KINNING PARK

kinning park, a southern suburb of glasgow, scotland. pop. (1901), 13,852. it is situated on the left bank of the clyde between glasgow, with which it is connected by tramway and subway, and govan. since 1850 it has grown from a rural village to a busy centre mainly inhabited by artisans and labourers. its principal industries are engineering, bread and biscuit baking, soap-making and paint-making. kinnor (gr. [greek: kinyra]), the hebrew name for an ancient stringed instrument, the first mentioned in the bible (gen. iv. 21), where it is now always translated "harp." the identification of the instrument has been much discussed, but, from the standpoint of the history of musical instruments, the weight of evidence is in favour of the view that the semitic _kinnor_ is the greek _cithara_ (q.v.). this instrument was already in use before 2000 b.c. among the semitic races and in a higher state of development than it ever attained in greece during the best classic period. it is unlikely that an instrument (which also appears on hebrew coins) so widely known and used in various parts of asia minor in remote times, and occurring among the hittite sculptures, should pass unmentioned in the bible, with the exception of the verses in dan. iii.