Hebrew · Strong’s H8085
שָׁמַע
shâmaʻ/shaw-mah'/
to hear intelligently (often with implication of attention, obedience, etc.; causatively, to tell, etc.)
Derivation:
a primitive root;
1,158
Times used
1,158
Old Testament
0
New Testament
Verses (first 60 of 828)
- Genesis 3:8
- Genesis 3:10
- Genesis 3:17
- Genesis 4:23
- Genesis 11:7
- Genesis 14:14
- Genesis 16:2
- Genesis 16:11
- Genesis 17:20
- Genesis 18:10
- Genesis 21:6
- Genesis 21:12
- Genesis 21:17
- Genesis 21:26
- Genesis 22:18
- Genesis 23:6
- Genesis 23:8
- Genesis 23:11
- Genesis 23:13
- Genesis 23:15
- Genesis 23:16
- Genesis 24:30
- Genesis 24:52
- Genesis 26:5
- Genesis 27:5
- Genesis 27:6
- Genesis 27:8
- Genesis 27:13
- Genesis 27:34
- Genesis 27:43
- Genesis 28:7
- Genesis 29:13
- Genesis 29:33
- Genesis 30:6
- Genesis 30:17
- Genesis 30:22
- Genesis 31:1
- Genesis 34:5
- Genesis 34:7
- Genesis 34:17
- Genesis 34:24
- Genesis 35:22
- Genesis 37:6
- Genesis 37:17
- Genesis 37:21
- Genesis 39:10
- Genesis 39:15
- Genesis 39:19
- Genesis 41:15
- Genesis 42:2
- Genesis 42:21
- Genesis 42:22
- Genesis 42:23
- Genesis 43:25
- Genesis 45:2
- Genesis 45:16
- Genesis 49:2
- Exodus 2:15
- Exodus 2:24
- Exodus 3:7
Words derived from it
- H8050שְׁמוּאֵל ShᵉmûwʼêlShemuel, the name of three Israelites
- H3458יִשְׁמָעֵאל YishmâʻêʼlJishmael, the name of Abraham's oldest son, and of five Israelites
- H8095שִׁמְעוֹן ShimʻôwnShimon, one of Jacob's sons, also the tribe descended from him
- H8098שְׁמַעְיָה ShᵉmaʻyâhShemajah, the name of twenty-five Israelites
- H8088שֵׁמַע shêmaʻsomething heard, i.e. a sound, rumor, announcement; abstractly, audience
- H476אֱלִישָׁמָע ʼĔlîyshâmâʻElishama, the name of seven Israelites
- H8086שְׁמַע shᵉmaʻ{to hear intelligently (often with implication of attention, obedience, etc.; causatively, to tell, etc.)}
- H851אֶשְׁתְּמֹעַ ʼEshtᵉmôaʻEshtemoa or Eshtemoh, a place in Palestine
- H8089שֹׁמַע shômaʻa report
- H3460יִשְׁמַעְיָה YishmaʻyâhJishmajah, the name of two Israelites
- H4926מִשְׁמָע mishmâʻa report
- H1953הוֹשָׁמָע HôwshâmâʻHoshama, an Israelite
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Source: Strong's Exhaustive Concordance (1890), public domain. Verse list from the Strong’s-tagged King James Version.