G2790: κιθαρῳδός (kitharōidós)

G2790 κιθαρῳδός (kitharōidós)

Greek

Quick Definition

κιθαρῳδός, ου, ὁ n.m. a harpist

Strong's Definition

from 2788 and a derivative of the same as 5603; a lyre-singer(-player), i.e. harpist

KJV Usage: harper

UBS Dictionary of the Greek New Testament

κιθαρῳδός (G2790)

noun, m. | -οῦ | κιθαρίζω + ᾄδω

6.85 · Artifacts · Musical Instruments

harpist (derivative of κιθαρίζω ‘to play a lyre,’ 6.84) one who plays the lyre, a small stringed harp-like instrument held in the hands and plucked

REV 14:2 · REV 18:22

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Thayer's Greek Lexicon

κιθαρ-ῳδός, -οῦ, ὁ, (κιθάρα [q- v.], and δός, contr. fr. ἀοιδός, a singer), a harper, one who plays on the harp and accompanies it with his voice: Rev. xiv. 2; xviii. 22. ({Hat., Plat., al.], Diphil. in Athen. 6 p. 247d.; Plut. mor. 166 a.; Ael. ν. ἢ. 4,2; superl. (extended form) κιθαραοιδότατος, Arstph. vesp. 1278. Varro der. τ. 2, 1, 3 “non omnes, qui habent citharam, sunt citharoedi.”’)

Mounce Concise Greek Dictionary

κιθαρῳδός kitharōidos 2x

one who plays on the lyre and accompanies it with his voice, Rev. 14:2; 18:22*

Abbott-Smith Greek Lexicon

* κιθαρ-ωδός, -οῦ, ὁ

(< κιθάρα, ἀοιδός, a singer)

one who plays and sings to the lyre, a harper: Re 14:2 18:22.†

Moulton & Milligan — Vocabulary of the Greek NT

κιθαρῳδός. With this word, as in Rev 14, 1823, cf. Priene 1138° (i/B.Cc.), where a κιθαρῳδός is mentioned among the musicians hired to amuse the crowd: cf. also OGZS 51* (iii/B.c.), 352°? (ii/B.c.). 2

Liddell-Scott-Jones — Greek-English Lexicon

κιθαρῳδός (kitharōdos) — harpist. κῐθᾰρῳδ-ός, ὁ, (κιθάρα, ἀοιδός) one who plays and sings to the cithara, [Refs 5th c.BC+]

II. a fish, found in the Red Sea, with body striped like the strings of a lyre, [Refs 2nd c.AD+]