שָׁמַע
sha.ma
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
a. to consent, agree
b. to grant request
8. to listen to, yield to
9. to obey, be obedient
b. (Niphal)
1. to be heard (of voice or sound)
2. to be heard of
3. to be regarded, be obeyed
c. (Piel) to cause to hear, call to hear, summon
d. (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
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
a. to consent, agree
b. to grant request
8. to listen to, yield to
9. to obey, be obedient
b. (Niphal)
1. to be heard (of voice or sound)
2. to be heard of
3. to be regarded, be obeyed
c. (Piel) to cause to hear, call to hear, summon
d. (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
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
a. to consent, agree
b. to grant request
8. to listen to, yield to
9. to obey, be obedient
b. (Niphal)
1. to be heard (of voice or sound)
2. to be heard of
3. to be regarded, be obeyed
c. (Piel) to cause to hear, call to hear, summon
d. (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
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
a. to consent, agree
b. to grant request
8. to listen to, yield to
9. to obey, be obedient
b. (Niphal)
1. to be heard (of voice or sound)
2. to be heard of
3. to be regarded, be obeyed
c. (Piel) to cause to hear, call to hear, summon
d. (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
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
a. to consent, agree
b. to grant request
8. to listen to, yield to
9. to obey, be obedient
b. (Niphal)
1. to be heard (of voice or sound)
2. to be heard of
3. to be regarded, be obeyed
c. (Piel) to cause to hear, call to hear, summon
d. (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
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
a. to consent, agree
b. to grant request
8. to listen to, yield to
9. to obey, be obedient
b. (Niphal)
1. to be heard (of voice or sound)
2. to be heard of
3. to be regarded, be obeyed
c. (Piel) to cause to hear, call to hear, summon
d. (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
Lexicon: STEPBible Tyndale House Brief Lexicons (TBESH / TBESG) (CC BY 4.0)
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Concordance 1,072 verses
- Judges 2:20 שָׁמְע֖וּ
So the anger of the LORD burned against Israel, and He said, “Because this nation has transgressed the covenant I laid down for their fathers and has not heeded My voice,
- Judges 3:4 הֲיִשְׁמְעוּ֙
These nations were left to test the Israelites, to find out whether they would keep the commandments of the LORD, which He had given their fathers through Moses.
- Judges 5:3 שִׁמְע֣וּ
Listen, O kings! Give ear, O princes! I will sing to the LORD; I will sing praise to the LORD, the God of Israel.
- Judges 5:16 לִשְׁמֹ֖עַ
Why did you sit among the sheepfolds to hear the whistling for the flocks? In the clans of Reuben there was great indecision.
- Judges 6:10 שְׁמַעְתֶּ֖ם
And I said to you: ‘I am the LORD your God. You must not fear the gods of the Amorites, in whose land you dwell.’ But you did not obey Me.”
- Judges 7:11 וְשָֽׁמַעְתָּ֙
and listen to what they are saying. Then your hands will be strengthened to attack the camp.” So he went with Purah his servant to the outposts where armed men were guarding the camp.
- Judges 7:15 כִשְׁמֹ֨עַ
When Gideon heard the dream and its interpretation, he bowed in worship. He returned to the camp of Israel and said, “Get up, for the LORD has delivered the camp of Midian into your hand.”
- Judges 9:7 שִׁמְע֤וּוְיִשְׁמַ֥ע
When this was reported to Jotham, he climbed to the top of Mount Gerizim, raised his voice, and cried out: “Listen to me, O leaders of Shechem, and may God listen to you.
- Judges 9:30 וַיִּשְׁמַ֗ע
When Zebul the governor of the city heard the words of Gaal son of Ebed, he burned with anger.
- Judges 9:46 וַֽיִּשְׁמְע֔וּ
On hearing of this, all the leaders in the tower of Shechem entered the inner chamber of the temple of El-berith.
- Judges 11:10 שֹׁמֵ֙עַ֙
And the elders of Gilead said to Jephthah, “The LORD is our witness if we do not do as you say.”
