G2789: κιθαρίζω (kitharízō)

G2789 κιθαρίζω (kitharízō)

Greek

Quick Definition

κιθαρίζω v. I play on the harp

Strong's Definition

from 2788; to play on a lyre

KJV Usage: harp

UBS Dictionary of the Greek New Testament

κιθαρίζω (G2789)

verb | κιθάρα · κιθαρῳδός

6.84 · Artifacts · Musical Instruments

to play a lyre, to play a harp (derivative of κιθάρα lyre, harp, 6.83) to play a lyre, a small stringed harp-like instrument held in the hands and plucked

1CO 14:7 · REV 14:2

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Thayer's Greek Lexicon

κιθαρίζω : pres. pass. ptep. κιθαριζόμενος ; to play upon the harp [(see the preceding word) ]: with ἐν ταῖς κιθάραις added, [A.V. harping with their harps], Rev. xiv. 2; τὸ κιθαριζόμενον, what is harped, 1 Co. xiv. 7. (Is. xxiii. 16; in the Grk. writ. fr. Hom. Il. 18, 570 down.)

Mounce Concise Greek Dictionary

κιθαρίζω kitharizō 2x

to play on a lyre or harp, 1 Cor. 14:7; Rev. 14:2*

Abbott-Smith Greek Lexicon

κιθαρίζω,

[in LXX: Is 23:16 (נגן pi.)*;]

to play upon the lyre or harp: I Co 14:7, Re 14:2.†

Moulton & Milligan — Vocabulary of the Greek NT

κιθαρίζω. In ἃ law of Teos regulating the employment of a sum of money devoted to the instruction of children, provision is made that boys, before they are enrolled among the ephebi, shall learn τὰ μουσικὰ καὶ κιθαρίζειν ἢ ψάλλειν (Michel 40818--111}8.6. = Sy// 523}8).

Liddell-Scott-Jones — Greek-English Lexicon

κιθαρίζω (kitharizō) — to play the harp. κῐθαρ-ίζω, Attic dialect future -ιῶ [Refs 4th c.BC+]: (κίθαρις):— play the cithara, φόρμιγγι.. ἱμερόεν κιθάριζε [Refs 8th c.BC+] K.; κιθαρίζειν οὐκ ἐπίσταμαι I am not a 'high-brow', [Refs 5th c.BC+]; τὸ κιθαριζόμενον music composed for the cithara, [Refs 1st c.AD+]