Strong’s H7891 · Hebrew
שִׁיר
shîyr
sheer
Definition
to sing
Etymology
or (the original form) שׁוּר; (1 Samuel 18:6), a primitive root (rather identical with H7788 (שׁוּר) through the idea of strolling minstrelsy);
Word family
How the KJV renders it
- behold (by mistake for H7789 (שׁוּר))
- sing(-er
- -ing man
- -ing woman)
Every distinct English word the King James Version uses to translate this Hebrew term. The variety shows what readers in English receive across many different surface words — the same underlying word, scattered across the English Bible under different names.