שִׁיר
shîyr · sheer
a song; abstractly, singing
Lexicon
Derivation: or feminine שִׁירָה; from H7891 (שִׁיר);
a song; abstractly, singing
- a song
- abstractly, singing
Definition from Strong's Exhaustive Concordance (1890). Wording is Strong's own, including his etymological notes, which are not separate meanings.
KJV renderings: musical(-ick), [idiom] sing(-er, -ing), song.
Letters
- שShin300
Picture: two front teeth (or a composite bow)
- Concrete
- teeth · sharp · press · bow
- Extended
- to consume · to destroy · to press or grind · to change · again
- יYod10
Picture: arm and closed hand
- Concrete
- hand · arm · work
- Extended
- a deed · to make · to work · to throw or worship
- רResh200
Picture: a human head
- Concrete
- head · face · person
- Extended
- first · top · beginning · chief · the highest
Possible cultural reading (auto-composed)
to consume, to destroy › the hand that works › the head, the highest
To consume, to destroy of the hand that works of the head, the highest.
Interpretive, not lexical. The dictionary sense of שִׁיר above is the attested meaning; this pictographic reading is a tradition about how the sign-shapes may have been heard. Both can be held at once, they are answering different questions.
Usage
90 occurrences · 90 OT · 0 NT · 45 distinct forms
KJV renderings of this word, by how often each one is used.
- a song24 · 30%
- song9 · 11%
- of musick7 · 9%
- or song6 · 8%
- of this song4 · 5%
- this song3 · 4%
- and with singing3 · 4%
- the song3 · 4%
- and song2 · 3%
- with a song2 · 3%
- songs2 · 3%
- of thy songs2 · 3%
- and with songs1 · 1%
- ye this song1 · 1%
- that this song1 · 1%
- them, that this song1 · 1%
- and his songs1 · 1%
- of song1 · 1%
- with singing1 · 1%
- and with musical1 · 1%
- for song1 · 1%
- in the songs1 · 1%
- and the singers1 · 1%
- with the musical1 · 1%
- and songs1 · 1%
Where it is used, by book.
Inflected forms found in the text.
Counts are computed from the tagged Hebrew and Greek text aligned to the King James Version, not from an estimate.