Zimrah זִמְרָה

Zimrah (Hebrew זִמְרָה, Strong's H2172) is a Hebrew feminine noun meaning “melody”. It occurs 4 times in 4 verses of the Old Testament.

Definition

From the STEPBible Brief Lexicon of Hebrew (based on the abridged Brown-Driver-Briggs), STEPBible.org, CC BY 4.0.

Translated as

Verses

Every verse with Zimrah, with the English words that translate it highlighted (KJV or BSB; other translations show the KJV here).

Psalms

• Psalm 81:2
  Take a psalm, and bring hither the timbrel, the pleasant harp with the psaltery.Lift up a song, strike the tambourine, play the sweet-sounding harp and lyre.
• Psalm 98:5
  Sing unto the LORD with the harp; with the harp, and the voice of a psalm.Sing praises to the LORD with the lyre, in melodious song with the harp.

Isaiah

• Isaiah 51:3
  For the Lord shall comfort Zion: he will comfort all her waste places; and he will make her wilderness like Eden, and her desert like the garden of the Lord; joy and gladness shall be found therein, thanksgiving, and the voice of melody.For the LORD will comfort Zion and will look with compassion on all her ruins; He will make her wilderness like Eden and her desert like the garden of the LORD. Joy and gladness will be found in her, thanksgiving and melodious song.

Amos

• Amos 5:23
  Take thou away from me the noise of thy songs; for I will not hear the melody of thy viols.Take away from Me the noise of your songs! I will not listen to the music of your harps.

Notes

1. Definition and verse list from STEPBible's tagged Hebrew Old Testament (TAHOT) and Greek New Testament (TAGNT) and Brief Lexicons, STEPBible.org, CC BY 4.0.
2. English renderings from the public-domain KJV with Strong's numbers (eBible.org) and the Berean Standard Bible interlinear (public domain).