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Hebrew noun (masculine) · H7892

שִׁיר

shirsheer

song; song

59 uses in the Hebrew text, one for each word STEP Bible has tagged with this key

Concordance spelling: shîyr

Word page · Part of the concordance, one page for every word of the Hebrew and Greek text. Strong's H7892is this word's number in James Strong's 1890 index of the King James Bible.

  • 17 of 39
    Old Testament books
  • 44
    spellings
  • 2
    meanings

The definition in full

Strong's key (1890) · H7892

a song; abstractly, singing

The King James renders it: musical(-ick), [idiom] sing(-er, -ing), song.

James Strong, The Exhaustive Concordance of the Bible (1890), public domain. Strong indexed the King James text, and this site quotes his entry as that index.

Summary

shir is rendered "song; song". It stands 59 times in the Hebrew text, across seventeen books.

  • Twelve of the uses stand in Psalms, more than in any other book.
  • The lexicon lists two meanings for it, beginning with "song".
  • Its first use in canonical order opens the ledger below.Genesis 31:27Why did you run away secretly and deceive me, without even telling me? I would have sent you away with joy and singing, with tambourines and harps.
  • The Greek text spells it forty-four different ways.

The first use

Why did you run away secretly and deceive me, without even telling me? I would have sent you away with joy and singing, with tambourines and harps.

Genesis 31:27וּבְשִׁרִ֖ים

The first use, in the order of the Old Testament's books.

Where the word stands

The word stands in seventeen of the 39 Old Testament books.

The other 22 Old Testament books never use the word.

What the word means

The word carries two meanings: song, and song.

Each meaning, and the words it is translated by

The English STEP Bible gives each use, word by word, and how many times.
songStrong's entry ATagged aslisted under the tableWhereGenesis 31:27Why did you run away secretly and deceive me…
songStrong's entry BTagged aslisted under the tableWherein the ledger below

How the Greek text is glossed, word by word

  • the song14
  • a song9
  • song6
  • song of4
  • songs your3
  • the song of3
  • with the song3
  • and with song2
  • and with songs2
  • song his2
  • a song of1
  • and from song my1

and 9 more, 59 uses in all

The words built on the same word-part

Each word below begins with the same letters this one begins with. A shared word-part shows a family. It does not settle what any one of them means, so each word carries its own uses on its own page. Scholars call that shared part the stem.

שִׁירshirto singUses86
שִׁיתshithto set: makeUses83
שִׁילוֹנִיShiloniShiloniteUses6
שִׁיתshithgarmentUses2
שִׁיחָהshichahpitUses2
שִׁיבָהshibahcaptivityUses1
שִׁיבָהshibahsojournUses1

Other numbers on this spelling

Strong gave these words the same spelling and different numbers, so the site counts and defines them apart.

All 59, in canonical order

Every use, in order

Every use, grouped by book, with its verse.

44 spellings and their grammar

STEP Bible tags every word of the Hebrew and Greek text with its spelling and its grammar. Both lists below count the rows printed underneath, written out in English, with the code beside each one as it was tagged.

How it is spelled

  • שִׁ֣יר7
  • שִׁ֥יר4
  • הַשִּׁירָ֖ה2
  • הַשִּׁירָ֣ה2
  • הַשִּׁירָ֥ה2
  • שִׁ֖יר2
  • שִׁיר־2
  • שִֽׁיר׃2
  • בְּשִׁ֑יר1
  • בַּשִּׁ֔יר1
  • בַּשִּׁ֜יר1
  • בַּשִּׁ֖יר1

and 32 more spellings in the ledger below.

