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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.
Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew and English Lexicon, Unabridged, Electronic Database.
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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 1 / 2 (Gen 31:27–Psa 98:1)

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 31:27 - Why did you flee secretly and trick me, and did not tell me, so that I might have sent you away with mirth and songs, with tambourine and lyre?

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 15:1

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 15:1 - Then Moses and the people of Israel sang this song to the LORD, saying,
“I will sing to the LORD, for he has triumphed gloriously;
the horse and his rider[fn] he has thrown into the sea.

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Unchecked Copy Box Num 21:17

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 21:17 - Then Israel sang this song:
“Spring up, O well!—Sing to it!—

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Unchecked Copy Box Deu 31:19

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 31:19 - “Now therefore write this song and teach it to the people of Israel. Put it in their mouths, that this song may be a witness for me against the people of Israel.

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Unchecked Copy Box Deu 31:21

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 31:21 - And when many evils and troubles have come upon them, this song shall confront them as a witness (for it will live unforgotten in the mouths of their offspring). For I know what they are inclined to do even today, before I have brought them into the land that I swore to give.”

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Unchecked Copy Box Deu 31:22

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 31:22 - So Moses wrote this song the same day and taught it to the people of Israel.

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Unchecked Copy Box Deu 31:30

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 31:30 - Then Moses spoke the words of this song until they were finished, in the ears of all the assembly of Israel:

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Unchecked Copy Box Deu 32:44

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 32:44 - Moses came and recited all the words of this song in the hearing of the people, he and Joshua[fn] the son of Nun.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jdg 5:12

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 5:12 - “Awake, awake, Deborah!
Awake, awake, break out in a song!
Arise, Barak, lead away your captives,
O son of Abinoam.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Sa 22:1

Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 22:1 - And David spoke to the LORD the words of this song on the day when the LORD delivered him from the hand of all his enemies, and from the hand of Saul.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ki 4:32

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 4:32 - He also spoke 3,000 proverbs, and his songs were 1,005.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ch 6:31

Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 6:31 - These are the men whom David put in charge of the service of song in the house of the LORD after the ark rested there.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ch 6:32

Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 6:32 - They ministered with song before the tabernacle of the tent of meeting until Solomon built the house of the LORD in Jerusalem, and they performed their service according to their order.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ch 13:8

Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 13:8 - And David and all Israel were celebrating before God with all their might, with song and lyres and harps and tambourines and cymbals and trumpets.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ch 15:16

Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 15:16 - David also commanded the chiefs of the Levites to appoint their brothers as the singers who should play loudly on musical instruments, on harps and lyres and cymbals, to raise sounds of joy.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ch 16:42

Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 16:42 - Heman and Jeduthun had trumpets and cymbals for the music and instruments for sacred song. The sons of Jeduthun were appointed to the gate.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ch 25:6

Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 25:6 - They were all under the direction of their father in the music in the house of the LORD with cymbals, harps, and lyres for the service of the house of God. Asaph, Jeduthun, and Heman were under the order of the king.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ch 25:7

Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 25:7 - The number of them along with their brothers, who were trained in singing to the LORD, all who were skillful, was 288.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ch 5:13

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 5:13 - and it was the duty of the trumpeters and singers to make themselves heard in unison in praise and thanksgiving to the LORD), and when the song was raised, with trumpets and cymbals and other musical instruments, in praise to the LORD,
“For he is good,
for his steadfast love endures forever,” the house, the house of the LORD, was filled with a cloud,

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ch 7:6

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 7:6 - The priests stood at their posts; the Levites also, with the instruments for music to the LORD that King David had made for giving thanks to the LORD—for his steadfast love endures forever—whenever David offered praises by their ministry;[fn] opposite them the priests sounded trumpets, and all Israel stood.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ch 23:13

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 23:13 - And when she looked, there was the king standing by his pillar at the entrance, and the captains and the trumpeters beside the king, and all the people of the land rejoicing and blowing trumpets, and the singers with their musical instruments leading in the celebration. And Athaliah tore her clothes and cried, “Treason! Treason!”

