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שָׁמַע

sha.mato hear: hearHow to read Hebrew
hebrewOld TestamentVerb1,159 occurrences39 books1,072 verses

Definition

a primitive root; to hear intelligently (often with implication of attention, obedience, etc.; causatively, to tell, etc.)
Traditional renderings: × 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.

In the Greek Old Testament

How the ancient Greek translation of the Old Testament renders שָׁמַע:

Usage patterns

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Occurrences

1,159 total
  1. 1 Kings 4:34לִשְׁמֹ֕עַ · had heard; שָׁמְע֖וּ · to listen
    So men of all nations came to listen to Solomon’s wisdom, sent by all the kings of the earth, who had heard of his wisdom.
  2. 1 Kings 5:1שָׁמַ֔ע · heard
    Now when Hiram king of Tyre heard that Solomon had been anointed king in his father’s place, he sent envoys to Solomon; for Hiram had always been a friend of David.
  3. 1 Kings 5:7כִּשְׁמֹ֧עַ · received
    When Hiram received Solomon’s message, he rejoiced greatly and said, “Blessed be the LORD this day! He has given David a wise son over this great people!”
  4. 1 Kings 5:8שָׁמַ֕עְתִּי · I have received
    Then Hiram sent a reply to Solomon, saying: “I have received your message; I will do all you desire regarding the cedar and cypress timber.
  5. 1 Kings 6:7נִשְׁמַ֥ע · was heard
    The temple was constructed using finished stones cut at the quarry, so that no hammer or chisel or any other iron tool was heard in the temple while it was being built.
  6. 1 Kings 8:28לִשְׁמֹ֤עַ · so that You may hear
    Yet regard the prayer and plea of Your servant, O LORD my God, so that You may hear the cry and the prayer that Your servant is praying before You today.
  7. 1 Kings 8:29לִשְׁמֹ֙עַ֙ · so that You may hear
    May Your eyes be open toward this temple night and day, toward the place of which You said, ‘My Name shall be there,’ so that You may hear the prayer that Your servant prays toward this place.
  8. 1 Kings 8:30וְשָׁ֨מַעְתָּ֜ · Hear; תִּשְׁמַ֞ע · hear; וְשָׁמַעְתָּ֖ · May You hear
    Hear the plea of Your servant and of Your people Israel when they pray toward this place. May You hear from heaven, Your dwelling place. May You hear and forgive.
  9. 1 Kings 8:32תִּשְׁמַ֣ע · hear
    …then may You hear from heaven and act. May You judge Your servants, condemning the wicked man by bringing down on his own head what he has done, and justifying the righteous man by rewarding him according to his righteousness.
  10. 1 Kings 8:34תִּשְׁמַ֣ע · hear
    …then may You hear from heaven and forgive the sin of Your people Israel. May You restore them to the land You gave to their fathers.
  11. 1 Kings 8:36תִּשְׁמַ֣ע · hear
    …then may You hear from heaven and forgive the sin of Your servants, Your people Israel, so that You may teach them the good way in which they should walk. May You send rain on the land that You gave Your people as an inheritance.
  12. 1 Kings 8:39תִּשְׁמַ֨ע · be heard
    …be heard by You from heaven, Your dwelling place. And may You forgive and act, and repay each man according to all his ways, since You know his heart—for You alone know the hearts of all men—
  13. 1 Kings 8:42יִשְׁמְעוּן֙ · they will hear
    …for they will hear of Your great name and mighty hand and outstretched arm—when he comes and prays toward this temple,
  14. 1 Kings 8:43תִּשְׁמַ֤ע · hear
    …then may You hear from heaven, Your dwelling place, and do according to all for which the foreigner calls to You. Then all the peoples of the earth will know Your name and fear You, as do Your people Israel, and they will know that this house I have built is called by Your Name.
  15. 1 Kings 8:45וְשָׁמַעְתָּ֙ · then may You hear
    …then may You hear from heaven their prayer and their plea, and may You uphold their cause.
  16. 1 Kings 8:49וְשָׁמַעְתָּ֤ · then may You hear
    …then may You hear from heaven, Your dwelling place, their prayer and petition, and may You uphold their cause.
  17. 1 Kings 8:52לִשְׁמֹ֣עַ · and may You listen
    May Your eyes be open to the pleas of Your servant and of Your people Israel, and may You listen to them whenever they call to You.
  18. 1 Kings 9:3שָׁמַ֖עְתִּי · I have heard
    And the LORD said to him: “I have heard your prayer and petition before Me. I have consecrated this temple, which you have built, by putting My Name there forever; My eyes and My heart will be there for all time.
  19. 1 Kings 10:1שֹׁמַ֛עַת · heard
    Now when the queen of Sheba heard about the fame of Solomon concerning the name of the LORD, she came to test him with difficult questions.
  20. 1 Kings 10:6שָׁמַ֖עְתִּי · I heard
    She said to the king, “The report I heard in my own country about your words and wisdom is true.
  21. 1 Kings 10:7שָׁמָֽעְתִּי׃ · I heard
    But I did not believe these things until I came and saw with my own eyes. Indeed, not even half was told to me. Your wisdom and prosperity have far exceeded the report I heard.
  22. 1 Kings 10:8הַשֹּׁמְעִ֖ים · [and] hear
    How blessed are your men! How blessed are these servants of yours who stand continually before you and hear your wisdom!
  23. 1 Kings 10:24לִשְׁמֹ֙עַ֙ · to hear
    The whole world sought an audience with Solomon to hear the wisdom that God had put in his heart.
  24. 1 Kings 11:21שָׁמַ֣ע · heard
    When Hadad heard in Egypt that David had rested with his fathers and that Joab, the commander of the army, was dead, he said to Pharaoh, “Let me go, that I may return to my own country.”
