- Original: שׁמע
- Transliteration: Shama`
- Phonetic: shaw-mah'
- Definition: v
1. to hear, listen to, obey
a. (Qal)
1. to hear (perceive by ear)
2. to hear of or concerning
3. to hear (have power to hear)
4. to hear with attention or interest, listen to
5. to understand (language)
6. to hear (of judicial cases)
7. to listen, give heed 1a
b. to consent, agree 1a
c. to grant request
1. to listen to, yield to
2. to obey, be obedient
d. (Niphal)
1. to be heard (of voice or sound)
2. to be heard of
3. to be regarded, be obeyed
e. (Piel) to cause to hear, call to hear, summon
f. (Hiphil)
1. to cause to hear, tell, proclaim, utter a sound
2. to sound aloud (musical term)
3. to make proclamation, summon
4. to cause to be heard n m
2. sound
- Origin: a primitive root
- TWOT entry: 2412, 2412a
- Part(s) of speech:
- Strong's: A primitive root; to hear intelligently (often with implication of attention obedience etc.; causatively to tell etc.): - X attentively call (gather) together X carefully X certainly consent consider be content declare X diligently discern give ear (cause to let make to) hear (-ken tell) X indeed listen make (a) noise (be) obedient obey perceive (make a) proclaim (-ation) publish regard report shew (forth) (make a) sound X surely tell understand whosoever [heareth] witness.
Total KJV Occurrences: 1158
• attentively, 2
Job 37:2(2)
• called, 1
1 Samuel 23:8
• consented, 1
Daniel 1:14
• considered, 1
1 Kings 5:8
• content, 1
Genesis 37:27
• declare, 1
Isaiah 41:22
• declared, 1
Isaiah 45:21
• declareth, 1
Isaiah 41:26
• diligently, 10
Deuteronomy 11:13(2);
Deuteronomy 28:1(2);
Job 13:17(2);
Job 21:2(2);
Isaiah 55:2(2)
• discern, 2
2 Samuel 14:17;
1 Kings 3:11
• ear, 1
Job 29:21
• forth, 1
Psalm 106:2
• hear, 361
Genesis 4:23;
Genesis 21:6;
Genesis 23:6;
Genesis 23:8;
Genesis 23:11;
Genesis 23:13;
Genesis 37:6;
Genesis 42:21;
Genesis 42:22;
Genesis 49:2;
Exodus 6:12;
Exodus 7:16;
Exodus 15:14;
Exodus 19:9;
Exodus 20:19;
Exodus 22:23(2);
Exodus 22:27;
Exodus 32:18;
Leviticus 5:1;
Numbers 9:8;
Numbers 12:6;
Numbers 14:13;
Numbers 16:8;
Numbers 20:10;
Numbers 23:18;
Numbers 30:4;
Deuteronomy 1:16;
Deuteronomy 1:17(2);
Deuteronomy 1:43;
Deuteronomy 2:25;
Deuteronomy 3:26;
Deuteronomy 4:6;
Deuteronomy 4:10;
Deuteronomy 4:28;
Deuteronomy 4:33;
Deuteronomy 4:36;
Deuteronomy 5:1;
Deuteronomy 5:25;
