Kinnor כִּנּוֹר

Kinnor (Hebrew כִּנּוֹר, Strong's H3658) is a Hebrew masculine noun meaning “lyre”. It occurs 42 times in 41 verses of the Old Testament.

Definition

From the STEPBible Brief Lexicon of Hebrew (based on the abridged Brown-Driver-Briggs), STEPBible.org, CC BY 4.0.

Translated as

Verses

Every verse with Kinnor, with the English words that translate it highlighted (KJV or BSB; other translations show the KJV here).

Genesis

• Genesis 4:21
  And his brother’s name was Jubal: he was the father of all such as handle the harp and organ.And his brother’s name was Jubal; he was the father of all who play the harp and flute.
• Genesis 31:27
  Wherefore didst thou flee away secretly, and steal away from me; and didst not tell me, that I might have sent thee away with mirth, and with songs, with tabret, and with harp?Why did you run away secretly and deceive me, without even telling me? I would have sent you away with joy and singing, with tambourines and harps.

1 Samuel

• 1 Samuel 10:5
  After that thou shalt come to the hill of God, where is the garrison of the Philistines: and it shall come to pass, when thou art come thither to the city, that thou shalt meet a company of prophets coming down from the high place with a psaltery, and a tabret, and a pipe, and a harp, before them; and they shall prophesy:After that you will come to Gibeah of God, where the Philistines have an outpost. As you approach the city, you will meet a group of prophets coming down from the high place, preceded by harps, tambourines, flutes, and lyres, and they will be prophesying.
• 1 Samuel 16:16
  Let our lord now command thy servants, which are before thee, to seek out a man, who is a cunning player on an harp: and it shall come to pass, when the evil spirit from God is upon thee, that he shall play with his hand, and thou shalt be well.Let our lord command your servants here to seek out someone who can skillfully play the harp. Whenever the spirit of distress from God is upon you, he is to play it, and you will be well.”
• 1 Samuel 16:23
  And it came to pass, when the evil spirit from God was upon Saul, that David took an harp, and played with his hand: so Saul was refreshed, and was well, and the evil spirit departed from him.And whenever the spirit from God came upon Saul, David would pick up his harp and play, and Saul would become well, and the spirit of distress would depart from him.

2 Samuel

• 2 Samuel 6:5
  And David and all the house of Israel played before the Lord on all manner of instruments made of fir wood, even on harps, and on psalteries, and on timbrels, and on cornets, and on cymbals.David and all the house of Israel were celebrating before the LORD with all kinds of wood instruments, harps, stringed instruments, tambourines, sistrums, and cymbals.

1 Kings

• 1 Kings 10:12
  And the king made of the almug trees pillars for the house of the Lord, and for the king’s house, harps also and psalteries for singers: there came no such almug trees, nor were seen unto this day.The king made the almug wood into steps for the house of the LORD and for the king’s palace, and into lyres and harps for the singers. Never before had such almug wood been brought in, nor has such been seen to this day.)

