שִׁיר shir

Hebrew word for “song” · Strong’s H7892 · used 90 times in 87 verses

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Meaning

1) song; 1a) lyric song; 1b) religious song; 1c) song of Levitical choirs; Also means: shi.rah (שִׁירָה "song" H7892B)

Senses in the lexicon

• song (78)
• song (12)

How it is translated

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

• song 79
• songs 8
• one of the songs 1
• like a song 1
• like the song 1

Where it is used

Also in 5 more books.

Chapters where it is used most

Deuteronomy 31 (4), Nehemiah 12 (3), 1 Chronicles 6 (2), 1 Chronicles 25 (2), 2 Chronicles 23 (2), 2 Chronicles 29 (2), Psalms 137 (2), Isaiah 23 (2), Amos 8 (2), Genesis 31 (1)

Forms

• שׁיר 52
• השׁירה 10
• השׁיר 5
• בשׁיר 4
• שׁירו 2
• ובשׁיר 2
• ובשׁרים 1
• ובשׁירים 1
• והשׁיר 1
• ושׁיר 1

Words used with it

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

• שִׁיר shir “to sing” 19
• מַעֲלָה maalah “step” 15
• מִזְמוֹר mizmor “melody” 14
• דָּוִד david “David” 20
• נָצַח natsach “to conduct” 11
• נֵבֶל nevel “harp” 7
• מְצִלְתַּיִם metselet “cymbal” 6
• כִּנּוֹר kinnor “lyre” 7
• חָדָשׁ chadash “new” 7
• חֲצֹצְרָה chatsotserah “trumpet” 6
• כְּלִי keli “article/utensil” 9
• שִׂמְחָה simchah “joy” 6

Key verses

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

• 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,…
• Psalms 28:7 — The LORD is my strength and my shield; my heart trusted in him, and I am helped: therefore my heart greatly rejoiceth; and with my song will I praise him.
• Psalms 46:1 — [To the chief Musician for the sons of Korah, A Song upon Alamoth.] God is our refuge and strength, a very present help in trouble.
• Psalms 48:1 — [A Song and Psalm for the sons of Korah.] Great is the LORD, and greatly to be praised in the city of our God, in the mountain of his holiness.
• Psalms 88:1 — [A Song or Psalm for the sons of Korah, to the chief Musician upon Mahalath Leannoth, Maschil of Heman the Ezrahite.] O LORD God of my salvation, I have cried…
• 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.
• Psalms 122:1 — [A Song of degrees of David.] I was glad when they said unto me, Let us go into the house of the LORD.
• Psalms 125:1 — [A Song of degrees.] They that trust in the LORD shall be as mount Zion, which cannot be removed, but abideth for ever.
• Psalms 126:1 — [A Song of degrees.] When the LORD turned again the captivity of Zion, we were like them that dream.
• Psalms 127:1 — [A Song of degrees for Solomon.] Except the LORD build the house, they labour in vain that build it: except the LORD keep the city, the watchman waketh but in…
• Psalms 128:1 — [A Song of degrees.] Blessed is every one that feareth the LORD; that walketh in his ways.
• 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.