'Lyre' in the Bible
His brother’s name was Jubal; he was the father of all those who play the lyre and pipe.
Why did you flee secretly and deceive me, and did not tell me so that I might have sent you away with joy and with songs, with timbrel and with lyre;
Afterward you will come to the hill of God where the Philistine garrison is; and it shall be as soon as you have come there to the city, that you will meet a group of prophets coming down from the high place with harp, tambourine, flute, and a lyre before them, and they will be prophesying.
For the choir director; with stringed instruments, upon an eight-string lyre. A Psalm of David.O Lord, do not rebuke me in Your anger,Nor chasten me in Your wrath.
For the choir director; upon an eight-stringed lyre. A Psalm of David.Help, Lord, for the godly man ceases to be,For the faithful disappear from among the sons of men.
Give thanks to the Lord with the lyre;Sing praises to Him with a harp of ten strings.
Then I will go to the altar of God,To God my exceeding joy;And upon the lyre I shall praise You, O God, my God.
Awake, my glory!Awake, harp and lyre!I will awaken the dawn.
I will also praise You with a harp,Even Your truth, O my God;To You I will sing praises with the lyre,O Holy One of Israel.
Raise a song, strike the timbrel,The sweet sounding lyre with the harp.
With the ten-stringed lute and with the harp,With resounding music upon the lyre.
Sing praises to the Lord with the lyre,With the lyre and the sound of melody.
Sing to the Lord with thanksgiving;Sing praises to our God on the lyre,
Let them praise His name with dancing;Let them sing praises to Him with timbrel and lyre.
Praise Him with trumpet sound;Praise Him with harp and lyre.
Their banquets are accompanied by lyre and harp, by tambourine and flute, and by wine;But they do not pay attention to the deeds of the Lord,Nor do they consider the work of His hands.
that at the moment you hear the sound of the horn, flute, lyre, trigon, psaltery, bagpipe and all kinds of music, you are to fall down and worship the golden image that Nebuchadnezzar the king has set up.
Therefore at that time, when all the peoples heard the sound of the horn, flute, lyre, trigon, psaltery, bagpipe and all kinds of music, all the peoples, nations and men of every language fell down and worshiped the golden image that Nebuchadnezzar the king had set up.
You, O king, have made a decree that every man who hears the sound of the horn, flute, lyre, trigon, psaltery, and bagpipe and all kinds of music, is to fall down and worship the golden image.
Now if you are ready, at the moment you hear the sound of the horn, flute, lyre, trigon, psaltery and bagpipe and all kinds of music, to fall down and worship the image that I have made, very well. But if you do not worship, you will immediately be cast into the midst of a furnace of blazing fire; and what god is there who can deliver you out of my hands?”