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- Lyre - n. - A stringed instrument of music; a kind of harp much used by the ancients, as an accompaniment to poetry.
- Lyre - n. - One of the constellations; Lyra. See Lyra.
- Lyre bird - - Any one of two or three species of Australian birds of the genus Menura. The male is remarkable for having the sixteen tail feathers very long and, when spread, arranged in the form of a lyre. The common lyre bird (Menura superba), inhabiting New South Wales, is about the size of a grouse. Its general color is brown, with rufous color on the throat, wings, tail coverts and tail. Called also lyre pheasant and lyre-tail.
- Heptachord - n. - A lyre with seven chords.
- Lyrical - a. - Of or pertaining to a lyre or harp.
- Trigon - n. - A kind of triangular lyre or harp.
- Plectrum - n. - A small instrument of ivory, wood, metal, or quill, used in playing upon the lyre and other stringed instruments.
- Shell - n. - An instrument of music, as a lyre, -- the first lyre having been made, it is said, by drawing strings over a tortoise shell.
- Lyrated - a. - Shaped like a lyre, as the tail of the blackcock, or that of the lyre bird.
- Phorminx - n. - A kind of lyre used by the Greeks.
- Lyrism - n. - The act of playing on a lyre or harp.
- Testudo - n. - A kind of musical instrument. a species of lyre; -- so called in allusion to the lyre of Mercury, fabled to have been made of the shell of a tortoise.
- Lyre bird - - Any one of two or three species of Australian birds of the genus Menura. The male is remarkable for having the sixteen tail feathers very long and, when spread, arranged in the form of a lyre. The common lyre bird (Menura superba), inhabiting New South Wales, is about the size of a grouse. Its general color is brown, with rufous color on the throat, wings, tail coverts and tail. Called also lyre pheasant and lyre-tail.
- Trichord - n. - An instrument, as a lyre or harp, having three strings.
- Bullen-bullen - n. - The lyre bird.
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- H5443 סַבְּכָא - 5443 סַבְּכָא - סַבְּכָא - - çabbᵉkâʼ - sab-bek-aw' - (Aramaic) or שַׂבְּכָא; (Aramaic), from a root corresponding to סָבַךְ; a lyre; sackbut. - Noun Feminine - arc
- G2788 κιθάρα - 2788 κιθάρα - ΚΙΘΆΡΑ - - kithára - kith-ar'-ah - of uncertain affinity; a lyre:--harp. - Noun Feminine - greek
- G2789 κιθαρίζω - 2789 κιθαρίζω - ΚΙΘΑΡΊΖΩ - - kitharízō - kith-ar-id'-zo - from κιθάρα; to play on a lyre:--harp. - Verb - greek
- G2790 κιθαρῳδός - 2790 κιθαρῳδός - ΚΙΘΑΡῼΔΌΣ - - kitharōidós - kith-ar-o'-dos - from κιθάρα and a derivative of the same as ᾠδή; a lyre-singer(-player), i.e. harpist:--harper. - Noun Masculine - greek
- H5035 נֶבֶל - 5035 נֶבֶל - נֶבֶל - - nebel - neh'-bel - or נֵבֶל; from נָבֵל; a skin-bag for liquids (from collapsing when empty); hence, a vase (as similar in shape when full); also a lyre (as having a body of like form); bottle, pitcher, psaltery, vessel, viol. - Noun Masculine - heb
- H6460 פְּסַנְטֵרִין - 6460 פְּסַנְטֵרִין - פְּסַנְטֵרִין - - pᵉçanṭêrîyn - pes-an-tay-reen' - lemma פִּסַנְטֵרִין first vowel, corrected to פְּסַנְטֵרִין; (Aramaic) or פְּסַנְתֵּרִין; a transliteration of the Greek,; psalterion; a lyre; psaltery. - Noun Masculine - arc
- H7030 קִיתָרֹס - 7030 קִיתָרֹס - קִיתָרֹס - - qîythârôç - kee-thaw-roce' - (Aramaic) of Greek origin; a lyre; harp. - Noun Masculine - arc
- H8067 שְׁמִינִית - 8067 שְׁמִינִית - שְׁמִינִית - - shᵉmîynîyth - shem-ee-neeth' - feminine of שְׁמִינִי; probably an eight-stringed lyre; Sheminith. - Noun Feminine - heb