Difference between revisions of "Harp"

<p> '''''Kinnor''''' With ten strings, played on with a '''''Plectrum''''' (quill), according to Josephus; but also with the hand by David (&nbsp;1 Samuel 16:23; &nbsp;1 Samuel 18:10; &nbsp;1 Samuel 19:9). Jubal invented it, the simplest kind of stringed instrument, and the" organ" ( '''''Ugab''''' ), rather the "pipe," the simplest kind of wind instrument; his brother [[Jabal]] was" father of such as dwell in tents and have cattle." The brotherhood accords with the fact that the leisure of a nomad life was well suited to the production and appreciation of music (&nbsp;Genesis 4:20-21). The harp was the earliest of all musical instruments, and the national instrument of the Hebrew. </p> <p> They used it, not as the Greeks, for expressing sorrow, but on occasions of joy and praise (&nbsp;Genesis 31:27; &nbsp;2 Chronicles 20:28; &nbsp;Psalms 33:2); therefore, it was hung on the willows in the [[Babylonian]] captivity (&nbsp;Psalms 137:2; &nbsp;Job 30:31). The words "My bowels shall sound like an harp" (&nbsp;Isaiah 16:11) do not allude to the sound as lugubrious, but to the strings vibrating when struck. There was a smaller harp played with the hand, as by the walking prophets (&nbsp;1 Samuel 10:5), besides the larger, with more strings, played with the plectrum. Its music, as that of other instruments, was raised to its highest perfection under David (&nbsp;Amos 6:5). It was an important adjunct to the "schools of the prophets." </p>

<div> '''A — 1: '''''Κιθάρα''''' ''' (Strong'S #2788 — Noun [[Feminine]] — kithara — kith-ar'-ah ) </div> <p> whence Eng., "guitar," denotes "a lyre" or "harp;" it is described by [[Josephus]] as an instrument of ten strings, played by a plectrum (a smaller instrument was played by the hand); it is mentioned in &nbsp;1 Corinthians 14:7; &nbsp;Revelation 5:8; &nbsp;14:2; &nbsp;15:2 . </p> <div> '''B — 1: '''''Κιθαρίζω''''' ''' (Strong'S #2789 — Verb — kitharizo — kith-ar-id'-zo ) </div> <p> signifies "to play on the harp," &nbsp;1 Corinthians 14:7; &nbsp;Revelation 14:2 . In the Sept., &nbsp;Isaiah 23:16 . </p>