek out someone who can skillfully play the harp. Whenever the spirit of distress from God is upon you, he is to play it, and you will be well.”
- בַּכִּנּ֑וֹרbakinorpreposition with the article + noun · masculine singulartagged: on the harp
And whenever the spirit from God came upon Saul, David would pick up his harp and play, and Saul would become well, and the spirit of distress would depart from him.
- הַכִּנּ֖וֹרhakinorthe definite article (“the”) + noun · masculine singulartagged: the harp
2 Samuel
one use
David and all the house of Israel were celebrating before the LORD with all kinds of wood instruments, harps, stringed instruments, tambourines, sistrums, and cymbals.
- וּבְכִנֹּר֤וֹתuvekhinorotconjunction (“and”) + preposition + noun · feminine pluraltagged: and on harps
1 Kings
one use
The king made the almug wood into steps for the house of the LORD and for the king’s palace, and into lyres and harps for the singers. Never before had such almug wood been brought in, nor has such been seen to this day.)
- וְכִנֹּר֥וֹתvekhinorotconjunction (“and”) + noun · feminine pluraltagged: and harps
1 Chronicles
eight uses
David and all the Israelites were celebrating before God with all their might, with songs and on harps and lyres, with tambourines, cymbals, and trumpets.
- וּבְכִנֹּרוֹת֙uvekhinorotconjunction (“and”) + preposition + noun · feminine pluraltagged: and with harps
David also told the leaders of the Levites to appoint their relatives as singers to lift up their voices with joy, accompanied by musical instruments—harps, lyres, and cymbals.
- וְכִנֹּר֖וֹתvekhinorotconjunction (“and”) + noun · feminine pluraltagged: and harps
And Mattithiah, Eliphelehu, Mikneiah, Obed-edom, Jeiel, and Azaziah were to lead the music with lyres according to Sheminith.
- בְּכִנֹּר֥וֹתbekhinorotpreposition + noun · feminine pluraltagged: with harps
So all Israel brought up the ark of the covenant of the LORD with shouting, with the sounding of rams’ horns and trumpets, and with cymbals and the music of harps and lyres.
- וְכִנֹּרֽוֹת׃vekhinorotconjunction (“and”) + noun · feminine pluraltagged: and harps
Asaph was the chief, Zechariah was second, then Jeiel, Shemiramoth, Jehiel, Mattithiah, Eliab, Benaiah, Obed-edom, and Jeiel. They were to play the harps and lyres, while Asaph sounded the cymbals
- וּבְכִנֹּר֔וֹתuvekhinorotconjunction (“and”) + preposition + noun · feminine pluraltagged: and with harps
Additionally, David and the commanders of the army set apart some of the sons of Asaph, Heman, and Jeduthun to prophesy with the accompaniment of lyres, harps, and cymbals. The following is the list of the men who performed this service:
- בְּכִנֹּר֥וֹתbekhinorotpreposition + noun · feminine pluraltagged: with harps
From the sons of Jeduthun: Gedaliah, Zeri, Jeshaiah, Shimei, Hashabiah, and Mattithiah—six in all—under the direction of their father Jeduthun, who prophesied with the harp, giving thanks and praise to the LORD.
- בַּכִּנּ֔וֹרbakinorpreposition with the article + noun · masculine singulartagged: with the harp
All these were under the direction of their fathers for the music of the house of the LORD with cymbals, harps, and lyres, for the service of the house of God. Asaph, Jeduthun, and Heman were under the direction of the king.
- וְכִנֹּר֔וֹתvekhinorotconjunction (“and”) + noun · feminine pluraltagged: and harps
2 Chronicles
four uses
all the Levitical singers—Asaph, Heman, Jeduthun, and their sons and relatives—stood on the east side of the altar, dressed in fine linen and playing cymbals, harps, and lyres, accompanied by 120 priests sounding trumpets.
- וְכִנֹּר֔וֹתvekhinorotconjunction (“and”) + noun · feminine pluraltagged: and harps
The king made the algum wood into steps for the house of the LORD and for the king’s palace, and into lyres and harps for the singers. Never before had anything like them been seen in the land of Judah.)
- וְכִנֹּר֥וֹתvekhinorotconjunction (“and”) + noun · feminine pluraltagged: and harps
So they entered Jerusalem and went into the house of the LORD with harps, lyres, and trumpets.
- וּבְכִנֹּר֖וֹתuvekhinorotconjunction (“and”) + preposition + noun · feminine pluraltagged: and with harps
Hezekiah stationed the Levites in the house of the LORD with cymbals, harps, and lyres according to the command of David, of Gad the king’s seer, and of Nathan the prophet. For the command had come from the LORD through His prophets.
- וּבְכִנֹּר֔וֹתuvekhinorotconjunction (“and”) + preposition + noun · feminine pluraltagged: and with harps
Nehemiah
one use
At the dedication of the wall of Jerusalem, the Levites were sought out from all their homes and brought to Jerusalem to celebrate the joyous dedication with thanksgiving and singing, accompanied by cymbals, harps, and lyres.
