כִּנּוֹר
kinnôwr · kin-nore'
a harp
Lexicon
Derivation: from a unused root meaning to twang;
a harp
Definition from Strong's Exhaustive Concordance (1890). Wording is Strong's own, including his etymological notes, which are not separate meanings.
KJV renderings: harp.
Letters
- כKaf20
Picture: open palm
- Concrete
- palm · open hand · sole of the foot
- Extended
- to open · to allow · to cover · to tame · like / as
- נNun50
Picture: a sprouting seed, or a fish in water
- Concrete
- seed · sprout · fish · offspring
- Extended
- life · continuation · heir · to perpetuate
- וVav6
Picture: tent peg or hook
- Concrete
- nail · peg · hook
- Extended
- to fasten · to secure · to establish · and (joining)
- רResh200
Picture: a human head
- Concrete
- head · face · person
- Extended
- first · top · beginning · chief · the highest
Possible cultural reading (auto-composed)
the open hand that covers › the seed, life continuing › to fasten and establish › the head, the highest
The open hand that covers of the seed, life continuing that works to fasten and establish of the head, the highest.
Interpretive, not lexical. The dictionary sense of כִּנּוֹר above is the attested meaning; this pictographic reading is a tradition about how the sign-shapes may have been heard. Both can be held at once, they are answering different questions.
Usage
42 occurrences · 42 OT · 0 NT · 34 distinct forms
KJV renderings of this word, by how often each one is used.
- and harps7 · 17%
- and harp5 · 12%
- and with harps4 · 10%
- upon the harp3 · 7%
- with the harp3 · 7%
- an harp2 · 5%
- with harps2 · 5%
- the harp1 · 2%
- and with harp1 · 2%
- and a harp1 · 2%
- on an harp1 · 2%
- even on harps1 · 2%
- harps1 · 2%
- with a harp1 · 2%
- my harp1 · 2%
- with harp1 · 2%
- yea, upon the harp1 · 2%
- harp1 · 2%
- our harps1 · 2%
- and the harp1 · 2%
- like an harp1 · 2%
- of the harp1 · 2%
- of thy harps1 · 2%
Where it is used, by book.
Inflected forms found in the text.
Counts are computed from the tagged Hebrew and Greek text aligned to the King James Version, not from an estimate.