κινύρα
ἠργάζετο τῷ σώματι μισθαρνοῦσα τοῖς βουλομένοις αὐτῇ πλησιάζειν → she lived as a prostitute letting out her person for hire to those who wished to enjoy her, she worked with her body by hiring herself out to anyone who wanted to have sex with her
English (LSJ)
[ῠ], ἡ, = Hebr.
A kinnor, a stringed instrument played with the hand, LXX 1 Ki.16.23; with a plectron, J.AJ7.12.3.
German (Pape)
[Seite 1441] ἡ, ein in Asien übliches Saiteninstrument mit zehn Saiten, das mit einem Plektrum gespielt wird, wahrscheinlich von κινύρομαι benannt, wegen seines klagenden Tones, LXX, Ios.
Greek (Liddell-Scott)
κῐνύρα: ῠ, ἡ, Ἀσιατικὸν μουσικὸν ὄργανον ἔχον δέκα χορδὰς καὶ κρουόμενον διὰ τῆς χειρός, Ἑβδ. (Αϳ Βασιλ. ΙϚϳ, 23)· ἢ διὰ πλήκτρου, Ἰωσήπ. Ἰουδ. Ἀρχ. 7. 12, 3. (Ἐκ τοῦ Ἑβρ. kinnôr).
Greek Monolingual
η (AM κινύρα, Α και κιννύρα)
δεκάχορδο μουσικό όργανο («ἐλάμβανε Δαυΐδ τὴν κινύραν καὶ ἔψαλλεν ἐν χειρὶ αὐτοῦ», ΠΔ).
[ΕΤΥΜΟΛ. < εβρ. kinnōr].
Frisk Etymological English
Grammatical information: f.
Meaning: name of a string-instruments (LXX, J.).
Origin: LW [a loanword which is (probably) not of Pre-Greek origin] Hebr.
Etymology: From Hebr. kinnōr cither adapted to κινυρός. Lewy Fremdw. 164; s. also Grimme Glotta 14, 19. E. Masson, Emprunts sém. 69 n. 2.
Frisk Etymology German
κινύρα: {kinúra}
Grammar: f.
Meaning: N. eines Saiteninstruments (LXX, J.),
Etymology : aus hebr. kinnōr Zither mit Angleichung an κινυρός. Lewy Fremdw. 164; s. auch Grimme Glotta 14, 19.
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