Quick Definition
to sing
Strong's Definition
to sing
Derivation: or (the original form) שׁוּר; (1 Samuel 18:6), a primitive root (rather identical with H7788 (שׁוּר) through the idea of strolling minstrelsy);
KJV Usage: behold (by mistake for H7789 (שׁוּר)), sing(-er, -ing man, -ing woman).
TWOT Reference: 2378
Outline of Biblical Usage
Septuagint (LXX) Greek Equivalents
This Hebrew word is translated by the following Greek words in the Septuagint:
STEPBible — Tyndale Abridged Hebrew Lexicon
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
UBS Dictionary of Biblical Hebrew
verb · שִׁיר · שִׁירָה
Sing | verb qal, verb pi, verb hof | ≈ ברךְ · הלל · זמר · רוע · שׂיח
to sing = action by which one utters words with a set or improvised tune, whether accompanied by musical instruments and dancing or not
EXO 15:1 · EXO 15:1 · EXO 15:21 · NUM 21:17 · JDG 5:1 · JDG 5:3 · 1SA 18:6 · 2SA 19:36 · 2SA 19:36 · 1KI 10:12 · 1CH 6:18 · 1CH 9:33 · 1CH 15:16 · 1CH 15:19 · 1CH 15:27 · 1CH 15:27 · 1CH 16:9 · 1CH 16:23 · 2CH 5:12 · 2CH 5:13 · 2CH 9:11 · 2CH 20:21 · 2CH 23:13 · 2CH 29:28 · 2CH 35:15 · 2CH 35:25 · 2CH 35:25 · EZR 2:41 · EZR 2:65 · EZR 2:65 · EZR 2:70 · EZR 7:7 · EZR 10:24 · NEH 7:1 · NEH 7:44 · NEH 7:67 · NEH 7:67 · NEH 7:72 · NEH 10:29 · NEH 10:40 · NEH 11:22 · NEH 11:23 · NEH 12:28 · NEH 12:29 · NEH 12:42 · NEH 12:45 · NEH 12:46 · NEH 12:47 · NEH 13:5 · NEH 13:10 · JOB 36:24 · PSA 7:1 · PSA 13:6 · PSA 21:14 · PSA 27:6 · PSA 33:3 · PSA 57:8 · PSA 59:17 · PSA 65:14 · PSA 68:5 · PSA 68:26 · PSA 68:33 · PSA 87:7 · PSA 89:2 · PSA 96:1 · PSA 96:1 · PSA 96:2 · PSA 98:1 · PSA 101:1 · PSA 104:33 · PSA 105:2 · PSA 106:12 · PSA 108:2 · PSA 137:3 · PSA 137:4 · PSA 138:5 · PSA 144:9 · PSA 149:1 · PRO 25:20 · ECC 2:8 · ECC 2:8 · ISA 5:1 · ISA 23:16 · ISA 26:1 · ISA 42:10 · JER 20:13 · EZK 40:44 · ZEP 2:14
1 1SA 18:6 MT-K לשׁור | MT-Q לָשִׁיר 2 EZK 40:44 MT HOTTP-D NJPS NRSV "singers" | LXX "δύο" RSV NIV NJB REB GNT CEV ESV "two" = שְׁתַיִם
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Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew Lexicon
[שִׁיר] 86 vb. sing (denom.) Qal 49 sing
Pō‛l. 36 sing
Hoph. be sung
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