The grammar of each form

  • noun · masculine singular14HNcmsa
  • the definite article (“the”) + noun · feminine singular9HTd/Ncfsa
  • noun · masculine singular · in construct (“…of”)7HNcmsc
  • the definite article (“the”) + noun · masculine singular5HTd/Ncmsa
  • preposition with the article + noun · masculine singular3HRd/Ncmsa
  • conjunction (“and”) + preposition + noun · masculine plural2HC/R/Ncmpa
  • conjunction (“and”) + preposition + noun · masculine singular2HC/R/Ncmsa
  • noun · masculine singular · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 3rd person masculine singular2HNcmsc/Sp3ms
  • preposition + noun · masculine singular · in construct (“…of”)2HR/Ncmsc
  • conjunction (“and”) + noun · masculine singular · in construct (“…of”)1HC/Ncmsc
  • conjunction (“and”) + preposition + noun · masculine singular · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 1st person masculine or feminine singular1HC/R/Ncmsc/Sp1bs
  • conjunction (“and”) + the definite article (“the”) + noun · masculine singular1HC/Td/Ncmsa

Genesis

one use
  • Why did you run away secretly and deceive me, without even telling me? I would have sent you away with joy and singing, with tambourines and harps.

    Genesis 31:27

    • וּבְשִׁרִ֖יםuveshirimconjunction (“and”) + preposition + noun · masculine pluraltagged: and with songs

Exodus

one use
  • Then Moses and the Israelites sang this song to the LORD: “I will sing to the LORD, for He is highly exalted. The horse and rider He has thrown into the sea.

    Exodus 15:1

    • הַשִּׁירָ֤הhashirahthe definite article (“the”) + noun · feminine singulartagged: the song

Numbers

one use
  • Then Israel sang this song: “Spring up, O well, all of you sing to it!

    Numbers 21:17

    • הַשִּׁירָ֖הhashirahthe definite article (“the”) + noun · feminine singulartagged: the song

Deuteronomy

six uses
  • Now therefore, write down for yourselves this song and teach it to the Israelites; have them recite it, so that it may be a witness for Me against them.

    Deuteronomy 31:19

    • הַשִּׁירָ֣הhashirahthe definite article (“the”) + noun · feminine singulartagged: the song
    • הַשִּׁירָ֥הhashirahthe definite article (“the”) + noun · feminine singulartagged: the song
  • And when many troubles and afflictions have come upon them, this song will testify against them, because it will not be forgotten from the lips of their descendants. For I know their inclination, even before I bring them into the land that I swore to give them.”

    Deuteronomy 31:21

    • הַשִּׁירָ֨הhashirahthe definite article (“the”) + noun · feminine singulartagged: the song
  • So that very day Moses wrote down this song and taught it to the Israelites.

    Deuteronomy 31:22

    • הַשִּׁירָ֥הhashirahthe definite article (“the”) + noun · feminine singulartagged: the song
  • Then Moses recited aloud to the whole assembly of Israel the words of this song from beginning to end:

    Deuteronomy 31:30

    • הַשִּׁירָ֖הhashirahthe definite article (“the”) + noun · feminine singulartagged: the song
  • Then Moses came with Joshua son of Nun and recited all the words of this song in the hearing of the people.

    Deuteronomy 32:44

    • הַשִּׁירָֽה־hashirah-the definite article (“the”) + noun · feminine singulartagged: the song

Judges

one use
  • ‘Awake, awake, O Deborah! Awake, awake, sing a song! Arise, O Barak, and take hold of your captives, O son of Abinoam!’

    Judges 5:12

    • שִׁ֑ירshirnoun · masculine singulartagged: a song

2 Samuel

one use
  • And David sang this song to the LORD on the day the LORD had delivered him from the hand of all his enemies and from the hand of Saul.

    2 Samuel 22:1

    • הַשִּׁירָ֣הhashirahthe definite article (“the”) + noun · feminine singulartagged: the song

1 Kings

one use
  • Solomon composed three thousand proverbs, and his songs numbered a thousand and five.

    1 Kings 4:32

    • שִׁיר֖וֹshironoun · masculine singular · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 3rd person masculine singulartagged: song his

1 Chronicles

seven uses
  • These are the men David put in charge of the music in the house of the LORD after the ark rested there.

    1 Chronicles 6:31

    • שִׁ֖ירshirnoun · masculine singulartagged: song
  • They ministered with song before the tabernacle, the Tent of Meeting, until Solomon built the house of the LORD in Jerusalem. And they performed their duties according to the regulations given them.

