King James Bible
King James Version (KJV)
STRONGS NUMBER H7892
Transliteration: shiyr
Phonetic Spelling: (sheer)
Part of Speech: noun masculine; noun feminine
Short Definition: song
Meaning: a song, singing
Word Summary
shiyr: song
Original Word: שִׁירTransliteration: shiyr
Phonetic Spelling: (sheer)
Part of Speech: noun masculine; noun feminine
Short Definition: song
Meaning: a song, singing
Strong's Concordance
musicalick, singer song Or feminine shiyrah {shee-raw'}; from shiyr; a song; abstractly, singing -- musical(-ick), X sing(-er, -ing), song.
see HEBREW shiyr
Brown-Driver-Briggs
H7892. shiyr
שִׁיר77 noun masculine song (Late Hebrew id.; so Ecclus 40:21 +); — ׳שׁ absolute Judges 5:12 +, construct 2 Chronicles 29:27 +; suffix שִׁירִי Psalm 28:7, etc.; plural שִׁירִים 1 Chronicles 13:8; Song of Solomon 1:1; שִׁרִים Genesis 31:27; Proverbs 25:20; suffix שִׁרֶ֫יךָ Amos 5:23, etc.; —
1 lyric song, + מָשָׁל 1 Kings 5:12, opposed to קִינָה Amos 8:10; joyous Genesis 31:27 (J) Isaiah 30:29; ׳שׁ עגבים Ezekiel 33:32; triumphal Judges 5:12; love song Song of Solomon 1:1 (twice in verse) (title הַשִּׁירִים שִׁיר), Psalm 45:1 (יְדִידֹת שִׁיר); noisy Amos 5:23; Ezekiel 26:13, in drunken revels Isaiah 24:9, compare 23:16; ׳שׁ כסילים Ecclesiastes 7:5; not for sorrow Proverbs 25:20; Psalm 137:3 (twice in verse); הַשִּׁיר בְּנוֺת Ecclesiastes 12:4 songstresses (probably birds).
2 religious song, in worship, "" תפלה Psalm 42:9; usually praise, בשׁיר הלל 69:31; אֲהוֺדֶנּוּ מִשִּׁירִי 28:7; וְהוֺדוֺת תְּהִלָּה שִׁרִ Nehemiah 12:46; י ׳שׁיר Psalm 137:4; 2 Chronicles 29:27; חדשׁ שׁיר Isaiah 42:10 (fresh outburst), + 6 t., see חָדָשׁ; in Psalm-titles, שׁיר 46:1, compare 26:1; המעלות שׁיר pilgrim songs Psalm 120:1 14t. (see II. מַעִַלָה p.752); with מִמְוֺר 48:1 12t. (see ׳מִז p. 274); שִׁיר מַשְׁכִּיל 45:1 (׳שׁ originally alone in all except 30:1; 92:1; 108:1, see BrJBL xviii (1899), 138).
3 specifically song of Levitical choirs, with musical accompare, 1 Chronicles 6:16; 6:17; 13:8 (so read also "" 2 Samuel 6:5 for ᵐ5 בְּרוֺשִׁים, Th and modern, compare ׳ב), 1 Chronicles 25:6; 25:7; 2 Chronicles 23:18; 29:28; Nehemiah 12:27; (ה)שׁיר כלי instrument to accompany song 1 Chronicles 15:16 6t. (see כְּלִי 2b); compare Amos 6:5.
שִׁירָה noun feminine song (plural ירות[שׁ] Ecclus 39:15); — absolute ׳שׁ Exodus 15:1 9t.; construct שִׁירַת Isaiah 5:1; 23:15; plural construct שִׁירוֺת Amos 8:3 (read ᵐ5 שָׁרוֺת HoffmZAW iii (1883) We and others); — song, ode, Exodus 15:1 (E), 2 Samuel 22:1 = Psalm 18:1; Deuteronomy 31:19 (twice in verse); 31:21-22, 30; 32:44; Numbers 21:17 (E) Isaiah 5:1; 23:15.