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Singers
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In the biblical context, singers hold a significant role in the worship and cultural life of the Israelites. Their contributions are evident throughout the Old and New Testaments, where music and song are integral to religious ceremonies, celebrations, and expressions of faith.

Old Testament

The role of singers is prominently featured in the Old Testament, particularly in the context of temple worship. King David, known for his musical talent, organized the Levitical singers as part of the temple service. In1 Chronicles 15:16, David instructs the leaders of the Levites to appoint their brethren as singers, "accompanied by musical instruments—harps, lyres, and cymbals—to raise sounds of joy." This organization of singers was a crucial aspect of the worship practices in the tabernacle and later in the temple built by Solomon.

The book of Psalms, often referred to as the hymnbook of ancient Israel, contains numerous references to singing and music.Psalm 95:1 invites the faithful, "Come, let us sing for joy to the LORD; let us shout to the Rock of our salvation!" This highlights the importance of singing as an expression of worship and reverence for God.

Singers also played a vital role during significant events in Israel's history. For instance, after the Israelites crossed the Red Sea, Miriam, the prophetess and sister of Aaron, led the women in song and dance to celebrate God's deliverance (Exodus 15:20-21). Similarly, during the dedication of the wall of Jerusalem, Nehemiah organized two large choirs to give thanks, emphasizing the communal and celebratory nature of singing (Nehemiah 12:31-43).

New Testament

In the New Testament, singing continues to be an essential element of Christian worship. The early church incorporated hymns and spiritual songs into their gatherings.Ephesians 5:19 encourages believers to speak to one another "with psalms, hymns, and spiritual songs, singing and making music in your hearts to the Lord." This reflects the continuity of singing as a means of edification and worship within the Christian community.

The apostle Paul and Silas exemplify the power of singing inActs 16:25 , where, despite being imprisoned, they "were praying and singing hymns to God, and the other prisoners were listening to them." This account demonstrates the role of singing in maintaining faith and witnessing to others, even in challenging circumstances.

Cultural and Spiritual Significance

Singers in the Bible are not merely performers but are often seen as spiritual leaders who guide the congregation in worship. Their role is both functional and symbolic, representing the harmony and unity of God's people as they lift their voices in praise. Singing is portrayed as a divine gift that transcends mere human expression, serving as a conduit for spiritual connection and communal identity.

Throughout the biblical narrative, singing is associated with joy, thanksgiving, and the proclamation of God's mighty acts. It is a means of teaching and reinforcing theological truths, as seen in the structured and poetic nature of many biblical songs and hymns. The legacy of biblical singers continues to influence Christian worship practices today, underscoring the timeless and universal nature of music as a form of worship.
International Standard Bible Encyclopedia
SINGERS; SINGING

sing'-erz, sing'-ing: Singing seems to have become a regular profession at quite early date among the Hebrews. David had his troupe of "singing men and singing women" at Jerusalem (2 Samuel 19:35), and no doubt Solomon added to their numbers.Isaiah 23:16 suggests that it was not uncommon for foreign female minstrels of questionable character to be heard making "sweet melody," singing songs along the streets and highways of Judea. Nor was the worship of the temple left to the usually incompetent and inconstant leadership of amateur choristers. The elaborate regulations drawn up for the constitution of the temple orchestra and chorus are referred to under MUSIC (which see). It has been inferred fromEzra 2:65 that women were included among the temple singers, but this is erroneous, as the musicians there mentioned were of the class employed at banquets, festivals, etc. The temple choir consisted exclusively of Levites, one essential qualification of an active member of that order being a good voice.

Of the vocal method of the Hebrews we know nothing. Wellhausen imagines that he can detect one of the singers, in the portrayal of an Assyrian band, compressing his throat in order to produce a vibrato; and it is quite possible that in other respects as well as this, ancient and modern oriental vocalization resembled each other. But that is about all that can be said.

On the other hand, we cannot repeat too often that we are quite unable to identify any intervals, scales, or tunes as having been used in ancient Israel. Even those who hold that the early church took the Gregorian "tones" from the synagogue, confess that it was "certainly not without considerable modifications." And, of course, there was not the slightest affinity between the Hebrew and the Anglican chant.

SeeMUSIC;PRAISE; SONG; TEMPLE.

James Millar

Strong's Hebrew
7891. shir -- to sing
... 7890, 7891. shir. 7892 . to sing. Transliteration: shir Phonetic Spelling:
(sheer) Short Definition:singers. Word Origin denominative...

2171. zammar -- singer
... 2170, 2171. zammar. 2172 . singer. Transliteration: zammar Phonetic
Spelling: (zam-mawr') Short Definition:singers. Word Origin...

