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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 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 away secretly, and steal away from me, and not tell me; for I might have sent you away with joy and songs, with timbrel and harp?

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 15:1

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 15:1 - Then Moses and the children of Israel sang this song to the LORD, and spoke, saying:

“I will sing to the LORD,
For He has triumphed gloriously!
The horse and its rider
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!
All of you sing to it—

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Unchecked Copy Box Deu 31:19

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 31:19 - “Now therefore, write down this song for yourselves, and teach it to the children of Israel; put it in their mouths, that this song may be a witness for Me against the children of Israel.

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Unchecked Copy Box Deu 31:21

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 31:21 - “Then it shall be, when many evils and troubles have come upon them, that this song will testify against them as a witness; for it will not be forgotten in the mouths of their descendants, for I know the inclination of their behavior today, even before I have brought them to the land of which I swore to give them.”

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Unchecked Copy Box Deu 31:22

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

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Unchecked Copy Box Deu 31:30

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

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Unchecked Copy Box Deu 32:44

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

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Unchecked Copy Box Jdg 5:12

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

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Sa 22:1

Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 22:1 - Then David spoke to the LORD the words of this song, on the day when the LORD had 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 spoke three thousand proverbs, and his songs were one thousand and five.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ch 6:31

Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 6:31 - Now these are the men whom David appointed over the service of song in the house of the LORD, after the ark came to rest.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ch 6:32

Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 6:32 - They were ministering with music before the dwelling place of the tabernacle of meeting, until Solomon had built the house of the LORD in Jerusalem, and they served in their office according to their order.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ch 13:8

Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 13:8 - Then David and all Israel played music before God with all their might, with singing, on harps, on stringed instruments, on tambourines, on cymbals, and with trumpets.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ch 15:16

Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 15:16 - Then David spoke to the leaders of the Levites to appoint their brethren to be the singers accompanied by instruments of music, stringed instruments, harps, and cymbals, by raising the voice with resounding joy.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ch 16:42

Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 16:42 - and with them Heman and Jeduthun, to sound aloud with trumpets and cymbals and the musical instruments of God. Now the sons of Jeduthun were gatekeepers.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ch 25:6

Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 25:6 - All these were under the direction of their father for the music in the house of the LORD, with cymbals, stringed instruments, and harps, for the service of the house of God. Asaph, Jeduthun, and Heman were under the authority of the king.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ch 25:7

Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 25:7 - So the number of them, with their brethren who were instructed in the songs of the LORD, all who were skillful, was two hundred and eighty-eight.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ch 5:13

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 5:13 - indeed it came to pass, when the trumpeters and singers were as one, to make one sound to be heard in praising and thanking the LORD, and when they lifted up their voice with the trumpets and cymbals and instruments of music, and praised the LORD, saying:

“For He is good,
For His mercy endures forever,”[fn]
that 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 - And the priests attended to their services; the Levites also with instruments of the music of the LORD, which King David had made to praise the LORD, saying, “For His mercy endures forever,”[fn] whenever David offered praise by their ministry. The priests sounded trumpets opposite them, while all Israel stood.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ch 23:13

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 23:13 - When she looked, there was the king standing by his pillar at the entrance; and the leaders and the trumpeters were by the king. All the people of the land were rejoicing and blowing trumpets, also the singers with musical instruments, and those who led in praise. So Athaliah tore her clothes and said, “Treason! Treason!”

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ch 23:18

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 23:18 - Also Jehoiada appointed the oversight of the house of the LORD to the hand of the priests, the Levites, whom David had assigned in the house of the LORD, to offer the burnt offerings of the LORD, as it is written in the Law of Moses, with rejoicing and with singing, as it was established by David.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ch 29:27

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 29:27 - Then Hezekiah commanded them to offer the burnt offering on the altar. And when the burnt offering began, the song of the LORD also began, with the trumpets and with the instruments of David king of Israel.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ch 29:28

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 29:28 - So all the assembly worshiped, 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. Their overseers were Jahath and Obadiah the Levites, of the sons of Merari, and Zechariah and Meshullam, of the sons of the Kohathites, to supervise. Others of the Levites, all of whom were skillful with instruments of music,

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Unchecked Copy Box Neh 12:27

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

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Unchecked Copy Box Neh 12:36

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

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Unchecked Copy Box Neh 12:46

Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 12:46 - For in the days of David and Asaph of old there were chiefs of the singers, and songs of praise and thanksgiving to God.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 18:1

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 18:1 - To the Chief Musician. A Psalm of David the servant of the LORD, who spoke to the LORD the words of this song on the day that the LORD delivered him from the hand of all his enemies and from the hand of Saul. And he said:

I will 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;
My heart trusted in Him, and I am helped;
Therefore my heart greatly rejoices,
And with my song I will praise Him.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 30:1

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 30:1 - A Psalm. A Song at the dedication of the house of David.

I will extol You, O LORD, for You have lifted 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 with a shout of joy.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 40:3

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 40:3 - He has put a new song in my mouth—
Praise to our God;
Many will see it and fear,
And will trust in the LORD.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 42:8

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 42:8 - The LORD will command His lovingkindness in the daytime,
And in the night His song shall be 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 Chief Musician. Set to “The Lilies.”[fn] A Contemplation[fn] of the sons of Korah. A Song of Love.

My heart is overflowing with a good theme;
I recite my composition concerning the King;
My tongue is the pen of a ready writer.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 46:1

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 46:1 - To the Chief Musician. A Psalm of the sons of Korah. A Song for Alamoth.

God is our refuge and strength,
A very present 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,
In His holy mountain.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 65:1

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 65:1 - To the Chief Musician. A Psalm of David. A Song.

Praise is awaiting You, O God, in Zion;
And to You the vow shall be performed.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 66:1

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 66:1 - To the Chief Musician. A Song. A Psalm.

Make a joyful shout to God, all the earth!

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 67:1

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 67:1 - To the Chief Musician. On stringed instruments.[fn] A Psalm. A Song.

God be merciful to us and bless us,
And cause His face to shine upon us, Selah

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 68:1

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 68:1 - To the Chief Musician. A Psalm of David. A Song.

Let God arise,
Let His enemies be scattered;
Let those also who hate Him 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,
And will magnify Him with thanksgiving.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 75:1

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 75:1 - To the Chief Musician. Set to “Do Not Destroy.”[fn] A Psalm of Asaph. A Song.

We give thanks to You, O God, we give thanks!
For Your wondrous works declare that Your name is near.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 76:1

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 76:1 - To the Chief Musician. On stringed instruments.[fn] 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.

Do not keep silent, O God!
Do not hold Your peace,
And do not 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.

His foundation is in the holy mountains.

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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 Chief Musician. Set to “Mahalath Leannoth.” A Contemplation[fn] of Heman the Ezrahite.

O LORD, God of my salvation,
I have cried 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 day.

It is good to give thanks to the LORD,
And 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 gained Him the victory.

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