Word Study · Strong's H8085
שָׁמַע
shâmaʻ
“to hear intelligently (often with implication of attention, obedience, etc.”
- 1159occurrencescanonical count
- 500tagged (first 500)loaded book by book
- 15books spannedamong tagged text
Strong's Dictionary (1890, public domain)
Definition
to hear intelligently (often with implication of attention, obedience, etc.; causatively, to tell, etc.) KJV usage: [idiom] attentively, call (gather) together, [idiom] carefully, [idiom] certainly, consent, consider, be content, declare, [idiom] diligently, discern, give ear, (cause to, let, make to) hear(-ken, tell), [idiom] indeed, listen, make (a) noise, (be) obedient, obey, perceive, (make a) proclaim(-ation), publish, regard, report, shew (forth), (make a) sound, [idiom] surely, tell, understand, whosoever (heareth), witness.
500 loaded (first 500)
The ledger of occurrences
Genesis6 occurrences
Come, let us go down, and there confound their language, that they may not understand one another’s speech.The first tagged occurrence in Genesis.
Exodus49 occurrences
Now when Pharaoh heard this thing, he sought to slay Moses. But Moses fled from the face of Pharaoh, and dwelt in the land of Midian: and he sat down by a well.The first tagged occurrence in Exodus.
Deuteronomy91 occurrences
And I charged your judges at that time, saying, Hear the causes between your brethren, and judge righteously between a man and his brother, and the sojourner that is with him.The first tagged occurrence in Deuteronomy.
1 Samuel65 occurrences
Now Hannah, she spake in her heart; only her lips moved, but her voice was not heard: therefore Eli thought she had been drunken.The first tagged occurrence in 1 Samuel.
2 Samuel33 occurrences
And afterward, when David heard it, he said, I and my kingdom are guiltless before Jehovah for ever of the blood of Abner the son of Ner:The first tagged occurrence in 2 Samuel.
1 Kings60 occurrences
Then Nathan spake unto Bath-sheba the mother of Solomon, saying, Hast thou not heard that Adonijah the son of Haggith doth reign, and David our lord knoweth it not?The first tagged occurrence in 1 Kings.
2 Kings43 occurrences
Now when all the Moabites heard that the kings were come up to fight against them, they gathered themselves together, all that were able to put on armor, and upward, and stood on the border.The first tagged occurrence in 2 Kings.
1 Chronicles14 occurrences
And when all Jabesh-gilead heard all that the Philistines had done to Saul,The first tagged occurrence in 1 Chronicles.
2 Chronicles48 occurrences
it came to pass, when the trumpeters and singers were as one, to make one sound to be heard in praising and thanking Jehovah; and when they lifted up their voice with the trumpets and cymbals and instruments of music, and praised Jehovah, saying, For he is good; for his lovingkindness endureth for ever; that then the house was filled with a cloud, even the house of Jehovah,The first tagged occurrence in 2 Chronicles.
Ezra3 occurrences
so that the people could not discern the noise of the shout of joy from the noise of the weeping of the people; for the people shouted with a loud shout, and the noise was heard afar off.The first tagged occurrence in Ezra.
Esther4 occurrences
And this day will the princesses of Persia and Media who have heard of the deed of the queen say the like unto all the king’s princes. So will there arise much contempt and wrath.The first tagged occurrence in Esther.
Ecclesiastes8 occurrences
All things are full of weariness; man cannot utter it: the eye is not satisfied with seeing, nor the ear filled with hearing.The first tagged occurrence in Ecclesiastes.