1960. huyyedoth -- songs of praise
... thanksgiving. From the same as heydad; properly, an acclaim, ie A choir ofsingers --
thanksgiving. see HEBREW heydad. 1959, 1960. huyyedoth. 1961 ....

7892a. shir -- song
... Word Origin of uncertain derivation Definition song NASB Word Usage music (3), musical
(3), sing (1),singers (1), singing (2), Song (1), song (20), Songs (1...

Library

ChristianSingers of Germany
ChristianSingers of Germany. <. ChristianSingers of Germany Catherine
Winkworth. Table of Contents. Title Page. PREFACE....

The Readers andSingers have no Right to Wear an Orarium...
... The readers andsingers have no right to wear an orarium? The readers andsingers
have no right to wear an orarium, and to read or sing thus [habited]....

The Master-Singers
ChristianSingers of Germany. <.... The Master-Singers. During the
remainder of this century and the next, the political...

The Minne-Singers
ChristianSingers of Germany. <.... The Minne-Singers. Several of
the great Latin hymns were also translated into German...

Since in Certain Provinces it is Permitted to the Readers and...
... Canon XIV. Since in certain provinces it is permitted to the readers andsingers
to marry?... Offic., ii., 11). (b) TheSingers are placed by the xliij^rd....

But in the List we Also Find the Greatest of the Knightly Minne...
ChristianSingers of Germany. <....

ChristianSingers of Germany
ChristianSingers of Germany. <.... Paul Gerhardt -- P.202. CHRISTIANSINGERS
OF GERMANY BY CATHERINE WINKWORTH. Portrait of Hans Sachs....

No Others Shall Sing in the Church, Save Only the Canonical...
... The Canons of the Blessed and Holy Fathers Assembled at Antioch in Syria. Canon
XV. No others shall sing in the Church, save only the canonicalsingers?...

Gregorian Church Music
ChristianSingers of Germany. <....

Walter Von Der Vogelweide
ChristianSingers of Germany. <....

Thesaurus
Singers (41 Occurrences)
... Int. Standard Bible EncyclopediaSINGERS; SINGING.... See MUSIC; PRAISE; SONG; TEMPLE.
James Millar. Multi-Version ConcordanceSingers (41 Occurrences)....

Men-singers (1 Occurrence)
Men-singers. Men-servants, Men-singers. Men-slayers . Multi-Version
Concordance Men-singers (1 Occurrence). Ecclesiastes...

Porters (34 Occurrences)
... 2 Chronicles 35:15 Thesingers the sons of Asaph were in their place, according
to the commandment of David, and Asaph, and Heman, and Jeduthun the king's seer...

Doorkeepers (37 Occurrences)
... 2 Chronicles 35:15 And thesingers, the sons of Asaph, were in their place, according
to the commandment of David, and Asaph, and Heman, and Jeduthun the...

Gatekeepers (38 Occurrences)
... 2 Chronicles 35:15 And thesingers the sons of Asaph were in their place, according
to the commandment of David, and Asaph, and Heman, and Jeduthun the king's...

Singing (65 Occurrences)
... Standard Bible Encyclopedia.SINGERS; SINGING. sing'-erz, sing'-ing: Singing seems
to have become a regular profession at quite early date among the Hebrews....

Asaph (47 Occurrences)
... of Asaph," mentioned in 1 Chronicles 25:1, 2 Chronicles 20:14, and Ezra 2:41, were
his descendants, or more probably a class of poets orsingers who recognized...

Nethinims (15 Occurrences)
... Ezra 2:70 So the priests, and the Levites, and some of the people, and thesingers,
and the porters, and the Nethinims, dwelt in their cities, and all Israel...

Lyres (21 Occurrences)
... 12 The king made of the almug trees pillars for the house of Yahweh, and for the
king's house, harps also and stringed instruments for thesingers: there came...

Lutes (16 Occurrences)
... (DBY). 1 Kings 10:12 And the king made of the sandal-wood a balustrade for the house
of Jehovah, and for the king's house, and harps and lutes for thesingers....

