7891 – שִׁיר (shir)

to sing

Type:	Verb Verb   Rootword
Category:	Music  Song
Hebrew:	שִׁיר (shir)
Pronunciation:	shir    Listen
Gematria:	510(300 + 10 + 200)    words with the same gematria
Origin:	or (the original form) שׁוּר (1 Samuel 18:6), a primitive root (rather identical with H7788 (שׁוּר) through the idea of strolling minstrelsy)
Usage:	87 times in OT

Description

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

Synonyms

שִׁיר	shir		H7891	(87 ggr)	to sing
זָמַר	zamar		H2167	(45 ggr)	to sing
רָנַן	ranan		H7442b	(54 ggr)	to sing

*The bars show how many times the word is used in the Old Testament.

Word root

Word with shir as root:

אֲחִישָׁר	Achishar	H0301	Ahishar
שִׁיר	shir	H7892a	song

Equivalent Greek words

In the greek translation Septuagint (LXX) the Hebrew word shir was translated to the following:

ᾄδω	ado	G0103	sing
αἰνέω	aineo	G0134	praise
ἄρχω	archo	G0757	rule over
ἄρχων	archon	G0758	ruler
θέλημα	thelema	G2307	will
φωνέω	phoneo	G5455	call

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