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    Lyra

    LY-ruh

    Greek
    Girl
    Meaning-based name
    Meaning
    Lyre; Harp
    Origin
    Greek
    Is it in the Bible?
    No — the name Lyra does not appear in the King James Bible. Christian families use it for its meaning, "Lyre; Harp", and for the biblical themes that meaning touches, not because anyone in Scripture is called Lyra.
    First appears in
    Does not appear in the King James text
    Peak US usage
    No recorded United States usage in the 1880–2008 records
    Spiritual meaning
    Lyra harps in heaven — many waters, great thunder, the instrument that joins the celestial chorus of praise.
    Verses on this meaning
    • Revelation 14:2

      "And I heard a voice from heaven, as the voice of many waters, and as the voice of a great thunder: and I heard the voice of harpers harping with their harps."

    • Psalm 150:3

      "Praise him with the sound of the trumpet: praise him with the psaltery and harp."

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