H8085: שָׁמַע

Extended definition

Brief lexicon based on BDB via STEPBible TBESH (CC BY 4.0).

How H8085 is translated

• hear ×118
• listen ×92
• he heard ×75
• he listened ×45
• i have heard ×35
• they heard ×34
• you will listen ×34
• they listened ×33
• heard ×30
• you will hear ×29
• ! ×23
• i heard ×21

Bible verses with H8085 (shâmaʻ)

Shâmaʻ appears in 1,073 verses; the first 25 are shown below.

• Genesis 3:8

  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 3:10

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

• Genesis 3:17

  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 4:23

  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 11:7

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

• Genesis 14:14

  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 16:2

  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 16:11

  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 17:20

  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 18:10

  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 21:6

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

• Genesis 21:12

  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 21:17

  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 21:26

  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 22:18

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

• Genesis 23:6

  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 23:8

  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 23:11

  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 23:13

  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 23:15

  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 23:16

  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 24:30

  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 24:52

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

• Genesis 26:5

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

• Genesis 27:5

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

Words derived from H8085