  25. 1 Kings 11:38תִּשְׁמַע֮ · you listen to
    If you listen to all that I command you, walk in My ways, and do what is right in My sight in order to keep My statutes and commandments as My servant David did, then I will be with you. I will build you a lasting dynasty just as I built for David, and I will give Israel to you.
  26. 1 Kings 12:2כִּשְׁמֹ֣עַ׀ · heard about this
    When Jeroboam son of Nebat heard about this, he was still in Egypt where he had fled from King Solomon and had been living ever since.
  27. 1 Kings 12:15שָׁמַ֥ע · listen
    So the king did not listen to the people, and indeed this turn of events was from the LORD, to fulfill the word He had spoken to Jeroboam son of Nebat through Ahijah the Shilonite.
  28. 1 Kings 12:16שָׁמַ֣ע · to listen
    When all Israel saw that the king had refused to listen to them, they answered the king: “What portion do we have in David, and what inheritance in the son of Jesse? To your tents, O Israel! Look now to your own house, O David!” So the Israelites went home,
  29. 1 Kings 12:20כִּשְׁמֹ֤עַ · heard
    When all Israel heard that Jeroboam had returned, they summoned him to the assembly and made him king over all Israel. Only the tribe of Judah followed the house of David.
  30. 1 Kings 12:24וַיִּשְׁמְעוּ֙ · So they listened
    …that this is what the LORD says: ‘You are not to go up and fight against your brothers, the Israelites. Each of you must return home, for this is My doing.’” So they listened to the word of the LORD and turned back according to the word of the LORD.
  31. 1 Kings 13:4כִשְׁמֹ֨עַ · heard
    Now when King Jeroboam, who was at the altar in Bethel, heard the word that the man of God had cried out against it, he stretched out his hand and said, “Seize him!” But the hand he stretched out toward him withered, so that he could not pull it back.
  32. 1 Kings 13:26וַיִּשְׁמַ֣ע · heard this
    When the prophet who had brought him back from his journey heard this, he said, “It is the man of God who disobeyed the command of the LORD. Therefore the LORD has delivered him to the lion, and it has mauled him and killed him, according to the word that the LORD had spoken to him.”
  33. 1 Kings 14:6כִשְׁמֹ֨עַ · heard
    So when Ahijah heard the sound of her feet entering the door, he said, “Come in, wife of Jeroboam! Why are you disguised? For I have been sent to you with bad news.
  34. 1 Kings 15:20וַיִּשְׁמַ֨ע · listened
    And Ben-hadad listened to King Asa and sent the commanders of his armies against the cities of Israel, conquering Ijon, Dan, Abel-beth-maacah, and the whole land of Naphtali, including the region of Chinnereth.
  35. 1 Kings 15:21כִּשְׁמֹ֣עַ · learned of this
    When Baasha learned of this, he stopped fortifying Ramah and withdrew to Tirzah.
  36. 1 Kings 15:22הִשְׁמִ֤יעַ · summoned
    Then King Asa summoned all the men of Judah, with no exceptions, and they carried away the stones of Ramah and the timbers Baasha had used for building. And with these materials King Asa built up Geba of Benjamin, as well as Mizpah.
  37. 1 Kings 16:16וַיִּשְׁמַ֤ע · heard
    …and the people in the camp heard that Zimri had conspired against the king and struck him down. So there in the camp that very day, all Israel proclaimed Omri, the commander of the army, king over Israel.
  38. 1 Kings 17:22וַיִּשְׁמַ֥ע · listened
    And the LORD listened to the voice of Elijah, and the child’s life returned to him, and he lived.
  39. 1 Kings 19:13כִּשְׁמֹ֣עַ · heard it
    When Elijah heard it, he wrapped his face in his cloak and went out and stood at the mouth of the cave. Suddenly a voice came to him and said, “What are you doing here, Elijah?”
  40. 1 Kings 20:8תִּשְׁמַ֖ע · listen to him
    And the elders and the people all said, “Do not listen to him or consent to his terms.”
  41. 1 Kings 20:12כִּשְׁמֹ֙עַ֙ · Ben-hadad received
    Ben-hadad received this message while he and the kings were drinking in their tents, and he said to his servants, “Take your positions.” So they stationed themselves against the city.
  42. 1 Kings 20:25וַיִּשְׁמַ֥ע · And [the king] approved
    And you must raise an army like the one you have lost—horse for horse and chariot for chariot—so we can fight the Israelites on the plain, where we will surely prevail.” And the king approved their plan and acted accordingly.
  43. 1 Kings 20:31שָׁמַ֔עְנוּ · we have heard
    Then the servants of Ben-hadad said to him, “Look now, we have heard that the kings of the house of Israel are merciful. Let us go out to the king of Israel with sackcloth around our waists and ropes around our heads. Perhaps he will spare your life.”
  44. 1 Kings 20:36שָׁמַ֙עְתָּ֙ · obeyed
    Then the prophet said to him, “Because you have not obeyed the voice of the LORD, as soon as you depart from me a lion will kill you.” And when he left, a lion found him and killed him.
  45. 1 Kings 21:15כִּשְׁמֹ֣עַ · heard
    When Jezebel heard that Naboth had been stoned to death, she said to Ahab, “Get up and take possession of the vineyard of Naboth the Jezreelite, who refused to give it to you for silver. For Naboth is no longer alive, but dead.”
  46. 1 Kings 21:16כִּשְׁמֹ֥עַ · heard
    And when Ahab heard that Naboth was dead, he got up and went down to take possession of the vineyard of Naboth the Jezreelite.
  47. 1 Kings 21:27כִשְׁמֹ֨עַ · heard
    When Ahab heard these words, he tore his clothes, put on sackcloth, and fasted. He lay down in sackcloth and walked around meekly.