with harps: The word kinnor, in Chaldee, kinnora, in Syraic, kainoro, in Arabic, kinnarat, and in Greek κινυρος, certainly denotes a harp, played on with the hand, according to 1Sa 16:23. The number of strings in the harp was at first three; but afterwards they were increased to four, and at last to seven. 1Ch 15:28, 1Ch 16:5, 1Ch 16:42, 1Ch 23:5, 1Ch 25:1-6; Dan 3:5-7; Amo 5:23, Amo 6:5
psalteries: Naivel, or naibel, in Greek ναβλα, and in Latin, nablium, was an instrument of the harp kind; having twelve sounds.