Resources
Why are the numbers in Ezra so different from those in Nehemiah? | GotQuestions.org

What does the Bible say about women music ministers / worship leaders? | GotQuestions.org

Who was the Asaph mentioned in the Book of Psalms? | GotQuestions.org

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Concordance
Singers (41 Occurrences)

Numbers 21:27
therefore those using similes say -- 'Enter ye Heshbon, Let the city of Sihon be built and ready,
(See RSV)

Judges 5:11
Far from the noise of archers, in the places of drawing water, there they will rehearse the righteous acts of Yahweh, Even the righteous acts of his rule in Israel. "Then the people of Yahweh went down to the gates.
(See NIV)

2 Samuel 19:35
A son of eighty years I 'am' to-day; do I know between good and evil? doth thy servant taste that which I am eating, and that which I drink? do I hearken any more to the voice ofsingers and songstresses? and why is thy servant any more for a burden unto my lord the king?
(YLT NIV)

1 Kings 10:12
The king made of the almug trees pillars for the house of Yahweh, and for the king's house, harps also and stringed instruments for thesingers: there came no such almug trees, nor were seen, to this day.
(WEB KJV JPS ASV DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV)

1 Chronicles 9:33
These are thesingers, heads of fathers' houses of the Levites, who lived in the chambers and were
(WEB KJV JPS ASV DBY WBS NAS RSV)

1 Chronicles 15:16
David spoke to the chief of the Levites to appoint their brothers thesingers, with instruments of music, stringed instruments and harps and cymbals, sounding aloud and lifting up the voice with joy.
(WEB KJV JPS ASV DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV NIV)

1 Chronicles 15:19
So thesingers, Heman, Asaph, and Ethan, were appointed with cymbals of brass to sound aloud;
(WEB KJV JPS ASV DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV)

1 Chronicles 15:27
David was clothed with a robe of fine linen, and all the Levites who bore the ark, and thesingers, and Chenaniah the master of the song with the singers: and David had on him an ephod of linen.
(WEB KJV JPS ASV DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV NIV)

2 Chronicles 5:12
also the Levites who were thesingers, all of them, even Asaph, Heman, Jeduthun, and their sons and their brothers, arrayed in fine linen, with cymbals and stringed instruments and harps, stood at the east end of the altar, and with them one hundred twenty priests sounding with trumpets;)
(WEB KJV JPS ASV DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV)

2 Chronicles 5:13
it happened, when the trumpeters andsingers were as one, to make one sound to be heard in praising and thanking Yahweh; and when they lifted up their voice with the trumpets and cymbals and instruments of music, and praised Yahweh, saying, For he is good; for his loving kindness endures forever; that then the house was filled with a cloud, even the house of Yahweh,
(WEB KJV JPS ASV DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV NIV)

2 Chronicles 9:11
The king made of the algum trees terraces for the house of Yahweh, and for the king's house, and harps and stringed instruments for thesingers: and there were none like these seen before in the land of Judah.
(WEB KJV JPS ASV DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV)

2 Chronicles 20:21
And when he had consulted with the people, he appointedsingers unto the LORD, and that should praise the beauty of holiness, as they went out before the army, and to say, Praise the LORD; for his mercy endureth for ever.
(KJV DBY WBS YLT)

2 Chronicles 29:28
All the assembly worshiped, and thesingers sang, and the trumpeters sounded; all this continued until the burnt offering was finished.
(WEB KJV JPS ASV DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV NIV)

2 Chronicles 35:15
Thesingers the sons of Asaph were in their place, according to the commandment of David, and Asaph, and Heman, and Jeduthun the king's seer; and the porters were at every gate: they didn't need to depart from their service; for their brothers the Levites prepared for them.
(WEB KJV JPS ASV DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV)

2 Chronicles 35:25
and Jeremiah lamenteth for Josiah, and all thesingers and the songstresses speak in their lamentations of Josiah unto this day, and set them for a statute on Israel, and lo, they are written beside the lamentations.
(YLT NAS NIV)

Ezra 2:41
Thesingers: the children of Asaph, one hundred twenty-eight.
(WEB KJV JPS ASV DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV NIV)

Ezra 2:65
apart from their servants and their handmaids; these 'are' seven thousand three hundred thirty and seven: and of them 'are'singers and songstresses two hundred.
(YLT RSV NIV)

Ezra 2:70
So the priests, and the Levites, and some of the people, and thesingers, and the porters, and the Nethinim, lived in their cities, and all Israel in their cities.
(WEB KJV JPS ASV DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV NIV)

Ezra 7:7
There went up some of the children of Israel, and of the priests, and the Levites, and thesingers, and the porters, and the Nethinim, to Jerusalem, in the seventh year of Artaxerxes the king.
(WEB KJV JPS ASV DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV NIV)

Ezra 7:24
Also we inform you, that touching any of the priests and Levites, thesingers, porters, Nethinim, or servants of this house of God, it shall not be lawful to impose tribute, custom, or toll, on them.
(WEB KJV JPS ASV DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV NIV)

