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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:

1 Kings 4:34: "from all kings of the earth, which had heard of his wisdom."
1 Kings 5:1: "unto Solomon; for he had heard that they had anointed him king in the room"
1 Kings 5:7: "And it came to pass, when Hiram heard the words of Solomon, that he rejoiced greatly,"
1 Kings 5:8: "to Solomon, saying, I have considered the things which thou sentest to"
1 Kings 6:7: "nor any tool of iron heard in the house, while it was in building."
1 Kings 8:28: "his supplication, O LORD my God, to hearken unto the cry and to the prayer,"
1 Kings 8:29: "My name shall be there: that thou mayest hearken unto the prayer which thy servant"
1 Kings 8:30: " And hearken thou to the supplication of thy servant, and of thy people Israel, when they shall pray"
1 Kings 8:30: "toward this place: and hear thou in heaven thy dwelling"
1 Kings 8:30: "heaven thy dwelling place: and when thou hearest, forgive."
1 Kings 8:32: " Then hear thou in heaven, and do, and judge thy servants, condemning"
1 Kings 8:34: " Then hear thou in heaven, and forgive the sin of thy people Israel, and bring them again"
1 Kings 8:36: " Then hear thou in heaven, and forgive the sin of thy servants, and of thy people Israel,"
1 Kings 8:39: " Then hear thou in heaven thy dwelling place, and forgive, and do, and give"
1 Kings 8:42: "(For they shall hear of thy great name, and of thy strong hand, and of thy stretched out"
1 Kings 8:43: " Hear thou in heaven thy dwelling place, and do according to all that"
1 Kings 8:45: " Then hear thou in heaven their prayer and their supplication, and maintain their cause."
1 Kings 8:49: " Then hear thou their prayer and their supplication in heaven thy dwelling place, and maintain"
1 Kings 8:52: "the supplication of thy people Israel, to hearken unto them in all that they call for unto"
1 Kings 9:3: "And the LORD said unto him, I have heard thy prayer and thy supplication, that"
1 Kings 10:1: "And when the queen of Sheba heard of the fame of Solomon concerning the name of the LORD,"
1 Kings 10:6: "a true report that I heard in mine own land of thy acts and of"
1 Kings 10:7: "and prosperity exceedeth the fame which I heard."
1 Kings 10:8: "which stand continually before thee, and that hear thy wisdom."
1 Kings 10:24: "to Solomon, to hear his wisdom, which God"
1 Kings 11:21: "And when Hadad heard in Egypt that David slept with his fathers,"
1 Kings 11:38: "And it shall be, if thou wilt hearken unto all that I command thee, and wilt walk"
1 Kings 12:2: "who was yet in Egypt, heard of it, (for he was fled from the presence"
1 Kings 12:15: "Wherefore the king hearkened not unto the people; for the cause was"
1 Kings 12:16: "saw that the king hearkened not unto them, the people answered"
1 Kings 12:20: "And it came to pass, when all Israel heard that Jeroboam was come again, that they sent"
1 Kings 12:24: "thing is from me. They hearkened therefore to the word of the LORD,"
1 Kings 13:4: "And it came to pass, when king Jeroboam heard the saying of the man of God,"
1 Kings 13:26: "brought him back from the way heard thereof, he said, It is the man of God,"
1 Kings 14:6: "And it was so, when Ahijah heard the sound of her feet, as she came in at the door,"
1 Kings 15:20: "So Ben-hadad hearkened unto king Asa, and sent the captains"
1 Kings 15:21: "And it came to pass, when Baasha heard thereof, that he left off building of Ramah,"
1 Kings 15:22: "Then king Asa made a proclamation throughout all Judah; none was exempted:"
1 Kings 16:16: "And the people that were encamped heard say, Zimri hath conspired, and hath also slain"
1 Kings 17:22: "And the LORD heard the voice of Elijah; and the soul of the child came into him again,"
1 Kings 19:13: "And it was so, when Elijah heard it, that he wrapped his face in his mantle, and went out, and stood"
1 Kings 20:8: "the people said unto him, Hearken not unto him, nor consent."
1 Kings 20:12: "And it came to pass, when Ben-hadad heard this message, as he was drinking, he"
1 Kings 20:25: "for chariot: and we will fight against them in the plain, and surely we shall be stronger than they. And he hearkened"
1 Kings 20:31: "unto him, Behold now, we have heard that the kings of the house of Israel"
1 Kings 20:36: "Then said he unto him, Because thou hast not obeyed the voice of the LORD, behold,"
1 Kings 21:15: "And it came to pass, when Jezebel heard that Naboth was stoned, and was dead, that Jezebel"
1 Kings 21:16: "And it came to pass, when Ahab heard that Naboth was dead, that Ahab rose up"
1 Kings 21:27: "And it came to pass, when Ahab heard those words, that he rent his clothes,"
1 Kings 22:19: "And he said, Hear thou therefore the word of the LORD: I saw the LORD"









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