שָׁמַע
shama
hear
Strong's H8085VerbHebrewTWOT 2412

שָׁמַע (shama) is a Hebrew verb meaning hear. It appears 1165 times in 39 books of the Hebrew Bible (Strong's H8085).

Same Hebrew root (TWOT 2412)

Range of meaning (TWOT 2412)hear; be heard of, be regarded, obeyed; he caused; tell; call together, consent, consider, be content, declare, discern, give ear, hearken, listen, make noise, obedient, perceive, proclaim, publish, regard, report, shew, sound…
Full entry: Brown-Driver-Briggs and Strong's

שָׁמַע verb: hear

Strong's H8085 שָׁמַע: to hear intelligently (often with implication of attention, obedience, etc.; causatively, to tell, etc.)
KJV:× attentively, call (gather) together, × carefully, × certainly, consent, consider, be content, declare, × diligently, discern, give ear, (cause to, let, make to) hear(-ken, tell), × indeed, listen, make (a) noise, (be) obedient, obey, perceive, (make a) proclaim(-ation), publish, regard, report, shew (forth), (make a) sound, × surely, tell, understand, whosoever (heareth), witness.

Meanings: Brown-Driver-Briggs (1906) and Strong's Hebrew Dictionary (1890), public domain, via the Open Scriptures Hebrew Bible Project (CC BY 4.0). TWOT numbers for reference only.

See it in Scripture

Genesis 3:8Exodus 2:15Leviticus 10:20

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