Shir שִׁיר

Shir (Hebrew שִׁיר, Strong's H7892) is a Hebrew masculine noun meaning “song”. It occurs 59 times in 56 verses of the Old Testament.

Definition

H7892A: song

H7892B: song

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

Translated as

Topics

• Music

Verses

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

Genesis

• Genesis 31:27
  Wherefore didst thou flee away secretly, and steal away from me; and didst not tell me, that I might have sent thee away with mirth, and with songs, with tabret, and with harp?Why did you run away secretly and deceive me, without even telling me? I would have sent you away with joy and singing, with tambourines and harps.

Exodus

• Exodus 15:1
  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.Then Moses and the Israelites sang this song to the LORD: “I will sing to the LORD, for He is highly exalted. The horse and rider He has thrown into the sea.

Numbers

• Numbers 21:17
  Then Israel sang this song, Spring up, O well; sing ye unto it:Then Israel sang this song: “Spring up, O well, all of you sing to it!

Deuteronomy

• Deuteronomy 31:19
  Now therefore write ye this song for you, and teach it the children of Israel: put it in their mouths, that this song may be a witness for me against the children of Israel.Now therefore, write down for yourselves this song and teach it to the Israelites; have them recite it, so that it may be a witness for Me against them.
• Deuteronomy 31:21
  And it shall come to pass, when many evils and troubles are befallen them, that this song shall testify against them as a witness; for it shall not be forgotten out of the mouths of their seed: for I know their imagination which they go about, even now, before I have brought them into the land which I sware.And when many troubles and afflictions have come upon them, this song will testify against them, because it will not be forgotten from the lips of their descendants. For I know their inclination, even before I bring them into the land that I swore to give them.”
• Deuteronomy 31:22
  Moses therefore wrote this song the same day, and taught it the children of Israel.So that very day Moses wrote down this song and taught it to the Israelites.
• Deuteronomy 31:30
  And Moses spake in the ears of all the congregation of Israel the words of this song, until they were ended.Then Moses recited aloud to the whole assembly of Israel the words of this song from beginning to end:
• Deuteronomy 32:44
  And Moses came and spake all the words of this song in the ears of the people, he, and Hoshea the son of Nun.Then Moses came with Joshua son of Nun and recited all the words of this song in the hearing of the people.

Judges

• Judges 5:12
  Awake, awake, Deborah: awake, awake, utter a song: arise, Barak, and lead thy captivity captive, thou son of Abinoam.‘Awake, awake, O Deborah! Awake, awake, sing a song! Arise, O Barak, and take hold of your captives, O son of Abinoam!’

2 Samuel

• 2 Samuel 22:1
  And David spake unto the Lord the words of this song in the day that the Lord had delivered him out of the hand of all his enemies, and out of the hand of Saul:And David sang this song to the LORD on the day the LORD had delivered him from the hand of all his enemies and from the hand of Saul.

1 Kings

• 1 Kings 4:32
  And he spake three thousand proverbs: and his songs were a thousand and five.Solomon composed three thousand proverbs, and his songs numbered a thousand and five.

