שִׁיר
song
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Full lexicon entry — Brown-Driver-Briggs (BDB)
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Where this word appears
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Grammar key — what these labels mean
Part of speech
- Noun
- A naming word — a person, place, thing, or idea.
Noun type
- Common
- A common noun — a general class of person, place, or thing (“king,” “city,” “water”), not a specific name.
State
- Absolute
- The independent form of a noun, not bound to a following word.
- Construct
- A noun bound to a following noun in a possessive / “of” relationship (the construct chain).
Gender
- Both
- Attested as both masculine and feminine.
Number
- Singular
- One.
- Plural
- More than one (in Hebrew, generally three or more).
Grammatical forms
- Noun, Common, Both, Singular, Absolute 51 times (56%)
- Noun, Common, Both, Singular, Construct 32 times (35%)
- Noun, Common, Both, Plural, Absolute 4 times (4%)
- Noun, Common, Both, Plural, Construct 4 times (4%)
Parsed forms decoded from the imported morphology (morphhb / Westminster Leningrad Codex — WLC text public domain, morphhb tagging CC BY 4.0), counted across 91 parsed occurrences — not distinct verses.
Every verse where H7892 appears — 87 distinct verses across 17 books. Click any verse to open its interlinear word-by-word view. Verse text shown in the World English Bible for context — . Each verse’s Hebrew form is shown with its reference; the English is not keyword-highlighted, since the data carries no word-level English alignment. Use “Compare translations” on any verse to read it across multiple English versions. This concordance covers the Hebrew Bible; Septuagint (Greek Old Testament) occurrences are not indexed here.
Genesis 1 verse
Exodus 1 verse
Numbers 1 verse
Deuteronomy 5 verses
- Deuteronomy 31:19 הַ/שִּׁירָ֣ה הַ/שִּׁירָ֥ה ptcl def.art + n c bs ptcl def.art + n c bs Now therefore write you this song for you, and teach you it the children of Israel: put it in their mouths, that this song may be a witness for me against the children of Israel.
- Deuteronomy 31:21 הַ/שִּׁירָ֨ה ptcl def.art + n c bs It shall happen, when many evils and troubles are come on them, that this song shall testify before them as a witness; for it shall not be forgotten out of the mouths of their seed: for I know their imagination which they frame this day, before I have brought them into the land which I swore.
- Deuteronomy 31:22 הַ/שִּׁירָ֥ה ptcl def.art + n c bs So Moses wrote this song the same day, and taught it the children of Israel.
- Deuteronomy 31:30 הַ/שִּׁירָ֖ה ptcl def.art + n c bs Moses spoke in the ears of all the assembly of Israel the words of this song, until they were finished.
- Deuteronomy 32:44 הַ/שִּׁירָֽה ptcl def.art + n c bs Moses came and spoke all the words of this song in the ears of the people, he and Joshua the son of Nun.
Judges 1 verse
2 Samuel 1 verse
1 Kings 1 verse
1 Chronicles 7 verses
- 1 Chronicles 6:31 שִׁ֖יר n c bs These are they whom David set over the service of song in the house of Yahweh, after that the ark had rest.
- 1 Chronicles 6:32 בַּ/שִּׁ֔יר prep det + n c bs They ministered with song before the tent of the tent of meeting, until Solomon had built the house of Yahweh in Jerusalem: and they waited on their office according to their order.
- 1 Chronicles 13:8 וּ/בְ/שִׁירִ֤ים conj + prep + n c bp David and all Israel played before God with all their might, even with songs, and with harps, and with psalteries, and with tambourines, and with cymbals, and with trumpets.
- 1 Chronicles 15:16 שִׁ֛יר n c bs David spoke to the chief of the Levites to appoint their brothers the singers, with instruments of music, psalteries and harps and cymbals, sounding aloud and lifting up the voice with joy.
- 1 Chronicles 16:42 שִׁ֣יר n c bs cs and with them Heman and Jeduthun [with] trumpets and cymbals for those that should sound aloud, and [with] instruments for the songs of God; and the sons of Jeduthun to be at the gate.
- 1 Chronicles 25:6 בַּ/שִּׁ֜יר prep det + n c bs All these were under the hands of their father for song in the house of Yahweh, with cymbals, psalteries, and harps, for the service of the house of God; Asaph, Jeduthun, and Heman being under the order of the king.
- 1 Chronicles 25:7 שִׁ֖יר n c bs The number of them, with their brothers who were instructed in singing to Yahweh, even all who were skillful, was two hundred eighty-eight.