Deuteronomy 5:27(2);
Deuteronomy 6:3;
Deuteronomy 6:4;
Deuteronomy 9:1;
Deuteronomy 12:28;
Deuteronomy 13:11;
Deuteronomy 13:12;
Deuteronomy 17:13;
Deuteronomy 18:16;
Deuteronomy 19:20;
Deuteronomy 20:3;
Deuteronomy 21:21;
Deuteronomy 29:4;
Deuteronomy 30:12;
Deuteronomy 30:13;
Deuteronomy 30:17;
Deuteronomy 31:12;
Deuteronomy 31:13;
Deuteronomy 32:1;
Deuteronomy 33:7;
Joshua 3:9;
Joshua 6:5;
Joshua 7:9;
Judges 5:3;
Judges 5:16;
Judges 7:11;
Judges 14:13;
1 Samuel 2:23;
1 Samuel 2:24;
1 Samuel 13:3;
1 Samuel 15:14;
1 Samuel 16:2;
1 Samuel 22:7;
1 Samuel 22:12;
1 Samuel 25:24;
1 Samuel 26:19;
2 Samuel 14:16;
2 Samuel 15:3;
2 Samuel 15:10;
2 Samuel 15:35;
2 Samuel 15:36;
2 Samuel 16:21;
2 Samuel 17:5;
2 Samuel 19:35;
2 Samuel 20:16(2);
2 Samuel 20:17(2);
2 Samuel 22:7;
2 Samuel 22:45;
1 Kings 4:34;
1 Kings 8:30;
1 Kings 8:32;
1 Kings 8:34;
1 Kings 8:36;
1 Kings 8:39;
1 Kings 8:43;
1 Kings 8:45;
1 Kings 8:49;
1 Kings 10:8;
1 Kings 10:24;
1 Kings 22:19;
2 Kings 7:1;
2 Kings 7:6;
2 Kings 14:11;
2 Kings 17:14;
2 Kings 18:12;
2 Kings 18:28;
2 Kings 19:4;
2 Kings 19:7;
2 Kings 19:16(2);
2 Kings 20:16;
1 Chronicles 14:15;
1 Chronicles 28:2;
2 Chronicles 6:21;
2 Chronicles 6:23;
2 Chronicles 6:25;
2 Chronicles 6:27;
2 Chronicles 6:30;
2 Chronicles 6:33;
2 Chronicles 6:35;
2 Chronicles 6:39;
2 Chronicles 7:14;
2 Chronicles 9:7;
2 Chronicles 9:23;
2 Chronicles 13:4;
2 Chronicles 15:2;
2 Chronicles 18:18;
2 Chronicles 20:9;
2 Chronicles 20:20;
2 Chronicles 25:20;
2 Chronicles 28:11;
2 Chronicles 29:5;
Nehemiah 1:6;
Nehemiah 4:4;
Nehemiah 4:20;
Nehemiah 8:2;
Nehemiah 9:29;
Job 3:18;
Job 5:27;
Job 13:6;
Job 15:17;
Job 22:27;
Job 27:9;
Job 31:35;
Job 33:1;
Job 34:2;
Job 34:16;
Job 35:13;
Job 42:4;
Psalm 4:1;
Psalm 4:3;
Psalm 5:3;
Psalm 17:1;
Psalm 17:6;
Psalm 27:7;
Psalm 28:2;
Psalm 30:10;
Psalm 34:2;
Psalm 39:12;
Psalm 49:1;
Psalm 50:7;
Psalm 51:8;
Psalm 54:2;
Psalm 55:17;
Psalm 55:19;
Psalm 59:7;
Psalm 61:1;
Psalm 64:1;
Psalm 66:16;
Psalm 66:18;
Psalm 81:8;
Psalm 84:8;
Psalm 85:8;
Psalm 92:11;
Psalm 94:9;
Psalm 95:7;
Psalm 102:1;
Psalm 102:20;
Psalm 115:6;
Psalm 119:149;
Psalm 130:2;
Psalm 138:4;
Psalm 141:6;
Psalm 143:1;
Psalm 143:8;
Psalm 145:19;
Proverbs 1:5;
Proverbs 1:8;
Proverbs 4:1;
Proverbs 4:10;
Proverbs 5:7;
Proverbs 8:6;
Proverbs 8:33;
Proverbs 19:20;
Proverbs 19:27;
Proverbs 22:17;
Proverbs 23:19;