    1 Chronicles 6:32

    • בַּשִּׁ֔ירbashirpreposition with the article + noun · masculine singulartagged: with the song
  • David and all the Israelites were celebrating before God with all their might, with songs and on harps and lyres, with tambourines, cymbals, and trumpets.

    1 Chronicles 13:8

    • וּבְשִׁירִ֤יםuveshirimconjunction (“and”) + preposition + noun · masculine pluraltagged: and with songs
  • David also told the leaders of the Levites to appoint their relatives as singers to lift up their voices with joy, accompanied by musical instruments—harps, lyres, and cymbals.

    1 Chronicles 15:16

    • שִׁ֛ירshirnoun · masculine singulartagged: song
  • Heman and Jeduthun had with them trumpets and cymbals for the music and instruments for the songs of God. And the sons of Jeduthun were stationed at the gate.

    1 Chronicles 16:42

    • שִׁ֣ירshirnoun · masculine singular · in construct (“…of”)tagged: the song of
  • All these were under the direction of their fathers for the music of the house of the LORD with cymbals, harps, and lyres, for the service of the house of God. Asaph, Jeduthun, and Heman were under the direction of the king.

    1 Chronicles 25:6

    • בַּשִּׁ֜ירbashirpreposition with the article + noun · masculine singulartagged: with the song
  • Together with their relatives, who were all trained and skillful in the songs of the LORD, they numbered 288.

    1 Chronicles 25:7

    • שִׁ֖ירshirnoun · masculine singulartagged: song

2 Chronicles

seven uses
  • The trumpeters and singers joined together to praise and thank the LORD with one voice. They lifted up their voices, accompanied by trumpets, cymbals, and musical instruments, in praise to the LORD: “For He is good; His loving devotion endures forever.” And the temple, the house of the LORD, was filled with a cloud

    2 Chronicles 5:13

    • הַשִּׁ֗ירhashirthe definite article (“the”) + noun · masculine singulartagged: the song
  • The priests stood at their posts, as did the Levites with the musical instruments of the LORD, which King David had made for giving thanks to the LORD and with which David had offered praise, saying, “For His loving devotion endures forever.” Across from the Levites, the priests sounded trumpets, and all the Israelites were standing.

    2 Chronicles 7:6

    • שִׁ֤ירshirnoun · masculine singular · in construct (“…of”)tagged: the song of
  • And she looked out and saw the king standing by his pillar at the entrance. The officers and trumpeters were beside the king, and all the people of the land were rejoicing and blowing trumpets, while the singers with musical instruments were leading the praises. Then Athaliah tore her clothes and screamed, “Treason, treason!”

    2 Chronicles 23:13

    • הַשִּׁ֔ירhashirthe definite article (“the”) + noun · masculine singulartagged: the song
  • Moreover, Jehoiada put the oversight of the house of the LORD into the hands of the Levitical priests, whom David had appointed over the house of the LORD, to offer burnt offerings to the LORD as is written in the Law of Moses, with rejoicing and song, as ordained by David.

    2 Chronicles 23:18

    • וּבְשִׁ֑ירuveshirconjunction (“and”) + preposition + noun · masculine singulartagged: and with song
  • And Hezekiah ordered that the burnt offering be sacrificed on the altar. When the burnt offering began, the song of the LORD and the trumpets began as well, accompanied by the instruments of David king of Israel.

    2 Chronicles 29:27

    • שִׁיר־shir-noun · masculine singular · in construct (“…of”)tagged: song of
  • The whole assembly was worshiping, the singers were singing, and the trumpeters were playing. All this continued until the burnt offering was completed.

    2 Chronicles 29:28

    • וְהַשִּׁ֣ירvehashirconjunction (“and”) + the definite article (“the”) + noun · masculine singulartagged: and the song
  • And the men did the work faithfully. The Levites overseeing them were Jahath and Obadiah, descendants of Merari, and Zechariah and Meshullam, descendants of Kohath. Other Levites, all skilled with musical instruments,

    2 Chronicles 34:12

    • שִֽׁיר׃shirnoun · masculine singulartagged: song

Nehemiah

three uses
  • At the dedication of the wall of Jerusalem, the Levites were sought out from all their homes and brought to Jerusalem to celebrate the joyous dedication with thanksgiving and singing, accompanied by cymbals, harps, and lyres.

