שָׁמַע

sha.ma

Hebrew H8085 Verb 1,159 occurrences in 1,072 verses
שָׁמַע to hear: hear

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

  1. 2 Samuel 16:21 וְשָׁמַ֤ע

    Ahithophel replied, “Sleep with your father’s concubines, whom he has left to keep the palace. When all Israel hears that you have become a stench to your father, then the hands of all who are with you will be strengthened.”

  2. 2 Samuel 17:5 וְנִשְׁמְעָ֥ה

    Then Absalom said, “Summon Hushai the Archite as well, and let us hear what he too has to say.”

  3. 2 Samuel 17:9 וְשָׁמַ֤עהַשֹּׁמֵ֙עַ֙

    Surely by now he is hiding in a cave or some other location. If some of your troops fall first, whoever hears of it will say, ‘There has been a slaughter among the troops who follow Absalom.’

  4. 2 Samuel 18:5 שָׁמְע֗וּ

    Now the king had commanded Joab, Abishai, and Ittai, “Treat the young man Absalom gently for my sake.” And all the people heard the king’s orders to each of the commanders regarding Absalom.

  5. 2 Samuel 19:2 שָׁמַ֣ע

    And that day’s victory was turned into mourning for all the people, because on that day they were told, “The king is grieving over his son.”

  6. 2 Samuel 19:35 אֶשְׁמַ֣ע

    I am now eighty years old. Can I discern what is good and what is not? Can your servant taste what he eats or drinks? Can I still hear the voice of singing men and women? Why should your servant be an added burden to my lord the king?

  7. 2 Samuel 20:16 שִׁמְע֤וּשִׁמְעוּ֙

    a wise woman called out from the city, “Listen! Listen! Please tell Joab to come here so that I may speak with him.”

  8. 2 Samuel 20:17 שְׁמַע֙שֹׁמֵ֥עַ

    When he had come near to her, the woman asked, “Are you Joab?” “I am,” he replied. “Listen to the words of your servant,” she said. “I am listening,” he answered.

  9. 2 Samuel 22:7 וַיִּשְׁמַ֤ע

    In my distress I called upon the LORD; I cried out to my God. And from His temple He heard my voice, and my cry for help reached His ears.

  10. 2 Samuel 22:45 לִשְׁמ֥וֹעַיִשָּׁ֥מְעוּ

    Foreigners cower before me; when they hear me, they obey me.

  11. 1 Kings 1:11 שָׁמַ֔עַתְּ

    Then Nathan said to Bathsheba the mother of Solomon, “Have you not heard that Adonijah son of Haggith has become king, and our lord David does not know it?

  12. 1 Kings 1:41 וַיִּשְׁמַ֣עוַיִּשְׁמַ֤ע

    Now Adonijah and all his guests were finishing their feast when they heard the sound of the ram’s horn. “Why is the city in such a loud uproar?” asked Joab.

  13. 1 Kings 1:45 שְׁמַעְתֶּֽם׃

    Zadok the priest and Nathan the prophet have anointed him king at Gihon, and they have gone up from there with rejoicing that rings out in the city. That is the noise you hear.

  14. 1 Kings 2:42 שָׁמָֽעְתִּי׃

    the king summoned Shimei and said to him, “Did I not make you swear by the LORD and warn you, ‘On the day you leave and go elsewhere, know for sure that you will die’? And you told me, ‘The sentence is fair; I will comply.’

  15. 1 Kings 3:9 שֹׁמֵ֙עַ֙

    Therefore give Your servant an understanding heart to judge Your people and to discern between good and evil. For who is able to govern this great people of Yours?”

  16. 1 Kings 3:11 לִשְׁמֹ֥עַ

    So God said to him, “Since you have asked for this instead of requesting long life or wealth for yourself or death for your enemies—but you have asked for discernment to administer justice—

  17. 1 Kings 3:28 וַיִּשְׁמְע֣וּ

    When all Israel heard of the judgment the king had given, they stood in awe of him, for they saw that the wisdom of God was in him to administer justice.

  18. 1 Kings 4:34 לִשְׁמֹ֕עַשָׁמְע֖וּ

    So men of all nations came to listen to Solomon’s wisdom, sent by all the kings of the earth, who had heard of his wisdom.

  19. 1 Kings 5:1 שָׁמַ֔ע

    Now when Hiram king of Tyre heard that Solomon had been anointed king in his father’s place, he sent envoys to Solomon; for Hiram had always been a friend of David.

  20. 1 Kings 5:7 כִּשְׁמֹ֧עַ

    When Hiram received Solomon’s message, he rejoiced greatly and said, “Blessed be the LORD this day! He has given David a wise son over this great people!”

  21. 1 Kings 5:8 שָׁמַ֕עְתִּי

    Then Hiram sent a reply to Solomon, saying: “I have received your message; I will do all you desire regarding the cedar and cypress timber.

  22. 1 Kings 6:7 נִשְׁמַ֥ע

    The temple was constructed using finished stones cut at the quarry, so that no hammer or chisel or any other iron tool was heard in the temple while it was being built.

  23. 1 Kings 8:28 לִשְׁמֹ֤עַ

    Yet regard the prayer and plea of Your servant, O LORD my God, so that You may hear the cry and the prayer that Your servant is praying before You today.

  24. 1 Kings 8:29 לִשְׁמֹ֙עַ֙

    May Your eyes be open toward this temple night and day, toward the place of which You said, ‘My Name shall be there,’ so that You may hear the prayer that Your servant prays toward this place.

  25. 1 Kings 8:30 וְשָׁ֨מַעְתָּ֜תִּשְׁמַ֞עוְשָׁמַעְתָּ֖

    Hear the plea of Your servant and of Your people Israel when they pray toward this place. May You hear from heaven, Your dwelling place. May You hear and forgive.

