שִׁיר shir

Hebrew word for “to sing” · Strong’s H7891 · used 87 times in 79 verses

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Meaning

1) to sing; 1a) (Qal);

How it is translated

Glosses given for shir in context, with how often each is used:

• singers 33
• sing 17
• will sing 13
• sang 5
• male singers 5
• female singers 5
• singer 1
• those who sang 1
• singing 1
• have sung 1
• will we sing 1
• may sing 1

Where it is used

Also in 6 more books.

Chapters where it is used most

Nehemiah 12 (6), Nehemiah 7 (4), 1 Chronicles 15 (3), Ezra 2 (3), Psalms 68 (3), Exodus 15 (2), Judges 5 (2), 1 Chronicles 16 (2), 2 Chronicles 5 (2), 2 Chronicles 35 (2)

Forms

• שׁירו 15
• המשׁררים 15
• אשׁירה 11
• והמשׁררים 11
• שׁרים 4
• משׁררים 3
• ישׁיר 2
• ושׁרות 2
• לשׁרים 2
• ומשׁררות 2

Words used with it

Words that share verses with shir more often than their overall frequency would suggest:

• שִׁיר shir “song” 19
• זָמַר zamar “to sing” 12
• שֹׁעֵר shoer “gatekeeper” 11
• לֵוִי leviyyi “Levi” 14
• אָסָף asaph “Asaph” 7
• חָדָשׁ chadash “new” 6
• נֵבֶל nevel “harp” 5
• מְצִלְתַּיִם metselet “cymbal” 4
• הֵימָן heman “Heman” 4
• נְתִינִים natin “temple servant” 4
• דָּוִד david “David” 9
• חֲצֹצְרָה chatsotserah “trumpet” 4

Key verses

The verses using shir that are most connected by cross-references (King James Version):

• Exodus 15:1 — Then sang Moses and the children of Israel this song unto the LORD, and spake, saying, I will sing unto the LORD, for he hath triumphed gloriously: the horse…
• 1 Chronicles 15:16 — And David spake to the chief of the Levites to appoint their brethren to be the singers with instruments of musick, psalteries and harps and cymbals, sounding,…
• 2 Chronicles 5:12 — Also the Levites which were the singers, all of them of Asaph, of Heman, of Jeduthun, with their sons and their brethren, being arrayed in white linen, having…
• 2 Chronicles 5:13 — It came even to pass, as 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…
• Psalms 7:1 — [Shiggaion of David, which he sang unto the LORD, concerning the words of Cush the Benjamite.] O LORD my God, in thee do I put my trust: save me from all them…
• Psalms 27:6 — And now shall mine head be lifted up above mine enemies round about me: therefore will I offer in his tabernacle sacrifices of joy; I will sing, yea, I will…
• Psalms 59:16 — But I will sing of thy power; yea, I will sing aloud of thy mercy in the morning: for thou hast been my defence and refuge in the day of my trouble.
• Psalms 89:1 — [Maschil of Ethan the Ezrahite.] I will sing of the mercies of the LORD for ever: with my mouth will I make known thy faithfulness to all generations.
• Psalms 98:1 — [A Psalm.] O sing unto the LORD a new song; for he hath done marvellous things: his right hand, and his holy arm, hath gotten him the victory.
• Isaiah 5:1 — Now will I sing to my wellbeloved a song of my beloved touching his vineyard. My wellbeloved hath a vineyard in a very fruitful hill:
• Isaiah 26:1 — In that day shall this song be sung in the land of Judah; We have a strong city; salvation will God appoint for walls and bulwarks.
• Isaiah 42:10 — Sing unto the LORD a new song, and his praise from the end of the earth, ye that go down to the sea, and all that is therein; the isles, and the inhabitants…

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Hebrew and Greek text, tagging, glosses and lexicon definitions: STEPBible.org, Tyndale House Cambridge (TAHOT, TAGNT, TBESH, TBESG; CC BY 4.0), adapted. Counts follow King James verse numbering; a word counts each time it is written.