Hebrew Lexicon Strong's Concordance Definition

Strong's H8085: שָׁמַע (shâmaʻ) Definition

Strong's number
H8085
Lemma
שָׁמַע
Transliteration
shâmaʻ
Pronunciation
shaw-mah'
Strong's definition
to hear intelligently (often with implication of attention, obedience, etc.; causatively, to tell, etc.) [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. a primitive root;

1071 instances of the word שָׁמַע shâmaʻ (H8085)


  • Genesis 21:12 - hath said And God unto Abraham in thy sight because of the lad and because of thy bondwoman hath said in all that Sarah unto thee hearken unto her voice for in Isaac be called shall thy seed

  • Genesis 21:17 - hath heard And God the voice of the lad called and the angel And God to Hagar out of heaven and said to Hagar fear hath heard And God the voice of the lad

  • Genesis 21:26 - said And Abimelech me neither I wot not who hath done this thing me neither didst thou tell me neither yet heard I of it but to day

  • Genesis 22:18 - be blessed And in thy seed shall all the nations of the earth because thou hast obeyed my voice

  • Genesis 23:6 - Hear us my lord prince thou art a mighty among us in the choice from thee his sepulchre bury thy dead from thee his sepulchre none of us shall withhold bury thy dead

  • Genesis 23:8 - And he communed with them saying If it be your mind that I should bury my dead out of my sight hear me and intreat for me to Ephron the son of Zohar

  • Genesis 23:11 - Nay my lord hear me the field give thee and the cave give thee in the presence of the sons of my people give I it thee bury thy dead

  • Genesis 23:13 - And he spake unto Ephron in the audience of the people of the land saying But if thou wilt give it I pray thee hear me I will give thee money for the field take it of me and I will bury my dead

  • Genesis 23:15 - My lord hearken unto me the land is worth four hundred shekels of silver what is that betwixt what is that betwixt therefore thy dead me and thee bury

  • Genesis 23:16 - hearkened And Abraham to Ephron weighed And Abraham to Ephron of silver which he had named in the audience of the sons of Heth four hundred shekels of silver current money with the merchant

  • Genesis 24:30 - And it came to pass when he saw the earring and bracelets by hands his sister and when he heard the words of Rebekah his sister saying Thus spake the man unto me that he came the man and behold he stood by the camels by at the well

  • Genesis 24:52 - heard servant And it came to pass that when Abraham's their words he worshipped bowing himself to the earth the LORD

  • Genesis 26:5 - Because obeyed that Abraham my voice and kept my charge my commandments my statutes and my laws

  • Genesis 27:5 - And Rebekah heard spake when Isaac And Esau his son And Esau to the field to hunt for venison and to bring

  • Genesis 27:6 - And Rebekah saying unto Jacob her son saying Behold I heard thy father speak unto Esau thy brother saying

  • Genesis 27:8 - Now therefore my son obey my voice according to that which I command

  • Genesis 27:13 - said And his mother unto him Upon me be thy curse my son only obey my voice fetch

  • Genesis 27:34 - heard And when Esau the words me even me also O my father he cried cry with a great bitter and exceeding and said me even me also O my father Bless me even me also O my father

  • Genesis 27:43 - Now therefore my son obey my voice and arise flee thou to Laban my brother to Haran

  • Genesis 28:7 - obeyed And that Jacob his father and his mother to Padanaram