Hebrew noun (feminine) · H8052
שְׁמוּעָה
shemuahsehm-oo-aw'
tidings
27 uses in the Hebrew text, one for each word STEP Bible has tagged with this key
Concordance spelling: shᵉmûwʻâh
Word page · Part of the concordance, one page for every word of the Hebrew and Greek text. Strong's H8052is this word's number in James Strong's 1890 index of the King James Bible.
- 12 of 39Old Testament books
- 24spellings
The definition in full
Strong's key (1890) · H8052
something heard, i.e. an announcement
The King James renders it: bruit, doctrine, fame, mentioned, news, report, rumor, tidings.
James Strong, The Exhaustive Concordance of the Bible (1890), public domain. Strong indexed the King James text, and this site quotes his entry as that index.
Summary
shemuah is rendered "tidings". It stands 27 times in the Hebrew text, across twelve books.
- Six of the uses stand in Jeremiah, more than in any other book.
- Its first use in canonical order opens the ledger below.1 Samuel 2:24No, my sons; it is not a good report I hear circulating among the LORD’s people.
- The Greek text spells it twenty-four different ways.
The first use
No, my sons; it is not a good report I hear circulating among the LORD’s people.
1 Samuel 2:24הַשְּׁמֻעָה֙
The first use, in the order of the Old Testament's books.
Where the word stands
What the word means
Each meaning, and the words it is translated by
How the Greek text is glossed, word by word
- a report7
- the report6
- and the report2
- message2
- and a report1
- and report1
- and reports1
- at the report1
- from new1
- into a mention1
- new1
- report1
and 2 more, 27 uses in all
The words built on the same word-part
Each word below begins with the same letters this one begins with. A shared word-part shows a family. It does not settle what any one of them means, so each word carries its own uses on its own page. Scholars call that shared part the stem.
| Word | Written | Meaning | Uses |
|---|---|---|---|
| שְׁמֹנֶה | shemoneh | eight | Uses109 |
| שְׁמָמָה | shemamah | devastation | Uses57 |
| שְׁמֹנִים | shemonim | eighty | Uses38 |
| שְׁמִינִי | shemini | eighth | Uses28 |
| שְׁמַע | shema | to hear | Uses9 |
| שְׁמִטָּה | shemittah | remission | Uses5 |
| שְׁמַד | shemad | to destroy | Uses1 |
| שְׁמַם | shemam | be appalled | Uses1 |
| שְׁמֻרָה | shemurah | waking | Uses1 |
| שְׁמִינִית | sheminith | Sheminith | Uses1 |
| שְׁמִידָעִי | Shemidai | Shemidaite | Uses1 |
The words it stands beside
All 27, in canonical order
Every use, in order
Every use, grouped by book, with its verse.
24 spellings and their grammar
STEP Bible tags every word of the Hebrew and Greek text with its spelling and its grammar. Both lists below count the rows printed underneath, written out in English, with the code beside each one as it was tagged.
How it is spelled
- שְׁמוּעָ֖ה3
- הַשְּׁמוּעָ֖ה2
- בַּשְּׁמוּעָ֖ה1
- הַשְּׁמוּעָ֗ה1
- הַשְּׁמוּעָ֔ה1
- הַשְּׁמֻעָה֙1
- הַשְּׁמֻעָ֔ה1
- וְהַשְּׁמֻעָ֣ה1
- וְהַשְּׁמֻעָה֙1
- וּשְׁמוּעָ֥ה1
- וּשְׁמֻעָ֥ה1
- וּשְׁמֻע֣וֹת1
and 12 more spellings in the ledger below.
The grammar of each form
- noun · feminine singular11HNcfsa
- the definite article (“the”) + noun · feminine singular6HTd/Ncfsa
- conjunction (“and”) + noun · feminine singular2HC/Ncfsa
- conjunction (“and”) + the definite article (“the”) + noun · feminine singular2HC/Td/Ncfsa
- preposition + noun · feminine singular2HR/Ncfsa
- conjunction (“and”) + noun · feminine plural1HC/Ncfpa
- noun · feminine singular · in construct (“…of”)1HNcfsc
- preposition + noun · feminine singular · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 1st person masculine or feminine plural1HR/Ncfsc/Sp1bp
- preposition with the article + noun · feminine singular1HRd/Ncfsa
1 Samuel
two uses
No, my sons; it is not a good report I hear circulating among the LORD’s people.
- הַשְּׁמֻעָה֙hashemuahthe definite article (“the”) + noun · feminine singulartagged: the report
Now Eli’s daughter-in-law, the wife of Phinehas, was pregnant and about to give birth. When she heard the news of the capture of God’s ark and the deaths of her father-in-law and her husband, she collapsed and gave birth, for her labor pains overtook her.
- הַשְּׁמֻעָ֔הhashemuahthe definite article (“the”) + noun · feminine singulartagged: the report
2 Samuel
two uses
And Jonathan son of Saul had a son who was lame in his feet. He was five years old when the report about Saul and Jonathan came from Jezreel. His nurse picked him up and fled, but as she was hurrying to escape, he fell and became lame. His name was Mephibosheth.
- שְׁמֻעַת֩shemuatnoun · feminine singular · in construct (“…of”)tagged: report of
While they were on the way, a report reached David: “Absalom has struck down all the sons of the king; not one of them is left!”
- וְהַשְּׁמֻעָ֣הvehashemuahconjunction (“and”) + the definite article (“the”) + noun · feminine singulartagged: and the report
1 Kings
two uses
When the news reached Joab, who had conspired with Adonijah but not with Absalom, he fled to the tent of the LORD and took hold of the horns of the altar.