- Judges 11:17 שָׁמַע֙
Then Israel sent messengers to the king of Edom, saying, ‘Please let us pass through your land,’ but the king of Edom would not listen. They also sent messengers to the king of Moab, but he would not consent. So Israel stayed in Kadesh.
- Judges 11:28 שָׁמַ֔ע
But the king of the Ammonites paid no heed to the message Jephthah sent him.
- Judges 13:9 וַיִּשְׁמַ֥ע
And God listened to the voice of Manoah, and the angel of God returned to the woman as she was sitting in the field; but her husband Manoah was not with her.
- Judges 13:23 הִשְׁמִיעָ֖נוּ
But his wife replied, “If the LORD had intended to kill us, He would not have accepted the burnt offering and the grain offering from our hands, nor would He have shown us all these things or spoken to us this way.”
- Judges 14:13 וְנִשְׁמָעֶֽנָּה׃
But if you cannot solve it, you must give me thirty linen garments and thirty sets of clothes.” “Tell us your riddle,” they replied. “Let us hear it.”
- Judges 18:25 תַּשְׁמַ֥ע
The Danites said to him, “Do not raise your voice against us, or angry men will attack you, and you and your family will lose your lives.”
- Judges 19:25 לִשְׁמֹ֣עַֽ
But the men would not listen to him. So the Levite took his concubine and sent her outside to them, and they raped her and abused her throughout the night, and at dawn they let her go.
- Judges 20:3 וַֽיִּשְׁמְעוּ֙
(Meanwhile the Benjamites heard that the Israelites had gone up to Mizpah.) And the Israelites asked, “Tell us, how did this wicked thing happen?”
- Judges 20:13 לִשְׁמֹ֕עַ
Hand over the wicked men of Gibeah so we can put them to death and purge Israel of this evil.” But the Benjamites refused to heed the voice of their fellow Israelites.
- Ruth 1:6 שָֽׁמְעָה֙
When Naomi heard in Moab that the LORD had attended to His people by providing them with food, she and her daughters-in-law prepared to leave the land of Moab.
- Ruth 2:8 שָׁמַ֣עַתְּ
Then Boaz said to Ruth, “Listen, my daughter. Do not go and glean in another field, and do not go away from this place, but stay here close to my servant girls.
- 1 Samuel 1:13 יִשָּׁמֵ֑עַ
Hannah was praying in her heart, and though her lips were moving, her voice could not be heard. So Eli thought she was drunk
- 1 Samuel 2:22 וְשָׁמַ֗ע
Now Eli was very old, and he heard about everything his sons were doing to all Israel and how they were sleeping with the women who served at the entrance to the Tent of Meeting.
- 1 Samuel 2:23 שֹׁמֵ֙עַ֙
“Why are you doing these things?” Eli said to his sons. “I hear about your wicked deeds from all these people.
- 1 Samuel 2:24 שֹׁמֵ֔עַ
No, my sons; it is not a good report I hear circulating among the LORD’s people.
- 1 Samuel 2:25 יִשְׁמְעוּ֙
If a man sins against another man, God can intercede for him; but if a man sins against the LORD, who can intercede for him?” But they would not listen to their father, since the LORD intended to put them to death.
- 1 Samuel 3:9 שֹׁמֵ֖עַ
“Go and lie down,” he said to Samuel, “and if He calls you, say, ‘Speak, LORD, for Your servant is listening.’” So Samuel went and lay down in his place.
- 1 Samuel 3:10 שֹׁמֵ֖עַ
Then the LORD came and stood there, calling as before, “Samuel! Samuel!” And Samuel answered, “Speak, for Your servant is listening.”
- 1 Samuel 3:11 שֹׁ֣מְע֔וֹ
Then the LORD said to Samuel, “I am about to do something in Israel at which the ears of all who hear it will tingle.
- 1 Samuel 4:6 וַיִּשְׁמְע֤וּ
On hearing the noise of the shout, the Philistines asked, “What is this loud shouting in the camp of the Hebrews?” And when they realized that the ark of the LORD had entered the camp,
- 1 Samuel 4:14 וַיִּשְׁמַ֤ע
Eli heard the outcry and asked, “Why this commotion?” So the man hurried over and reported to Eli.