2 Chronicles 7 verses
- 2 Chronicles 5:13 הַ/שִּׁ֗יר ptcl def.art + n c bs it happened, when the trumpeters and singers were as one, to make one sound to be heard in praising and thanking Yahweh; and when they lifted up their voice with the trumpets and cymbals and instruments of music, and praised Yahweh, [saying], For he is good; for his loving kindness endures forever; that then the house was filled with a cloud, even the house of Yahweh,
- 2 Chronicles 7:6 שִׁ֤יר n c bs cs The priests stood, according to their offices; the Levites also with instruments of music of Yahweh, which David the king had made to give thanks to Yahweh, (for his loving kindness endures for ever), when David praised by their ministry: and the priests sounded trumpets before them; and all Israel stood.
- 2 Chronicles 23:13 הַ/שִּׁ֔יר ptcl def.art + n c bs and she looked, and, behold, the king stood by his pillar at the entrance, and the captains and the trumpets by the king; and all the people of the land rejoiced, and blew trumpets; the singers also [played] on instruments of music, and led the singing of praise. Then Athaliah tore her clothes, and said, Treason! treason!
- 2 Chronicles 23:18 וּ/בְ/שִׁ֑יר conj + prep + n c bs Jehoiada appointed the officers of the house of Yahweh under the hand of the priests the Levites, whom David had distributed in the house of Yahweh, to offer the burnt offerings of Yahweh, as it is written in the law of Moses, with rejoicing and with singing, according to the order of David.
- 2 Chronicles 29:27 שִׁיר n c bs cs Hezekiah commanded to offer the burnt offering on the altar. When the burnt offering began, the song of Yahweh began also, and the trumpets, together with the instruments of David king of Israel.
- 2 Chronicles 29:28 וְ/הַ/שִּׁ֣יר conj + ptcl def.art + n c bs All the assembly worshiped, and the singers sang, and the trumpeters sounded; all this [continued] until the burnt offering was finished.
- 2 Chronicles 34:12 שִֽׁיר n c bs The men did the work faithfully: and the overseers of them were Jahath and Obadiah, the Levites, of the sons of Merari; and Zechariah and Meshullam, of the sons of the Kohathites, to set it forward; and [others of] the Levites, all who were skillful with instruments of music.
Nehemiah 3 verses
- Nehemiah 12:27 וּ/בְ/שִׁ֔יר conj + prep + n c bs At the dedication of the wall of Jerusalem they sought the Levites out of all their places, to bring them to Jerusalem, to keep the dedication with gladness, both with giving thanks, and with singing, with cymbals, psalteries, and with harps.
- Nehemiah 12:36 שִׁ֥יר n c bs cs and his brothers, Shemaiah, and Azarel, Milalai, Gilalai, Maai, Nethanel, and Judah, Hanani, with the musical instruments of David the man of God; and Ezra the scribe was before them.
- Nehemiah 12:46 וְ/שִׁיר conj + n c bs cs For in the days of David and Asaph of old there was a chief of the singers, and songs of praise and thanksgiving to God.
Psalms 42 verses
- Psalms 18:1 הַ/שִּׁירָ֣ה ptcl def.art + n c bs I love you, Yahweh, my strength.
- Psalms 28:7 וּֽ/מִ/שִּׁירִ֥/י conj + prep + n c bs cs + sfx pers 1cs Yahweh is my strength and my shield. My heart has trusted in him, and I am helped. Therefore my heart greatly rejoices. With my song I will thank him.
- Psalms 30:1 שִׁיר n c bs cs I will extol you, Yahweh, for you have raised me up, And have not made my foes to rejoice over me.
- Psalms 33:3 שִׁ֣יר n c bs Sing to him a new song. Play skillfully with a shout of joy!
- Psalms 40:3 שִׁ֥יר n c bs He has put a new song in my mouth, even praise to our God. Many shall see it, and fear, and shall trust in Yahweh.
- Psalms 42:8 שיר/ה שִׁיר֣/וֹ n c bs cs + sfx pers 3ms n c bs cs + sfx pers 3ms Yahweh will command his loving kindness in the daytime. In the night his song shall be with me: A prayer to the God of my life.
- Psalms 45:1 שִׁ֣יר n c bs cs My heart overflows with a noble theme. I recite my verses for the king. My tongue is like the pen of a skillful writer.
- Psalms 46:1 שִֽׁיר n c bs God is our refuge and strength, A very present help in trouble.