    Nehemiah 12:27

    • וּבְשִׁ֔ירuveshirconjunction (“and”) + preposition + noun · masculine singulartagged: and with song
  • and his associates—Shemaiah, Azarel, Milalai, Gilalai, Maai, Nethanel, Judah, and Hanani—with the musical instruments prescribed by David the man of God. Ezra the scribe led the procession.

    Nehemiah 12:36

    • שִׁ֥ירshirnoun · masculine singular · in construct (“…of”)tagged: the song of
  • For long ago, in the days of David and Asaph, there were directors for the singers and for the songs of praise and thanksgiving to God.

    Nehemiah 12:46

    • וְשִׁיר־veshir-conjunction (“and”) + noun · masculine singular · in construct (“…of”)tagged: and song of

Psalms

twelve uses
  • The LORD is my strength and my shield; my heart trusts in Him, and I am helped. Therefore my heart rejoices, and I give thanks to Him with my song.

    Psalms 28:7

    • וּֽמִשִּׁירִ֥יumishiriconjunction (“and”) + preposition + noun · masculine singular · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 1st person masculine or feminine singulartagged: and from song my
  • Sing to Him a new song; play skillfully with a shout of joy.

    Psalms 33:3

    • שִׁ֣ירshirnoun · masculine singulartagged: a song
  • He put a new song in my mouth, a hymn of praise to our God. Many will see and fear and put their trust in the LORD.

    Psalms 40:3

    • שִׁ֥ירshirnoun · masculine singulartagged: a song
  • The LORD decrees His loving devotion by day, and at night His song is with me as a prayer to the God of my life.

    Psalms 42:8

    • שִׁיר֣וֹshironoun · masculine singular · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 3rd person masculine singulartagged: song his
  • I will praise God’s name in song and exalt Him with thanksgiving.

    Psalms 69:30

    • בְּשִׁ֑ירbeshirpreposition + noun · masculine singulartagged: with a song
  • Sing to the LORD a new song; sing to the LORD, all the earth.

    Psalms 96:1

    • שִׁ֣ירshirnoun · masculine singulartagged: a song
  • Sing to the LORD a new song, for He has done wonders; His right hand and holy arm have gained Him the victory.

    Psalms 98:1

    • שִׁ֣ירshirnoun · masculine singulartagged: a song
  • for there our captors requested a song; our tormentors demanded songs of joy: “Sing us a song of Zion.”

    Psalms 137:3

    • שִׁ֭ירshirnoun · masculine singulartagged: a song
    • מִשִּׁ֥ירmishirpreposition + noun · masculine singular · in construct (“…of”)tagged: one of song of
  • How can we sing a song of the LORD in a foreign land?

    Psalms 137:4

    • שִׁיר־shir-noun · masculine singular · in construct (“…of”)tagged: song of
  • I will sing to You a new song, O God; on a harp of ten strings I will make music to You—

    Psalms 144:9

    • שִׁ֣ירshirnoun · masculine singulartagged: a song
  • Hallelujah! Sing to the LORD a new song— His praise in the assembly of the godly.

    Psalms 149:1

    • שִׁ֣ירshirnoun · masculine singulartagged: a song

Proverbs

one use
  • Like one who removes a garment on a cold day or vinegar poured on a wound is one who sings songs to a heavy heart.

    Proverbs 25:20

    • בַּ֝שִּׁרִ֗יםbashirimpreposition with the article + noun · masculine pluraltagged: with the songs

Ecclesiastes

two uses
  • It is better to heed a wise man’s rebuke than to listen to the song of fools.

    Ecclesiastes 7:5

    • שִׁ֥ירshirnoun · masculine singular · in construct (“…of”)tagged: song of
  • when the doors to the street are shut and the sound of the mill fades away, when one rises at the sound of a bird and all the daughters of song grow faint,

    Ecclesiastes 12:4

    • הַשִּֽׁיר׃hashirthe definite article (“the”) + noun · masculine singulartagged: the song

Song of Solomon

two uses
  • This is Solomon’s Song of Songs.

