Word Study · Strong's H2158 · Hebrew
זָמִיר
zamir
zaw-meer'
Strong's 1890 spelling: zâmîyr
“a song to be accompanied with instrumental music”
Strong's Dictionary · 1890 · public domain
a song to be accompanied with instrumental music
Rendered in the KJV as
psalm(-ist), singing, song.
- 6occurrencesin the Old Testament
- 4 of 39Old Testament bookswhere the word stands
- 6inflected formsdistinct spellings
Across 6 occurrences
The word itself
Inflected forms · 6
- בִּ֝זְמִר֗וֹת1
- זְמִ֥יר1
- זְ֭מִרוֹת1
- זְמִר֥וֹת1
- זְמִר֣וֹת1
- זְמִרֹ֤ת1
How it is rendered · 4
- songs3
- [the] song of1
- [the] songs of1
- with songs1
The sense the word carries at each spot — how the translators read it there, not a fixed translation.
How it parses · 4
- noun · feminine plural3
- noun · feminine plural · in construct (“…of”)1
- noun · masculine singular · in construct (“…of”)1
- preposition + noun · feminine plural1
Show the grammar codes as tagged
- HNcfpa · 3
- HNcfpc · 1
- HNcmsc · 1
- HR/Ncfpa · 1
All 6, in canonical order
The ledger of occurrences
Where this word lives
Psalms carries the most and opens below; every other book is one click.
Job1 occurrence
Psalms2 occurrences
Isaiah2 occurrences
- Isaiah 24:16זְמִרֹ֤תzemirotnoun · feminine pluralFrom the ends of the earth we hear singing: “Glory to the Righteous One.” But I said, “I am wasting away! I am wasting away! Woe is me.” The treacherous betray; the treacherous deal in treachery.here: songs
- Isaiah 25:5זְמִ֥ירzemirnoun · masculine singular · in construct (“…of”)like heat in a dry land. You subdue the uproar of foreigners. As the shade of a cloud cools the heat, so the song of the ruthless is silenced.here: [the] song of
Same headword in Strong's