H8085 · שָׁמַע
shâmaʻ · shaw-mah' · hear, obey, understand
H8085 (shâmaʻ, pronounced shaw-mah') is the Hebrew word שָׁמַע in Strong’s dictionary: to hear intelligently (often with implication of attention, obedience, etc.. It appears 1159 times in 1072 verses of the BSB (Yahweh).
Strong’s entry
- Original word
- שָׁמַע (Hebrew)
- Transliteration
- shâmaʻ
- Pronunciation
- shaw-mah'
- Derivation
- a primitive root;
- Definition
- to hear intelligently (often with implication of attention, obedience, etc.; causatively, to tell, etc.)
- Rendered in the KJV
- [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.
In the Berean Standard Bible (Yahweh)
1159 occurrences in 1072 verses (1133 with English words of their own, 26 in the original with no English word of their own).
How the BSB renders it
- “heard” ×100
- “listen” ×100
- “hear” ×74
- “Hear” ×59
- “Listen” ×35
- “listened” ×27
- “obey” ×25
- “I have heard” ×18
By book
Genesis 58 · Exodus 44 · Leviticus 7 · Numbers 31 · Deuteronomy 82 · Joshua 26 · Judges 22 · Ruth 2 · 1 Samuel 60 · 2 Samuel 28 · 1 Kings 56 · 2 Kings 39 · 1 Chronicles 13 · 2 Chronicles 45 · Ezra 3 · Nehemiah 27 · Esther 4 · Job 37 · Psalms 78 · Proverbs 30 · Ecclesiastes 7 · Song of Solomon 3 · Isaiah 95 · Jeremiah 168 · Lamentations 4 · Ezekiel 46 · Daniel 14 · Hosea 3 · Joel 1 · Amos 10 · Obadiah 1 · Jonah 1 · Micah 8 · Nahum 3 · Habakkuk 3 · Zephaniah 2 · Haggai 1 · Zechariah 8 · Malachi 2
First 30 of 1072 verses
- 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
Related words
Numbers that share a root with H8085.