Ecclesiastes 5:1;
Ecclesiastes 7:5(2);
Ecclesiastes 7:21;
Ecclesiastes 12:13;
Song of Songs 2:14;
Song of Songs 8:13;
Isaiah 1:2;
Isaiah 1:10;
Isaiah 1:15;
Isaiah 6:10;
Isaiah 7:13;
Isaiah 18:3;
Isaiah 28:12;
Isaiah 28:14;
Isaiah 28:23(2);
Isaiah 29:18;
Isaiah 30:9;
Isaiah 30:19;
Isaiah 30:21;
Isaiah 32:3;
Isaiah 32:9;
Isaiah 33:13;
Isaiah 34:1(2);
Isaiah 36:13;
Isaiah 37:4;
Isaiah 37:7;
Isaiah 37:17(2);
Isaiah 39:5;
Isaiah 42:18;
Isaiah 42:23;
Isaiah 43:9;
Isaiah 44:1;
Isaiah 47:8;
Isaiah 48:1;
Isaiah 48:14;
Isaiah 48:16;
Isaiah 50:4;
Isaiah 51:21;
Isaiah 55:3;
Isaiah 59:1;
Isaiah 59:2;
Isaiah 65:12;
Isaiah 65:24;
Isaiah 66:4;
Isaiah 66:5;
Jeremiah 2:4;
Jeremiah 4:21;
Jeremiah 5:21(2);
Jeremiah 6:10;
Jeremiah 6:18;
Jeremiah 6:19;
Jeremiah 7:2;
Jeremiah 7:16;
Jeremiah 9:10;
Jeremiah 9:20;
Jeremiah 10:1;
Jeremiah 11:2;
Jeremiah 11:6;
Jeremiah 11:10;
Jeremiah 11:14;
Jeremiah 13:10;
Jeremiah 13:11;
Jeremiah 13:15;
Jeremiah 13:17;
Jeremiah 14:12;
Jeremiah 17:20;
Jeremiah 17:23;
Jeremiah 18:2;
Jeremiah 19:3;
Jeremiah 19:15;
Jeremiah 20:16;
Jeremiah 21:11;
Jeremiah 22:2;
Jeremiah 22:5;
Jeremiah 22:21;
Jeremiah 22:29;
Jeremiah 23:22;
Jeremiah 25:4;
Jeremiah 28:7;
Jeremiah 28:15;
Jeremiah 29:19;
Jeremiah 29:20;
Jeremiah 31:10;
Jeremiah 33:9;
Jeremiah 34:4;
Jeremiah 36:3;
Jeremiah 36:25;
Jeremiah 37:20;
Jeremiah 38:25;
Jeremiah 42:14;
Jeremiah 42:15;
Jeremiah 44:24;
Jeremiah 44:26;
Jeremiah 49:20;
Jeremiah 50:45;
Lamentations 1:18;
Ezekiel 2:5;
Ezekiel 2:7;
Ezekiel 2:8;
Ezekiel 3:10;
Ezekiel 3:11;
Ezekiel 3:17;
Ezekiel 3:27;
Ezekiel 6:3;
Ezekiel 8:18;
Ezekiel 12:2(2);
Ezekiel 13:2;
Ezekiel 13:19;
Ezekiel 16:35;
Ezekiel 18:25;
Ezekiel 20:47;
Ezekiel 25:3;
Ezekiel 33:7;
Ezekiel 33:30;
Ezekiel 33:31;
Ezekiel 33:32;
Ezekiel 34:7;
Ezekiel 34:9;
Ezekiel 36:1;
Ezekiel 36:4;
Ezekiel 36:15;
Ezekiel 37:4;
Ezekiel 40:4;
Ezekiel 44:5;
Daniel 9:17;
Daniel 9:18;
Daniel 9:19;
Hosea 4:1;
Hosea 5:1;
Joel 1:2;
Amos 3:1;
Amos 3:13;
Amos 4:1;
Amos 5:1;
Amos 5:23;
Amos 7:16;
Amos 8:4;
Micah 1:2;
Micah 3:1;
Micah 3:9;
Micah 6:1(2);
Micah 6:2;
Micah 6:9;
Micah 7:7;
Nahum 3:19;
Habakkuk 1:2;
Zechariah 1:4;
Zechariah 3:8;
Zechariah 7:11;
Zechariah 7:12;
Zechariah 7:13(2);
Zechariah 8:9;
Malachi 2:2
• heard, 372
Genesis 3:8;
Genesis 3:10;
Genesis 14:14;
Genesis 16:11;
Genesis 17:20;
Genesis 18:10;
Genesis 21:17(2);
Genesis 21:26;