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Lexicon :: Strong's H7891 - šîr

Aa
שִׁיר
Transliteration
šîr
Pronunciation
sheer
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Part of Speech
verb
Root Word (Etymology)
A primitive root [identical with שׁוּר (H7788) through the idea of strolling minstrelsy]
Dictionary Aids

TWOT Reference: 2378

Strong’s Definitions

שִׁיר shîyr, sheer; or (the original form) שׁוּר shûwr; (1 Samuel 18:6), a primitive root (rather identical with H7788 through the idea of strolling minstrelsy); to sing:—behold (by mistake for H7789), sing(-er, -ing man, -ing woman).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 87x

The KJV translates Strong's H7891 in the following manner: sing (41x), singer (37x), singing men (4x), singing women (4x), behold (1x).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 87x
The KJV translates Strong's H7891 in the following manner: sing (41x), singer (37x), singing men (4x), singing women (4x), behold (1x).

  1. to sing

    1. (Qal)

      1. to sing

      2. singer, songstresses (participle)

    2. (Polel)

      1. to sing

      2. singer, songstress (participle)

    3. (Hophal) to be sung

      In Job 36:24, this word is translated "Behold"; in modern versions, it is translated "Sing". The old translations considered the Hebrew word to be from a different root than H7788 hence the difference in the translations. (Cf. Gill on Job 36:24)
Strong’s Definitions [?](Strong’s Definitions Legend)
שִׁיר shîyr, sheer; or (the original form) שׁוּר shûwr; (1 Samuel 18:6), a primitive root (rather identical with H7788 through the idea of strolling minstrelsy); to sing:—behold (by mistake for H7789), sing(-er, -ing man, -ing woman).
STRONGS H7891: Abbreviations
† [שִׁיר]86 verb sing (denominative according to NöZMG xxxvii (1883), 537 Gerb172, but, if so, an old one); —
Qal49 Perfect 3rd person masculine singular שָׁר Psalm 7:1; Imperfect 3rd person masculine singular יָשִׁיר Exodus 15:1; Numbers 21:17 (read יָשִׁר Job 33:27 for יָשִׁר, √II. שׁוּר, so SS Bu Gerber; in this sense also Ew De Di RV and all modern); 3rd person feminine singular וַתָּ֫שַׁר Judges 5:1, etc.; Imperative masculine plural שִׁירוּ Exodus 15:21 +; Infinitive construct לָשׁוּר 1 Samuel 18:6 Kt (< Qr לָשִׁיר, so Bu; Greek Version of the LXXB omitted, compare Dr KitKau HPS Now); Participle שָׁר Proverbs 25:20; plural שָׁרִים 2 Samuel 19:36 +; feminine שָׁרוֺת 2 Samuel 19:36 + 2 times + Amos 8:3 (read for שִׁירוֺת; see שִׁירָה); — sing, with accusative שִׁיר Isaiah 42:10; Psalm 33:3 + 5 times; שִׁירָה Exodus 15:1; Numbers 21:17 (E) Isaiah 5:1; בשׁרים שׁ׳ Proverbs 25:20; מִשִּׁיר שִׁיּוֺן Psalm 137:3; שׁגיון Psalm 7:1 (Greek Version of the LXX מזמור), תהלה Psalm 106:12; with accusative of theme Psalm 59:17; Psalm 89:2; absolute Judges 5:1; 1 Samuel 18:6; with לְ Psalm 13:6; Psalm 96:1; Psalm 96:2 = 1 Chronicles 16:23; Exodus 15:1, 21; Jeremiah 20:13; || זמּר Psalm 68:5; Psalm 68:33; Psalm 101:1; Psalm 104:33; Psalm 105:2 = 1 Chronicles 16:9; Judges 5:3; + זמּר absolute Psalm 57:8 = Psalm 108:2 with accusative theme Psalm 21:14; with לְ person Psalm 27:6; of nature Psalm 65:14 (after החְרוֺעֵעַ); על אנשׁים Job 33:27 (see above); participle שָׁרִים singers 2 Samuel 19:36; 1 Kings 10:12 + 6 times (Ezekiel 40:44 read שְׁתַּיִם Greek Version of the LXX Hi Co modern); שָׁרוֺת songstresses 2 Samuel 19:36; 2 Chronicles 35:25; Ecclesiastes 2:8 + Amos 8:3 (see above). — Psalm 138:5 read וְיָשִׂיחוּ.
Po`l.36 Perfect 3rd person masculine plural שֹׁרְרוּ Job 36:24; Imperfect 3rd person masculine singular יְשׁוֺרֵר Zephaniah 2:14; Participle מְשׁוֺרֵר 1 Chronicles 6:18; 2 Chronicles 29:28; plural מְשֹׁרְרִים Ezra 2:65 +, etc.; — sing: birds Zephaniah 2:14; men Job 36:24; elsewhere participle of Levitical singers 1 Chronicles 6:18; 1 Chronicles 9:33 + 31 times, + feminine plural Ezra 2:65 songstresses = Nehemiah 7:67.
† Hoph. be sung: Imperfect יוּשַׁר הַשִׁיר הַזֶּה Isaiah 26:1
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BLB Scripture Index of Brown-Driver-Briggs

