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HebrewH7891Verb

שִׁיר

shir

64Occurrences
H7891Strong's #
VerbPart of Speech

Definition

Quick Definition(Strong's Concordance)

to sing

or (the original form) שׁוּר; (1 Samuel 18:6), a primitive root (rather identical with H7788 (שׁוּר) through the idea of strolling minstrelsy);

Full Lexicon Entry(Abbott-Smith)
  1. to sing 1a) (Qal) 1a1) to sing 1a2) singer, songstresses (participle) 1b) (Polel) 1b1) to sing 1b2) singer, songstress (participle) 1c) (Hophal) to be sung

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Grammar & Morphology

Part of Speech

Verb

Morphology Code

H:V

Full Description

Hebrew Verb

Occurrences

שִׁיר appears 64 times in the Old Testament.

Distribution by Book

Psalms
16
Nehemiah
13
2 Chronicles
8
1 Chronicles
6
Ezra
5
Isaiah
3
Exodus
2
Judges
2

Key Passages

1 Chronicles 15:16BSB

David also told the leaders of the Levites to appoint their relatives as singers to lift up their voices with joy, accompanied by musical instruments—harps, lyres, and cymbals.

2 Chronicles 35:25BSB

Then Jeremiah lamented over Josiah, and to this day all the choirs of men and women sing laments over Josiah. They established them as a statute for Israel, and indeed they are written in the Book of Laments.

Ezra 7:7BSB

So in the seventh year of King Artaxerxes, he went up to Jerusalem with some of the Israelites, including priests, Levites, singers, gatekeepers, and temple servants.

Nehemiah 12:42BSB

and also Maaseiah, Shemaiah, Eleazar, Uzzi, Jehohanan, Malchijah, Elam, and Ezer. Then the choirs sang out under the direction of Jezrahiah.

Psalms 104:33BSB

I will sing to the LORD all my life;I will sing praise to my God while I have my being.

Lexicon data from STEPBible.org (Tyndale House, Cambridge) under CC BY 4.0 license.