Strongs Number: H8085
- Hebrew Word
- שָׁמַע
- Transliteration
- shâmaʻ
- Phonetic
- shaw-mah'
- Part of Speech
- Verb
- Strongs Definition
-
to hear intelligently (often with implication of {attention} {obedience} etc.; causatively to {tell} etc.)
- BDB Definition
-
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 1a
b. to consent, agree 1a
c. to grant request
1. to listen to, yield to
2. to obey, be obedient
d. (Niphal)
1. to be heard (of voice or sound)
2. to be heard of
3. to be regarded, be obeyed
e. (Piel) to cause to hear, call to hear, summon
f. (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
- Origin
- A primitive root
- Bible Usage
- X-(idiom) {attentively} call (gather) {together} X-(idiom) {carefully} X-(idiom) {certainly} {consent} {consider} be {content} {declare} X-(idiom) {diligently} {discern} give {ear} (cause {to} {let} make to) hear ({-ken} {tell}) X-(idiom) {indeed} {listen} make (a) {noise} (be) {obedient} {obey} {perceive} (make a) proclaim ({-ation}) {publish} {regard} {report} shew ({forth}) (make a) {sound} X-(idiom) {surely} {tell} {understand} whosoever {[heareth]} witness.