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Lexicon :: Strong's H7892 - šîr

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שִׁיר
Transliteration
šîr
Pronunciation
sheer
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Part of Speech
feminine noun, masculine noun
Root Word (Etymology)
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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 90 times in 87 verses in the WLC Hebrew.

Page 1 / 2 (Gen 31:27–Psa 98:1)

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 31:27 - Whereas if thou hadst told me, I would have sent thee away with mirth, and with songs, and timbrels, and harp.

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 15:1 - Then sang Moses and the children of Israel this song to God, and spoke, saying, Let us sing to the Lord, for he is very greatly glorified: horse and rider he has thrown into the sea.

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 21:17 - Then Israel sang this song at the well, Begin to sing [fn]of the well;

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Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 31:19 - And now write the words of this song, and teach it to the children of Israel, and ye shall put it into their mouth, that this song may witness for me among the children of Israel to their face.

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Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 31:21

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 31:21 - And this song shall stand up to witness against them; for they shall not forget it out of their mouth, or out of the mouth of their seed; for I know their wickedness, what they are doing here this day, before I have brought them into the good land, which I sware to their fathers.

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Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 31:22

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 31:22 - And Moses wrote this song in that day, and taught it to the children of Israel.

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Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 31:30

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 31:30 - And Moses spoke all the words of this song even to the end, in the ears of the whole assembly.

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Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 32:44

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 32:44 - And Moses wrote this song in that day, and taught it to the children of Israel; and Moses went in and spoke all the words of this law in the ears of the people, he and Joshua the son of Naue.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 5:12 - Awake, awake, Debbora; awake, awake, utter a song: arise, Barac, and lead thy captivity captive, son of Abineem.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 22:1 - And David spoke to the Lord the words of this song, in the day in which the Lord rescued him out of the hand of all his enemies, and out of the hand of Saul.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 4:32 - (LXX 5:12) And Solomon spoke three thousand proverbs, and his songs were five thousand.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 6:31

Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 6:31 - (LXX 6:16) And these were the men whom David set over the service of the singers in the house of the Lord when the ark was at rest.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 6:32

Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 6:32 - (LXX 6:17) And they ministered in front of the tabernacle of witness playing on instruments, until Solomon built the house of the Lord in Jerusalem; and they stood according to their order for their services.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 13:8

Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 13:8 - And David and all Israel were playing before the Lord with all their might, and that together with singers, and with harps, and with lutes, with timbrels, and with cymbals, and with trumpets.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 15:16

Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 15:16 - And David said to the chiefs of the Levites, Set your brethren the singers with musical instruments, lutes, harps, and cymbals, to sound aloud with a voice of joy.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 16:42

Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 16:42 - And with them there were trumpets and cymbals to sound aloud, and musical instruments for the songs of God: and the sons of Idithun were at the gate.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 25:6

Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 25:6 - All these sang hymns with their father in the house of God, with cymbals, and lutes, and harps, for the service of the house of God, near the king, and Asaph, and Idithun, and Æman.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 25:7

Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 25:7 - And the number of them after their brethren, those instructed to sing to God, every one that understood singing was two hundred and eighty-eight.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 5:13

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 5:13 - And there was one voice in the trumpeting and in the psalm-singing, and in the loud utterance with one voice to give thanks and praise the Lord; and when they raised their voice together with trumpets and cymbals, and instruments of music, and said, Give thanks to the Lord, for it is good, for his mercy endures for ever:—then the house was filled with the cloud of the glory of the Lord.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 7:6 - And the priests were standing at their watches, and the Levites with instruments of music of the Lord, belonging to king David, to give thanks before the Lord, for his mercy endures for ever, with the hymns of David, by their ministry: and the priests were blowing the trumpets before them, and all Israel standing.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 23:13 - And she looked, and, behold, the king stood in his place, and the princes and trumpets were at the entrance, and the princes were round the king: and all the people of the land rejoiced, and sounded the trumpets, and there were the singers singing with instruments, and singing hymns of praise. And Gotholia rent her robe, and cried, Ye surely are plotting against me.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 23:18 - And Jodae the priest committed the works of the house of the Lord into the hand of the priests and Levites, and he re-established the courses of the priests and Levites which David appointed over the house of the Lord, and he appointed them to offer whole-burnt-offerings to the Lord, as it is written in the law of Moses, with gladness, and with songs by the hand of David.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 29:27 - And Ezekias told them to offer up the whole-burnt-offering on the altar: and when they began to offer the whole-burnt-offering, they began to sing to the Lord, and the trumpets accompanied the instruments of David king of Israel.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 29:28 - And all the congregation worshipped, and the psalm-singers were singing, and the trumpets sounding, until the whole-burnt-sacrifice had been completely offered.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 34:12

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 34:12 - And the men were faithfully engaged in the works: and over them were superintendents, Jeth and Abdias, Levites of the sons of Merari, and Zacharias and Mosollam, of the sons of Caath, appointed to oversee; and every Levite, and every one that understood how to play on musical instruments.

