Original Word: κιθαρῳδός
Part of Speech: Noun, Masculine
Transliteration: kitharódos
Pronunciation: kee-thar-OH-dos
Phonetic Spelling: (kith-ar-o'-dos)
Definition: Harpist, Lyre Player, Singer
Meaning: a harpist, one who sings with harp as accompaniment.

Word Origin
from kithara and aoidos (a singer)
Definition
one who plays and sings to the lyre
NASB Translation
harpists (2).

STRONGS NT 2790: κιθαρῳδός

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.)

Strong's Exhaustive Concordance

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

Forms and Transliterations

κιθαρωδων κιθαρωδών κιθαρῳδῶν kitharodon kitharōdōn kitharoidôn kitharōidō̂n

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