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ORIGINAL WORD · STRONG’S

שָׁמַע

H8085 · shâmaʻ · shaw-mah' · Hebrew

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Strong’s definition

to hear intelligently (often with implication of attention, obedience, etc.; causatively, to tell, etc.)

KJV usage

× 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.

1,160mapped occurrences
1,072verses
69KJV renderings
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KJV renderings in this mapping

heard 372hear 263Hear 98hearken 97hearkened 73obey 36obeyed 34heareth 28Hearken 22heardest 11publish 11diligently 8obedient 8understand 6hearing 6hearest 5together 4shewed 4publisheth 4Obey 4indeed 3sound 3obeyeth 3surely 2noise 2obeying 2told 2shew 2obeyedst 2discern 2whosoever 2reported 2hearkeneth 2tell 2thee 1us 1me 1content 1understood 1carefully 1hearkenedst 1witness 1Hearest 1gathered 1now 1called 1certainly 1understanding 1considered 1proclamation 1sounding 1loud 1published 1ear 1attentively 1regardeth 1and hear 1hearkening 1forth 1perceive 1declare 1declareth 1declared 1Listen 1proclaimed 1understandest 1perceived 1consented 1Publish 1

Strong’s is a useful concordance and lexical reference layer. It does not by itself determine the meaning of a word in every context and is not a substitute for the verse, passage, or full grammatical analysis. Hebrew / Aramaic XML data: Open Scriptures Hebrew Bible Project (CC BY 4.0).

Mapped occurrences

Zechariah 6:15Mapped KJV word: diligently

And they that are far off shall come and build in the temple of the LORD, and ye shall know that the LORD of hosts hath sent me unto you. And this shall come to pass, if ye will diligently obey the voice of the LORD your God.

Zechariah 6:15Mapped KJV word: obey

And they that are far off shall come and build in the temple of the LORD, and ye shall know that the LORD of hosts hath sent me unto you. And this shall come to pass, if ye will diligently obey the voice of the LORD your God.

Zechariah 7:11Mapped KJV word: hear

But they refused to hearken, and pulled away the shoulder, and stopped their ears, that they should not hear.

Zechariah 7:12Mapped KJV word: hear

Yea, they made their hearts as an adamant stone, lest they should hear the law, and the words which the LORD of hosts hath sent in his spirit by the former prophets: therefore came a great wrath from the LORD of hosts.

Zechariah 7:13Mapped KJV word: hear

Therefore it is come to pass, that as he cried, and they would not hear; so they cried, and I would not hear, saith the LORD of hosts:

Zechariah 7:13Mapped KJV word: hear

Therefore it is come to pass, that as he cried, and they would not hear; so they cried, and I would not hear, saith the LORD of hosts:

Zechariah 8:9Mapped KJV word: hear

Thus saith the LORD of hosts; Let your hands be strong, ye that hear in these days these words by the mouth of the prophets, which were in the day that the foundation of the house of the LORD of hosts was laid, that the temple might be built.

Zechariah 8:23Mapped KJV word: heard

Thus saith the LORD of hosts; In those days it shall come to pass, that ten men shall take hold out of all languages of the nations, even shall take hold of the skirt of him that is a Jew, saying, We will go with you: for we have heard that God is with you.

Malachi 2:2Mapped KJV word: hear

If ye will not hear, and if ye will not lay it to heart, to give glory unto my name, saith the LORD of hosts, I will even send a curse upon you, and I will curse your blessings: yea, I have cursed them already, because ye do not lay it to heart.

Malachi 3:16Mapped KJV word: heard

Then they that feared the LORD spake often one to another: and the LORD hearkened, and heard it, and a book of remembrance was written before him for them that feared the LORD, and that thought upon his name.