ΚΙΘΑΡΙΣΤΑΙ, κιθαρισται
KITHARISTAI, kitharistai
Sounds Like: kee-thar-is-TAI
Translations: lyre-players, harpists, musicians
From the root: ΚΙΘΑΡΙΣΤΗΣ
Part of Speech: Noun
Explanation: This word refers to those who play the cithara, a type of lyre or harp. It is used to describe musicians, specifically those who play stringed instruments. In a sentence, it would typically function as the subject or object, referring to a group of such players.
Inflection: Plural, Nominative, Masculine
Strong’s number: G2788 (Lookup on BibleHub)
Instances
Josephus' The Jewish War
- Book Two — 15:13
From the same root
Below are all other words in our texts that we've cataloged as being from the same root, ΚΙΘΑΡΙΣΤΗΣ.
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.
- ΚΙΘΑΡΙΣΤΗΣ — citharist, a citharist, harpist, a harpist, lyre player, a lyre player
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