ZITHER

The Bible gives no description of the musical instrument designated by the Aramaic word qi·tha·rosʹ (or, qath·rohsʹ), but it was probably a type of stringed instrument. If this term is related to the Greek ki·thaʹra (a stringed instrument), from which a number of English words, including “zither,” are drawn, then “zither” is an approximate transliteration. The qi·tha·rosʹ was one of the instruments of Nebuchadnezzar’s orchestra.—Dan. 3:5, 7, 10, 15.