- Psalms 48:1 שִׁ֥יר n c bs Great is Yahweh, and greatly to be praised, In the city of our God, in his holy mountain.
- Psalms 65:1 שִֽׁיר n c bs Praise waits for you, God, in Zion. To you shall vows be performed.
- Psalms 66:1 שִׁ֣יר n c bs Make a joyful shout to God, all the earth!
- Psalms 67:1 שִֽׁיר n c bs May God be merciful to us, bless us, And cause his face to shine on us. Selah.
- Psalms 68:1 שִֽׁיר n c bs Let God arise! Let his enemies be scattered! Let them who hate him also flee before him.
- Psalms 69:30 בְּ/שִׁ֑יר prep + n c bs I will praise the name of God with a song, And will magnify him with thanksgiving.
- Psalms 75:1 שִֽׁיר n c bs We give thanks to you, God, We give thanks, for your Name is near. Men tell about your wondrous works.
- Psalms 76:1 שִֽׁיר n c bs In Judah, God is known. His name is great in Israel.
- Psalms 83:1 שִׁ֖יר n c bs God, don't keep silent. Don't keep silent, And don't be still, God.
- Psalms 87:1 שִׁ֑יר n c bs His foundation is in the holy mountains.
- Psalms 88:1 שִׁ֥יר n c bs Yahweh, the God of my salvation, I have cried day and night before you.
- Psalms 92:1 שִׁ֗יר n c bs It is a good thing to give thanks to Yahweh, To sing praises to your name, Most High;
- Psalms 96:1 שִׁ֣יר n c bs Sing to Yahweh a new song! Sing to Yahweh, all the earth.
- Psalms 98:1 שִׁ֣יר n c bs Sing to Yahweh a new song, For he has done marvelous things! His right hand, and his holy arm, have worked salvation for him.
- Psalms 108:1 שִׁ֖יר n c bs My heart is steadfast, God. I will sing and I will make music with my soul.
- Psalms 120:1 שִׁ֗יר n c bs cs In my distress, I cried to Yahweh. He answered me.
- Psalms 121:1 שִׁ֗יר n c bs I will lift up my eyes to the hills. Where does my help come from?
- Psalms 122:1 שִׁ֥יר n c bs cs I was glad when they said to me, "Let's go to Yahweh's house!"
- Psalms 123:1 שִׁ֗יר n c bs cs To you I do lift up my eyes, You who sit in the heavens.
- Psalms 124:1 שִׁ֥יר n c bs cs If it had not been Yahweh who was on our side, Let Israel now say,
- Psalms 125:1 שִׁ֗יר n c bs cs Those who trust in Yahweh are as Mount Zion, Which can't be moved, but remains forever.
- Psalms 126:1 שִׁ֗יר n c bs cs When Yahweh brought back those who returned to Zion, We were like those who dream.
- Psalms 127:1 שִׁ֥יר n c bs cs Unless Yahweh builds the house, They labor in vain who build it. Unless Yahweh watches over the city, The watchman guards it in vain.
- Psalms 128:1 שִׁ֗יר n c bs cs Blessed is everyone who fears Yahweh, Who walks in his ways.
- Psalms 129:1 שִׁ֗יר n c bs cs Many times they have afflicted me from my youth up. Let Israel now say,
- Psalms 130:1 שִׁ֥יר n c bs cs Out of the depths I have cried to you, Yahweh.
- Psalms 131:1 שִׁ֥יר n c bs cs Yahweh, my heart isn't haughty, nor my eyes lofty; Nor do I concern myself with great matters, Or things too wonderful for me.
- Psalms 132:1 שִׁ֗יר n c bs cs Yahweh, remember David and all his affliction,
- Psalms 133:1 שִׁ֥יר n c bs cs See how good and how pleasant it is For brothers to live together in unity!
- Psalms 134:1 שִׁ֗יר n c bs cs Look! Praise Yahweh, all you servants of Yahweh, Who stand by night in Yahweh's house!
- Psalms 137:3 שִׁ֭יר מִ/שִּׁ֥יר n c bs prep + n c bs cs For there, those who led us captive asked us for songs. Those who tormented us demanded songs of joy: "Sing us one of the songs of Zion!"
- Psalms 137:4 שִׁיר n c bs cs How can we sing Yahweh's song in a foreign land?
- Psalms 144:9 שִׁ֣יר n c bs I will sing a new song to you, God. On a ten-stringed lyre, I will sing praises to you.
- Psalms 149:1 שִׁ֣יר n c bs Praise Yahweh! Sing to Yahweh a new song, His praise in the assembly of the saints.