1 Chronicles

• 1 Chronicles 6:31
  And these are they whom David set over the service of song in the house of the Lord, after that the ark had rest.These are the men David put in charge of the music in the house of the LORD after the ark rested there.
• 1 Chronicles 6:32
  And they ministered before the dwelling place of the tabernacle of the congregation with singing, until Solomon had built the house of the Lord in Jerusalem: and then they waited on their office according to their order.They ministered with song before the tabernacle, the Tent of Meeting, until Solomon built the house of the LORD in Jerusalem. And they performed their duties according to the regulations given them.
• 1 Chronicles 13:8
  And David and all Israel played before God with all their might, and with singing, and with harps, and with psalteries, and with timbrels, and with cymbals, and with trumpets.David and all the Israelites were celebrating before God with all their might, with songs and on harps and lyres, with tambourines, cymbals, and trumpets.
• 1 Chronicles 15:16
  And David spake to the chief of the Levites to appoint their brethren to be the singers with instruments of musick, psalteries and harps and cymbals, sounding, by lifting up the voice with joy.David also told the leaders of the Levites to appoint their relatives as singers to lift up their voices with joy, accompanied by musical instruments—harps, lyres, and cymbals.
• 1 Chronicles 16:42
  And with them Heman and Jeduthun with trumpets and cymbals for those that should make a sound, and with musical instruments of God. And the sons of Jeduthun were porters.Heman and Jeduthun had with them trumpets and cymbals for the music and instruments for the songs of God. And the sons of Jeduthun were stationed at the gate.
• 1 Chronicles 25:6
  All these were under the hands of their father for song in the house of the Lord, with cymbals, psalteries, and harps, for the service of the house of God, according to the king’s order to Asaph, Jeduthun, and Heman.All these were under the direction of their fathers for the music of the house of the LORD with cymbals, harps, and lyres, for the service of the house of God. Asaph, Jeduthun, and Heman were under the direction of the king.
• 1 Chronicles 25:7
  So the number of them, with their brethren that were instructed in the songs of the Lord, even all that were cunning, was two hundred fourscore and eight.Together with their relatives, who were all trained and skillful in the songs of the LORD, they numbered 288.

2 Chronicles

• 2 Chronicles 5:13
  It came even to pass, as the trumpeters and singers were as one, to make one sound to be heard in praising and thanking the Lord; and when they lifted up their voice with the trumpets and cymbals and instruments of musick, and praised the Lord, saying, For he is good; for his mercy endureth for ever: that then the house was filled with a cloud, even the house of the Lord;The trumpeters and singers joined together to praise and thank the LORD with one voice. They lifted up their voices, accompanied by trumpets, cymbals, and musical instruments, in praise to the LORD: “For He is good; His loving devotion endures forever.” And the temple, the house of the LORD, was filled with a cloud
• 2 Chronicles 7:6
  And the priests waited on their offices: the Levites also with instruments of musick of the Lord, which David the king had made to praise the Lord, because his mercy endureth for ever, when David praised by their ministry; and the priests sounded trumpets before them, and all Israel stood.The priests stood at their posts, as did the Levites with the musical instruments of the LORD, which King David had made for giving thanks to the LORD and with which David had offered praise, saying, “For His loving devotion endures forever.” Across from the Levites, the priests sounded trumpets, and all the Israelites were standing.
• 2 Chronicles 23:13
  And she looked, and, behold, the king stood at his pillar at the entering in, and the princes and the trumpets by the king: and all the people of the land rejoiced, and sounded with trumpets, also the singers with instruments of musick, and such as taught to sing praise. Then Athaliah rent her clothes, and said, Treason, Treason.And she looked out and saw the king standing by his pillar at the entrance. The officers and trumpeters were beside the king, and all the people of the land were rejoicing and blowing trumpets, while the singers with musical instruments were leading the praises. Then Athaliah tore her clothes and screamed, “Treason, treason!”
• 2 Chronicles 23:18
  Also Jehoiada appointed the offices of the house of the Lord by the hand of the priests the Levites, whom David had distributed in the house of the Lord, to offer the burnt offerings of the Lord, as it is written in the law of Moses, with rejoicing and with singing, as it was ordained by David.Moreover, Jehoiada put the oversight of the house of the LORD into the hands of the Levitical priests, whom David had appointed over the house of the LORD, to offer burnt offerings to the LORD as is written in the Law of Moses, with rejoicing and song, as ordained by David.
• 2 Chronicles 29:27
  And Hezekiah commanded to offer the burnt offering upon the altar. And when the burnt offering began, the song of the Lord began also with the trumpets, and with the instruments ordained by David king of Israel.And Hezekiah ordered that the burnt offering be sacrificed on the altar. When the burnt offering began, the song of the LORD and the trumpets began as well, accompanied by the instruments of David king of Israel.
• 2 Chronicles 29:28
  And all the congregation worshipped, and the singers sang, and the trumpeters sounded: and all this continued until the burnt offering was finished.The whole assembly was worshiping, the singers were singing, and the trumpeters were playing. All this continued until the burnt offering was completed.
• 2 Chronicles 34:12
  And the men did the work faithfully: and the overseers of them were Jahath and Obadiah, the Levites, of the sons of Merari; and Zechariah and Meshullam, of the sons of the Kohathites, to set it forward; and other of the Levites, all that could skill of instruments of musick.And the men did the work faithfully. The Levites overseeing them were Jahath and Obadiah, descendants of Merari, and Zechariah and Meshullam, descendants of Kohath. Other Levites, all skilled with musical instruments,

