Strong's Definition
a primitive root (perhaps ident. with 2168 through the idea of striking with the fingers); properly, to touch the strings or parts of a musical instrument, i.e. play upon it; to make music, accompanied by the voice; hence to celebrate in song and music
KJV Usage: give praise, sing forth praises, psalms
STEPBible — Tyndale Abridged Hebrew Lexicon
זָמַר (za.mar) — to sing. 1) to sing, sing praise, make music 1a) (Piel) 1a1) to make music, sing 1a2) to play a musical instrument Aramaic equivalent: ze.mar (זְמָר "music" H2170)
UBS Dictionary of Biblical Hebrew
verb · זָמִיר · זִמְרָה · מִזְמֹור
Sing | Praise | verb pi | ≈ הלל · חוה · ידה · נגד · עלץ · ענה · רוע · רנן · שׂיח · שׁיר · שׂמח
to sing praise = action by which one expresses one's respect and gratitude to someone else by uttering words at a set or improvised tune, whether accompanied by musical instruments and dancing or not
JDG 5:3 · 2SA 22:50 · 1CH 16:9 · PSA 7:18 · PSA 9:3 · PSA 9:12 · PSA 18:50 · PSA 21:14 · PSA 27:6 · PSA 30:5 · PSA 30:13 · PSA 33:2 · PSA 47:7 · PSA 47:7 · PSA 47:7 · PSA 47:7 · PSA 47:8 · PSA 57:8 · PSA 57:10 · PSA 59:18 · PSA 61:9 · PSA 66:2 · PSA 66:4 · PSA 66:4 · PSA 68:5 · PSA 68:33 · PSA 71:22 · PSA 71:23 · PSA 75:10 · PSA 92:2 · PSA 98:4 · PSA 98:5 · PSA 101:1 · PSA 104:33 · PSA 105:2 · PSA 108:2 · PSA 108:4 · PSA 135:3 · PSA 138:1 · PSA 144:9 · PSA 146:2 · PSA 147:1 · PSA 147:7 · PSA 149:3 · ISA 12:5
verb · זְמֹורָה · זָמִיר · מַזְמֵרָה · מְזַמֶּרֶת
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Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew Lexicon
[זמר] vb. only Pi. make music in praise of God base