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Lexicon :: Strong's H7892 - šîr

Aa
שִׁיר
Transliteration
šîr
Pronunciation
sheer
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Part of Speech
feminine noun, masculine noun
Root Word (Etymology)
Dictionary Aids

TWOT Reference: 2378a,2378b

Strong’s Definitions

שִׁיר shîyr, sheer; or feminine שִׁירָה shîyrâh; from H7891; a song; abstractly, singing:—musical(-ick), × sing(-er, -ing), song.

KJV Translation Count — Total: 90x

The KJV translates Strong's H7892 in the following manner: song (74x), musick (7x), singing (4x), musical (2x), sing (1x), singers (1x), song (with H1697) (1x).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 90x
The KJV translates Strong's H7892 in the following manner: song (74x), musick (7x), singing (4x), musical (2x), sing (1x), singers (1x), song (with H1697) (1x).
masculine noun

  1. song

    1. lyric song

    2. religious song

    3. song of Levitical choirs

      feminine noun

  2. song

    1. song, ode

Strong’s Definitions [?](Strong’s Definitions Legend)
שִׁיר shîyr, sheer; or feminine שִׁירָה shîyrâh; from H7891; a song; abstractly, singing:—musical(-ick), × sing(-er, -ing), song.
STRONGS H7892: Abbreviations
† שִׁיר 77 noun masculine song (Late Hebrew id.; so Ecclus 40:21 +); — שׁ׳ absolute Judges 5:12 +, construct 2 Chronicles 29:27 +; suffix שִׁירִי Psalm 28:7, etc.; plural שִׁירִים 1 Chronicles 13:8; Songs 1:1; שִׁרִים Genesis 31:27; Proverbs 25:20; suffix שִׁרֶ֫יךָ Amos 5:23, etc.; —
1. lyric song, + מָשָׁל 1 Kings 5:12, opposed to קִינָה Amos 8:10; joyous Genesis 31:27 (J) Isaiah 30:29; עגבים שׁ׳ Ezekiel 33:32; triumphal Judges 5:12; love song Songs 1:1 (twice in verse) (title שִׁיר הַשִּׁירִים), Psalm 45:1 (שִׁיר יְדִידֹת); noisy Amos 5:23; Ezekiel 26:13, in drunken revels Isaiah 24:9, compare Isaiah 23:16; כסילים שׁ׳ Ecclesiastes 7:5; not for sorrow Proverbs 25:20; Psalm 137:3 (twice in verse); בְּנוֺת הַשִּׁיר Ecclesiastes 12:4 songstresses (probably birds).
2. religious song, in worship, || תפלה Psalm 42:9; usually praise, הלל בשׁיר Psalm 69:31; מִשִּׁירִי אֲהוֺדֶנּוּ Psalm 28:7; שִׁרִ תְּהִלָּה וְהוֺדוֺת Nehemiah 12:46; שׁיר י׳ Psalm 137:4; 2 Chronicles 29:27; שׁיר חדשׁ Isaiah 42:10 (fresh outburst), + 6 times, see חָדָשׁ; in Psalm-titles, שׁיר Isaiah 46:1, compare Isaiah 26:1; שׁיר המעלות pilgrim songs Psalm 120:1 + 14 times (see II. מַעִַלָה p.752); with מִמְוֺר Psalm 48:1 + 12 times (see מִז׳); מַשְׁכִּיל שִׁיר Psalm 45:1 (שׁ׳ originally alone in all except Psalm 30:1; Psalm 92:1; Psalm 108:1, see BrJBL xviii (1899), 138).
3. specifically song of Levitical choirs, with musical accompare, 1 Chronicles 6:16; 1 Chronicles 6:17; 1 Chronicles 13:8 (so read also || 2 Samuel 6:5 for בְּרוֺשִׁים, Greek Version of the LXX Th and modern, compare ב׳), 1 Chronicles 25:6; 1 Chronicles 25:7; 2 Chronicles 23:18; 29:28; Nehemiah 12:27; כלי (ה)שׁיר instrument to accompany song 1 Chronicles 15:16 + 6 times (see כְּלִי 2b); compare Amos 6:5.