Nehemiah

• Nehemiah 12:27
  And at the dedication of the wall of Jerusalem they sought the Levites out of all their places, to bring them to Jerusalem, to keep the dedication with gladness, both with thanksgivings, and with singing, with cymbals, psalteries, and with harps.At the dedication of the wall of Jerusalem, the Levites were sought out from all their homes and brought to Jerusalem to celebrate the joyous dedication with thanksgiving and singing, accompanied by cymbals, harps, and lyres.
• Nehemiah 12:36
  And his brethren, Shemaiah, and Azarael, Milalai, Gilalai, Maai, Nethaneel, and Judah, Hanani, with the musical instruments of David the man of God, and Ezra the scribe before them.and his associates—Shemaiah, Azarel, Milalai, Gilalai, Maai, Nethanel, Judah, and Hanani—with the musical instruments prescribed by David the man of God. Ezra the scribe led the procession.
• Nehemiah 12:46
  For in the days of David and Asaph of old there were chief of the singers, and songs of praise and thanksgiving unto God.For long ago, in the days of David and Asaph, there were directors for the singers and for the songs of praise and thanksgiving to God.

Psalms

• Psalm 28:7
  The LORD is my strength and my shield; my heart trusted in him, and I am helped: therefore my heart greatly rejoiceth; and with my song will I praise him.The LORD is my strength and my shield; my heart trusts in Him, and I am helped. Therefore my heart rejoices, and I give thanks to Him with my song.
• Psalm 33:3
  Sing unto him a new song; play skilfully with a loud noise.Sing to Him a new song; play skillfully with a shout of joy.
• Psalm 40:3
  And he hath put a new song in my mouth, even praise unto our God: many shall see it, and fear, and shall trust in the LORD.He put a new song in my mouth, a hymn of praise to our God. Many will see and fear and put their trust in the LORD.
• Psalm 42:8
  Yet the LORD will command his lovingkindness in the daytime, and in the night his song shall be with me, and my prayer unto the God of my life.The LORD decrees His loving devotion by day, and at night His song is with me as a prayer to the God of my life.
• Psalm 69:30
  I will praise the name of God with a song, and will magnify him with thanksgiving.I will praise God’s name in song and exalt Him with thanksgiving.
• Psalm 96:1
  O sing unto the LORD a new song: sing unto the LORD, all the earth.Sing to the LORD a new song; sing to the LORD, all the earth.
• Psalm 98:1
  O sing unto the LORD a new song; for he hath done marvellous things: his right hand, and his holy arm, hath gotten him the victory.Sing to the LORD a new song, for He has done wonders; His right hand and holy arm have gained Him the victory.
• Psalm 137:3
  For there they that carried us away captive required of us a song; and they that wasted us required of us mirth, saying, Sing us one of the songs of Zion.for there our captors requested a song; our tormentors demanded songs of joy: “Sing us a song of Zion.”
• Psalm 137:4
  How shall we sing the LORD’s song in a strange land?How can we sing a song of the LORD in a foreign land?
• Psalm 144:9
  I will sing a new song unto thee, O God: upon a psaltery and an instrument of ten strings will I sing praises unto thee.I will sing to You a new song, O God; on a harp of ten strings I will make music to You—
• Psalm 149:1
  Praise ye the LORD. Sing unto the LORD a new song, and his praise in the congregation of saints.Hallelujah! Sing to the LORD a new song— His praise in the assembly of the godly.

Proverbs

• Proverbs 25:20
  As he that taketh away a garment in cold weather, and as vinegar upon nitre, so is he that singeth songs to an heavy heart.Like one who removes a garment on a cold day or vinegar poured on a wound is one who sings songs to a heavy heart.

