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Strong's H7891 שִׁיר (shir)

Shir means “sing” — full meaning, definition, and every linked Bible usage across the indexed canon.

Strong's Number H7891
Language Hebrew
Linked Usages 78
Books 18

Strong's H7891 Quick Answer

Strong's H7891 שִׁיר שׁוּר (shiyr) is a Hebrew Strong's word-study entry. shiyr (sheer) (or (the original form) shuwr (1 Sam. 18) v. 1. to sing [a primitive root (identical with H7788 through the idea of strolling minstrelsy)] It has 78 linked Bible usages across 18 books. Visible English usage signals include sing, singing, behold, and singeth. Indexed coverage on this page includes Old Testament.

Meaning
shiyr (sheer) (or (the original form) shuwr (1 Sam. 18) v. 1. to sing [a primitive root (identical with H7788 through the idea of strolling minstrelsy)]
Usage
78 linked usages
Books
18 indexed books
Corpus
Old Testament
Usage Words
sing, singing, behold, and singeth

Meaning and Definition

shiyr (sheer) (or (the original form) shuwr (1 Sam. 18) v. 1. to sing [a primitive root (identical with H7788 through the idea of strolling minstrelsy)] KJV: behold (by mistake for H7789), sing(-er, -ing man, - ing woman). Root(s): H7788 See also: H7789

Original Word
שִׁיר שׁוּר
Transliteration
shiyr
Derivation
Root: שׁיר שׁור First root strongs: 7788
Morphology
verb

Across Lexicons

How independent scholarly lexicons define Strong's H7891. Each definition is shown with its source so you can compare and cite the original reference works.

Extended Strong's Hebrew Lexicon (Brown-Driver-Briggs based)

to sing

Usage: 1) to sing 1a) (Qal) 1a1) to sing 1a2) singer, songstresses (participle) 1b) (Polel) 1b1) to sing 1b2) singer, songstress (participle) 1c) (Hophal) to be sung

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How Strong's H7891 Is Translated

The English word each shown verse actually uses to render shiyr, taken from the interlinear word alignment (the same word underlined in the excerpts below). Where a rendering is used more than once, the count is shown.

sing Exodus 15:1 33× singing 1 Samuel 18:6 behold Job 36:24 singeth Proverbs 25:20

How Strong's H7891 Usage Compares

Indexed coverage includes Old Testament. Each section below keeps corpus counts and sample passages visible so readers can compare the word across contexts instead of reading one flat concordance list.

  • The largest indexed corpus on this page is Old Testament with 78 linked usages.
  • The linked rows are Old Testament Hebrew usage, grouped by book for fast canonical scanning.

Strong's H7891 by Corpus

Indexed usage grouped by testament and extended corpus so readers can compare this word across the Bible, Septuagint, deuterocanonical books, and 1 Enoch where present.

Strong's H7891 in the Old Testament

78 indexed usages in Old Testament.

Exodus 15:1 KJV

Then sang Moses and the children of Israel this song unto the LORD, and spake, saying, I will sing unto the LORD, for he hath triumphed gloriously: the horse and his rider hath he thrown into the sea.

Exodus 15:21 KJV

And Miriam answered them, Sing ye to the LORD, for he hath triumphed gloriously; the horse and his rider hath he thrown into the sea.

Numbers 21:17 KJV

Then Israel sang this song, Spring up, O well; sing ye unto it:

Usage Excerpts

First 78 linked usage excerpts for Strong's H7891.

