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Strong's #2789 - κιθαρίζω
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- to play upon the harp
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κῐθαρ-ίζω,
Att. fut. - ιῶ Antiph. 141: (κίθαρις): —
play the cithara, φόρμιγγι.. ἱμερόεν κιθάριζε Il. 18.570, Hes. Sc. 202; λύρῃ δ' ἐρατὸν κιθαρίζων h.Merc. 423; ἕρπει ἄντα τῶ σιδάρω τὸ καλῶς κιθαρίσδεν Alcm. 35, cf. X. Smp. 3.1, Oec. 2.13; ᾄδειν καὶ κ. Phld. Mus. 7 K.; κιθαρίζειν οὐκ ἐπίσταμαι I am not a 'high-brow', Ar. V. 989, cf. 959; ἀρχαῖον εἶν' ἔφασκε τὸ κ. Id. Nu. 1357: prov., ὄνος κιθαρίζειν πειρώμενος, like ὄνος πρὸς λύραν (v. λύρα), Luc. Pseudol. 7; τὸ κιθαριζόμενον music composed for the cithara, Plu. 2.1144d.
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), Revelation 14:2; τό κιθαριζόμενον, what is harped, 1 Corinthians 14:7. (Isaiah 23:16; in the Greek writings from Homer, Iliad 18, 570 down.)
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κιθαρίζω ,
[in LXX: Isaiah 23:16 (H5059 pi.)*;]
to play upon the lyre or harp: 1 Corinthians 14:7, Revelation 14:2.†
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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).
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