- 1 Samuel 4:19 וַתִּשְׁמַ֣ע
Now Eli’s daughter-in-law, the wife of Phinehas, was pregnant and about to give birth. When she heard the news of the capture of God’s ark and the deaths of her father-in-law and her husband, she collapsed and gave birth, for her labor pains overtook her.
- 1 Samuel 7:7 וַיִּשְׁמְע֣וּוַֽיִּשְׁמְעוּ֙
When the Philistines heard that the Israelites had gathered at Mizpah, their rulers marched up toward Israel. And when the Israelites learned of this, they feared the Philistines
- 1 Samuel 8:7 שְׁמַע֙
And the LORD said to Samuel, “Listen to the voice of the people in all that they say to you. For it is not you they have rejected, but they have rejected Me as their king.
- 1 Samuel 8:9 שְׁמַ֣ע
Now listen to them, but you must solemnly warn them and show them the manner of the king who will reign over them.”
- 1 Samuel 8:19 לִשְׁמֹ֖עַ
Nevertheless, the people refused to listen to Samuel. “No!” they said. “We must have a king over us.
- 1 Samuel 8:21 וַיִּשְׁמַ֣ע
Samuel listened to all the words of the people and repeated them in the hearing of the LORD.
- 1 Samuel 8:22 שְׁמַ֣ע
“Listen to their voice,” the LORD said to Samuel. “Appoint a king for them.” Then Samuel told the men of Israel, “Everyone must go back to his city.”
- 1 Samuel 9:27 וְאַשְׁמִיעֲךָ֖
As they were going down to the edge of the city, Samuel said to Saul, “Tell the servant to go on ahead of us, but you stay for a while, and I will reveal to you the word of God.” So the servant went on.
- 1 Samuel 11:6 בְּשָׁמְעוֹ
When Saul heard their words, the Spirit of God rushed upon him, and he burned with great anger.
- 1 Samuel 12:1 שָׁמַ֣עְתִּי
Then Samuel said to all Israel, “I have listened to your voice in all that you have said to me, and I have set over you a king.
- 1 Samuel 12:14 וּשְׁמַעְתֶּ֣ם
If you fear the LORD and serve Him and obey His voice, and if you do not rebel against the command of the LORD, and if both you and the king who reigns over you follow the LORD your God, then all will be well.
- 1 Samuel 12:15 תִשְׁמְעוּ֙
But if you disobey the LORD and rebel against His command, then the hand of the LORD will be against you as it was against your fathers.
- 1 Samuel 13:3 וַֽיִּשְׁמְע֖וּיִשְׁמְע֖וּ
Then Jonathan attacked the Philistine outpost at Geba, and the Philistines heard about it. So Saul blew the ram’s horn throughout the land, saying, “Let the Hebrews hear!”
- 1 Samuel 13:4 שָׁמְע֣וּ
And all Israel heard the news: “Saul has attacked an outpost of the Philistines, and now Israel has become a stench to the Philistines!” Then the people were summoned to join Saul at Gilgal.
- 1 Samuel 14:22 שָֽׁמְע֔וּ
When all the Israelites who had been hiding in the hill country of Ephraim heard that the Philistines were fleeing, they also joined Saul and Jonathan in the battle.
- 1 Samuel 14:27 שָׁמַ֗ע
Jonathan, however, had not heard that his father had charged the people with the oath. So he reached out the end of the staff in his hand, dipped it into the honeycomb, and put his hand to his mouth; and his eyes brightened.
- 1 Samuel 15:1 שְׁמַ֔ע
Then Samuel said to Saul, “The LORD sent me to anoint you king over His people Israel. Now therefore, listen to the words of the LORD.
- 1 Samuel 15:4 וַיְשַׁמַּ֤ע
So Saul summoned the troops and numbered them at Telaim—200,000 foot soldiers and 10,000 men of Judah.