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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 39
    Old Testament books
  • 34
    spellings

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

Fourteen of the word's forty-two uses are in Psalms.

The other 28 Old Testament books never use the word.

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.

כִּנְעָהkinahbundleUses1

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.

    Genesis 4:21

    • 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.

    Genesis 31:27

    • 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.

    1 Samuel 10:5

    • 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.”

    1 Samuel 16:16

    • 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.

    1 Samuel 16:23

    • 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.

    2 Samuel 6:5

    • 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.)

    1 Kings 10:12

    • 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.

    1 Chronicles 13:8

    • 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.

    1 Chronicles 15:16

    • 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.

    1 Chronicles 15:21

    • 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.

    1 Chronicles 15:28

    • 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

    1 Chronicles 16:5

    • 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:

    1 Chronicles 25:1

    • 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.

    1 Chronicles 25:3

    • 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.

    1 Chronicles 25:6

    • 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.

    2 Chronicles 5:12

    • 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.)

    2 Chronicles 9:11

    • וְכִנֹּר֥וֹתvekhinorotconjunction (“and”) + noun · feminine pluraltagged: and harps
  • So they entered Jerusalem and went into the house of the LORD with harps, lyres, and trumpets.

    2 Chronicles 20:28

    • 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.

    2 Chronicles 29:25

    • 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.

    Nehemiah 12:27

    • 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.

    Job 21:12

    • וְכִנּ֑וֹרvekhinorconjunction (“and”) + noun · masculine singulartagged: and harp
  • My harp is tuned to mourning and my flute to the sound of weeping.

    Job 30:31

    • 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.

    Psalms 33:2

    • 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.

    Psalms 43:4

    • 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:

    Psalms 49:4

    • בְּ֝כִנּ֗וֹרbekhinorpreposition + noun · masculine singulartagged: with a harp
  • Awake, my glory! Awake, O harp and lyre! I will awaken the dawn.

    Psalms 57:8

    • 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.

    Psalms 71:22

    • בְכִנּ֑וֹרvekhinorpreposition + noun · masculine singulartagged: with a harp
  • Lift up a song, strike the tambourine, play the sweet-sounding harp and lyre.

    Psalms 81:2

    • כִּנּ֖וֹרkinornoun · masculine singular · in construct (“…of”)tagged: a harp
  • with the ten-stringed harp and the melody of the lyre.

    Psalms 92:3

    • בְּכִנּֽוֹר׃bekhinorpreposition + noun · masculine singulartagged: with a harp
  • Sing praises to the LORD with the lyre, in melodious song with the harp.

    Psalms 98:5

    • בְּכִנּ֑וֹרbekhinorpreposition + noun · masculine singulartagged: with a harp
    • בְּ֝כִנּ֗וֹרbekhinorpreposition + noun · masculine singulartagged: with a harp
  • Awake, O harp and lyre! I will awaken the dawn.

    Psalms 108:2

    • וְכִנּ֗וֹרvekhinorconjunction (“and”) + noun · masculine singulartagged: and harp
  • There on the willows we hung our harps,

    Psalms 137:2

    • 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,

    Psalms 147:7

    • בְכִנּֽוֹר׃vekhinorpreposition + noun · masculine singulartagged: with a harp
  • Let them praise His name with dancing, and make music to Him with tambourine and harp.

    Psalms 149:3

    • וְ֝כִנּ֗וֹרvekhinorconjunction (“and”) + noun · masculine singulartagged: and harp
  • Praise Him with the sound of the horn; praise Him with the harp and lyre.

    Psalms 150:3

    • 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.

    Isaiah 5:12

    • כִנּ֜וֹרkhinornoun · masculine singulartagged: harp
  • Therefore my heart laments for Moab like a harp, my inmost being for Kir-heres.

    Isaiah 16:11

    • 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.”

    Isaiah 23:16

    • כִנּ֛וֹרkhinornoun · masculine singulartagged: a harp
  • The joyful tambourines have ceased; the noise of revelers has stopped; the joyful harp is silent.

    Isaiah 24:8

    • 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.

    Isaiah 30:32

    • 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.

    Ezekiel 26:13

    • כִּנּוֹרַ֔יִךְkinorayikhnoun · masculine plural · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 2nd person feminine singulartagged: harps your

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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.

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Dictionary key: Strong's Exhaustive Concordance of the Bible (1890, public domain). English verse text: Berean Standard Bible (public domain, 2023).

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