What does שִׁיר · ᾠδή mean in the Bible?
שִׁיר · ᾠδή is a Hebrew phrase meaning "song or musical expression of joy".
Hebrew · H7892, G5603
שִׁיר
A song ; abstractly, singing · song
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שִׁיר H7892 a song ; abstractly, singing
ᾠδή G5603 song
Pronunciation ōidḗ
Song of praise directed toward God or Christ, never secular or merely artistic expression in NT use.
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What does שִׁיר (shir) mean in the Bible?
שִׁיר · ᾠδή is a Hebrew phrase meaning "song or musical expression of joy".
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How many biblical occurrences are listed for H7892, G5603?
H7892, G5603 is connected to 91 lexical occurrence verses in the lexicon data.
Evidence Summary
Hebrew phrase. song or musical expression of joy
Strong's H7892, G5603
Lexical occurrences 91 verses Source Gloss
song or musical expression of joy
Grammatical Forms
How this word appears across different grammatical cases and numbers.
Word Origins
שִׁיר is built from this root:
Sources
MorphGNT Strong's Dictionary XML — CC0 1.0 Public Domain
Open Scriptures Hebrew Bible (morphhb/OSHB) — CC BY 4.0
Open Scriptures Hebrew Lexicon — CC BY 4.0
Berean Standard Bible (BSB) source-word alignment - CC0 Public Domain