כִּנּוֹר, lute, cithern. Arakh. 13ᵇ כ׳ של מקדש וכ׳ the kinnor of the Temple was seven-stringed. Ber. 3ᵇ; Y. ib. I, 2ᵈ כ׳ היה תלוי וכ׳ David had a lute suspended &c. Snh. 101ᵃ עשאוני בניך ככ׳ וכ׳ thy children made me (the Law) like an instrument upon which the scorners play; a. fr.—Pl. כִּנּוֹרוֹת, כִּנּוֹרִים, כִּי׳. Arakh. II, 5. Shebu. 15ᵇ. Kinnim III, 6 בני מעיו לכ׳ its small bowels are used for strings for the cithern; Ab. Zar. 47ᵃ מהו לכ׳ Ms. M. (ed. לפארות). Pesik. R. s. 26; a. e.