Exodus

15:1; 15:1; 15:1; 15:21; 15:21

Numbers

21:17; 21:17

Judges

5:1; 5:1; 5:3

1 Samuel

18:6; 18:6

2 Samuel

19:36; 19:36; 19:36; 19:36

1 Kings

10:12

1 Chronicles

6:18; 6:18; 9:33; 16:9; 16:23

2 Chronicles

29:28; 35:25

Ezra

2:65; 2:65

Nehemiah

7:67

Job

33:27; 33:27; 36:24; 36:24

Psalms

7:1; 7:1; 13:6; 27:6; 33:3; 57:8; 59:17; 68:5; 68:33; 89:2; 96:1; 96:2; 101:1; 104:33; 105:2; 106:12; 108:2; 137:3; 138:5

Proverbs

25:20; 25:20

Ecclesiastes

2:8

Isaiah

5:1; 26:1; 42:10

Jeremiah

20:13

Ezekiel

40:44

Amos

8:3; 8:3

Zephaniah

2:14; 2:14

H7891

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Strong's Number H7891 matches the Hebrew שִׁיר (šîr),
which occurs 88 times in 79 verses in the WLC Hebrew.

Page 1 / 2 (Exo 15:1–Psa 33:3)

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 15:1 - Then Moses and the children of Israel made this song to the Lord, and said, I will make a song to the Lord, for he is lifted up in glory: the horse and the horseman he has sent down into the sea.

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 15:21 - And Miriam, answering, said, Make a song to the Lord, for he is lifted up in glory; the horse and the horseman he has sent into the sea.

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 21:17 - Then Israel gave voice to this song: Come up, O water-spring, let us make a song to it:

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Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 5:1 - At that time Deborah and Barak, the son of Abinoam, made this song, saying:

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Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 5:3

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 5:3 - Give attention, O kings; give ear, O rulers; I, even I, will make a song to the Lord; I will make melody to the Lord, the God of Israel.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 18:6

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 18:6 - Now on their way, when David came back after the destruction of the Philistine, the women came out of all the towns of Israel, with songs and dances, meeting David with melody and joy and instruments of music.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 19:35 - I am now eighty years old: good and bad are the same to me; have meat and drink any taste for me now? am I able to take pleasure in the voices of men or women in song? why then am I to be a trouble to my lord the king?

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 10:12

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 10:12 - And from the sandal-wood the king made pillars for the house of the Lord, and for the king's house, and instruments of music for the makers of melody: never has such sandal-wood been seen to this day.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 6:33 - And these are those who did this work, and their sons. Of the sons of the Kohathites: Heman, who made melody, the son of Joel, the son of Samuel,

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 9:33

Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 9:33 - And these were those who had the ordering of the music and songs, heads of families of the Levites, who were living in the rooms, and were free from other work, for their work went on day and night.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 15:16

Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 15:16 - And David gave orders to the chief of the Levites to put their brothers the music-makers in position, with instruments of music, corded instruments and brass, with glad voices making sounds of joy.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 15:19

Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 15:19 - So those who made melody, Heman, Asaph, and Ethan, were put in position, with brass instruments, sounding loudly;

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 15:27

Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 15:27 - And David was clothed with a robe of fair linen, as were all the Levites who took up the ark, and those who made melody, and Chenaniah the master of those who made melody; and David had on a linen ephod;

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 16:9

Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 16:9 - Let your voice be sounded in songs and melody; let all your thoughts be of the wonder of his works.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 16:23

Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 16:23 - Make songs to the Lord, all the earth; give the good news of his salvation day by day.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 5:12

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 5:12 - And the Levites who made the music, all of them, Asaph, Heman, Jeduthun, and their sons and brothers, robed in fair linen, were in their places with their brass and corded instruments at the east side of the altar, and with them a hundred and twenty priests blowing horns;)

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 5:13

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 5:13 - And when the players on horns, and those who made melody in song, with one voice were sounding the praise and glory of the Lord; with loud voices and with wind instruments, and brass and corded instruments of music, praising the Lord and saying, He is good; his mercy is unchanging for ever: then the house was full of the cloud of the glory of the Lord,

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 9:11

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 9:11 - And with the sandal-wood the king made steps for the house of the Lord and for the king's house, and instruments of music for the makers of melody; never before had such been seen in the land of Judah.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 20:21

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 20:21 - And after discussion with the people, he put in their places those who were to make melody to the Lord, praising him in holy robes, while they went at the head of the army, and saying, May the Lord be praised, for his mercy is unchanging for ever.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 23:13 - And looking, she saw the king in his place by the pillar at the doorway, and the captains and the horns by his side; and all the people of the land were giving signs of joy and sounding the horns; and the makers of melody were playing on instruments of music, taking the chief part in the song of praise. Then Athaliah, violently parting her robes, said, Broken faith, broken faith!