- וּבְכִנֹּרֽוֹת׃uvekhinorotconjunction (“and”) + preposition + noun · feminine pluraltagged: and with harps
Job
two uses
singing to the tambourine and lyre and making merry at the sound of the flute.
- וְכִנּ֑וֹרvekhinorconjunction (“and”) + noun · masculine singulartagged: and harp
My harp is tuned to mourning and my flute to the sound of weeping.
- כִּנֹּרִ֑יkinorinoun · masculine singular · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 1st person masculine or feminine singulartagged: harp my
Psalms
fourteen uses
Praise the LORD with the harp; make music to Him with ten strings.
- בְּכִנּ֑וֹרbekhinorpreposition + noun · masculine singulartagged: with harp
Then I will go to the altar of God, to God, my greatest joy. I will praise You with the harp, O God, my God.
- בְכִנּ֗וֹרvekhinorpreposition + noun · masculine singular · in construct (“…of”)tagged: with a harp
I will incline my ear to a proverb; I will express my riddle with the harp:
- בְּ֝כִנּ֗וֹרbekhinorpreposition + noun · masculine singulartagged: with a harp
Awake, my glory! Awake, O harp and lyre! I will awaken the dawn.
- וְכִנּ֗וֹרvekhinorconjunction (“and”) + noun · masculine singulartagged: and harp
So I will praise You with the harp for Your faithfulness, O my God; I will sing praise to You with the lyre, O Holy One of Israel.
- בְכִנּ֑וֹרvekhinorpreposition + noun · masculine singulartagged: with a harp
Lift up a song, strike the tambourine, play the sweet-sounding harp and lyre.
- כִּנּ֖וֹרkinornoun · masculine singular · in construct (“…of”)tagged: a harp
with the ten-stringed harp and the melody of the lyre.
- בְּכִנּֽוֹר׃bekhinorpreposition + noun · masculine singulartagged: with a harp
Sing praises to the LORD with the lyre, in melodious song with the harp.
- בְּכִנּ֑וֹרbekhinorpreposition + noun · masculine singulartagged: with a harp
- בְּ֝כִנּ֗וֹרbekhinorpreposition + noun · masculine singulartagged: with a harp
Awake, O harp and lyre! I will awaken the dawn.
- וְכִנּ֗וֹרvekhinorconjunction (“and”) + noun · masculine singulartagged: and harp
There on the willows we hung our harps,
- כִּנֹּרוֹתֵֽינוּ׃kinoroteinunoun · feminine plural · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 1st person masculine or feminine pluraltagged: harps our
Sing to the LORD with thanksgiving; make music on the harp to our God,
- בְכִנּֽוֹר׃vekhinorpreposition + noun · masculine singulartagged: with a harp
Let them praise His name with dancing, and make music to Him with tambourine and harp.
- וְ֝כִנּ֗וֹרvekhinorconjunction (“and”) + noun · masculine singulartagged: and harp
Praise Him with the sound of the horn; praise Him with the harp and lyre.
- וְכִנּֽוֹר׃vekhinorconjunction (“and”) + noun · masculine singulartagged: and harp
Isaiah
five uses
At their feasts are the lyre and harp, tambourines and flutes and wine. They disregard the actions of the LORD and fail to see the work of His hands.
- כִנּ֜וֹרkhinornoun · masculine singulartagged: harp
Therefore my heart laments for Moab like a harp, my inmost being for Kir-heres.
- כַּכִּנּ֖וֹרkakinorpreposition with the article + noun · masculine singulartagged: like the harp
“Take up your harp, stroll through the city, O forgotten harlot. Make sweet melody, sing many a song, so you will be remembered.”
- כִנּ֛וֹרkhinornoun · masculine singulartagged: a harp
The joyful tambourines have ceased; the noise of revelers has stopped; the joyful harp is silent.
- כִּנּֽוֹר׃kinornoun · masculine singulartagged: harp
And with every stroke of the rod of punishment that the LORD brings down on them, the tambourines and lyres will sound as He battles with weapons brandished.
- וּבְכִנֹּר֑וֹתuvekhinorotconjunction (“and”) + preposition + noun · feminine pluraltagged: and with harps
Ezekiel
one use
So I will silence the sound of your songs, and the music of your lyres will no longer be heard.
- כִּנּוֹרַ֔יִךְkinorayikhnoun · masculine plural · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 2nd person feminine singulartagged: harps your
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How the numbers are counted
Every count on this page comes from STEP Bible's tagged Hebrew and Greek text, the same text the ledger prints. A use is counted once each time the tagging marks a word with this key.
Spellings are counted as the Greek text spells them, with the sentence's own punctuation taken off the word first, so a form that ends a clause is not counted as a second spelling.
The words it stands beside are the nouns, verbs and adjectives immediately before or after it, counted in every verse where the word stands. The article, the conjunctions and the prepositions are left out, because they stand beside every word.
The family is read from the lexicon by the stem the two words share, with the accents off, and a person or a place named on the stem is left out.
