What does כִּנּוֹר (kinwōr) mean in the Bible?
כִּנּוֹר (kinwōr) is a Hebrew word meaning "a harp".
Hebrew · H3658
כִּנּוֹר
A harp
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כִּנּוֹר H3658
Pronunciation kinwōr
What does כִּנּוֹר (kinwōr) mean in the Bible?
כִּנּוֹר (kinwōr) is a Hebrew word meaning "a harp".
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Questions this entry answers
How does the BSB render H3658?
The BSB source-word alignment has 42 aligned rows for this entry. Common renderings include and lyres (7), and lyre (4), with the harp (4), and into lyres (2), lyres (2).
Where does כִּנּוֹר (kinwōr) appear in Scripture?
The source-word alignment first shows this entry at Genesis 4:21. Its strongest book concentrations include Psalms (14), 1 Chronicles (8), Isaiah (5), 2 Chronicles (4).
Source Word Evidence
BSB source-word alignment connects this entry to exact verse rows, English rendering, source form, transliteration, and parsing.
How English Renders It and lyres 7× 1 Samuel 10:5, 1 Chronicles 15:28, 1 Chronicles 16:5, 1 Chronicles 25:6
and lyre 4× Job 21:12, Psalms 57:8, Psalms 108:2, Psalms 150:3
with the harp 4× 1 Chronicles 25:3, Psalms 33:2, Psalms 49:4, Psalms 98:5
and into lyres 2× 1 Kings 10:12, 2 Chronicles 9:11
lyres 2× 1 Chronicles 15:16, 2 Chronicles 20:28
the harp 2× Genesis 4:21, 1 Samuel 16:16
with the lyre 2× Psalms 71:22, Psalms 98:5
and harp 1× Psalms 149:3
and harps 1× Genesis 31:27
and lyres [will sound] 1× Isaiah 30:32
and on harps 1× 1 Chronicles 13:8
are the lyre 1× Isaiah 5:12
harp 1× Isaiah 24:8
harps 1× 2 Samuel 6:5
his harp 1× 1 Samuel 16:23
like a harp 1× Isaiah 16:11
lyre 1× Psalms 81:2
My harp 1× Job 30:31
of the lyre 1× Psalms 92:3
of your lyres 1× Ezekiel 26:13
on the harp 1× Psalms 147:7
our harps 1× Psalms 137:2
with lyres 1× 1 Chronicles 15:21
with the accompaniment of lyres 1× 1 Chronicles 25:1
You with the harp 1× Psalms 43:4
your harp 1× Isaiah 23:16
Show sample aligned rows
Genesis 4:21 כִּנּ֖וֹר to the harp Noun - masculine singular Genesis 31:27 וּבְכִנּֽוֹר׃ to and harps Conjunctive waw, Preposition-b | Noun - masculine singular 1 Samuel 10:5 וְכִנּ֔וֹר to and lyres Conjunctive waw | Noun - masculine singular 1 Samuel 16:16 בַּכִּנּ֑וֹר to the harp Preposition-b, Article | Noun - masculine singular 1 Samuel 16:23 הַכִּנּ֖וֹר to his harp Article | Noun - masculine singular 2 Samuel 6:5 וּבְכִנֹּר֤וֹת to harps Conjunctive waw, Preposition-b | Noun - masculine plural 1 Kings 10:12 וְכִנֹּר֥וֹת to and into lyres Conjunctive waw | Noun - masculine plural 1 Chronicles 13:8 וּבְכִנֹּרוֹת֙ to and on harps Conjunctive waw, Preposition-b | Noun - masculine plural 1 Chronicles 15:16 וְכִנֹּר֖וֹת to lyres Conjunctive waw | Noun - masculine plural 1 Chronicles 15:21 בְּכִנֹּר֥וֹת to with lyres Preposition-b | Noun - masculine plural
Usage map
A compact distribution from source-word alignment before the full evidence tables.
First aligned row Genesis 4:21
Aligned rows 42
Books represented 11
Genesis 2 1 Samuel 3 2 Samuel 1 1 Kings 1 1 Chronicles 8 2 Chronicles 4 Nehemiah 1 Job 2 Psalms 14 Isaiah 5 Ezekiel 1
Source forms
בְּכִנּ֑וֹר 2x bə·ḵin·nō·wr Psalms 33:2, Psalms 98:5
בְּ֝כִנּ֗וֹר 2x bə·ḵin·nō·wr Psalms 49:4, Psalms 98:5
בְּכִנֹּר֥וֹת 2x bə·ḵin·nō·rō·wṯ 1 Chronicles 15:21, 1 Chronicles 25:1
וּבְכִנֹּר֔וֹת 2x ū·ḇə·ḵin·nō·rō·wṯ 1 Chronicles 16:5, 2 Chronicles 29:25
וְכִנּ֗וֹר 2x wə·ḵin·nō·wr Psalms 57:8, Psalms 108:2
וְכִנֹּר֥וֹת 2x wə·ḵin·nō·rō·wṯ 1 Kings 10:12, 2 Chronicles 9:11
וְכִנֹּר֔וֹת 2x wə·ḵin·nō·rō·wṯ 1 Chronicles 25:6, 2 Chronicles 5:12
כִּנּ֖וֹר 2x kin·nō·wr Genesis 4:21, Psalms 81:2
Parsing patterns
Conjunctive waw, Preposition-b | Noun - masculine plural 7x 2 Samuel 6:5, 1 Chronicles 13:8, 1 Chronicles 16:5, 2 Chronicles 20:28
Preposition-b | Noun - masculine singular 7x Psalms 33:2, Psalms 49:4, Psalms 71:22, Psalms 92:3
Conjunctive waw | Noun - masculine plural 6x 1 Kings 10:12, 1 Chronicles 15:16, 1 Chronicles 15:28, 1 Chronicles 25:6
Conjunctive waw | Noun - masculine singular 6x 1 Samuel 10:5, Job 21:12, Psalms 57:8, Psalms 108:2
Noun - masculine singular 4x Genesis 4:21, Isaiah 5:12, Isaiah 23:16, Isaiah 24:8
Preposition-b | Noun - masculine plural 2x 1 Chronicles 15:21, 1 Chronicles 25:1
Preposition-b, Article | Noun - masculine singular 2x 1 Samuel 16:16, 1 Chronicles 25:3
Article | Noun - masculine singular 1x 1 Samuel 16:23
Evidence Summary
Hebrew word. a harp
Source Gloss
a harp
Extended definition Source: Open Scriptures Hebrew Lexicon + Brown-Driver-Briggs
a harp BDB: lyre Usage: harp.
Grammatical Forms
How this word appears across different grammatical cases and numbers.
Sources
MorphGNT Strong's Dictionary XML — CC0 1.0 Public Domain
Open Scriptures Hebrew Bible (morphhb/OSHB) — CC BY 4.0
Open Scriptures Hebrew Lexicon — CC BY 4.0
Berean Standard Bible (BSB) source-word alignment - CC0 Public Domain