To sing
שִׁירStrong’s H7891shir
Appears in 79 verses of the Old Testament
In short
Shir is the Hebrew word usually translated “sing”, “singers” and “female singers”. It appears in 79 verses of the Old Testament.
“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.”
Meaning
- To sing(Qal) · (Polel) · (Hophal) to be sung
How it's translated
- sing 15
- the singers 15
- and the singers 12
- i will sing 11
- and female singers 4
- singers 3
- male singers 3
- he sang 2
Word-by-word English from the STEPBible tagged text.
Where it's used most
- Psalms 26
- Nehemiah 16
- 2 Chronicles 8
- 1 Chronicles 7
- Ezra 5
- Isaiah 3
18 books in all.
Explore in Scripture
- Exodus 15:21And 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 21:17Then Israel sang this song, Spring up, O well; sing ye unto it:
- Judges 5:1Then sang Deborah and Barak the son of Abinoam on that day, saying,
- Judges 5:3Hear, 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 18:6And 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 19:35I 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?
All 79 verses, by book
Hebrew dictionary
שִׁיר shir · to sing
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
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.