Strong’s H2172 · Hebrew
זִמְרָה
zimrâh · zim-raw'
Origin from זָמַר (H2167);
Meaning a musical piece or song to be accompanied by an instrument
In the King James Version melody, psalm.
In 4 verses of the King James Version
- Psalms 81:2Take a psalm, and bring hither the timbrel, the pleasant harp with the psaltery.
- Psalms 98:5Sing unto the LORD with the harp; with the harp, and the voice of a psalm.
- Isaiah 51:3For the LORD shall comfort Zion: he will comfort all her waste places; and he will make her wilderness like Eden, and her desert like the garden of the LORD; joy and gladness shall be found therein, thanksgiving, and the voice of melody.
- Amos 5:23Take thou away from me the noise of thy songs; for I will not hear the melody of thy viols.
From James Strong’s Exhaustive Concordance of the Bible (1890): its Greek dictionary in the edition of Ulrik Petersen, its Hebrew and Chaldee dictionary in that of David Troidl and David Instone-Brewer; the King James words numbered as in the edition the site sets the King James Version from. Public domain.