Quick Definition
I play on the harp
Strong's Definition
to play on a lyre
Derivation: from G2788 (κιθάρα);
KJV Usage: harp
Thayer's Greek Lexicon
κιθαρίζω; present passive participle κιθαριζόμενος; to play upon the harp ((see the preceding word)): with ἐν ταῖς κιθάραις added (A. V. harping with their harps), Rev_14:2; τό κιθαριζόμενον, what is harped, 1Co_14:7. (Isa_23:16; in the Greek writings from Homer, Iliad 18, 570 down.)
Mounce Concise Greek Dictionary
κιθαρίζω kitharizō 2x
to play on a lyre or harp, 1Co_14:7 ; Rev_14:2
Abbott-Smith Greek Lexicon
κιθαρίζω ,
[in LXX : Isa_23:16 ( H5059 pi .) * ;]
to play upon the lyre or harp: 1Co_14:7 , Rev_14:2 .†
Moulton & Milligan — Vocabulary of the Greek NT
κιθαρίζω [page 344]
In a law of Teos regulating the employment of a sum of money devoted to the instruction of children, provision is made that boys, before they are enrolled among the ephebi, shall learn τὰ μουσικὰ καὶ κιθαρίζειν ἢ ψάλλειν ( Michel 498 .18 iii/B.C. = Syll 523 .18 ).
Liddell-Scott — Intermediate Greek Lexicon
κιθαρίζω κι^θα^ρίζω, [Etym: κίθαρις] "to play the cithara", φόρμιγγι κιθάριζε Il. , Hes. ; λύρῃ ἐρατὸν κιθαρίζων Hhymn. (so that there can have been no great difference between the κιθάρα, λύρα, and φόρμιγξ); κιθαρίζειν οὐκ ἐπίσταται, of an uneducated person, Ar.
STEPBible — Tyndale Abridged Greek Lexicon
κιθαρίζω
[in LXX: Isa.23:16 (נָגַן pi.)* ;]
to play upon the lyre or harp: 1Co.14:7, Rev.14:2.†
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