Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun An ancient Hebrew instrument, probably of the zither or lyre class, but possibly a harp: translated ‘harp’ in the English Bible.
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Some think the word kinnor denotes the whole class of stringed instruments.
Easton's Bible Dictionary M.G. Easton 1897
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The name kinnor is said to have been Phoenician, a fact which points to this as the source of its derivation.
A Popular History of the Art of Music From the Earliest Times Until the Present 1874
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Many of the different names of musical instruments in the common version of the Scriptures are merely blunders of the Septuagint translators, who rendered the word kinnor by about six different terms, where no distinction had been originally intended by the sacred writers.
A Popular History of the Art of Music From the Earliest Times Until the Present 1874
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Continuing on with my unintentional yet alluring theme of "musical instruments of the ancient Mediterranean", I'm lately exploring the whole issue with the stringed instrument known as a kinnor which is variously translated as a zither or a lyre.
On to the kinnor 2010
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Continuing on with my unintentional yet alluring theme of "musical instruments of the ancient Mediterranean", I'm lately exploring the whole issue with the stringed instrument known as a kinnor which is variously translated as a zither or a lyre.
Archive 2010-08-01 2010
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The kinnor was a small harp having from ten to twenty strings.
A Popular History of the Art of Music From the Earliest Times Until the Present 1874
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As for the "kinnor" conundrum, I'm tentatively assuming Minoan *ki-nauro for now with the same element *ki 'three'.
The kithara 2010
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A sidenote: what do you think of the origins of other lyre-like instruments, like the Egyptian kissar or the Israelite kinnor?
The kithara 2010
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There is much evidence that kinnor is from some underlying Mediterranean substrate.
The kithara 2010
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If it's true that the name of the kithara is ultimately from a Minoan compound meaning 'three-stringed' and containing the element *ki 'three' see Paleoglot: The kithara, then it stands to reason that the similar name, kinnor, is probably likewise Minoan in origin and containing the same petrified numeral with a different second component.
On to the kinnor 2010
chained_bear commented on the word kinnor
Usage on kitharis.
November 3, 2008