1 Chronicles

• 1 Chronicles 13:8
  And David and all Israel played before God with all their might, and with singing, and with harps, and with psalteries, and with timbrels, and with cymbals, and with trumpets.David and all the Israelites were celebrating before God with all their might, with songs and on harps and lyres, with tambourines, cymbals, and trumpets.
• 1 Chronicles 15:16
  And David spake to the chief of the Levites to appoint their brethren to be the singers with instruments of musick, psalteries and harps and cymbals, sounding, by lifting up the voice with joy.David also told the leaders of the Levites to appoint their relatives as singers to lift up their voices with joy, accompanied by musical instruments—harps, lyres, and cymbals.
• 1 Chronicles 15:21
  And Mattithiah, and Elipheleh, and Mikneiah, and Obed–edom, and Jeiel, and Azaziah, with harps on the Sheminith to excel.And Mattithiah, Eliphelehu, Mikneiah, Obed-edom, Jeiel, and Azaziah were to lead the music with lyres according to Sheminith.
• 1 Chronicles 15:28
  Thus all Israel brought up the ark of the covenant of the Lord with shouting, and with sound of the cornet, and with trumpets, and with cymbals, making a noise with psalteries and harps.So all Israel brought up the ark of the covenant of the LORD with shouting, with the sounding of rams’ horns and trumpets, and with cymbals and the music of harps and lyres.
• 1 Chronicles 16:5
  Asaph the chief, and next to him Zechariah, Jeiel, and Shemiramoth, and Jehiel, and Mattithiah, and Eliab, and Benaiah, and Obed–edom: and Jeiel with psalteries and with harps; but Asaph made a sound with cymbals;Asaph was the chief, Zechariah was second, then Jeiel, Shemiramoth, Jehiel, Mattithiah, Eliab, Benaiah, Obed-edom, and Jeiel. They were to play the harps and lyres, while Asaph sounded the cymbals
• 1 Chronicles 25:1
  Moreover David and the captains of the host separated to the service of the sons of Asaph, and of Heman, and of Jeduthun, who should prophesy with harps, with psalteries, and with cymbals: and the number of the workmen according to their service was:Additionally, David and the commanders of the army set apart some of the sons of Asaph, Heman, and Jeduthun to prophesy with the accompaniment of lyres, harps, and cymbals. The following is the list of the men who performed this service:
• 1 Chronicles 25:3
  Of Jeduthun: the sons of Jeduthun; Gedaliah, and Zeri, and Jeshaiah, Hashabiah, and Mattithiah, six, under the hands of their father Jeduthun, who prophesied with a harp, to give thanks and to praise the Lord.From the sons of Jeduthun: Gedaliah, Zeri, Jeshaiah, Shimei, Hashabiah, and Mattithiah—six in all—under the direction of their father Jeduthun, who prophesied with the harp, giving thanks and praise to the LORD.
• 1 Chronicles 25:6
  All these were under the hands of their father for song in the house of the Lord, with cymbals, psalteries, and harps, for the service of the house of God, according to the king’s order to Asaph, Jeduthun, and Heman.All these were under the direction of their fathers for the music of the house of the LORD with cymbals, harps, and lyres, for the service of the house of God. Asaph, Jeduthun, and Heman were under the direction of the king.

2 Chronicles

• 2 Chronicles 5:12
  Also the Levites which were the singers, all of them of Asaph, of Heman, of Jeduthun, with their sons and their brethren, being arrayed in white linen, having cymbals and psalteries and harps, stood at the east end of the altar, and with them an hundred and twenty priests sounding with trumpets:)all the Levitical singers—Asaph, Heman, Jeduthun, and their sons and relatives—stood on the east side of the altar, dressed in fine linen and playing cymbals, harps, and lyres, accompanied by 120 priests sounding trumpets.
• 2 Chronicles 9:11
  And the king made of the algum trees terraces to the house of the Lord, and to the king’s palace, and harps and psalteries for singers: and there were none such seen before in the land of Judah.The king made the algum wood into steps for the house of the LORD and for the king’s palace, and into lyres and harps for the singers. Never before had anything like them been seen in the land of Judah.)
• 2 Chronicles 20:28
  And they came to Jerusalem with psalteries and harps and trumpets unto the house of the Lord.So they entered Jerusalem and went into the house of the LORD with harps, lyres, and trumpets.
• 2 Chronicles 29:25
  And he set the Levites in the house of the Lord with cymbals, with psalteries, and with harps, according to the commandment of David, and of Gad the king’s seer, and Nathan the prophet: for so was the commandment of the Lord by his prophets.Hezekiah stationed the Levites in the house of the LORD with cymbals, harps, and lyres according to the command of David, of Gad the king’s seer, and of Nathan the prophet. For the command had come from the LORD through His prophets.

Nehemiah

• Nehemiah 12:27
  And at the dedication of the wall of Jerusalem they sought the Levites out of all their places, to bring them to Jerusalem, to keep the dedication with gladness, both with thanksgivings, and with singing, with cymbals, psalteries, and with harps.At the dedication of the wall of Jerusalem, the Levites were sought out from all their homes and brought to Jerusalem to celebrate the joyous dedication with thanksgiving and singing, accompanied by cymbals, harps, and lyres.

Job

• Job 21:12
  They take the timbrel and harp, and rejoice at the sound of the organ.singing to the tambourine and lyre and making merry at the sound of the flute.
• Job 30:31
  My harp also is turned to mourning, and my organ into the voice of them that weep.My harp is tuned to mourning and my flute to the sound of weeping.