- וְהַשְּׁמֻעָה֙vehashemuahconjunction (“and”) + the definite article (“the”) + noun · feminine singulartagged: and the report
But I did not believe these things until I came and saw with my own eyes. Indeed, not even half was told to me. Your wisdom and prosperity have far exceeded the report I heard.
- הַשְּׁמוּעָ֖הhashemuahthe definite article (“the”) + noun · feminine singulartagged: the report
2 Kings
one use
Behold, I will put a spirit in him so that he will hear a rumor and return to his own land, where I will cause him to fall by the sword.’”
- שְׁמוּעָ֖הshemuahnoun · feminine singulartagged: a report
2 Chronicles
one use
But I did not believe the reports until I came and saw with my own eyes. Indeed, not half of the greatness of your wisdom was told to me. You have far exceeded the report I heard.
- הַשְּׁמוּעָ֖הhashemuahthe definite article (“the”) + noun · feminine singulartagged: the report
Psalms
one use
He does not fear bad news; his heart is steadfast, trusting in the LORD.
- מִשְּׁמוּעָ֣הmishemuahpreposition + noun · feminine singulartagged: from new
Proverbs
two uses
The light of the eyes cheers the heart, and good news nourishes the bones.
- שְׁמוּעָ֥הshemuahnoun · feminine singulartagged: a report
Like cold water to a weary soul is good news from a distant land.
- וּשְׁמוּעָ֥הushemuahconjunction (“and”) + noun · feminine singulartagged: and a report
Isaiah
four uses
Whom is He trying to teach? To whom is He explaining His message? To infants just weaned from milk? To babies removed from the breast?
- שְׁמוּעָ֑הshemuahnoun · feminine singulartagged: message
As often as it passes through, it will carry you away; it will sweep through morning after morning, by day and by night.” The understanding of this message will bring sheer terror.
- שְׁמוּעָֽה׃shemuahnoun · feminine singulartagged: message
Behold, I will put a spirit in him so that he will hear a rumor and return to his own land, where I will cause him to fall by the sword.’”
- שְׁמוּעָ֖הshemuahnoun · feminine singulartagged: a report
Who has believed our message? And to whom has the arm of the LORD been revealed?
- לִשְׁמֻעָתֵ֑נוּlishmuatenupreposition + noun · feminine singular · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 1st person masculine or feminine pluraltagged: to report our
Jeremiah
six uses
Listen! The sound of a report is coming— a great commotion from the land to the north. The cities of Judah will be made a desolation, a haunt for jackals.
- שְׁמוּעָה֙shemuahnoun · feminine singulartagged: a report
I have heard a message from the LORD; an envoy has been sent to the nations: “Assemble yourselves to march against her! Rise up for battle!”
- שְׁמוּעָ֤הshemuahnoun · feminine singulartagged: a report
Concerning Damascus: “Hamath and Arpad are put to shame, for they have heard a bad report; they are agitated like the sea; their anxiety cannot be calmed.
- שְׁמֻעָ֥הshemuahnoun · feminine singulartagged: new
Do not let your heart grow faint, and do not be afraid when the rumor is heard in the land; for a rumor will come one year—and then another the next year—of violence in the land and of ruler against ruler.
- בַּשְּׁמוּעָ֖הbashemuahpreposition with the article + noun · feminine singulartagged: at the report
- הַשְּׁמוּעָ֗הhashemuahthe definite article (“the”) + noun · feminine singulartagged: the report
- הַשְּׁמוּעָ֔הhashemuahthe definite article (“the”) + noun · feminine singulartagged: the report
Ezekiel
four uses
Disaster upon disaster will come, and rumor after rumor. Then they will seek a vision from a prophet, but instruction from the priests will perish, as will counsel from the elders.
- וּשְׁמֻעָ֥הushemuahconjunction (“and”) + noun · feminine singulartagged: and report
- שְׁמוּעָ֖הshemuahnoun · feminine singulartagged: report
Did you not treat your sister Sodom as an object of scorn in the day of your pride,
- לִשְׁמוּעָ֖הlishmuahpreposition + noun · feminine singulartagged: into a mention
And when they ask, ‘Why are you groaning?’ you are to say, ‘Because of the news that is coming. Every heart will melt, and every hand will go limp. Every spirit will faint, and every knee will turn to water.’ Yes, it is coming and it will surely happen, declares the Lord GOD.”
- שְׁמוּעָ֣הshemuahnoun · feminine singulartagged: a report
Daniel
one use
But news from the east and the north will alarm him, and he will go out with great fury to destroy many and devote them to destruction.
- וּשְׁמֻע֣וֹתushemuotconjunction (“and”) + noun · feminine pluraltagged: and reports
Obadiah
one use
This is the vision of Obadiah: This is what the Lord GOD says about Edom—We have heard a message from the LORD; an envoy has been sent among the nations to say, “Rise up, and let us go to battle against her!”—
- שְׁמוּעָ֨הshemuahnoun · feminine singulartagged: a report
Where it leads
How the numbers are counted
Every count on this page comes from STEP Bible's tagged Hebrew and Greek text, the same text the ledger prints. A use is counted once each time the tagging marks a word with this key.
Spellings are counted as the Greek text spells them, with the sentence's own punctuation taken off the word first, so a form that ends a clause is not counted as a second spelling.
The words it stands beside are the nouns, verbs and adjectives immediately before or after it, counted in every verse where the word stands. The article, the conjunctions and the prepositions are left out, because they stand beside every word.
The family is read from the lexicon by the stem the two words share, with the accents off, and a person or a place named on the stem is left out.