Proverbs 1 verse
Ecclesiastes 2 verses
- Ecclesiastes 7:5 שִׁ֥יר n c bs cs It is better to hear the rebuke of the wise, than for a man to hear the song of fools.
- Ecclesiastes 12:4 הַ/שִּֽׁיר ptcl def.art + n c bs And the doors shall be shut in the street; When the sound of the grinding is low, And one shall rise up at the voice of a bird, And all the daughters of music shall be brought low;
Song of Solomon 1 verse
Isaiah 7 verses
- Isaiah 5:1 שִׁירַ֥ת n c bs cs Let me sing for my well beloved a song of my beloved about his vineyard. My beloved had a vineyard on a very fruitful hill.
- Isaiah 23:15 כְּ/שִׁירַ֖ת prep + n c bs cs It shall come to pass in that day, that Tyre shall be forgotten seventy years, according to the days of one king: after the end of seventy years it shall be to Tyre as in the song of the prostitute.
- Isaiah 23:16 שִׁ֔יר n c bs Take a harp, go about the city, you prostitute that has been forgotten; make sweet melody, sing many songs, that you may be remembered.
- Isaiah 24:9 בַּ/שִּׁ֖יר prep det + n c bs They shall not drink wine with a song; strong drink shall be bitter to those who drink it.
- Isaiah 26:1 הַ/שִּׁיר ptcl def.art + n c bs In that day shall this song be sung in the land of Judah: we have a strong city; salvation will he appoint for walls and bulwarks.
- Isaiah 30:29 הַ/שִּׁיר֙ ptcl def.art + n c bs You shall have a song as in the night when a holy feast is kept; and gladness of heart, as when one goes with a pipe to come to the mountain of Yahweh, to the Rock of Israel.
- Isaiah 42:10 שִׁ֣יר n c bs Sing to Yahweh a new song, and his praise from the end of the earth; you who go down to the sea, and all that is therein, the isles, and the inhabitants of it.
Ezekiel 2 verses
- Ezekiel 26:13 שִׁירָ֑יִ/ךְ n c bp cs + sfx pers 2fs I will cause the noise of your songs to cease; and the sound of your harps shall be no more heard.
- Ezekiel 33:32 כְּ/שִׁ֣יר prep + n c bs cs Behold, you are to them as a very lovely song of one who has a pleasant voice, and can play well on an instrument; for they hear your words, but they don't do them.
Amos 4 verses
- Amos 5:23 שִׁרֶ֑י/ךָ n c bp cs + sfx pers 2ms Take away from me the noise of your songs! I will not listen to the music of your harps.
- Amos 6:5 שִֽׁיר n c bs Who strum on the strings of a harp; Who invent for themselves instruments of music, like David;
- Amos 8:3 שִׁיר֤וֹת n c bp cs The songs of the temple will be wailings in that day," says the Lord Yahweh. "The dead bodies will be many. In every place they will throw them out with silence.
- Amos 8:10 שִֽׁירֵי/כֶם֙ n c bp cs + sfx pers 2mp I will turn your feasts into mourning, And all your songs into lamentation; And I will make you wear sackcloth on all your bodies, And baldness on every head. I will make it like the mourning for an only son, And the end of it like a bitter day.
About this entry
At a glance — auto-summarized from this page’s data, not written by a person. Every figure links to its source below. This summary describes the numbers; it doesn’t interpret them.
שיר (shîyr) is a Hebrew word most often rendered “song.” It first appears in Genesis 31:27. With 87 verses in 17 books, it is a moderately common word in the Hebrew Bible. It concentrates in Psalms, which alone accounts for 48% of its uses. Not a single-sense word: explore its full sense range. For the data behind this summary, explore the sense tree and the renderings breakdown below.
Gloss history
Strong's 1890 vs modern scholarship
About this word
Strong's H7892 catalogs a Hebrew word from the Hebrew Old Testament.
These counts are not copied from any lexicon or concordance. They are computed here, from the morphology-tagged Hebrew Old Testament. What Lemma adds →
- 87
- distinct verses
- The word appears in 87 distinct verses.
- 17 / 39
- OT books
- The word appears in 17 of 39 Old Testament books.
- #455
- by frequency
- Top 500 most frequent Hebrew words (rank 455 of 8,640 Hebrew words by occurrence).
