2001 Translation

KITHARAIS, kitharais

Sounds Like: kee-THA-raiss

Translations: to harps, to lyres, to citharas

From the root: ΚΙΘΑΡΑ

Part of Speech: Noun

Explanation: This word refers to a stringed musical instrument, similar to a lyre or harp, commonly used in ancient times. It is used here in the dative plural, indicating the instrument is the indirect object of an action, often translated with 'to' or 'with' (in the sense of 'by means of').

Inflection: Plural, Dative, Feminine

Strong’s number: G2788 (Lookup on BibleHub)

Instances

Codex Sinaiticus

• 1 Maccabees — 4:54

Swete's Recension of the Greek Septuagint

• 1 Maccabees — 4:54

Tischendorf's Greek New Testament

• Revelation — 14:2

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
• ΚΙΘΑΡΑΝ — harp, a harp, lyre, a lyre, cithara, a cithara
• ΚΙΘΑΡΑΣ — of a lyre, of a harp, of a cithara
• ΚΙΘΑΡΙΟΝ — little lyre, small harp, lute

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