Song
זָמִירStrong’s H2158zamir (za-mir)
Appears in 6 verses of the Old Testament
In short
Zamir is the Hebrew word usually translated “songs”, “songs of” and “song of”. It appears in 6 verses of the Old Testament.
“Now these be the last words of David. David the son of Jesse said, and the man who was raised up on high, the anointed of the God of Jacob, and the sweet psalmist of Israel, said,”
Meaning
- Song, psalm
How it's translated
- songs 3
- songs of 1
- with songs 1
- song of 1
Word-by-word English from the STEPBible tagged text.
Where it's used most
- Psalms 2
- Isaiah 2
- 2 Samuel 1
- Job 1
4 books in all.
Related words
Explore in Scripture
- Job 35:10But none saith, Where is God my maker, who giveth songs in the night;
- Psalms 95:2Let us come before his presence with thanksgiving, and make a joyful noise unto him with psalms.
- Psalms 119:54Thy statutes have been my songs in the house of my pilgrimage.
- Isaiah 24:16From the uttermost part of the earth have we heard songs, even glory to the righteous. But I said, My leanness, my leanness, woe unto me! the treacherous dealers have dealt treacherously; yea, the treacherous dealers have dealt very treacherously.
- Isaiah 25:5Thou shalt bring down the noise of strangers, as the heat in a dry place; even the heat with the shadow of a cloud: the branch of the terrible ones shall be brought low.
Hebrew dictionary
זָמִיר zamir · song
song, psalm
From STEPBible’s Hebrew lexicon (based on Brown-Driver-Briggs).
Webster's 1828 Dictionary
How the English word “song” was understood when the King James Version was still the common Bible of English readers.
SONG, noun
- In general, that which is sung or uttered with musical modulations of the voice, whether of the human voice or that of a bird.
- A little poem to be sung, or uttered with musical modulations; a ballad.
- A hymn; a sacred poem or hymn to be sung either in joy or thanksgiving, as that sung by Moses and the Israelites after escaping the dangers of the Arabian gulf and of Pharaoh; or of lamentation, as that of David over the death of Saul and Jonathan.
- A lay; a strain; a poem.
All definitions
- Poetry; poesy; verse.
- Notes of birds. [See Def. 1.]
- A mere trifle.
Noah Webster, An American Dictionary of the English Language (1828). Verse references are checked against the KJV. Read the full entry.
Verses are from the King James Version. Word meanings come from the original Hebrew, not from any one translation.