View all 87 occurrences in the concordance →
Most concentrated in
- Psalms 42 verses 48%
- 1 Chronicles 7 verses 8%
- 2 Chronicles 7 verses 8%
By section of the Old Testament
By traditional corpus
Conventional, traditional groupings — biblical authorship is debated, so this is a traditional corpus grouping, not an authorship claim. Each share is this word’s portion of its verses in that division of the Hebrew canon. Each figure is a share of the word’s 87 distinct verses.
- Writings (Ketuvim) 63 verses · 72%
- Prophets (Nevi'im) 16 verses · 18%
- Torah (Pentateuch) 8 verses · 9%
How translations render this word
Counts come from each version’s own published word-to-Strong’s tagging or interlinear alignment — an approximate guide to how each version renders this word, not a word-level alignment the data otherwise carries. Because each total is that version’s own tagged count, the per-version totals vary from one another and need not match the appearance or distinct-verse counts above. These counts may also differ from a printed concordance because Lemma counts each distinctly tagged rendering and does not collapse phrase taggings into a single head-word total. This is a fixed set of word-tagged versions (KJV, ASV, BSB, ULT) and does not change with the reading translation you choose elsewhere. Each version’s license is shown beside its name below (and on Sources).
BDB lists this Strong’s number as 3 distinct words (homographs). Each count above pools all of them and is not split by sense — see the Senses section below. A low-frequency rendering may belong to a different one of those words, not the primary meaning.
- King James Version†: Song 53×, Songs 10×, Musick 7×
- American Standard Version†: Song 26×, Songs 9×, Music 7×
- Berean Standard Bible†: Song 62×, Songs 12×, Musical 6×
- unfoldingWord Literal Text†: Song 42×, Song of 19×, Songs 8×
King James Version Public Domain
Renders H7892 across 89† tagged occurrences — most commonly:
Plus 7 renderings that appear only once — usually multi-word phrases or single function words the recovered tagging swept in, not distinct renderings. Not rendered by a distinct English word in 1 further occurrence.
American Standard Version Public Domain
Renders H7892 across 56† tagged occurrences — most commonly:
Plus 11 renderings that appear only once — usually multi-word phrases or single function words the recovered tagging swept in, not distinct renderings.
Berean Standard Bible Public Domain
Renders H7892 across 89† tagged occurrences — most commonly:
Plus 5 renderings that appear only once — usually multi-word phrases or single function words the recovered tagging swept in, not distinct renderings. Not rendered by a distinct English word in 1 further occurrence.
unfoldingWord Literal Text CC BY-SA 4.0
Renders H7892 across 84† tagged occurrences — most commonly:
Plus 6 renderings that appear only once — usually multi-word phrases or single function words the recovered tagging swept in, not distinct renderings.
Senses in the full BDB
Hebrew verbs can shift meaning by stem (binyan): Qal is the basic action, Niphal is often passive or reflexive, Piel often intensifies or makes it factitive, and Hiphil is typically causative. The senses below are grouped under the stem BDB assigns to each. This entry also uses Hophal (the passive of Hiphil).
What do BDB’s symbols mean?
BDB uses these scholarly abbreviations:
| Symbol | Meaning |
|---|---|
| 𝔊 | the Septuagint (the ancient Greek translation, LXX) |
| 𝔙 | the Vulgate (the Latin translation) |
| 𝔖 | the Syriac version (the Peshitta) |
| 𝔗 | the Targum (the Aramaic translation) |
| ψ | the Psalms |
| √ | root (the underlying root or stem) |
| ‖ | parallel passage (a synonymous or contrasted parallel) |
| † | the dagger: every passage where the word occurs is cited |
The 5 senses and sub-senses the full Brown-Driver-Briggs lexicon distinguishes for this word, in lexicon order (not ranked by frequency), with BDB’s own verbatim wording and sub-sense lettering. Shown in Hebrew script with BDB’s own scholarly abbreviations. The condensed entry is in the Lexicon Entry tab. See also the Forms in the corpus table below.
שיר I song (NH id.
