שָׁמַע

sha.ma · to hear: hear

Hebrew · Strong's H8085 · Verb · Sounds like: shaw-mah' · 1,160 occurrences

Word meanings

Senses and individuals

  • to hear: hear H8085G 965
  • to hear: obey H8085H · a Meaning of 134
  • to hear: proclaim H8085I · a Meaning of 49
  • to hear: understand H8085J · a Meaning of 9
  • to hear: judge H8085K · a Meaning of 2
  • to hear: welcome H8085L · a Meaning of 1

Strong's dictionary

a primitive root; 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.

Strong's Exhaustive Concordance (public domain)

Full lexicon entry (Brown-Driver-Briggs)
שָׁמַע 1152 vb. hear
Qal 1052
1. subj. pers. hum.
2. י׳ (God) subj.
Niph. 42
1. be heard, of voice, sound
2. be heard of
3. be regarded, obeyed
4. = (favourable) hearing was granted to their voice.
Pi. he caused the people to hear
Hiph. 63
1. of man
2. י׳ subj.

Every occurrence

  1. Habakkuk 1:2 תִשְׁמָ֑ע tish.Ma' · An action: simple action, not finished: still happening or still to come, done by you

    O Jehovah, how long shall I cry, and thou wilt not hear? I cry out unto thee of violence, and thou wilt not save.

  2. Habakkuk 3:2 שָׁמַ֣עְתִּי sha.Ma'.ti · An action: simple action, finished, with a lasting result, done by me

    O Jehovah, I have heard the report of thee, and am afraid: O Jehovah, revive thy work in the midst of the years; In the midst of the years make it known; In wrath remember mercy.

  3. Habakkuk 3:16 שָׁמַ֣עְתִּי׀ sha.Ma'.ti · An action: simple action, finished, with a lasting result, done by me

    I heard, and my body trembled, My lips quivered at the voice; Rottenness entereth into my bones, and I tremble in my place; Because I must wait quietly for the day of trouble, For the coming up of the people that invadeth us.

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