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Old & New Testament Greek Lexical DictionaryGreek Lexicon

Strong's #2790 - κιθαρῳδός

Transliteration

kitharōidós

Phonetics

kith-ar-o-dos'

Root Word (Etymology)

from (G2788) and a derivative of the same as (G5603)

Parts of Speech

masculine noun

TDNT

None

Definition

Thayer
Strong
Mounce

Thayer's

a harper, one who plays the harp and accompanies it with his voice

Frequency Lists

Book
Word
Parsing

Verse Results

KJV (2)

Revelation 2

NAS (2)

Revelation 2

HCS (2)

Revelation 2

BSB (2)

Revelation 2

ESV (2)

Revelation 2

WEB (2)

Revelation 2

KJV (2)

harpers 2

NAS (2)

harpists 2

HCS (2)

harpists 1

of harpists 1

BSB (2)

harpists 1

of harpists 1

ESV (2)

harpists 2

WEB (2)

of harpists 1

was like that of harpists 1

RAH

ANT

N-GPM 2

BEZ

N-GPM 2

BGB

N-GMP 2

BMT

N-GPM 2

BYZ

N-GPM 2

ELZ

N-GPM 2

NA26

N-GPM 2

SBL

N-GPM 2

SCV

N-GPM 2

STV

N-GPM 2

TIS

N-GPM 2

Liddell-Scott-Jones Definitions

κῐθᾰρῳδ-ός, ὁ,

(κιθάρα, ἀοιδός)

I one who plays and sings to the cithara, Hdt. 1.23, IG 12.547, Pherecr. 6.1, Phld. Mus. p.28K., etc.: as fem., κ. γυνή Alciphr. 3.33.

II a fish, found in the Red Sea, with body striped like the strings of a lyre, Ael. NA 11.23.

Thayer's Expanded Definition

κιθαρῳδός, κιθαρωδου, ὁ (κιθάρα (which see), and ᾠδός, contracted from ἀοιδός, a singer), a harper, one who plays on the harp and accompanies it with his voice: Revelation 14:2; Revelation 18:22. ((Herodotus, Plato, others), Diphilus () in Athen. 6, p. 247 d.; Plutarch, mor. 166 a.; Aelian v. h. 4, 2; superlative (extended form) κιθαραοιδοτατος, Aristophanes vesp. 1278. Varro de r. r. 2, 1, 3 non omnes, qui habent citharam, sunt citharoedi.)

Abbott-Smith Manual Greek Lexicon of the New Testament

* κιθαρ -ωδός , -οῦ , ὁ

(< κιθάρα , ἀοιδός , a singer),

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

Abbott-Smith Manual Greek Lexicon of the New Testament.
Copyright © 1922 by G. Abbott-Smith, D.D., D.C.L.. T & T Clarke, London.

Vocabulary of the Greek NT

With this word, as in Revelation 14:2; Revelation 18:22, cf. Priene II3.80 (i/B.C.), where a κιθαρῳδός is mentioned among the musi–cians hired to amuse the crowd : cf. also OGIS 51.41 (iii/B.C.), 352.67 (ii/B.C.).

List of Word Forms

κιθαρωδων κιθαρωδών κιθαρῳδῶν kitharodon kitharōdōn kitharoidôn kitharōidō̂n