- 1. lyric song, + מָשָׁל 1 K 5:12, opp. קִינָה Am 8:10; joyous Gn 31:27 (J) Is 30:29; שׁ׳ עגבים Ez 33:32; triumphal Ju 5:12; love song Ct 1:1(×2) (title שִׁיר הַשִּׁירִים), ψ 45:1 (שִׁיר יְדִידֹת); noisy Am 5:23 Ez 26:13, in drunken revels Is 24:9, cf. 23:16; שׁ׳ כסילים Ec 7:5; not for sorrow Pr 25:20 ψ 137:3(×2); בְּנוֹת הַשִּׁיר Ec 12:4 songstresses (prob. birds). e.g. 1 Kings 5:12
- 2. religious song, in worship, ‖ תפלה ψ 42:9; usually praise, הלל בשׁיר 69:31; מִשִּׁירִי אֲהוֹדֶנּוּ 28:7; שִׁיר תְּהִלָּה וְהוֹדוֹת Ne 12:46; שׁיר י׳ ψ 137:4 2 Ch 29:27; שׁיר חדשׁ Is 42:10 (fresh outburst), + 6 times, v. חָדָשׁ; in ψ-titles, שׁיר 46:1, cf. Is 26:1; שׁיר המעלות pilgrim songs ψ 120:1 + 14 times (v. ii. מַעֲלָה p. 752); c. מִזְמוֹר ψ 48:1 + 12 times (v. מִז׳ p. 274); מַשְׂכִּיל שִׁיר 45:1; (שׁ׳ orig. alone in all except 30:1; 92:1; 108:1, v. BrJBL xviii (1899), 138). e.g. Psalms 42:9
- 3. specif. song of Levitical choirs, with musical accomp., 1 Ch 6:16, 17; 13:8 (so read also ‖ 2 S 6:5 for בְּרוֹשִׁים, 𝔊 Th and mod., cf. ב׳), 25:6, 7; 2 Ch 23:18; 29:28 Ne 12:27; כלי (ה)שׁיר instrument to accompany song 1 Ch 15:16 + 6 times (v. כְּלִי 2 b); cf. Am 6:5. e.g. 1 Chronicles 6:16
שיר II song (pl. [שׁ]ירות Ecclus 39
שיר III sing (denom. according to NöZMG xxxvii (1883), 537 Gerb172, but, if so, an old one)
Qal
- Pf. 3 ms. שָׁר ψ 7:1; Impf. 3 ms. יָשִׁיר Ex 15:1 Nu 21:17 (read יָשִׁר Jb 33:27 for יָשׁר, √ II. שׁוּר, so SS Bu Gerb; in this sense also Ew De Di RV and all mod.); 3 fs. וַתָּ֫שַׁר Ju 5:1, etc.; Imv. mpl. שִׁירוּ Ex 15:21 +; Inf. cstr. לָשׁוּר 1 S 18:6 Kt (לָשִׁיר, so Bu; 𝔊B om., cf. Dr KitKau HPS Now); Pt. שָׁר Pr 25:20; pl. שָׁרִים 2 S 19:36 +; f. שָׁרוֹת 2 S 19:36 + 2 times + Am 8:3 (read for שִׁירוֹת; v. שִׁירָה);—sing, c. acc. שִׁיר Is 42:10 ψ 33:3 + 5 times; שִׁירָה Ex 15:1; Nu 21:17 (E) Is 5:1; שׁ׳ בשׁרים Pr 25:20; מִשִּׁיר צִיּוֹן ψ 137:3; שׁגיון 7:1 (𝔊 מזמור), תהלה 106:12; c. acc. of theme 59:17; 89:2; abs. Ju 5:1; 1 S 18:6; c. לְ ψ 13:6; 96:1, 2 = 1 Ch 16:23, Ex 15:1, 21; Je 20:13; ‖ זמּר ψ 68:5, 33; 101:1; 104:33; 105:2 = 1 Ch 16:9; Ju 5:3; + זמּר abs. ψ 57:8 = 108:2; c. acc. theme 21:14; c. לְ pers. 27:6; of nature 65:14 (after הַתְרוֹעֵעַ); על אנשׁים Jb 33:27 (v. supra); pt. שָׁרִים singers 2 S 19:36 1 K 10:12 + 6 times (Ez 40:44 read שְׁתַּיִם 𝔊 Hi Co mod.); שָׁרוֹת songstresses 2 S 19:36; 2 Ch 35:25; Ec 2:8 + Am 8:3 (v. supra).—ψ 138:5 read וְיָשִׂיחוּ. Pōʿl.36 Pf. 3 mpl. שֹׁרְרוּ Jb 36:24; Impf. 3 ms. יְשׁוֹרֵר Zp 2:14; Pt. מְשׁוֹרֵר 1 Ch 6:18; 2 Ch 29:28; pl. מְשֹׁרְרִים Ezr 2:65 +, etc.;—sing: birds Zp 2:14; men Jb 36:24; elsewhere pt. of Levitical singers 1 Ch 6:18; 9:33 + 31 times, + fpl. Ezr 2:65 songstresses = Ne 7:67. e.g. Psalms 7:1
Hophal
- be sung: Impf. יוּשַׁר הַשִׁיר הַזֶּה Is 26:1. e.g. Isaiah 26:1
Senses from the full Brown-Driver-Briggs lexicon (Brown, Driver, Briggs; Oxford 1906 — public domain), digitized via Sefaria, supplemented by the OpenScriptures HebrewLexicon (CC BY 4.0). Full attribution on Sources.
