Hebrew word study
שָׁמַע H8085
- Transliteration
- shâmaʻ
- Pronunciation
- shaw-mah'
- KJV glosses
- [idiom] attentively, call (gather) together, [idiom] carefully, [idiom] certainly, consent, consider, be content, declare, [idiom] diligently, discern, give ear, (cause to, let, make to) hear(-ken, tell), [idiom] indeed, listen, make (a) noise, (be) obedient, obey, perceive, (make a) proclaim(-ation), publish, regard, report, shew (forth), (make a) sound, [idiom] surely, tell, understand, whosoever (heareth), witness.
Lexical summary
to hear intelligently (often with implication of attention, obedience, etc.
causatively, to tell, etc.)
Strong’s Exhaustive Concordance
to hear intelligently (often with implication of attention, obedience, etc.
causatively, to tell, etc.)
A word’s possible definitions do not determine its meaning in every passage. Meaning is established by grammar, syntax, literary context, and usage.
Source: Strong’s Hebrew and Greek Lexicon. Data source information