שָׁמַע

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)

Every occurrence

21. Genesis 23:15 שְׁמָעֵ֔נִי she.ma.'E.ni · A command to you: simple action

    My lord, hearken unto me: a piece of land worth four hundred shekels of silver, what is that betwixt me and thee? bury therefore thy dead.

22. Genesis 23:16 וַיִּשְׁמַ֣ע vai.yish.Ma' · An action: simple action, and then it happened, done by him, her or it

    And Abraham hearkened unto Ephron; and Abraham weighed to Ephron the silver which he had named in the audience of the children of Heth, four hundred shekels of silver, current money with the merchant.

23. Genesis 24:30 וּכְשָׁמְע֗וֹ u.khe.sha.me.'O · The “to do” form of an action: simple action

    And it came to pass, when he saw the ring, and the bracelets upon his sister's hands, and when he heard the words of Rebekah his sister, saying, Thus spake the man unto me; that he came unto the man; and, behold, he was standing by the camels at the fountain.

24. Genesis 24:52 שָׁמַ֛ע sha.Ma' · An action: simple action, finished, with a lasting result, done by him, her or it

    And it came to pass, that, when Abraham's servant heard their words, he bowed himself down to the earth unto Jehovah.

25. Genesis 26:5 שָׁמַ֥ע sha.Ma' · An action: simple action, finished, with a lasting result, done by him, her or it

    because that Abraham obeyed my voice, and kept my charge, my commandments, my statutes, and my laws.

26. Genesis 27:5 שֹׁמַ֔עַת sho.Ma.'at · An -ing word: simple action

    And Rebekah heard when Isaac spake to Esau his son. And Esau went to the field to hunt for venison, and to bring it.

27. Genesis 27:6 שָׁמַ֙עְתִּי֙ sha.Ma'.ti · An action: simple action, finished, with a lasting result, done by me

    And Rebekah spake unto Jacob her son, saying, Behold, I heard thy father speak unto Esau thy brother, saying,

28. Genesis 27:8 שְׁמַ֣ע she.Ma' · A command to you: simple action

    Now therefore, my son, obey my voice according to that which I command thee.

29. Genesis 27:13 שְׁמַ֥ע she.Ma' · A command to you: simple action

    And his mother said unto him, Upon me be thy curse, my son; only obey my voice, and go fetch me them.

30. Genesis 27:34 כִּשְׁמֹ֤עַ kish.Mo.a' · The “to do” form of an action: simple action

    When Esau heard the words of his father, he cried with an exceeding great and bitter cry, and said unto his father, Bless me, even me also, O my father.

31. Genesis 27:43 שְׁמַ֣ע she.Ma' · A command to you: simple action

    Now therefore, my son, obey my voice; and arise, flee thou to Laban my brother to Haran;

32. Genesis 28:7 וַיִּשְׁמַ֣ע vai.yish.Ma' · An action: simple action, and then it happened, done by him, her or it

    and that Jacob obeyed his father and his mother, and was gone to Paddan-aram:

33. Genesis 29:13 כִשְׁמֹ֨עַ khish.Mo.a' · The “to do” form of an action: simple action

    And it came to pass, when Laban heard the tidings of Jacob his sister's son, that he ran to meet him, and embraced him, and kissed him, and brought him to his house. And he told Laban all these things.

34. Genesis 29:33 שָׁמַ֤ע sha.Ma' · An action: simple action, finished, with a lasting result, done by him, her or it

    And she conceived again, and bare a son: and said, Because Jehovah hath heard that I am hated, he hath therefore given me this son also: and she called his name Simeon.

35. Genesis 30:6 שָׁמַ֣ע sha.Ma' · An action: simple action, finished, with a lasting result, done by him, her or it

    And Rachel said, God hath judged me, and hath also heard my voice, and hath given me a son: therefore called she his name Dan.

36. Genesis 30:17 וַיִּשְׁמַ֥ע vai.yish.Ma' · An action: simple action, and then it happened, done by him, her or it

    And God hearkened unto Leah, and she conceived, and bare Jacob a fifth son.

37. Genesis 30:22 וַיִּשְׁמַ֤ע vai.yish.Ma' · An action: simple action, and then it happened, done by him, her or it

    And God remembered Rachel, and God hearkened to her, and opened her womb.

38. Genesis 31:1 וַיִּשְׁמַ֗ע vai.yish.Ma' · An action: simple action, and then it happened, done by him, her or it

    And he heard the words of Laban's sons, saying, Jacob hath taken away all that was our father's; and of that which was our father's hath he gotten all this glory.

39. Genesis 34:5 שָׁמַ֗ע sha.Ma' · An action: simple action, finished, with a lasting result, done by him, her or it

    Now Jacob heard that he had defiled Dinah his daughter; and his sons were with his cattle in the field: and Jacob held his peace until they came.

40. Genesis 34:7 כְּשָׁמְעָ֔ם ke.sha.me.'Am · The “to do” form of an action: simple action

    And the sons of Jacob came in from the field when they heard it: and the men were grieved, and they were very wroth, because he had wrought folly in Israel in lying with Jacob's daughter; which thing ought not to be done.

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