noun · masculine

kitharōdos

Greekκιθαρῳδός (kitharōdos)

Strong’sG2790

a harpist

stem kitharōd-2 times in the New Testament1 of 10 forms occur

Translated as

harpists2×

What it means

* κιθαρ-ωδός, -οῦ, ὁ

(< κιθάρα, ἀοιδός, a singer)

one who plays and sings to the lyre, a harper: Re 14:2 18:22.†

G. Abbott-Smith, A Manual Greek Lexicon of the New Testament, 1922 — public domain. References open in the reader.

Strong’s G2790 — the 1890 definition, and where the word comes from

Saidkith-ar-o'-dos

a lyre-singer(-player), i.e. harpist

Fromfrom G2788 and a derivative of the same as G5603;

King Jamesharper.

James Strong, Exhaustive Concordance of the Bible, 1890 — public domain. The numbers in it link to the entries here.

Every form

Job in the sentence case	one singular	more than one plural
subject nominative	kitharōdos	kitharōdois
object accusative	kitharōdon	kitharōdoin
direct address vocative	kitharōdor	kitharōdoir
of, belonging to genitive	kitharōdou	kitharōdoiu2×κιθαρῳδῶν
to, for dative	kitharōdo	kitharōdoi

Tinted cells are forms the New Testament never uses, so there is no Greek to show against them — but they are still correct Biblang, built from the slots below like any other.

Why these forms, and no others — the slots that make them

kitharōdstem+ogender+snru—its job in the sentence case+—ione · more than one number

kitharōdo is this word in every one of its forms. The slots after it make all the rest.

same in every form varies — every value shown

Where it appears

2 occurrences, every one of them listed

kitharōdoiu“harpists”of, belonging togenitive plural2×

Revelation 14:2“harpists”kai akouama fōnan ek tou ouranou hōs fōnan hudōreiu polleiu kai hōs fōnan brontau megau, kai tas fōnas han akouama hōs kitharōdoiu kitharizarōtoiu en tai kitharai autoiu.And I heard a sound from heaven like the roar of many waters and the loud rumbling of thunder. And the sound I heard was like harpists strumming their harps.

Revelation 18:22“harpists”kai fōnas kitharōdoiu kai mousikoiu kai aulētoiu kai salpistoiu ouk mē akouiteia en si ēti, kai pantos technitos pantau technau ouk mē heuriskiteia en si ēti, kai fōnas mulou ouk mē akouiteia en si ēti,And the sound of harpists and musicians, of flute players and trumpeters, will never ring out in you again. Nor will any craftsmen of any trade be found in you again, nor the sound of a millstone be heard in you again.