† שִׁירָה noun feminine song (plural ירות [שׁ] Ecclus 39:15); — absolute שׁ׳ Exodus 15:1 + 9 times; construct שִׁירַת Isaiah 5:1; Isaiah 23:15; plural construct שִׁירוֺת Amos 8:3 (read שָׁרוֺת Greek Version of the LXX HoffmZAW iii (1883) We and others); — song, ode, Exodus 15:1 (E), 2 Samuel 22:1 = Psalm 18:1; Deuteronomy 31:19 (twice in verse); Deuteronomy 31:21, 22, 30; Deuteronomy 32:44; Numbers 21:17 (E) Isaiah 5:1; Isaiah 23:15.
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BLB Scripture Index of Brown-Driver-Briggs

Genesis

31:27; 31:27

Exodus

15:1; 15:1

Numbers

21:17

Deuteronomy

31:19; 31:21; 31:22; 31:30; 32:44

Judges

5:12; 5:12

2 Samuel

6:5; 22:1

1 Kings

5:12

1 Chronicles

6:16; 6:17; 13:8; 13:8; 25:6; 25:7

2 Chronicles

23:18; 29:27; 29:27; 29:28

Nehemiah

12:27; 12:46

Psalms

18:1; 28:7; 28:7; 30:1; 42:9; 45:1; 45:1; 48:1; 69:31; 92:1; 108:1; 120:1; 137:3; 137:4

Proverbs

25:20; 25:20

Ecclesiastes

7:5; 12:4

Song of Songs

1; 1:1; 1:1

Isaiah

5:1; 5:1; 23:15; 23:15; 23:16; 24:9; 26:1; 30:29; 42:10; 46:1

Ezekiel

26:13; 33:32

Amos

5:23; 5:23; 6:5; 8:3; 8:10

H7892

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Strong's Number H7892 matches the Hebrew שִׁיר (šîr),
which occurs 91 times in 87 verses in the WLC Hebrew.

Page 2 / 2 (Psa 108:1–Amo 8:10)

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 108:1

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 108:1 - A song. A psalm of David.

My heart is confident in you, O God;
no wonder I can sing your praises with all my heart!

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 120:1

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 120:1 - A song for pilgrims ascending to Jerusalem.

I took my troubles to the LORD;
I cried out to him, and he answered my prayer.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 121:1

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 121:1 - A song for pilgrims ascending to Jerusalem.

I look up to the mountains—
does my help come from there?

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 122:1

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 122:1 - A song for pilgrims ascending to Jerusalem. A psalm of David.

I was glad when they said to me,
“Let us go to the house of the LORD.”

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 123:1

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 123:1 - A song for pilgrims ascending to Jerusalem.

I lift my eyes to you,
O God, enthroned in heaven.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 124:1

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 124:1 - A song for pilgrims ascending to Jerusalem. A psalm of David.

What if the LORD had not been on our side?
Let all Israel repeat:

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 125:1

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 125:1 - A song for pilgrims ascending to Jerusalem.

Those who trust in the LORD are as secure as Mount Zion;
they will not be defeated but will endure forever.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 126:1

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 126:1 - A song for pilgrims ascending to Jerusalem.

When the LORD brought back his exiles to Jerusalem,[fn]
it was like a dream!

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 127:1

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 127:1 - A song for pilgrims ascending to Jerusalem. A psalm of Solomon.

Unless the LORD builds a house,
the work of the builders is wasted.
Unless the LORD protects a city,
guarding it with sentries will do no good.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 128:1

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 128:1 - A song for pilgrims ascending to Jerusalem.

How joyful are those who fear the LORD—
all who follow his ways!

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 129:1

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 129:1 - A song for pilgrims ascending to Jerusalem.

From my earliest youth my enemies have persecuted me.
Let all Israel repeat this:

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 130:1

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 130:1 - A song for pilgrims ascending to Jerusalem.

From the depths of despair, O LORD,
I call for your help.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 131:1

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 131:1 - A song for pilgrims ascending to Jerusalem. A psalm of David.