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 29:28 - And all the people gave worship, to the sound of songs and the blowing of horns; and this went on till the burned offering was ended.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 35:15

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 35:15 - And the sons of Asaph, the makers of melody, were in their places, as ordered by David and Asaph and Heman and Jeduthun, the king's seer; and the door-keepers were stationed at every door: there was no need for them to go away from their places, for their brothers the Levites made ready for them.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 35:25

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 35:25 - And Jeremiah made a song of grief for Josiah; and to this day Josiah is named by all the makers of melody, men and women, in their songs of grief; they made it a rule in Israel; and the songs are recorded among the songs of grief.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEzr 2:41 - The music-makers: the children of Asaph, a hundred and twenty-eight

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Unchecked Copy BoxEzr 2:65

Unchecked Copy BoxEzr 2:65 - As well as their men-servants and their women-servants, of whom there were seven thousand, three hundred and thirty-seven: and they had two hundred men and women to make music.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEzr 2:70

Unchecked Copy BoxEzr 2:70 - So the priests and the Levites and the people and the music-makers and the door-keepers and the Nethinim, took up their places in their towns; even all Israel in their towns.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEzr 7:7

Unchecked Copy BoxEzr 7:7 - And some of the children of Israel went up, with some of the priests and the Levites and the music-makers and the door-keepers and the Nethinim, to Jerusalem, in the seventh year of Artaxerxes the king.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEzr 10:24

Unchecked Copy BoxEzr 10:24 - And of the music-makers, Eliashib; and of the door-keepers, Shallum and Telem and Uri.

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Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 7:1

Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 7:1 - Now when the building of the wall was complete and I had put up the doors, and the door-keepers and the music-makers and the Levites had been given their places,

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Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 7:44

Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 7:44 - The music-makers: the children of Asaph, a hundred and forty-eight.

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Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 7:67

Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 7:67 - As well as their men-servants and their women-servants, of whom there were seven thousand, three hundred and thirty-seven; and they had two hundred and forty-five men and women to make music.

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Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 7:73

Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 7:73 - So the priests and the Levites and the door-keepers and the music-makers and some of the people and the Nethinim, and all Israel, were living in their towns.

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Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 10:28

Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 10:28 - And the rest of the people, the priests, the Levites, the door-keepers, the music-makers, the Nethinim, and all those who had made themselves separate from the peoples of the lands, to keep the law of God, their wives, their sons, and their daughters, everyone who had knowledge and wisdom;

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Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 10:39

Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 10:39 - For the children of Israel and the children of Levi are to take the lifted offering of the grain and wine and oil into the rooms where the vessels of the holy place are, together with the priests and the door-keepers and the makers of music: and we will not give up caring for the house of our God.

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Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 11:22

Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 11:22 - And the overseer of the Levites at Jerusalem was Uzzi, the son of Bani, the son of Hashabiah, the son of Mattaniah, the son of Mica, of the sons of Asaph, the music-makers, who was over the business of the house of God.

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Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 11:23

Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 11:23 - For there was an order from the king about them and a regular amount for the music-makers, for their needs day by day.

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Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 12:28

Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 12:28 - And the sons of the music-makers came together from the lowland round about Jerusalem and from the daughter-towns of the Netophathites,

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Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 12:29

Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 12:29 - And from Beth-gilgal and from the fields of Geba and Azmaveth: for the music-makers had made daughter-towns for themselves round about Jerusalem.

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Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 12:42

Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 12:42 - And Maaseiah and Shemaiah and Eleazar and Uzzi and Jehohanan and Malchijah and Elam and Ezer. And the makers of melody made their voices loud, with Jezrahiah their overseer.

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Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 12:45

Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 12:45 - And they kept the watch of their God, and were responsible for making things clean, and so did the music-makers and the door-keepers, as it was ordered by David and Solomon his son.

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Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 12:46

Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 12:46 - For in the days of David and Asaph in the past, there was a master of the music, and songs of blessing and praise to God.

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Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 12:47

Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 12:47 - And all Israel in the days of Zerubbabel and in the days of Nehemiah gave what was needed by the music-makers and the door-keepers day by day: and they made the offerings holy for the Levites; and the Levites did the same for the sons of Aaron.

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Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 13:5

Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 13:5 - Had made ready for him a great room, where at one time they kept the meal offerings, the perfume, and the vessels and the tenths of the grain and wine and oil which were given by order to the Levites and the music-makers and the door-keepers, and the lifted offerings for the priests.

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Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 13:10

Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 13:10 - And I saw that the Levites had not been given what was needed for their support; so that the Levites and the music-makers, who did the work, had gone away, everyone to his field.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJob 36:24

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 36:24 - See that you give praise to his work, about which men make songs.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 7:1

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 7:1 - <Shiggaion of David; a song which he made to the Lord, about the words of Cush the Benjamite.> O Lord my God, I put my faith in you; take me out of the hands of him who is cruel to me, and make me free;

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 13:6 - I will make a song to the Lord, because he has given me my reward.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 21:13

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 21:13 - Be lifted up, O Lord, in your strength; so will we make songs in praise of your power.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 27:6

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 27:6 - And now my head will be lifted up higher than my haters who are round me: because of this I will make offerings of joy in his tent; I will make a song, truly I will make a song of praise to the Lord.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 33:3

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 33:3 - Make a new song to him; playing expertly with a loud noise.

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