1 Kings 10:12
And the king made of the almug trees pillars for the house of the LORD, and for the king's house, harps also and psalteries for singers: there came no such almug trees, nor were seen unto this day.
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Singers
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Ezekiel 40:44
And without the inner gate were the chambers of the singers in the inner court, which was at the side of the north gate; and their prospect was toward the south: one at the side of the east gate having the prospect toward the north.
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שִׁיר
shîyr · sheer
36 times translated as this KJV form86 total Strong's occurrences
to sing
Strong's KJV usage: behold (by mistake for 7789), sing(-er, -ing man, -ing woman).
Strong's first: 1 Kings 10:12Strong's last: Ezekiel 40:44
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zammâr · zam-mawr'
1 times translated as this KJV form1 total Strong's occurrences
an instrumental musician
Strong's KJV usage: singer.
Strong's first: Ezra 7:24Strong's last: Ezra 7:24
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shîyr · sheer
1 times translated as this KJV form58 total Strong's occurrences
a song; abstractly, singing
Strong's KJV usage: musical(-ick), × sing(-er, -ing), song.
Strong's first: 2 Chronicles 29:28Strong's last: 2 Chronicles 29:28
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H7891
And the sons of the singers gathered themselves together, both out of the plain country round about Jerusalem, and from the villages of Netophathi;
H7891
Also from the house of Gilgal, and out of the fields of Geba and Azmaveth: for the singers had builded them villages round about Jerusalem.
H7891
And Maaseiah, and Shemaiah, and Eleazar, and Uzzi, and Jehohanan, and Malchijah, and Elam, and Ezer. And the singers sang loud, with Jezrahiah their overseer.
H7891
And both the singers and the porters kept the ward of their God, and the ward of the purification, according to the commandment of David, and of Solomon his son.
H7891
For in the days of David and Asaph of old there were chief of the singers, and songs of praise and thanksgiving unto God.
H7891
And all Israel in the days of Zerubbabel, and in the days of Nehemiah, gave the portions of the singers and the porters, every day his portion: and they sanctified holy things unto the Levites; and the Levites sanctified them unto the children of Aaron.
H7891
And he had prepared for him a great chamber, where aforetime they laid the meat offerings, the frankincense, and the vessels, and the tithes of the corn, the new wine, and the oil, which was commanded to be given to the Levites, and the singers, and the porters; and the offerings of the priests.
H7891
And I perceived that the portions of the Levites had not been given them: for the Levites and the singers, that did the work, were fled every one to his field.
H7891
The singers went before, the players on instruments followed after; among them were the damsels playing with timbrels.
H7891
As well the singers as the players on instruments shall be there: all my springs are in thee.
H7891
I gathered me also silver and gold, and the peculiar treasure of kings and of the provinces: I gat me men singers and women singers, and the delights of the sons of men, as musical instruments, and that of all sorts.
H7891
I gathered me also silver and gold, and the peculiar treasure of kings and of the provinces: I gat me men singers and women singers, and the delights of the sons of men, as musical instruments, and that of all sorts.
H7891
And without the inner gate were the chambers of the singers in the inner court, which was at the side of the north gate; and their prospect was toward the south: one at the side of the east gate having the prospect toward the north.
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singer
SING'ER, noun [from sing.]
1. One that sings.
2. One versed in music, or one whose occupation is to sing; as a chorus of singers.
3. A bird that sings.
Noah Webster, An American Dictionary of the English Language (1828). A conservative base-form lookup may be used when the exact inflected KJV form is not a Webster headword.
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