LORD, my heart is not proud;
my eyes are not haughty.
I don’t concern myself with matters too great
or too awesome for me to grasp.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 132:1

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 132:1 - A song for pilgrims ascending to Jerusalem.

LORD, remember David
and all that he suffered.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 133:1

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 133:1 - A song for pilgrims ascending to Jerusalem. A psalm of David.

How wonderful and pleasant it is
when brothers live together in harmony!

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 134:1

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 134:1 - A song for pilgrims ascending to Jerusalem.

Oh, praise the LORD, all you servants of the LORD,
you who serve at night in the house of the LORD.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 137:3

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 137:3 - For our captors demanded a song from us.
Our tormentors insisted on a joyful hymn:
“Sing us one of those songs of Jerusalem!”

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 137:4

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 137:4 - But how can we sing the songs of the LORD
while in a pagan land?

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 144:9

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 144:9 - I will sing a new song to you, O God!
I will sing your praises with a ten-stringed harp.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 149:1

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 149:1 - Praise the LORD!
Sing to the LORD a new song.
Sing his praises in the assembly of the faithful.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPro 25:20

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 25:20 - Singing cheerful songs to a person with a heavy heart
is like taking someone’s coat in cold weather
or pouring vinegar in a wound.[fn]

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Unchecked Copy BoxEcc 7:5

Unchecked Copy BoxEcc 7:5 - Better to be criticized by a wise person
than to be praised by a fool.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEcc 12:4

Unchecked Copy BoxEcc 12:4 - Remember him before the door to life’s opportunities is closed and the sound of work fades. Now you rise at the first chirping of the birds, but then all their sounds will grow faint.

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Unchecked Copy BoxSng 1:1

Unchecked Copy BoxSng 1:1 - This is Solomon’s song of songs, more wonderful than any other.

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 5:1

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 5:1 - Now I will sing for the one I love
a song about his vineyard:
My beloved had a vineyard
on a rich and fertile hill.

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 23:15

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 23:15 - For seventy years, the length of a king’s life, Tyre will be forgotten. But then the city will come back to life as in the song about the prostitute:

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 23:16

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 23:16 - Take a harp and walk the streets,
you forgotten harlot.
Make sweet melody and sing your songs
so you will be remembered again.

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 24:9

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 24:9 - Gone are the joys of wine and song;
alcoholic drink turns bitter in the mouth.

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 26:1

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 26:1 - In that day, everyone in the land of Judah will sing this song:
Our city is strong!
We are surrounded by the walls of God’s salvation.

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 30:29

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 30:29 - But the people of God will sing a song of joy,
like the songs at the holy festivals.
You will be filled with joy,
as when a flutist leads a group of pilgrims
to Jerusalem, the mountain of the LORD—
to the Rock of Israel.

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 42:10

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 42:10 - Sing a new song to the LORD!
Sing his praises from the ends of the earth!
Sing, all you who sail the seas,
all you who live in distant coastlands.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEze 26:13

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 26:13 - I will stop the music of your songs. No more will the sound of harps be heard among your people.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEze 33:32

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 33:32 - You are very entertaining to them, like someone who sings love songs with a beautiful voice or plays fine music on an instrument. They hear what you say, but they don’t act on it!

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Unchecked Copy BoxAmo 5:23

Unchecked Copy BoxAmo 5:23 - Away with your noisy hymns of praise!
I will not listen to the music of your harps.

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Unchecked Copy BoxAmo 6:5

Unchecked Copy BoxAmo 6:5 - You sing trivial songs to the sound of the harp
and fancy yourselves to be great musicians like David.

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Unchecked Copy BoxAmo 8:3

Unchecked Copy BoxAmo 8:3 - In that day the singing in the Temple will turn to wailing. Dead bodies will be scattered everywhere. They will be carried out of the city in silence. I, the Sovereign LORD, have spoken!”

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Unchecked Copy BoxAmo 8:10

Unchecked Copy BoxAmo 8:10 - I will turn your celebrations into times of mourning
and your singing into weeping.
You will wear funeral clothes
and shave your heads to show your sorrow—
as if your only son had died.
How very bitter that day will be!

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