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)


  • Jeremiah 17:24 - And it shall come to pass if ye diligently And it shall come to pass if ye diligently unto me saith the LORD no to bring in no burden through the gates of this city day on the sabbath but hallow day on the sabbath no to do work

  • Jeremiah 17:27 - But if ye will not hearken unto me to hallow day on the sabbath and not to bear a burden even entering in at the gates of Jerusalem day on the sabbath then will I kindle a fire at the gates thereof and it shall devour the palaces of Jerusalem and it shall not be quenched

  • Jeremiah 18:2 - Arise and go down house to the potter's and there I will cause thee to hear my words

  • Jeremiah 18:10 - If it do evil in my sight that it obey not my voice then I will repent of the good wherewith I said I would benefit

  • Jeremiah 18:13 - Therefore thus saith the LORD Ask ye now among the heathen who hath heard horrible thing hath done a very such things the virgin of Israel

  • Jeremiah 18:19 - Give heed to me O LORD and hearken to the voice of them that contend

  • Jeremiah 18:22 - be heard Let a cry from their houses when thou shalt bring a troop suddenly upon them for they have digged a pit to take snares me and hid for my feet

  • Jeremiah 19:3 - And say Hear ye the word of the LORD O kings of Judah and inhabitants of Jerusalem And say of the LORD of hosts the God of Israel Behold I will bring evil upon this place Hear shall tingle his ears

  • Jeremiah 19:15 - Thus saith the LORD of hosts the God of Israel Behold I will bring and upon all her towns and upon all her towns all the evil that I have pronounced against it because they have hardened their necks that they might not hear my words

  • Jeremiah 20:1 - heard Now Pashur the son of Immer the priest who was also chief governor in the house of the LORD that Jeremiah prophesied these things

  • Jeremiah 20:10 - For I heard the defaming of many fear on every side Report Report it All my familiars watched saying Peradventure he will be enticed and we shall prevail against him and we shall take our revenge

  • Jeremiah 20:16 - And let that man be as the cities overthrew which the LORD and repented not and let him hear the cry in the morning and the shouting at noontide

  • Jeremiah 21:11 - And touching the house of the king of Judah say Hear ye the word of the LORD

  • Jeremiah 22:2 - And say Hear the word of the LORD O king of Judah that sittest upon the throne of David thou and thy servants and thy people that enter in by these gates

  • Jeremiah 22:5 - But if ye will not hear these words I swear by myself saith the LORD shall become a desolation that this house

  • Jeremiah 22:21 - I spake unto thee in thy prosperity but thou saidst I will not hear This hath been thy manner from thy youth I will not hear not my voice

  • Jeremiah 22:29 - O earth O earth O earth hear the word of the LORD

  • Jeremiah 23:16 - Thus saith of the LORD of hosts Hearken not unto the words of the prophets that prophesy unto you they make you vain a vision of their own heart they speak and not out of the mouth of the LORD

  • Jeremiah 23:18 - For who hath stood in the counsel of the LORD and hath perceived and heard his word who hath marked his word and heard

  • Jeremiah 23:22 - But if they had stood in my counsel to hear my words and had caused my people then they should have turned way them from their evil and from the evil of their doings