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שָׁמַע

shâmaʻ · shaw-mah'Hebrew · H8085

Derivation

a primitive root;

Meaning

to hear intelligently (often with implication of attention, obedience, etc.; causatively, to tell, etc.)

In the King James Version

[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.

Translated as

heard (356), hear (341), hearken (108), hearkened (66), obey (39), obeyed (34), heareth (27), publish (12), heardest (11), diligently (8), obedient (6), hearest (6), understand (5), hearing (5), together (4), shewed (4), publisheth (4), indeed (3), sound (3), obeyeth (3)

Where it appears

Found in 1019 verses

Exodus
2:15, 2:24, 3:7, 3:18, 4:1, 4:8, 4:9, 4:31, 5:2, 6:5, 6:9, 6:12, 7:4, 7:13, 7:22, 8:15, 8:19, 9:12, 11:9, 15:14 + 20 more
Deuteronomy
1:16, 1:17, 1:34, 1:43, 1:45, 2:25, 3:26, 4:1, 4:6, 4:10, 4:12, 4:28, 4:30, 4:33, 4:36, 5:1, 5:23, 5:24, 5:25, 5:26 + 59 more
Joshua
1:17, 1:18, 2:10, 2:11, 3:9, 5:1, 5:6, 6:5, 6:10, 6:20, 7:9, 9:3, 9:9, 9:16, 10:1, 10:14, 11:1, 14:12, 22:2, 22:11 + 4 more
Ruth
1:6, 2:8
1 Samuel
1:13, 2:22, 2:23, 2:24, 2:25, 3:9, 3:10, 3:11, 4:6, 4:14, 4:19, 7:7, 8:7, 8:9, 8:19, 8:21, 8:22, 9:27, 11:6, 12:1 + 40 more
1 Kings
1:11, 1:41, 1:45, 2:42, 3:9, 3:11, 3:28, 4:34, 5:1, 5:7, 5:8, 6:7, 8:28, 8:29, 8:30, 8:32, 8:34, 8:36, 8:39, 8:42 + 36 more
2 Chronicles
5:13, 6:19, 6:20, 6:21, 6:23, 6:25, 6:27, 6:30, 6:33, 6:35, 6:39, 7:12, 7:14, 9:1, 9:5, 9:6, 9:7, 9:23, 10:2, 10:15 + 25 more
Ezra
3:13, 4:1, 9:3
Nehemiah
1:4, 1:6, 2:10, 2:19, 4:1, 4:4, 4:7, 4:15, 4:20, 5:6, 6:1, 6:6, 6:7, 6:16, 8:2, 8:9, 8:15, 9:9, 9:16, 9:17 + 7 more
Esther
1:18, 1:20, 2:8, 3:4
Psalms
4:1, 4:3, 5:3, 6:8, 6:9, 10:17, 17:1, 17:6, 18:6, 18:44, 26:7, 27:7, 28:2, 28:6, 30:10, 31:13, 31:22, 34:2, 34:6, 34:11 + 53 more
Proverbs
1:5, 1:8, 1:33, 4:1, 4:10, 5:7, 5:13, 7:24, 8:6, 8:32, 8:33, 8:34, 12:15, 13:1, 13:8, 15:29, 15:31, 15:32, 18:13, 19:20 + 10 more
Ecclesiastes
5:1, 7:5, 7:21, 9:17, 12:13
Song of Solomon
2:12, 2:14
Jeremiah
2:4, 3:13, 3:21, 3:25, 4:5, 4:15, 4:16, 4:19, 4:21, 4:31, 5:15, 5:20, 5:21, 6:7, 6:10, 6:18, 6:19, 6:24, 7:2, 7:13 + 133 more
Lamentations
1:18, 1:21, 3:56, 3:61
Ezekiel
1:24, 1:28, 2:2, 2:5, 2:7, 2:8, 3:6, 3:7, 3:10, 3:11, 3:12, 3:17, 3:27, 6:3, 10:5, 12:2, 13:2, 13:19, 16:35, 18:25 + 23 more
Hosea
4:1, 5:1, 9:17
Joel
1:2
Obadiah
1:1
Jonah
2:2
Micah
1:2, 3:1, 3:9, 6:1, 6:2, 6:9
Nahum
1:15, 3:19
Habakkuk
1:2, 3:2, 3:16
Zephaniah
2:8, 3:2
Haggai
1:12
Zechariah
1:4, 3:8, 6:15, 7:12, 7:13, 8:9, 8:23
Malachi
2:2, 3:16

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