Ezra 10:24
Of thesingers: Eliashib. Of the porters: Shallum, and Telem, and Uri.
(WEB KJV JPS ASV DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV NIV)

Nehemiah 7:1
Now it happened, when the wall was built, and I had set up the doors, and the porters and thesingers and the Levites were appointed,
(WEB KJV JPS ASV DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV NIV)

Nehemiah 7:44
Thesingers: the children of Asaph, one hundred forty-eight.
(WEB KJV JPS ASV DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV NIV)

Nehemiah 7:67
apart from their servants and their handmaids -- these 'are' seven thousand three hundred thirty and seven; and of them 'are'singers and songstresses, two hundred forty and five.
(YLT NAS RSV NIV)

Nehemiah 7:73
So the priests, and the Levites, and the porters, and thesingers, and some of the people, and the Nethinim, and all Israel, lived in their cities. When the seventh month was come, the children of Israel were in their cities.
(WEB KJV JPS ASV DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV NIV)

Nehemiah 10:28
The rest of the people, the priests, the Levites, the porters, thesingers, the Nethinim, and all those who had separated themselves from the peoples of the lands to the law of God, their wives, their sons, and their daughters, everyone who had knowledge, and understanding;
(WEB KJV JPS ASV DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV NIV)

Nehemiah 10:39
For the children of Israel and the children of Levi shall bring the wave offering of the grain, of the new wine, and of the oil, to the chambers, where are the vessels of the sanctuary, and the priests who minister, and the porters, and thesingers: and we will not forsake the house of our God.
(WEB KJV JPS ASV DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV NIV)

Nehemiah 11:22
The overseer also of the Levites at Jerusalem was Uzzi the son of Bani, the son of Hashabiah, the son of Mattaniah, the son of Mica, of the sons of Asaph, thesingers, over the business of the house of God.
(WEB KJV JPS ASV DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV NIV)

Nehemiah 11:23
For there was a commandment from the king concerning them, and a settled provision for thesingers, as every day required.
(WEB KJV JPS ASV DBY WBS YLT RSV NIV)

Nehemiah 12:28
The sons of thesingers gathered themselves together, both out of the plain around Jerusalem, and from the villages of the Netophathites;
(WEB KJV JPS ASV DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV NIV)

Nehemiah 12:29
also from Beth Gilgal, and out of the fields of Geba and Azmaveth: for thesingers had built them villages around Jerusalem.
(WEB KJV JPS ASV DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV NIV)

Nehemiah 12:42
and Maaseiah, and Shemaiah, and Eleazar, and Uzzi, and Jehohanan, and Malchijah, and Elam, and Ezer. Thesingers sang loud, with Jezrahiah their overseer.
(WEB KJV JPS ASV DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV)

Nehemiah 12:45
They performed the duty of their God, and the duty of the purification, and so did thesingers and the porters, according to the commandment of David, and of Solomon his son.
(WEB KJV JPS ASV DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV NIV)

Nehemiah 12:46
For in the days of David and Asaph of old there was a chief of thesingers, and songs of praise and thanksgiving to God.
(WEB KJV JPS ASV DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV NIV)

Nehemiah 12:47
All Israel in the days of Zerubbabel, and in the days of Nehemiah, gave the portions of thesingers and the porters, as every day required: and they set apart that which was for the Levites; and the Levites set apart that which was for the sons of Aaron.
(WEB KJV JPS ASV DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV NIV)

Nehemiah 13:5
had prepared for him a great chamber, where before they laid the meal offerings, the frankincense, and the vessels, and the tithes of the grain, the new wine, and the oil, which were given by commandment to the Levites, and thesingers, and the porters; and the wave offerings for the priests.
(WEB KJV JPS ASV DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV NIV)

Nehemiah 13:10
I perceived that the portions of the Levites had not been given them; so that the Levites and thesingers, who did the work, had fled everyone to his field.
(WEB KJV JPS ASV DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV NIV)

Psalms 68:25
Thesingers went before, the minstrels followed after, in the midst of the ladies playing with tambourines,
(WEB KJV JPS ASV DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV NIV)

Psalms 87:7
As well thesingers as the players on instruments shall be there: all my springs are in thee.
(KJV DBY WBS YLT RSV)

Ecclesiastes 2:8
I also gathered silver and gold for myself, and the treasure of kings and of the provinces. I got myself male and femalesingers, and the delights of the sons of men-musical instruments, and that of all sorts.
(WEB KJV JPS ASV DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV NIV)

Ezekiel 40:44
Outside of the inner gate were chambers for thesingers 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.
(WEB KJV ASV WBS YLT NAS)

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