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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

Genesis 3:8Mapped KJV word: heard

And they heard the voice of the LORD God walking in the garden in the cool of the day: and Adam and his wife hid themselves from the presence of the LORD God amongst the trees of the garden.

Genesis 3:10Mapped KJV word: heard

And he said, I heard thy voice in the garden, and I was afraid, because I was naked; and I hid myself.

Genesis 3:17Mapped KJV word: hearkened

And unto Adam he said, Because thou hast hearkened unto the voice of thy wife, and hast eaten of the tree, of which I commanded thee, saying, Thou shalt not eat of it: cursed is the ground for thy sake; in sorrow shalt thou eat of it all the days of thy life;

Genesis 4:23Mapped KJV word: Hear

And Lamech said unto his wives, Adah and Zillah, Hear my voice; ye wives of Lamech, hearken unto my speech: for I have slain a man to my wounding, and a young man to my hurt.

Genesis 11:7Mapped KJV word: understand

Go to, let us go down, and there confound their language, that they may not understand one another's speech.

Genesis 14:14Mapped KJV word: heard

And when Abram heard that his brother was taken captive, he armed his trained servants, born in his own house, three hundred and eighteen, and pursued them unto Dan.

Genesis 16:2Mapped KJV word: hearkened

And Sarai said unto Abram, Behold now, the LORD hath restrained me from bearing: I pray thee, go in unto my maid; it may be that I may obtain children by her. And Abram hearkened to the voice of Sarai.

Genesis 16:11Mapped KJV word: heard

And the angel of the LORD said unto her, Behold, thou art with child, and shalt bear a son, and shalt call his name Ishmael; because the LORD hath heard thy affliction.

Genesis 17:20Mapped KJV word: thee

And as for Ishmael, I have heard thee: Behold, I have blessed him, and will make him fruitful, and will multiply him exceedingly; twelve princes shall he beget, and I will make him a great nation.

Genesis 18:10Mapped KJV word: heard

And he said, I will certainly return unto thee according to the time of life; and, lo, Sarah thy wife shall have a son. And Sarah heard it in the tent door, which was behind him.

Genesis 21:6Mapped KJV word: hear

And Sarah said, God hath made me to laugh, so that all that hear will laugh with me.

Genesis 21:12Mapped KJV word: hearken

And God said unto Abraham, Let it not be grievous in thy sight because of the lad, and because of thy bondwoman; in all that Sarah hath said unto thee, hearken unto her voice; for in Isaac shall thy seed be called.

Genesis 21:17Mapped KJV word: heard

And God heard the voice of the lad; and the angel of God called to Hagar out of heaven, and said unto her, What aileth thee, Hagar? fear not; for God hath heard the voice of the lad where he is.

Genesis 21:17Mapped KJV word: heard

And God heard the voice of the lad; and the angel of God called to Hagar out of heaven, and said unto her, What aileth thee, Hagar? fear not; for God hath heard the voice of the lad where he is.

Genesis 21:26Mapped KJV word: heard

And Abimelech said, I wot not who hath done this thing: neither didst thou tell me, neither yet heard I of it, but to day.

Genesis 22:18Mapped KJV word: obeyed

And in thy seed shall all the nations of the earth be blessed; because thou hast obeyed my voice.

Genesis 23:6Mapped KJV word: us

Hear us, my lord: thou art a mighty prince among us: in the choice of our sepulchres bury thy dead; none of us shall withhold from thee his sepulchre, but that thou mayest bury thy dead.

Genesis 23:8Mapped KJV word: hear

And he communed with them, saying, If it be your mind that I should bury my dead out of my sight; hear me, and intreat for me to Ephron the son of Zohar,

Genesis 23:11Mapped KJV word: me

Nay, my lord, hear me: the field give I thee, and the cave that is therein, I give it thee; in the presence of the sons of my people give I it thee: bury thy dead.

Genesis 23:13Mapped KJV word: hear

And he spake unto Ephron in the audience of the people of the land, saying, But if thou wilt give it, I pray thee, hear me: I will give thee money for the field; take it of me, and I will bury my dead there.

Genesis 23:15Mapped KJV word: hearken

My lord, hearken unto me: the land is worth four hundred shekels of silver; what is that betwixt me and thee? bury therefore thy dead.

Genesis 23:16Mapped KJV word: hearkened

And Abraham hearkened unto Ephron; and Abraham weighed to Ephron the silver, which he had named in the audience of the sons of Heth, four hundred shekels of silver, current money with the merchant.