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ch 23:18

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 23:18 - And Jehoiada posted watchmen for the house of the LORD under the direction of the Levitical priests and the Levites whom David had organized to be in charge of the house of the LORD, to offer burnt offerings to the LORD, as it is written in the Law of Moses, with rejoicing and with singing, according to the order of David.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ch 29:27

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 29:27 - Then Hezekiah commanded that the burnt offering be offered on the altar. And when the burnt offering began, the song to the LORD began also, and the trumpets, accompanied by the instruments of David king of Israel.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ch 29:28

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 29:28 - The whole assembly worshiped, and the singers sang, and the trumpeters sounded. All this continued until the burnt offering was finished.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ch 34:12

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 34:12 - And the men did the work faithfully. Over them were set Jahath and Obadiah the Levites, of the sons of Merari, and Zechariah and Meshullam, of the sons of the Kohathites, to have oversight. The Levites, all who were skillful with instruments of music,

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Unchecked Copy Box Neh 12:27

Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 12:27 - And at the dedication of the wall of Jerusalem they sought the Levites in all their places, to bring them to Jerusalem to celebrate the dedication with gladness, with thanksgivings and with singing, with cymbals, harps, and lyres.

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Unchecked Copy Box Neh 12:36

Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 12:36 - and his relatives, Shemaiah, Azarel, Milalai, Gilalai, Maai, Nethanel, Judah, and Hanani, with the musical instruments of David the man of God. And Ezra the scribe went before them.

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Unchecked Copy Box Neh 12:46

Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 12:46 - For long ago in the days of David and Asaph there were directors of the singers, and there were songs[fn] of praise and thanksgiving to God.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 18:1

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 18:1 - To the choirmaster. A Psalm of David, the servant of the LORD, who addressed the words of this song to the LORD on the day when the LORD delivered him from the hand of all his enemies, and from the hand of Saul. He said:
I love you, O LORD, my strength.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 28:7

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 28:7 - The LORD is my strength and my shield;
in him my heart trusts, and I am helped;
my heart exults,
and with my song I give thanks to him.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 30:1

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 30:1 - A Psalm of David. A song at the dedication of the temple.
I will extol you, O LORD, for you have drawn me up
and have not let my foes rejoice over me.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 33:3

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 33:3 - Sing to him a new song;
play skillfully on the strings, with loud shouts.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 40:3

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 40:3 - He put a new song in my mouth,
a song of praise to our God.
Many will see and fear,
and put their trust in the LORD.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 42:8

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 42:8 - By day the LORD commands his steadfast love,
and at night his song is with me,
a prayer to the God of my life.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 45:1

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 45:1 - To the choirmaster: according to Lilies. A Maskil[fn] of the Sons of Korah; a love song.
My heart overflows with a pleasing theme;
I address my verses to the king;
my tongue is like the pen of a ready scribe.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 46:1

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 46:1 - To the choirmaster. Of the Sons of Korah. According to Alamoth.[fn] A Song.
God is our refuge and strength,
a very present[fn] help in trouble.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 48:1

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 48:1 - A Song. A Psalm of the Sons of Korah.
Great is the LORD and greatly to be praised
in the city of our God!
His holy mountain,

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 65:1

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 65:1 - To the choirmaster. A Psalm of David. A Song.
Praise is due to you,[fn] O God, in Zion,
and to you shall vows be performed.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 66:1

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 66:1 - To the choirmaster. A Song. A Psalm.
Shout for joy to God, all the earth;

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 67:1

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 67:1 - To the choirmaster: with stringed instruments. A Psalm. A Song.
May God be gracious to us and bless us
and make his face to shine upon us, Selah

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 68:1

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 68:1 - To the choirmaster. A Psalm of David. A Song.
God shall arise, his enemies shall be scattered;
and those who hate him shall flee before him!

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 69:30

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 69:30 - I will praise the name of God with a song;
I will magnify him with thanksgiving.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 75:1

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 75:1 - To the choirmaster: according to Do Not Destroy. A Psalm of Asaph. A Song.
We give thanks to you, O God;
we give thanks, for your name is near.
We[fn] recount your wondrous deeds.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 76:1

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 76:1 - To the choirmaster: with stringed instruments. A Psalm of Asaph. A Song.
In Judah God is known;
his name is great in Israel.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 83:1

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 83:1 - A Song. A Psalm of Asaph.
O God, do not keep silence;
do not hold your peace or be still, O God!

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 87:1

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 87:1 - A Psalm of the Sons of Korah. A Song.
On the holy mount stands the city he founded;

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 88:1

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 88:1 - A Song. A Psalm of the Sons of Korah. To the choirmaster: according to Mahalath Leannoth. A Maskil[fn] of Heman the Ezrahite.
O LORD, God of my salvation,
I cry out day and night before you.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 92:1

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 92:1 - A Psalm. A Song for the Sabbath.
It is good to give thanks to the LORD,
to sing praises to your name, O Most High;

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 96:1

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 96:1 - Oh sing to the LORD a new song;
sing to the LORD, all the earth!

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 98:1

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 98:1 - A Psalm.
Oh sing to the LORD a new song,
for he has done marvelous things!
His right hand and his holy arm
have worked salvation for him.

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