Hebrew word study

שִׁירshîyr — to sing

Pronounced “sheer”

to sing

Translated in the King James as: behold (by mistake for H7789 (שׁוּר)), sing(-er, -ing man, -ing woman).

Appears 86 times in Scripture

Origin: or (the original form) שׁוּר; (1 Samuel 18:6), a primitive root (rather identical with H7788 (שׁוּר) through the idea of strolling minstrelsy);

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Where it appears

Exodus — 3×

Exodus 15:1 Exodus 15:21+ 1 more in Exodus

Numbers — 1×

Numbers 21:17

Judges — 2×

Judges 5:1 Judges 5:3

1 Samuel — 1×

1 Sam 18:6

2 Samuel — 2×

2 Sam 19:35+ 1 more in 2 Samuel

1 Kings — 1×

1 Ki 10:12

1 Chronicles — 8×

1 Chr 6:33 1 Chr 9:33 1 Chr 15:16 1 Chr 15:19 1 Chr 15:27 1 Chr 16:9 1 Chr 16:23+ 1 more in 1 Chronicles

2 Chronicles — 9×

2 Chr 5:12 2 Chr 5:13 2 Chr 9:11 2 Chr 20:21 2 Chr 23:13 2 Chr 29:28 2 Chr 35:15 2 Chr 35:25+ 1 more in 2 Chronicles

Ezra — 6×

Ezra 2:41 Ezra 2:65 Ezra 2:70 Ezra 7:7 Ezra 10:24+ 1 more in Ezra

Nehemiah — 17×

Nehemiah 7:1 Nehemiah 7:44 Nehemiah 7:67 Nehemiah 7:73 Nehemiah 10:28 Nehemiah 10:39 Nehemiah 11:22 Nehemiah 11:23 Nehemiah 12:28 Nehemiah 12:29 Nehemiah 12:42 Nehemiah 12:45 Nehemiah 12:46 Nehemiah 12:47 Nehemiah 13:5 Nehemiah 13:10+ 1 more in Nehemiah

Job — 1×

Job 36:24

Psalms — 27×

Psalms 7:1 Psalms 13:6 Psalms 21:13 Psalms 27:6 Psalms 33:3 Psalms 57:7 Psalms 59:16 Psalms 65:13 Psalms 68:4 Psalms 68:25 Psalms 68:32 Psalms 87:7 Psalms 89:1 Psalms 96:1 Psalms 96:2 Psalms 98:1 Psalms 101:1 Psalms 104:33 Psalms 105:2 Psalms 106:12 Psalms 108:1 Psalms 137:3 Psalms 137:4 Psalms 138:5 Psalms 144:9+ 2 more in Psalms

Proverbs — 1×

Proverbs 25:20

Ecclesiastes — 2×

Eccles 2:8+ 1 more in Ecclesiastes

Isaiah — 3×

Isaiah 5:1 Isaiah 26:1 Isaiah 42:10

Jeremiah — 1×

Jeremiah 20:13

Zephaniah — 1×

Zeph 2:14

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