Word origin
I. n.m. song (NH id.; so Ecclus 40:21 +);—שׁ׳ abs. Ju 5;12 +, cstr. 2 Ch 29:27 +; sf. שִׁירִי ψ 28:7, etc.; pl. שִׁירִים 1 Ch 13:8; Ct 1:1; שִׁרִים Gn 31:27; Pr 25:20; sf. שִׁרֶ֫יךָ Am 5:23, etc.;—
I. n.f. song (pl. [שׁ]ירות Ecclus 39:15);—abs. שׁ׳ Ex 15:1 + 9 times; cstr. שִׁירַת Is 5:1; 23:15; pl. cstr. שִׁירוֹת Am 8:3 (read שָׁרוֹת 𝔊 HoffmZAW iii (1883) We al.);—song, ode, Ex 15:1 (E), 2 S 22:1 = ψ 18:1, Dt 31:19(×2), 21, 22, 30; 32:44; Nu 21:17 (E) Is 5:1; 23:15.
II. vb. sing (denom. according to NöZMG xxxvii (1883), 537 Gerb172, but, if so, an old one);—
— Brown-Driver-Briggs (Oxford 1906, public domain), digitized via Sefaria, supplemented by the OpenScriptures HebrewLexicon (CC BY 4.0). See Sources.
Derived from שיר (shîyr) (H7891) — to sing.
Jastrow Dictionary
A second Hebrew/Aramaic lexicon for comparison, covering Aramaic and post-biblical (Talmudic, Targumic, Midrashic) usage that the biblical-Hebrew BDB does not. Matched by lemma rather than by Strong’s number, so a lemma may carry more than one Jastrow headword (shown separately below), and the entries cover usage well beyond the Bible.
שְׁוַר
- , v. שְׁוַור, שַׁוָּור.
שְׁיָר
- , v. שְׁיָיר
שִׁיר I
- denom. of next w.) to sing. Ber. 14ᵇ ושַׁרְנוּ לך and we sang (praises) unto thee. Snh. 91ᵇ (ref. to Ex. XV, 1) שָׁר לא נאמר אלא יָשִׁיר it does not read, ‘he sang’; but, ‘he shall sing’; Mekh. B’shall., Shir., s. 1; a. e. e.g. Exodus 15:1
- ) שׁוֹרֵר same. Num. R. s. 3 (play on ב̇כ̇וש̇ר̇ות, Ps. LXVIII, 7) אותן שהיו ב̇וכ̇ין … מְ֗ש̇ו̇רְ֗רִין עכשיו those who formerly wept …, were now singing. Ib. ועבד מְשׁוֹרֵר וכ׳ and the slave sings, because he is relieved &c. B. Bath. 120ᵃ מְשׁוֹרְרִים לפניה went singing (bridal songs) before her; a. fr.—[Midr. Till. to Ps. CXVI באין ושוררין, read: ושׁוֹרִין, v. שָׁרָה II.]—מְשׁוֹרֵר singer, esp. Temple singer (Levite). Arakh. 11ᵇ מ׳ ששיער ומשוער ששורר if one designated as a singer acts as gate-guard, or a gate-guard acts as singer; a. fr.—Pl. מְשׁוֹרְרִים, מְשׁוֹרְרִין. Ib. שאתה מן המ׳ וכ׳ for thou belongest to the singers, and not to the gate-guards; a. fr. e.g. Psalms 68:7
שִׁיר II
- [chain, string; cmp. חָרַז,] verse, song, poetry, music. Tam. V, 6 שאחיו … לדבר בש׳ that his brother Levites were assembling to sing in chorus. Ib. VII, 4 הש׳ שהיו הלוים וכ׳ these are the psalms that the Levites recited severally on each day; a. fr.—R. Hash. 28ᵃ התוקע לש׳ he who blows the Shofar (on the New Year’s Day) as a musical exercise (Ms. M. לשֵׁד to drive off a demon); ib. 33ᵇ (Ms. M. לשֵׁיד).—כלי ש׳ musical instruments (used in the Temple during the offering of sacrifices). Taan. IV (III), 3; a. e.—Pl. שִׁירִים, שִׁירִין. Cant. R. to I, 1 דוד אמר ש׳ ושלמה אמר ש׳ David composed songs, and so did Solomon. Ib. end (expl. שיר השירים) המעולה שבש׳; המסולסל שבש׳, v. סִלְסֵל. Ib. נאמר ש׳ ונשבח למי שעשאנו ש׳ בעולם let us recite songs and praise to him who has made us to be songs (proclaimers of God’s praise) in the world; נאמר ש׳ … שיורים לעולם let us recite songs to him who made us remnants (has preserved us) for the world; a. fr.—שיר הש׳ the Book of Song of Songs (Canticum). Ib.; B. Bath. 14ᵇ; a. fr.
