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Strong's #8085: shama` (pronounced shaw-mah')

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.




Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew Lexicon:

ׁ

shâma‛

1) to hear, listen to, obey (verb)

1a) (Qal)

1a1) to hear (perceive by ear)

1a2) to hear of or concerning

1a3) to hear (have power to hear)

1a4) to hear with attention or interest, listen to

1a5) to understand (language)

1a6) to hear (of judicial cases)

1a7) to listen, give heed

1a7a) to consent, agree

1a7b) to grant request

1a8) to listen to, yield to

1a9) to obey, be obedient

1b) (Niphal)

1b1) to be heard (of voice or sound)

1b2) to be heard of

1b3) to be regarded, be obeyed

1c) (Piel) to cause to hear, call to hear, summon

1d) (Hiphil)

1d1) to cause to hear, tell, proclaim, utter a sound

1d2) to sound aloud (musical term)

1d3) to make proclamation, summon

1d4) to cause to be heard

2) sound (noun masculine)

Part of Speech: see above in Definition

Relation: a primitive root

Same Word by TWOT Number: 2412, 2412a



Usage:

This word is used 1158 times:

Jeremiah 38:20: "said, They shall not deliver thee. Obey, I beseech thee, the voice of the LORD, which"
Jeremiah 38:25: "But if the princes hear that I have talked with thee, and they come unto"
Jeremiah 38:27: "him; for the matter was not perceived."
Jeremiah 40:3: "ye have sinned against the LORD, and have not obeyed his voice, therefore this thing is come"
Jeremiah 40:7: "were in the fields, even they and their men, heard that the king of Babylon had made"
Jeremiah 40:11: "and in Edom, and that were in all the countries, heard that the king of Babylon"
Jeremiah 41:11: "of the forces that were with him, heard of all the evil that"
Jeremiah 42:4: "the prophet said unto them, I have heard you; behold, I will pray unto the LORD"
Jeremiah 42:6: "it be good, or whether it be evil, we will obey the voice of the LORD our God, to whom"
Jeremiah 42:6: "thee; that it may be well with us, when we obey the voice of the LORD our God."
Jeremiah 42:13: "in this land, neither obey the voice of the LORD your God,"
Jeremiah 42:14: "no war, nor hear the sound of the trumpet, nor have hunger"
Jeremiah 42:15: "And now therefore hear the word of the LORD, ye remnant of Judah; Thus"
Jeremiah 42:21: "And now I have this day declared it to you; but ye have not obeyed the voice of the LORD your God, nor any"
Jeremiah 43:4: "of the forces, and all the people, obeyed not the voice of the LORD, to dwell"
Jeremiah 43:7: "the land of Egypt: for they obeyed not the voice of the LORD: thus came"
Jeremiah 44:5: " But they hearkened not, nor inclined their ear to turn from their wickedness,"
Jeremiah 44:16: "us in the name of the LORD, we will not hearken unto"
Jeremiah 44:23: "ye have burned incense, and because ye have sinned against the LORD, and have not obeyed the voice of the LORD,"
Jeremiah 44:24: "and to all the women, Hear the word of the LORD, all Judah"
Jeremiah 44:26: "Therefore hear ye the word of the LORD, all Judah that dwell in the land"
Jeremiah 46:12: "The nations have heard of thy shame, and thy cry hath filled the land: for the mighty man"
Jeremiah 46:14: "Declare ye in Egypt, and publish in Migdol, and publish in Noph and in Tahpanhes: say"
Jeremiah 46:14: "ye in Egypt, and publish in Migdol, and publish in Noph and in Tahpanhes: say ye, Stand fast,"
Jeremiah 48:4: "is destroyed; her little ones have caused a cry to be heard."
Jeremiah 48:5: "for in the going down of Horonaim the enemies have heard a cry of destruction."
Jeremiah 48:29: " We have heard the pride of Moab, (he is exceeding proud) his loftiness, and his arrogance, and his pride,"
Jeremiah 49:2: "the LORD, that I will cause an alarm of war to be heard in Rabbah of the Ammonites;"
Jeremiah 49:14: " I have heard a rumor from the LORD, and an ambassador is sent unto the heathen,"
Jeremiah 49:20: "Therefore hear the counsel of the LORD, that he hath taken against Edom;"
Jeremiah 49:21: "at the noise of their fall, at the cry the noise thereof was heard in the Red sea."
Jeremiah 49:23: "is confounded, and Arpad: for they have heard evil tidings: they are fainthearted; there is sorrow"
Jeremiah 50:2: "Declare ye among the nations, and publish, and set up a standard; publish, and conceal not:"
Jeremiah 50:2: "and publish, and set up a standard; publish, and conceal not: say, Babylon"
Jeremiah 50:29: " Call together the archers against Babylon: all ye that bend the bow, camp"
Jeremiah 50:43: "The king of Babylon hath heard the report of them, and his hands waxed feeble: anguish"
Jeremiah 50:45: "Therefore hear ye the counsel of the LORD, that he hath taken against Babylon;"
Jeremiah 50:46: "of Babylon the earth is moved, and the cry is heard among the nations."
Jeremiah 51:27: "prepare the nations against her, call together against her the kingdoms of Ararat, Minni,"
Jeremiah 51:46: "faint, and ye fear for the rumor that shall be heard in the land; a rumor shall both come one year,"
Jeremiah 51:51: "We are confounded, because we have heard reproach: shame hath covered our faces: for"
Lamentations 1:18: "for I have rebelled against his commandment: hear, I pray you, all people, and behold"
Lamentations 1:21: " They have heard that I sigh: there is none to comfort me: all mine enemies"
Lamentations 1:21: "to comfort me: all mine enemies have heard of my trouble; they are glad that thou"
Lamentations 3:56: " Thou hast heard my voice: hide not thine ear at my breathing, at my cry."
Lamentations 3:61: " Thou hast heard their reproach, O LORD, and all their imaginations against"
Ezekiel 1:24: "And when they went, I heard the noise of their wings, like the noise of great waters,"
Ezekiel 1:28: "it, I fell upon my face, and I heard a voice of one that spoke."
Ezekiel 2:2: "me, and set me upon my feet, that I heard him that spoke unto"
Ezekiel 2:5: "And they, whether they will hear, or whether they will forbear, (for they are a rebellious"









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