Strong's Lexicon

H2158

H2158 — זָמִיר זָמִר זְמִרָה

Hebrew / Aramaic entry for Bible study and original-language reference.

Hebrewzamiyrnoun mascOccurrences: 7TWOT: 358b

Definition / Gloss

Strong's Number:	H2158
Word:	זָמִיר זָמִר זְמִרָה
Part of Speech:	noun masc
Etymology:	from H2167
Language:	Hebrew
Occurrences:	7
Transliteration:	zamiyr
Phonetic Spelling/Pronunciation:	zaw-meer' (or zamir {zaw-meer'} and (feminine) zmirah {zem-ee-raw'};) n-m.
Meaning:	1. a song to be accompanied with instrumental music
KJV Renderings:	psalm(-ist), singing, song.

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Brown-Driver-Briggs Enhanced

BDB2389

I. [זָמִיר] noun masculine^{Isa 25:5} song (compare Ba^{NB 136}) — construct זְמִיר Isa 25:5 plural absolute זְמִרוֺת Job 35:10 + 2 t., זְמִרֹת Isa 24:16 construct זְמִרוֺת 2Sam 23:1 — song נְעִים זְמִרוֺת ישׂראל 2Sam 23:1 in epithet of David; Job 35:10; Isa 24:16 of (hostile) song of triumph זְמִיר עָרִיצִים Isa 25:5 (|| שְׁאוֺן זָרִים); song in praise of ׳ י בִּזְמִרוֺת נָרִיעָה לוֺ Ps 95:2 (|| תודה), compare היו לי חֻקֶּיךָ ׳ ז Ps 119:54, i.e. they are the subject of my song. — On Song 2:12 see II. זמיר below II. זמר.

Other Resources

Theological Wordbook of the Old Testament
R. Laird Harris, Gleason L. Archer, and Bruce K. Waltke

Englishman's Hebrew Concordance

זמיר (h-meer’)

Song of Songs 2:12

KJV: The flowers appear on the earth; the time of the singing of birds is come, and the voice of the turtle is heard in our land;

EHCC: the time of the singing (of birds) is come,

Job 35:10

KJV: But none saith, Where is God my maker, who giveth songs in the night;

EHCC: who giveth pas in the ihe

Psalms 95:2

KJV: Let us come before his presence with thanksgiving, and make a joyful noise unto him with psalms.come…: Heb. prevent his face

EHCC: make a joyful noise unto him with psalas.

Psalms 119:54

KJV: Thy statutes have been my songs in the house of my pilgrimage.

EHCC: Thy statutes have been my songs

Isaiah 24:16

KJV: From the uttermost part of the earth have we heard songs, even glory to the righteous. But I said, My leanness, my leanness, woe unto me! the treacherous dealers have dealt treacherously; yea, the treacherous dealers have dealt very treacherously.uttermost…: Heb. wingMy leanness: Heb. Leanness to me, or, My secret to me

EHCC: of the earth have we heard somgn,

Isaiah 25:5

KJV: Thou shalt bring down the noise of strangers, as the heat in a dry place; even the heat with the shadow of a cloud: the branch of the terrible ones shall be brought low.

EHCC: the branch of the terrible ones