  26. 1 Kings 8:32 תִּשְׁמַ֣ע

    then may You hear from heaven and act. May You judge Your servants, condemning the wicked man by bringing down on his own head what he has done, and justifying the righteous man by rewarding him according to his righteousness.

  27. 1 Kings 8:34 תִּשְׁמַ֣ע

    then may You hear from heaven and forgive the sin of Your people Israel. May You restore them to the land You gave to their fathers.

  28. 1 Kings 8:36 תִּשְׁמַ֣ע

    then may You hear from heaven and forgive the sin of Your servants, Your people Israel, so that You may teach them the good way in which they should walk. May You send rain on the land that You gave Your people as an inheritance.

  29. 1 Kings 8:39 תִּשְׁמַ֨ע

    be heard by You from heaven, Your dwelling place. And may You forgive and act, and repay each man according to all his ways, since You know his heart—for You alone know the hearts of all men—

  30. 1 Kings 8:42 יִשְׁמְעוּן֙

    for they will hear of Your great name and mighty hand and outstretched arm—when he comes and prays toward this temple,

  31. 1 Kings 8:43 תִּשְׁמַ֤ע

    then may You hear from heaven, Your dwelling place, and do according to all for which the foreigner calls to You. Then all the peoples of the earth will know Your name and fear You, as do Your people Israel, and they will know that this house I have built is called by Your Name.

  32. 1 Kings 8:45 וְשָׁמַעְתָּ֙

    then may You hear from heaven their prayer and their plea, and may You uphold their cause.

  33. 1 Kings 8:49 וְשָׁמַעְתָּ֤

    then may You hear from heaven, Your dwelling place, their prayer and petition, and may You uphold their cause.

  34. 1 Kings 8:52 לִשְׁמֹ֣עַ

    May Your eyes be open to the pleas of Your servant and of Your people Israel, and may You listen to them whenever they call to You.

  35. 1 Kings 9:3 שָׁמַ֖עְתִּי

    And the LORD said to him: “I have heard your prayer and petition before Me. I have consecrated this temple you have built by putting My Name there forever; My eyes and My heart will be there for all time.

  36. 1 Kings 10:1 שֹׁמַ֛עַת

    Now when the queen of Sheba heard about the fame of Solomon concerning the name of the LORD, she came to test him with difficult questions.

  37. 1 Kings 10:6 שָׁמַ֖עְתִּי

    She said to the king, “The report I heard in my own country about your words and wisdom is true.

  38. 1 Kings 10:7 שָׁמָֽעְתִּי׃

    But I did not believe these things until I came and saw with my own eyes. Indeed, not even half was told to me. Your wisdom and prosperity have far exceeded the report I heard.

  39. 1 Kings 10:8 הַשֹּׁמְעִ֖ים

    How blessed are your men! How blessed are these servants of yours who stand continually before you and hear your wisdom!

  40. 1 Kings 10:24 לִשְׁמֹ֙עַ֙

    The whole world sought an audience with Solomon to hear the wisdom that God had put in his heart.

  41. 1 Kings 11:21 שָׁמַ֣ע

    When Hadad heard in Egypt that David had rested with his fathers and that Joab, the commander of the army, was dead, he said to Pharaoh, “Let me go, that I may return to my own country.”

  42. 1 Kings 11:38 תִּשְׁמַע֮

    If you listen to all that I command you, walk in My ways, and do what is right in My sight in order to keep My statutes and commandments as My servant David did, then I will be with you. I will build you a lasting dynasty just as I built for David, and I will give Israel to you.

  43. 1 Kings 12:2 כִּשְׁמֹ֣עַ׀

    When Jeroboam son of Nebat heard about this, he was still in Egypt where he had fled from King Solomon and had been living ever since.

  44. 1 Kings 12:15 שָׁמַ֥ע

    So the king did not listen to the people, and indeed this turn of events was from the LORD, to fulfill the word He had spoken to Jeroboam son of Nebat through Ahijah the Shilonite.

  45. 1 Kings 12:16 שָׁמַ֣ע

    When all Israel saw that the king had refused to listen to them, they answered the king: “What portion do we have in David, and what inheritance in the son of Jesse? To your tents, O Israel! Look now to your own house, O David!” So the Israelites went home,

  46. 1 Kings 12:20 כִּשְׁמֹ֤עַ

    When all Israel heard that Jeroboam had returned, they summoned him to the assembly and made him king over all Israel. Only the tribe of Judah followed the house of David.

  47. 1 Kings 12:24 וַיִּשְׁמְעוּ֙

    that this is what the LORD says: ‘You are not to go up and fight against your brothers, the Israelites. Each of you must return home, for this word is from Me.’” So they listened to the word of the LORD and turned back according to the word of the LORD.

  48. 1 Kings 13:4 כִשְׁמֹ֨עַ

    Now when King Jeroboam, who was at the altar in Bethel, heard the word that the man of God had cried out against it, he stretched out his hand and said, “Seize him!” But the hand he stretched out toward him withered, so that he could not pull it back.

  49. 1 Kings 13:26 וַיִּשְׁמַ֣ע

    When the prophet who had brought him back from his journey heard this, he said, “It is the man of God who disobeyed the command of the LORD. Therefore the LORD has delivered him to the lion, and it has mauled him and killed him, according to the word that the LORD had spoken to him.”

  50. 1 Kings 14:6 כִשְׁמֹ֨עַ

    So when Ahijah heard the sound of her feet entering the door, he said, “Come in, wife of Jeroboam! Why are you disguised? For I have been sent to you with bad news.

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