Exodus 15:1 Old Testament, KJV
Then sang Moses and the children of Israel this song unto the LORD, and spake, saying, I will sing unto the LORD, for he hath triumphed gloriously: the horse and his rider hath he thrown into the sea.
Exodus 15:21 Old Testament, KJV
And Miriam answered them, Sing ye to the LORD, for he hath triumphed gloriously; the horse and his rider hath he thrown into the sea.
Numbers 21:17 Old Testament, KJV
Then Israel sang this song, Spring up, O well; sing ye unto it:
Judges 5:1 Old Testament, KJV
Then sang Deborah and Barak the son of Abinoam on that day, saying,
Judges 5:3 Old Testament, KJV
Hear, O ye kings; give ear, O ye princes; I, even I, will sing unto the LORD; I will sing praise to the LORD God of Israel.
1 Samuel 18:6 Old Testament, KJV
And it came to pass as they came, when David was returned from the slaughter of the Philistine, that the women came out of all cities of Israel, singing and dancing, to meet king Saul, with tabrets, with joy, and with instruments of musick.
2 Samuel 19:35 Old Testament, KJV
I am this day fourscore years old: and can I discern between good and evil? can thy servant taste what I eat or what I drink? can I hear any more the voice of singing men and singing women? wherefore then should thy servant be yet a burden unto my lord the king?
1 Kings 10:12 Old Testament, KJV
And the king made of the almug trees pillars for the house of the LORD, and for the king's house, harps also and psalteries for singers: there came no such almug trees, nor were seen unto this day.
1 Chronicles 6:33 Old Testament, KJV
And these are they that waited with their children. Of the sons of the Kohathites: Heman a singer, the son of Joel, the son of Shemuel,
1 Chronicles 9:33 Old Testament, KJV
And these are the singers, chief of the fathers of the Levites, who remaining in the chambers were free: for they were employed in that work day and night.
1 Chronicles 15:16 Old Testament, KJV
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, by lifting up the voice with joy.
1 Chronicles 15:19 Old Testament, KJV
So the singers, Heman, Asaph, and Ethan, were appointed to sound with cymbals of brass;
1 Chronicles 15:27 Old Testament, KJV
And David was clothed with a robe of fine linen, and all the Levites that bare the ark, and the singers, and Chenaniah the master of the song with the singers: David also had upon him an ephod of linen.
1 Chronicles 16:9 Old Testament, KJV
Sing unto him, sing psalms unto him, talk ye of all his wondrous works.
1 Chronicles 16:23 Old Testament, KJV
Sing unto the LORD, all the earth; shew forth from day to day his salvation.
2 Chronicles 5:12 Old Testament, KJV
Also the Levites which were the singers, all of them of Asaph, of Heman, of Jeduthun, with their sons and their brethren, being arrayed in white linen, having cymbals and psalteries and harps, stood at the east end of the altar, and with them an hundred and twenty priests sounding with trumpets:)
2 Chronicles 5:13 Old Testament, KJV
It came even to pass, as the trumpeters and singers were as one, to make one sound to be heard in praising and thanking the LORD; and when they lifted up their voice with the trumpets and cymbals and instruments of musick, and praised the LORD, saying, For he is good; for his mercy endureth for ever: that then the house was filled with a cloud, even the house of the LORD;
2 Chronicles 9:11 Old Testament, KJV
And the king made of the algum trees terraces to the house of the LORD, and to the king's palace, and harps and psalteries for singers: and there were none such seen before in the land of Judah.
2 Chronicles 20:21 Old Testament, KJV
And when he had consulted with the people, he appointed singers unto the LORD, and that should praise the beauty of holiness, as they went out before the army, and to say, Praise the LORD; for his mercy endureth for ever.
2 Chronicles 23:13 Old Testament, KJV
And she looked, and, behold, the king stood at his pillar at the entering in, and the princes and the trumpets by the king: and all the people of the land rejoiced, and sounded with trumpets, also the singers with instruments of musick, and such as taught to sing praise. Then Athaliah rent her clothes, and said, Treason, Treason.
2 Chronicles 29:28 Old Testament, KJV
And all the congregation worshipped, and the singers sang, and the trumpeters sounded: and all this continued until the burnt offering was finished.
2 Chronicles 35:15 Old Testament, KJV
And the singers the sons of Asaph were in their place, according to the commandment of David, and Asaph, and Heman, and Jeduthun the king's seer; and the porters waited at every gate; they might not depart from their service; for their brethren the Levites prepared for them.
2 Chronicles 35:25 Old Testament, KJV
And Jeremiah lamented for Josiah: and all the singing men and the singing women spake of Josiah in their lamentations to this day, and made them an ordinance in Israel: and, behold, they are written in the lamentations.
Ezra 2:41 Old Testament, KJV
The singers: the children of Asaph, an hundred twenty and eight.
Ezra 2:65 Old Testament, KJV
Beside their servants and their maids, of whom there were seven thousand three hundred thirty and seven: and there were among them two hundred singing men and singing women.
Ezra 2:70 Old Testament, KJV
So the priests, and the Levites, and some of the people, and the singers, and the porters, and the Nethinims, dwelt in their cities, and all Israel in their cities.
Ezra 7:7 Old Testament, KJV
And there went up some of the children of Israel, and of the priests, and the Levites, and the singers, and the porters, and the Nethinims, unto Jerusalem, in the seventh year of Artaxerxes the king.
Ezra 10:24 Old Testament, KJV
Of the singers also; Eliashib: and of the porters; Shallum, and Telem, and Uri.
Nehemiah 7:1 Old Testament, KJV
Now it came to pass, when the wall was built, and I had set up the doors, and the porters and the singers and the Levites were appointed,
Nehemiah 7:44 Old Testament, KJV
The singers: the children of Asaph, an hundred forty and eight.
Nehemiah 7:67 Old Testament, KJV
Beside their manservants and their maidservants, of whom there were seven thousand three hundred thirty and seven: and they had two hundred forty and five singing men and singing women.
Nehemiah 7:73 Old Testament, KJV
So the priests, and the Levites, and the porters, and the singers, and some of the people, and the Nethinims, and all Israel, dwelt in their cities; and when the seventh month came, the children of Israel were in their cities.
Nehemiah 10:28 Old Testament, KJV
And the rest of the people, the priests, the Levites, the porters, the singers, the Nethinims, and all they that had separated themselves from the people of the lands unto the law of God, their wives, their sons, and their daughters, every one having knowledge, and having understanding;
Nehemiah 10:39 Old Testament, KJV
