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.