Lexicon kitharódos: one who plays and sings to the lyre Original Word: κιθαρῳδός, ου, ὁPart of Speech: Noun, Masculine Transliteration: kitharódos Phonetic Spelling: (kith-ar-o'-dos) Short Definition: a harpist Definition: a harpist, one who sings with harp as accompaniment. NAS Exhaustive Concordance Word Originfrom kithara and aoidos (a singer) Definitionone who plays and sings to the lyre NASB Translationharpists (2).
Thayer's STRONGS NT 2790: κιθαρῳδόςκιθαρῳδός, 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.)
Strong's harper. From kithara and a derivative of the same as oide; a lyre-singer(-player), i.e. Harpist -- harper. see GREEK kithara see GREEK oide |
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