Genesis 24:30Mapped KJV word: heard

And it came to pass, when he saw the earring and bracelets upon his sister's hands, and when he heard the words of Rebekah his sister, saying, Thus spake the man unto me; that he came unto the man; and, behold, he stood by the camels at the well.

Genesis 24:52Mapped KJV word: heard

And it came to pass, that, when Abraham's servant heard their words, he worshipped the LORD, bowing himself to the earth.

Genesis 26:5Mapped KJV word: obeyed

Because that Abraham obeyed my voice, and kept my charge, my commandments, my statutes, and my laws.

Genesis 27:5Mapped KJV word: heard

And Rebekah heard when Isaac spake to Esau his son. And Esau went to the field to hunt for venison, and to bring it.

Genesis 27:6Mapped KJV word: heard

And Rebekah spake unto Jacob her son, saying, Behold, I heard thy father speak unto Esau thy brother, saying,

Genesis 27:8Mapped KJV word: obey

Now therefore, my son, obey my voice according to that which I command thee.

Genesis 27:13Mapped KJV word: obey

And his mother said unto him, Upon me be thy curse, my son: only obey my voice, and go fetch me them.

Genesis 27:34Mapped KJV word: heard

And when Esau heard the words of his father, he cried with a great and exceeding bitter cry, and said unto his father, Bless me, even me also, O my father.

Genesis 27:43Mapped KJV word: obey

Now therefore, my son, obey my voice; and arise, flee thou to Laban my brother to Haran;

Genesis 28:7Mapped KJV word: obeyed

And that Jacob obeyed his father and his mother, and was gone to Padanaram;

Genesis 29:13Mapped KJV word: heard

And it came to pass, when Laban heard the tidings of Jacob his sister's son, that he ran to meet him, and embraced him, and kissed him, and brought him to his house. And he told Laban all these things.

Genesis 29:33Mapped KJV word: heard

And she conceived again, and bare a son; and said, Because the LORD hath heard that I was hated, he hath therefore given me this son also: and she called his name Simeon.

Genesis 30:6Mapped KJV word: heard

And Rachel said, God hath judged me, and hath also heard my voice, and hath given me a son: therefore called she his name Dan.

Genesis 30:17Mapped KJV word: hearkened

And God hearkened unto Leah, and she conceived, and bare Jacob the fifth son.

Genesis 30:22Mapped KJV word: hearkened

And God remembered Rachel, and God hearkened to her, and opened her womb.

Genesis 31:1Mapped KJV word: heard

And he heard the words of Laban's sons, saying, Jacob hath taken away all that was our father's; and of that which was our father's hath he gotten all this glory.

Genesis 34:5Mapped KJV word: heard

And Jacob heard that he had defiled Dinah his daughter: now his sons were with his cattle in the field: and Jacob held his peace until they were come.

Genesis 34:7Mapped KJV word: heard

And the sons of Jacob came out of the field when they heard it: and the men were grieved, and they were very wroth, because he had wrought folly in Israel in lying with Jacob's daughter; which thing ought not to be done.

Genesis 34:17Mapped KJV word: hearken

But if ye will not hearken unto us, to be circumcised; then will we take our daughter, and we will be gone.

Genesis 34:24Mapped KJV word: hearkened

And unto Hamor and unto Shechem his son hearkened all that went out of the gate of his city; and every male was circumcised, all that went out of the gate of his city.

Genesis 35:22Mapped KJV word: heard

And it came to pass, when Israel dwelt in that land, that Reuben went and lay with Bilhah his father's concubine: and Israel heard it. Now the sons of Jacob were twelve:

Genesis 37:6Mapped KJV word: Hear

And he said unto them, Hear, I pray you, this dream which I have dreamed:

Genesis 37:17Mapped KJV word: heard

And the man said, They are departed hence; for I heard them say, Let us go to Dothan. And Joseph went after his brethren, and found them in Dothan.

Genesis 37:21Mapped KJV word: heard

And Reuben heard it, and he delivered him out of their hands; and said, Let us not kill him.

Genesis 37:27Mapped KJV word: content

Come, and let us sell him to the Ishmeelites, and let not our hand be upon him; for he is our brother and our flesh. And his brethren were content.

Genesis 39:10Mapped KJV word: hearkened

And it came to pass, as she spake to Joseph day by day, that he hearkened not unto her, to lie by her, or to be with her.

Genesis 39:15Mapped KJV word: heard

And it came to pass, when he heard that I lifted up my voice and cried, that he left his garment with me, and fled, and got him out.

Genesis 39:19Mapped KJV word: heard

And it came to pass, when his master heard the words of his wife, which she spake unto him, saying, After this manner did thy servant to me; that his wrath was kindled.