For the children of Israel and the children of Levi shall bring the offering of the corn, of the new wine, and the oil, unto the chambers, where are the vessels of the sanctuary, and the priests that minister, and the porters, and the singers: and we will not forsake the house of our God.
Nehemiah 11:22 Old Testament, KJV
The overseer also of the Levites at Jerusalem was Uzzi the son of Bani, the son of Hashabiah, the son of Mattaniah, the son of Micha. Of the sons of Asaph, the singers were over the business of the house of God.
Nehemiah 11:23 Old Testament, KJV
For it was the king's commandment concerning them, that a certain portion should be for the singers, due for every day.
Nehemiah 12:28 Old Testament, KJV
And the sons of the singers gathered themselves together, both out of the plain country round about Jerusalem, and from the villages of Netophathi;
Nehemiah 12:29 Old Testament, KJV
Also from the house of Gilgal, and out of the fields of Geba and Azmaveth: for the singers had builded them villages round about Jerusalem.
Nehemiah 12:42 Old Testament, KJV
And Maaseiah, and Shemaiah, and Eleazar, and Uzzi, and Jehohanan, and Malchijah, and Elam, and Ezer. And the singers sang loud, with Jezrahiah their overseer.
Nehemiah 12:45 Old Testament, KJV
And both the singers and the porters kept the ward of their God, and the ward of the purification, according to the commandment of David, and of Solomon his son.
Nehemiah 12:46 Old Testament, KJV
For in the days of David and Asaph of old there were chief of the singers, and songs of praise and thanksgiving unto God.
Nehemiah 12:47 Old Testament, KJV
And all Israel in the days of Zerubbabel, and in the days of Nehemiah, gave the portions of the singers and the porters, every day his portion: and they sanctified holy things unto the Levites; and the Levites sanctified them unto the children of Aaron.
Nehemiah 13:5 Old Testament, KJV
And he had prepared for him a great chamber, where aforetime they laid the meat offerings, the frankincense, and the vessels, and the tithes of the corn, the new wine, and the oil, which was commanded to be given to the Levites, and the singers, and the porters; and the offerings of the priests.
Nehemiah 13:10 Old Testament, KJV
And I perceived that the portions of the Levites had not been given them: for the Levites and the singers, that did the work, were fled every one to his field.
Job 36:24 Old Testament, KJV
Remember that thou magnify his work, which men behold.
Psalms 13:6 Old Testament, KJV
I will sing unto the LORD, because he hath dealt bountifully with me.
Psalms 21:13 Old Testament, KJV
Be thou exalted, LORD, in thine own strength: so will we sing and praise thy power.
Psalms 27:6 Old Testament, KJV
And now shall mine head be lifted up above mine enemies round about me: therefore will I offer in his tabernacle sacrifices of joy; I will sing, yea, I will sing praises unto the LORD.
Psalms 33:3 Old Testament, KJV
Sing unto him a new song; play skilfully with a loud noise.
Psalms 57:7 Old Testament, KJV
My heart is fixed, O God, my heart is fixed: I will sing and give praise.
Psalms 59:16 Old Testament, KJV
But I will sing of thy power; yea, I will sing aloud of thy mercy in the morning: for thou hast been my defence and refuge in the day of my trouble.
Psalms 65:13 Old Testament, KJV
The pastures are clothed with flocks; the valleys also are covered over with corn; they shout for joy, they also sing.
Psalms 68:4 Old Testament, KJV
Sing unto God, sing praises to his name: extol him that rideth upon the heavens by his name JAH, and rejoice before him.
Psalms 68:25 Old Testament, KJV
The singers went before, the players on instruments followed after; among them were the damsels playing with timbrels.
Psalms 68:32 Old Testament, KJV
Sing unto God, ye kingdoms of the earth; O sing praises unto the Lord; Selah:
Psalms 87:7 Old Testament, KJV
As well the singers as the players on instruments shall be there: all my springs are in thee.
Psalms 89:1 Old Testament, KJV
I will sing of the mercies of the LORD for ever: with my mouth will I make known thy faithfulness to all generations.
Psalms 96:1 Old Testament, KJV
O sing unto the LORD a new song: sing unto the LORD, all the earth.
Psalms 96:2 Old Testament, KJV
Sing unto the LORD, bless his name; shew forth his salvation from day to day.
Psalms 98:1 Old Testament, KJV
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 101:1 Old Testament, KJV
I will sing of mercy and judgment: unto thee, O LORD, will I sing.
Psalms 104:33 Old Testament, KJV
I will sing unto the LORD as long as I live: I will sing praise to my God while I have my being.
Psalms 105:2 Old Testament, KJV
Sing unto him, sing psalms unto him: talk ye of all his wondrous works.
Psalms 106:12 Old Testament, KJV
Then believed they his words; they sang his praise.
Psalms 108:1 Old Testament, KJV
O God, my heart is fixed; I will sing and give praise, even with my glory.
Psalms 137:3 Old Testament, KJV
For there they that carried us away captive required of us a song; and they that wasted us required of us mirth, saying, Sing us one of the songs of Zion.
Psalms 137:4 Old Testament, KJV
How shall we sing the LORD's song in a strange land?
Psalms 138:5 Old Testament, KJV
Yea, they shall sing in the ways of the LORD: for great is the glory of the LORD.
Psalms 144:9 Old Testament, KJV
I will sing a new song unto thee, O God: upon a psaltery and an instrument of ten strings will I sing praises unto thee.
Psalms 149:1 Old Testament, KJV
Praise ye the LORD. Sing unto the LORD a new song, and his praise in the congregation of saints.
Proverbs 25:20 Old Testament, KJV
As he that taketh away a garment in cold weather, and as vinegar upon nitre, so is he that singeth songs to an heavy heart.
Ecclesiastes 2:8 Old Testament, KJV
I gathered me also silver and gold, and the peculiar treasure of kings and of the provinces: I gat me men singers and women singers, and the delights of the sons of men, as musical instruments, and that of all sorts.
Isaiah 5:1 Old Testament, KJV
Now will I sing to my wellbeloved a song of my beloved touching his vineyard. My wellbeloved hath a vineyard in a very fruitful hill:
Isaiah 26:1 Old Testament, KJV
In that day shall this song be sung in the land of Judah; We have a strong city; salvation will God appoint for walls and bulwarks.
Isaiah 42:10 Old Testament, KJV
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 thereof.
Jeremiah 20:13 Old Testament, KJV
Sing unto the LORD, praise ye the LORD: for he hath delivered the soul of the poor from the hand of evildoers.
Ezekiel 40:44 Old Testament, KJV
And without the inner gate were the chambers of the singers in the inner court, which was at the side of the north gate; and their prospect was toward the south: one at the side of the east gate having the prospect toward the north.
Zephaniah 2:14 Old Testament, KJV
And flocks shall lie down in the midst of her, all the beasts of the nations: both the cormorant and the bittern shall lodge in the upper lintels of it; their voice shall sing in the windows; desolation shall be in the thresholds; for he shall uncover the cedar work.

