Open English Translation (OET)

Koine Greek wordlink #118745

SR GNT 1 Cor 14:7 κιθάρα (kithara) ‘whether flute or harp if distinction to the’ Strongs=27880 Lemma=kithara
Word role=noun case=nominative gender=feminine number=singular
Year=59 AD

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Only use of identical word form κιθάρα (N-NFS) in the Greek originals

The word form ‘κιθάρα’ (N-NFS) is always and only glossed as ‘harp’.

The various word forms of the root word (lemma) ‘kithara’ have 3 different glosses: ‘a harp’, ‘harp’, ‘harps’.

Greek words (1) other than κιθάρα (N-NFS) with a gloss related to ‘harp’

REV 5:8 κιθάραν (kitharan) N-AFS ‘lamb having each a harp and bowls golden’ SR GNT Rev 5:8 word 21

OET-LV: 8 And when he _took the four, scroll the living _creatures and the twenty four elders fell before the lamb, having each a_harp and bowls golden being _full of _incenses, which are the prayers of _the holy ones. (REV_5:8)

OET-RV: 8 When he’d taken the scroll, the four living creatures and the twenty-four elders knelt down in front of the lamb. Each elder held a harp and a bowl that was full of incense (which symbolised the prayers of the believers). (REV 5:8)

Key: N=noun AFS=accusative,feminine,singular NFS=nominative,feminine,singular