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Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 12:27 - And at the dedication of the wall of Jerusalem they sought the Levites in their places, to bring them to Jerusalem, to keep a feast of dedication and gladness with thanksgiving, and they sounded cymbals with songs, and had psalteries and harps.

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Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 12:36 - and his brethren, Samaia, and Oziel, Gelol, Jama, Aia, Nathanael, and Juda, Anani, to praise with the hymns of David the man of God; and Esdras the scribe was before them,

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Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 12:46 - For in the days of David Asaph was originally first of the singers, and they sang hymns and praise to God.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 18:1

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 18:1 - (LXX 17:1) For the end, a Psalm of David the servant of the Lord; the words which he spoke to the Lord, even the words of this Song, in the day in which the Lord delivered him out of the hand of all his enemies, and out of the hand of Saul: and he said: (17:2) I will love thee, O Lord, my strength.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 28:7

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 28:7 - (LXX 27:7) The Lord is my helper and my defender; my heart has hoped in him, and I am helped: my flesh has revived, and willingly will I [fn]give praise to him.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 30:1

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 30:1 - (LXX 29:1) For the end, a Psalm [fn]and Song at the dedication of the house of David. (29:2) I will exalt thee, O Lord; for thou hast lifted me up, and not caused mine enemies to rejoice over me.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 33:3 - (LXX 32:3) Sing to him a new song; play skilfully with a loud noise.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 40:3

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 40:3 - (LXX 39:4) And he put a new song into my mouth, even a hymn to our God: many shall see it, and fear, and shall hope in the Lord.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 42:8 - (LXX 41:9) By day the Lord will command his mercy, and [fn]manifest it by night: with me is prayer to the God of my life.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 45:1 - (LXX 44:1) For the end, for [fn]alternate strains by the sons of Core; for instruction, a Song concerning the beloved. (44:2) My heart [fn]has uttered a good matter: I declare my works to the king: my tongue is the pen of a quick writer.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 46:1

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 46:1 - (LXX 45:1) For the end, for the sons of Core; a Psalm concerning secret things. (45:2) God is our refuge and strength, a help in the afflictions that have come heavily upon us.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 48:1 - (LXX 47:1) A Psalm of [fn]praise for the sons of Core on the second day of the week. (47:2) Great is the Lord, and greatly to be praised in the city of our God, in his holy mountain.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 65:1 - (LXX 64:1) For the end, a Psalm and Song of David. (64:2) Praise becomes thee, O God, in Sion; and to thee shall the vow be performed.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 66:1

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 66:1 - (LXX 65:1) For the end, a Song of a Psalm of resurrection. Shout unto God, all the earth.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 67:1

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 67:1 - (LXX 66:1) For the end, a Psalm of David among the Hymns. (66:2) God be merciful to us, and bless us; and cause his face to shine upon us. Pause.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 68:1

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 68:1 - (LXX 67:1) For the end, a Psalm of a Song by David. (67:2) Let God arise, and let his enemies be scattered; and let them that hate him flee from before him.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 69:30

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 69:30 - (LXX 68:31) I will praise the name of my God with a song, I will magnify him with praise;

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 75:1

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 75:1 - (LXX 74:1) For the end, Destroy not, a Psalm of a Song for Asaph. (74:2) We will give thanks to thee, O God, we will give thanks, and call upon thy name: I will declare all thy wonderful works.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 76:1

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 76:1 - (LXX 75:1) For the end, among the Hymns, a Psalm for Asaph; a Song for the Assyrian. (75:2) God is known in Judea; his name is great in Israel.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 83:1 - (LXX 82:1) A Song of a Psalm for Asaph. (82:2) O God, who shall be compared to thee? be not silent, neither be still, O God.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 87:1 - (LXX 86:1) A Psalm of a Song for the sons of Core. His foundations are in the holy mountains.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 88:1

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 88:1 - (LXX 87:1) A song of a Psalm for the sons of Core for the end, upon Maeleth for responsive strains, of [fn]instruction for Æman the Israelite. (87:2) O Lord God of my salvation, I have cried by day and in the night before thee.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 92:1

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 92:1 - (LXX 91:1) A Psalm of a Song for the Sabbath-day. (91:2) It is a good thing to give thanks to the Lord, and to sing praises to thy name, O thou Most High;

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 96:1 - (LXX 95:1) When the house was built after the Captivity, a Song by David. Sing to the Lord a new song; sing to the Lord, all the earth.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 98:1 - (LXX 97:1) A Psalm of David. Sing to the Lord a new song; for the Lord has wrought wonderful works, his right hand, and his holy arm, have wrought salvation for him.

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