Ecclesiastes

• Ecclesiastes 7:5
  It is better to hear the rebuke of the wise, than for a man to hear the song of fools.It is better to heed a wise man’s rebuke than to listen to the song of fools.
• Ecclesiastes 12:4
  And the doors shall be shut in the streets, when the sound of the grinding is low, and he shall rise up at the voice of the bird, and all the daughters of musick shall be brought low;when the doors to the street are shut and the sound of the mill fades away, when one rises at the sound of a bird and all the daughters of song grow faint,

Song of Solomon

• Song of Solomon 1:1
  The song of songs, which is Solomon’s.This is Solomon’s Song of Songs.

Isaiah

• Isaiah 5:1
  Now will I sing to my wellbeloved a song of my beloved touching his vineyard. My wellbeloved hath a vineyard in a very fruitful hill:I will sing for my beloved a song of his vineyard: My beloved had a vineyard on a very fertile hill.
• Isaiah 23:15
  And it shall come to pass in that day, that Tyre shall be forgotten seventy years, according to the days of one king: after the end of seventy years shall Tyre sing as an harlot.At that time Tyre will be forgotten for seventy years—the span of a king’s life. But at the end of seventy years, it will happen to Tyre as in the song of the harlot:
• Isaiah 23:16
  Take an harp, go about the city, thou harlot that hast been forgotten; make sweet melody, sing many songs, that thou mayest be remembered.“Take up your harp, stroll through the city, O forgotten harlot. Make sweet melody, sing many a song, so you will be remembered.”
• Isaiah 24:9
  They shall not drink wine with a song; strong drink shall be bitter to them that drink it.They no longer sing and drink wine; strong drink is bitter to those who consume it.
• Isaiah 26:1
  In that day shall this song be sung in the land of Judah; We have a strong city; salvation will God appoint for walls and bulwarks.In that day this song will be sung in the land of Judah: We have a strong city; salvation is established as its walls and ramparts.
• Isaiah 30:29
  Ye shall have a song, as in the night when a holy solemnity is kept; and gladness of heart, as when one goeth with a pipe to come into the mountain of the Lord, to the mighty One of Israel.You will sing as on the night of a holy festival, and your heart will rejoice like one who walks to the music of a flute, going up to the mountain of the LORD, to the Rock of Israel.
• Isaiah 42:10
  Sing unto the Lord a new song, and his praise from the end of the earth, ye that go down to the sea, and all that is therein; the isles, and the inhabitants thereof.Sing to the LORD a new song— His praise from the ends of the earth— you who go down to the sea, and all that is in it, you islands, and all who dwell in them.

Ezekiel

• Ezekiel 26:13
  And I will cause the noise of thy songs to cease; and the sound of thy harps shall be no more heard.So I will silence the sound of your songs, and the music of your lyres will no longer be heard.
• Ezekiel 33:32
  And, lo, thou art unto them as a very lovely song of one that hath a pleasant voice, and can play well on an instrument: for they hear thy words, but they do them not.Indeed, you are to them like a singer of love songs with a beautiful voice, who skillfully plays an instrument. They hear your words but do not put them into practice.

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.
• Amos 6:5
  That chant to the sound of the viol, and invent to themselves instruments of musick, like David;You improvise songs on the harp like David and invent your own musical instruments.
• Amos 8:3
  And the songs of the temple shall be howlings in that day, saith the Lord God: there shall be many dead bodies in every place; they shall cast them forth with silence.“In that day,” declares the Lord GOD, “the songs of the temple will turn to wailing. Many will be the corpses, strewn in silence everywhere!”
• Amos 8:10
  And I will turn your feasts into mourning, and all your songs into lamentation; and I will bring up sackcloth upon all loins, and baldness upon every head; and I will make it as the mourning of an only son, and the end thereof as a bitter day.I will turn your feasts into mourning and all your songs into lamentation. I will cause everyone to wear sackcloth and every head to be shaved. I will make it like a time of mourning for an only son, and its outcome like a bitter day.

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).