שֵׁיר
- שֵׁרוֹת pl.; preced.) chain, necklace, bracelet, ring. Sabb. V, 1 סוס בש׳ the horse may be let out (on the Sabbath) with his chain (or ring); וכל בעלי הש׳ וכ׳ and all chain-wearing animals &c.; Tosef. ib. IV (V), 4. B. Mets. 25ᵃ כש׳ if the coins found lie arranged like a ring (or necklace). Y. Sabb. VI, 8ᵇ top ובלבד … לא בש׳ וכ׳ save that he does not put it (the amulet) in a necklace or a signet ring; a. e.—Pl. שֵׁירִין. Gen. R. s. 98 וחיו משליכות עליו ש׳ וכ׳ (not שיריין) and they (the Egyptian women) threw at him (Joseph) chains and necklaces &c.
שֵׁיר ²
- Targ. Ps. CV, 18 (fem.). Targ. Job XXX, 11 שֵׁירִי Ms. (h. text יתרי; Ms. Var. שושילתי, נימי, אטוני; ed. שושלתי ונימי אטוני, embodying all the Variants). Ib. XL, 26 Ms. Var. (ed. סלוא). Targ. Esth. VIII, 15; a. e.—Lam. R. to II, 12 סב לך חד ש׳ וכ׳ take a bracelet or a ring, and go to market &c.—Pl. שֵׁירִין, שֵׁירַיָּא, שֵׁירֵי. Targ. Ez. XXIX, 4 (ed. Wil. שִׁי׳; h. text חחים). Targ. Is. XXXVII, 29 (ed. Wil. שִׁי׳; Ar. שֵׁירִי; h. text חחי). Targ. Ps. CVII, 10 (ed. Wil. שׁרֵי). Targ. O. Num. XXXI, 50 שֵׁירִין ed. Berl. (ed. Amst. שְׁרִין, read: שֵׁ׳); Y. שִׁירַיָּא (ed. Vien. שִׁי׳; h. text אצעדה); a. fr.—[Targ. Y. I Ex. XXVIII, 32 שִׁירַיָּא, v. שִׁירָיָא.]—Y. Sabb. VI, 8ᵇ bot. (expl. צמיד, Num. l. c.) שיריא (bracelets).
שִׁיר
- = h. שִׁיר. Targ. Cant. I, 1. Targ. Ps. LXVI, 1; a. fr.—Pl. שִׁירִין, שִׁירַיָּא. Targ. Cant. l. c. Targ. Ps. CXXXVII, 3; a. e.—[שִׁירָא f., v. שִׁירְתָא.]
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Forms in the corpus
The 46 distinct written forms H7892 takes in the Hebrew Bible, most frequent first — each parse links to that state’s occurrences in the concordance. Hebrew forms include their vowel points and cantillation, so a single lemma takes many written forms.
Septuagint verse parallels
This word appears in 81 verses that also exist in the Greek Old Testament (Septuagint), out of the 87 Hebrew verses it occurs in. You can read those verses in Greek by switching the Old Testament edition to the Septuagint.
Read these verses in the Septuagint
- Genesis 31:27
- Exodus 15:1
- Numbers 21:17
- Deuteronomy 31:19
- Judges 5:12
- 2 Samuel 22:1
- 1 Chronicles 6:31
- 2 Chronicles 5:13
- Psalms 18:1
- Proverbs 25:20
- Ecclesiastes 7:5
- Song of Solomon 1:1
This is a verse-level parallel only — the same verses exist in both the Hebrew and Greek Old Testaments. No word-level Hebrew↔Greek correspondence is claimed: the data carries no such alignment, so no Greek word is shown as this Hebrew word’s translation. Coverage is not total — the Septuagint omits the deuterocanon and renumbers the Psalms, so some Hebrew verses have no direct Greek parallel.
