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כִּנּוֹר H3658

H3658 is the Hebrew word כִּנּוֹר, transliterated kinnôwr and said kin-nore'. The King James Version most often renders it harp.

Word: כִּנּוֹרTransliteration: kinnôwrSaid: kin-nore'Language: HebrewIn the KJV: 36 verses

What it means

a harp.

Where it comes from

from a unused root meaning to twang.

How the King James Version translates it

Across 37 tagged occurrences, counted from this edition's word index.

harp 19×harps 15×even on harps 1×yea upon the harp 1×like an harp 1×

Strong's own list of renderings: harp.

Verses using כִּנּוֹר

All 36 verses, quoted in full.

Genesis 4:21 · KJV

And his brother’s name was Jubal: he was the father of all such as handle the harp and organ.

1 Samuel 10:5 · KJV

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:

1 Samuel 16:16 · KJV

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.

1 Samuel 16:23 · KJV

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.

2 Samuel 6:5 · KJV

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.

1 Kings 10:12 · KJV

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.

1 Chronicles 13:8 · KJV

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.

1 Chronicles 15:16 · KJV

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.

1 Chronicles 15:21 · KJV

And Mattithiah, and Elipheleh, and Mikneiah, and Obededom, and Jeiel, and Azaziah, with harps on the Sheminith to excel.

1 Chronicles 15:28 · KJV

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.

1 Chronicles 16:5 · KJV

Asaph the chief, and next to him Zechariah, Jeiel, and Shemiramoth, and Jehiel, and Mattithiah, and Eliab, and Benaiah, and Obededom: and Jeiel with psalteries and with harps; but Asaph made a sound with cymbals;

1 Chronicles 25:1 · KJV

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:

1 Chronicles 25:3 · KJV

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.

1 Chronicles 25:6 · KJV

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.

2 Chronicles 5:12 · KJV

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:)

2 Chronicles 9:11 · KJV

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.

2 Chronicles 20:28 · KJV

And they came to Jerusalem with psalteries and harps and trumpets unto the house of the LORD.

2 Chronicles 29:25 · KJV

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.

Job 21:12 · KJV

They take the timbrel and harp, and rejoice at the sound of the organ.

Job 30:31 · KJV

My harp also is turned to mourning, and my organ into the voice of them that weep.

Psalm 33:2 · KJV

Praise the LORD with harp: sing unto him with the psaltery and an instrument of ten strings.

Psalm 43:4 · KJV

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.

Psalm 57:8 · KJV

Awake up, my glory; awake, psaltery and harp: I myself will awake early.

Psalm 71:22 · KJV

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.

Psalm 81:2 · KJV

Take a psalm, and bring hither the timbrel, the pleasant harp with the psaltery.

Psalm 92:3 · KJV

Upon an instrument of ten strings, and upon the psaltery; upon the harp with a solemn sound.

Psalm 98:5 · KJV

Sing unto the LORD with the harp; with the harp, and the voice of a psalm.

Psalm 108:2 · KJV

Awake, psaltery and harp: I myself will awake early.

Psalm 137:2 · KJV

We hanged our harps upon the willows in the midst thereof.

Psalm 147:7 · KJV

Sing unto the LORD with thanksgiving; sing praise upon the harp unto our God:

Isaiah 5:12 · KJV

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.

Isaiah 16:11 · KJV

Wherefore my bowels shall sound like an harp for Moab, and mine inward parts for Kirharesh.

Isaiah 23:16 · KJV

Take an harp, go about the city, thou harlot that hast been forgotten; make sweet melody, sing many songs, that thou mayest be remembered.

Isaiah 24:8 · KJV

The mirth of tabrets ceaseth, the noise of them that rejoice endeth, the joy of the harp ceaseth.

Isaiah 30:32 · KJV

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.

Ezekiel 26:13 · KJV

And I will cause the noise of thy songs to cease; and the sound of thy harps shall be no more heard.

Common questions

What does Strong's H3658 mean?

H3658 is the Hebrew word כִּנּוֹר (kinnôwr), meaning a harp.

How is H3658 translated in the King James Version?

The King James translators rendered it harp (19 times), harps (15 times), even on harps (1 time), yea upon the harp (1 time), like an harp (1 time).

How many times does H3658 appear in the Bible?

כִּנּוֹר (kinnôwr) is tagged in 36 verses of the King James Version in this edition's word index.

Where does H3658 come from?

Strong's gives its derivation as: from a unused root meaning to twang.

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