2001 Translation

KITHARION, kitharion

Sounds Like: kee-THA-ree-on

Translations: little lyre, small harp, lute

From the root: ΚΙΘΑΡΑ

Part of Speech: Noun

Explanation: This word refers to a small stringed instrument, similar to a lyre or harp. It is a diminutive form of the word 'ΚΙΘΑΡΑ' (kithara), meaning 'lyre' or 'harp', indicating a smaller or less significant version of the instrument. It would be used in sentences to refer to such an instrument.

Inflection: Singular, Nominative, Accusative, or Vocative, Neuter

Strong’s number: G2788 (Lookup on BibleHub)

Instances

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From the same root

Below are all other words in our texts that we've cataloged as being from the same root, ΚΙΘΑΡΑ.

These could represent different words with related meanings, or different forms of the same word to fit different grammatical cases, numbers, or genders. This list may include spelling variants and even misspellings in the original manuscripts! Even more words from the same root may exist in other ancient texts that aren't in our database.

• ΘΑΡΑΣ — of harp, of lyre, of cithara
• ΚΙΘΑΡΑ — lyre, harp, a lyre, a harp
• ΚΙΘΑΡΑΙΣ — to harps, to lyres, to citharas
• ΚΙΘΑΡΑΝ — harp, a harp, lyre, a lyre, cithara, a cithara
• ΚΙΘΑΡΑΣ — of a lyre, of a harp, of a cithara

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