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harp

Meaning of “harp”

A stringed musical instrument played with the fingers.

Definition sources

KJV context and cross-referencesWebster 1828
30 occurrences29 verses8 booksKJV PCE

Some verses contain the word more than once.

First occurrence: Genesis 4:21

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Isaiah 5:12
And the harp, and the viol, the tabret, and pipe, and wine, are in their feasts: but they regard not the work of the Lord, neither consider the operation of his hands.
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading
1611 witness · Isaiah 5:12 · retained source text

And the harpe and the viole, the tabret and pipe, and wine are in their feasts: but they regard not the worke of the LORD, neither consider the operation of his hands.

Isaiah 16:11
Wherefore my bowels shall sound like an harp for Moab, and mine inward parts for Kir-haresh.
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading
1611 witness · Isaiah 16:11 · retained source text

Wherefore my bowels shal sound like an harpe for Moab, and mine inward parts for Kir-haresh.

Isaiah 23:16
Take an harp, go about the city, thou harlot that hast been forgotten; make sweet melody, sing many songs, that thou mayest be remembered.
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading
1611 witness · Isaiah 23:16 · retained source text

Take an harpe, goe about the city thou harlot, that hast beene forgotten, make sweet melody, sing many songs, that thou mayest be remembred.

Isaiah 24:8
The mirth of tabrets ceaseth, the noise of them that rejoice endeth, the joy of the harp ceaseth.
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading & marginal notes
1611 witness · Isaiah 24:8 · retained source text

The mirth of tabrets ceaseth, the noise of them that reioyce, endeth, the ioy of the harpe ceaseth.

1611 marginal noteIer.7.37. and 16.9. & 25.10. ezra 26.13. hos.2.11.

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A stringed musical instrument played with the fingers.

volume 1, leaf 885, column 1 (entry starts at OCR line 78)