    Song of Solomon 1:1

    • שִׁ֥ירshirnoun · masculine singular · in construct (“…of”)tagged: song of
    • הַשִּׁירִ֖יםhashirimthe definite article (“the”) + noun · masculine pluraltagged: the songs

Isaiah

seven uses
  • I will sing for my beloved a song of his vineyard: My beloved had a vineyard on a very fertile hill.

    Isaiah 5:1

    • שִׁירַ֥תshiratnoun · feminine singular · in construct (“…of”)tagged: a song of
  • At that time Tyre will be forgotten for seventy years—the span of a king’s life. But at the end of seventy years, it will happen to Tyre as in the song of the harlot:

    Isaiah 23:15

    • כְּשִׁירַ֖תkeshiratpreposition + noun · feminine singular · in construct (“…of”)tagged: like song of
  • “Take up your harp, stroll through the city, O forgotten harlot. Make sweet melody, sing many a song, so you will be remembered.”

    Isaiah 23:16

    • שִׁ֔ירshirverb · simple (qal), infinitive (“to…”)tagged: song
  • They no longer sing and drink wine; strong drink is bitter to those who consume it.

    Isaiah 24:9

    • בַּשִּׁ֖ירbashirpreposition with the article + noun · masculine singulartagged: with the song
  • In that day this song will be sung in the land of Judah: We have a strong city; salvation is established as its walls and ramparts.

    Isaiah 26:1

    • הַשִּׁיר־hashir-the definite article (“the”) + noun · masculine singulartagged: the song
  • You will sing as on the night of a holy festival, and your heart will rejoice like one who walks to the music of a flute, going up to the mountain of the LORD, to the Rock of Israel.

    Isaiah 30:29

    • הַשִּׁיר֙hashirthe definite article (“the”) + noun · masculine singulartagged: the song
  • Sing to the LORD a new song—His praise from the ends of the earth—you who go down to the sea, and all that is in it, you islands, and all who dwell in them.

    Isaiah 42:10

    • שִׁ֣ירshirnoun · masculine singulartagged: a song

Ezekiel

two uses
  • So I will silence the sound of your songs, and the music of your lyres will no longer be heard.

    Ezekiel 26:13

    • שִׁירָ֑יִךְshirayikhnoun · masculine plural · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 2nd person feminine singulartagged: songs your
  • Indeed, you are to them like a singer of love songs with a beautiful voice, who skillfully plays an instrument. They hear your words but do not put them into practice.

    Ezekiel 33:32

    • כְּשִׁ֣ירkeshirpreposition + noun · masculine singular · in construct (“…of”)tagged: like a song of

Amos

four uses
  • Take away from Me the noise of your songs! I will not listen to the music of your harps.

    Amos 5:23

    • שִׁרֶ֑יךָshireikhanoun · masculine plural · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 2nd person masculine singulartagged: songs your
  • You improvise songs on the harp like David and invent your own musical instruments.

    Amos 6:5

    • שִֽׁיר׃shirnoun · masculine singulartagged: song
  • “In that day,” declares the Lord GOD, “the songs of the temple will turn to wailing. Many will be the corpses, strewn in silence everywhere!”

    Amos 8:3

    • שִׁיר֤וֹתshirotnoun · feminine plural · in construct (“…of”)tagged: songs of
  • I will turn your feasts into mourning and all your songs into lamentation. I will cause everyone to wear sackcloth and every head to be shaved. I will make it like a time of mourning for an only son, and its outcome like a bitter day.

    Amos 8:10

    • שִֽׁירֵיכֶם֙shireikhemnoun · masculine plural · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 2nd person masculine pluraltagged: songs your

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Spellings are counted as the Greek text spells them, with the sentence's own punctuation taken off the word first, so a form that ends a clause is not counted as a second spelling.

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The family is read from the lexicon by the stem the two words share, with the accents off, and a person or a place named on the stem is left out.

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