qi.ta.ros denotes an instrument named among the sounds that signal required worship of the image in Daniel 3.

The term occurs as a singular masculine noun in repeated lists of instruments whose sound marks the command or occasion for people to bow before the golden image.

1. Instrument in the worship-signal ensemble · dominant

   In Daniel 3:5 and Daniel 3:10, the form appears in the list of sounds heard before every person is to fall down and worship the golden image; the APB renders the surrounding list with "the harp." Daniel 3:7 reports the peoples hearing that same ensemble and falling down, while Daniel 3:15 repeats it as the signal for the demanded response.

   Daniel 3:10Daniel 3:15Daniel 3:5Daniel 3:7

In the Anselm Project Bible: Across the cited verses, the APB presents the item within an instrument list and renders that list with "the harp." This rendering is treated as confirmation of the list's overall instrumental setting.