All Indexed Usage Links

Every indexed verse link for Strong's H7891, grouped by book.

Exodus 2 usages, Old Testament
Numbers 1 usage, Old Testament
Judges 2 usages, Old Testament
1 Samuel 1 usage, Old Testament
2 Samuel 1 usage, Old Testament
1 Kings 1 usage, Old Testament
1 Chronicles 7 usages, Old Testament
2 Chronicles 8 usages, Old Testament
Ezra 5 usages, Old Testament
Nehemiah 16 usages, Old Testament
Job 1 usage, Old Testament
Psalms 25 usages, Old Testament
Proverbs 1 usage, Old Testament
Ecclesiastes 1 usage, Old Testament
Isaiah 3 usages, Old Testament
Jeremiah 1 usage, Old Testament
Ezekiel 1 usage, Old Testament
Zephaniah 1 usage, Old Testament

Strong's H7891 FAQ

What does shir (שִׁיר) mean?

Shir (Strong's H7891) is a Hebrew word most simply glossed "sing". shiyr (sheer) (or (the original form) shuwr (1 Sam. 18) v. 1. to sing [a primitive root (identical with H7788 through the idea of strolling minstrelsy)]

How many times is shir (שִׁיר) used in the Bible?

This page currently indexes 78 linked usages for Strong's H7891 across 18 books.

Where can I study shir (שִׁיר) in context?

Use the linked verse references on this page to study Strong's H7891 in context. The indexed coverage includes Old Testament.

What English words translate shir (שִׁיר)?

The visible usage excerpts most often surface English words such as sing, singing, behold, and singeth. These are scanning signals from the displayed verses, not replacements for the original-language definition.