To sing
זָמַרStrong’s H2167zamar (za-mar)
Appears in 41 verses of the Old Testament
In short
Zamar is the Hebrew word usually translated “sing praises”, “sing praises to” and “make music”. It appears in 41 verses of the Old Testament.
“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.”
Meaning
- To sing, sing praise, make music(Piel)
How it's translated
- sing praises 10
- i will sing praises 7
- sing praises to 4
- and i will sing praises 3
- make music 3
- i will make music 3
- i will sing praises to 2
- i will sing praises to you 2
Word-by-word English from the STEPBible tagged text.
Where it's used most
- Psalms 37
- Judges 1
- 2 Samuel 1
- 1 Chronicles 1
- Isaiah 1
5 books in all.
Explore in Scripture
- 2 Samuel 22:50Therefore I will give thanks unto thee, O LORD, among the heathen, and I will sing praises unto thy name.
- 1 Chronicles 16:9Sing unto him, sing psalms unto him, talk ye of all his wondrous works.
- Psalms 7:17I will praise the LORD according to his righteousness: and will sing praise to the name of the LORD most high.
- Psalms 9:2I will be glad and rejoice in thee: I will sing praise to thy name, O thou most High.
- Psalms 9:11Sing praises to the LORD, which dwelleth in Zion: declare among the people his doings.
- Psalms 18:49Therefore will I give thanks unto thee, O LORD, among the heathen, and sing praises unto thy name.
Hebrew dictionary
זָמַר zamar · to sing
1) to sing, sing praise, make music 1a) (Piel) 1a1) to make music, sing 1a2) to play a musical instrument Aramaic equivalent: ze.mar (זְמָר "music" H2170)
From STEPBible’s Hebrew lexicon (based on Brown-Driver-Briggs).
Webster's 1828 Dictionary
How the English word “sing” was understood when the King James Version was still the common Bible of English readers.
SING, verb intransitive
preterit tense sung, sang; participle passive sung.
- To utter sounds with various inflections of melodious modulations of voice, as fancy may dictate, or according to the notes of a song or tune The noise of them that sing do I hear Exodus 32:18
- To utter sweet or melodious sounds, as birds.
- To make a small shrill sound; as, the air sings in passing through a crevice.
- To tell or relate something in numbers of verse. sing of human hope by cross event destroy'd.
All definitions and other forms of “sing”
SING, verb transitive
- To utter with musical modulation of voice. Revelation 15:3“And they sing the song of Moses, the servant of God, and the song of the Lamb” Revelation 15:3
- To celebrate in song; to give praises to in verse.
- To relate or rehearse in numbers, verse or poetry.
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.