Psalms

• Psalm 33:2
  Praise the LORD with harp: sing unto him with the psaltery and an instrument of ten strings.Praise the LORD with the harp; make music to Him with ten strings.
• Psalm 43:4
  Then will I go unto the altar of God, unto God my exceeding joy: yea, upon the harp will I praise thee, O God my God.Then I will go to the altar of God, to God, my greatest joy. I will praise You with the harp, O God, my God.
• Psalm 49:4
  I will incline mine ear to a parable: I will open my dark saying upon the harp.I will incline my ear to a proverb; I will express my riddle with the harp:
• Psalm 57:8
  Awake up, my glory; awake, psaltery and harp: I myself will awake early.Awake, my glory! Awake, O harp and lyre! I will awaken the dawn.
• Psalm 71:22
  I will also praise thee with the psaltery, even thy truth, O my God: unto thee will I sing with the harp, O thou Holy One of Israel.So I will praise You with the harp for Your faithfulness, O my God; I will sing praise to You with the lyre, O Holy One of Israel.
• Psalm 81:2
  Take a psalm, and bring hither the timbrel, the pleasant harp with the psaltery.Lift up a song, strike the tambourine, play the sweet-sounding harp and lyre.
• Psalm 92:3
  Upon an instrument of ten strings, and upon the psaltery; upon the harp with a solemn sound.with the ten-stringed harp and the melody of the lyre.
• Psalm 98:5
  Sing unto the LORD with the harp; with the harp, and the voice of a psalm.Sing praises to the LORD with the lyre, in melodious song with the harp.
• Psalm 108:2
  Awake, psaltery and harp: I myself will awake early.Awake, O harp and lyre! I will awaken the dawn.
• Psalm 137:2
  We hanged our harps upon the willows in the midst thereof.There on the willows we hung our harps,
• Psalm 147:7
  Sing unto the LORD with thanksgiving; sing praise upon the harp unto our God:Sing to the LORD with thanksgiving; make music on the harp to our God,
• Psalm 149:3
  Let them praise his name in the dance: let them sing praises unto him with the timbrel and harp.Let them praise His name with dancing, and make music to Him with tambourine and harp.
• Psalm 150:3
  Praise him with the sound of the trumpet: praise him with the psaltery and harp.Praise Him with the sound of the horn; praise Him with the harp and lyre.

Isaiah

• Isaiah 5:12
  And the harp, and the viol, the tabret, and pipe, and wine, are in their feasts: but they regard not the work of the Lord, neither consider the operation of his hands.At their feasts are the lyre and harp, tambourines and flutes and wine. They disregard the actions of the LORD and fail to see the work of His hands.
• Isaiah 16:11
  Wherefore my bowels shall sound like an harp for Moab, and mine inward parts for Kir–haresh.Therefore my heart laments for Moab like a harp, my inmost being for Kir-heres.
• Isaiah 23:16
  Take an harp, go about the city, thou harlot that hast been forgotten; make sweet melody, sing many songs, that thou mayest be remembered.“Take up your harp, stroll through the city, O forgotten harlot. Make sweet melody, sing many a song, so you will be remembered.”
• Isaiah 24:8
  The mirth of tabrets ceaseth, the noise of them that rejoice endeth, the joy of the harp ceaseth.The joyful tambourines have ceased; the noise of revelers has stopped; the joyful harp is silent.
• Isaiah 30:32
  And in every place where the grounded staff shall pass, which the Lord shall lay upon him, it shall be with tabrets and harps: and in battles of shaking will he fight with it.And with every stroke of the rod of punishment that the LORD brings down on them, the tambourines and lyres will sound as He battles with weapons brandished.

Ezekiel

• Ezekiel 26:13
  And I will cause the noise of thy songs to cease; and the sound of thy harps shall be no more heard.So I will silence the sound of your songs, and the music of your lyres will no longer be heard.

Notes

1. Definition and verse list from STEPBible's tagged Hebrew Old Testament (TAHOT) and Greek New Testament (TAGNT) and Brief Lexicons, STEPBible.org, CC BY 4.0.
2. English renderings from the public-domain KJV with Strong's numbers (eBible.org) and the Berean Standard Bible interlinear (public domain).