שמע
shêmaʻ
Meaning
“hearing”
BDB report, a hearing
By state
Grammatical form (by state) — links to that form in the full concordance. A form split is not a difference in meaning.
17
verses
(18×)
13 books · rare
Hebrew Bible
First appears: Genesis 29:13
Full concordance →
Copy word
Add a related word
Related by a shared root or a shared gloss word — not necessarily by meaning.
Note: you chose to compare these words. Lemma shows each
word’s own meaning and usage; it does not claim they mean the same
thing or that one translates the other.
Verses that use both words
Add a second word above to see the verses that use more than one of your words.
Each word in context
A sample of each word — one verse from each of the first books it
appears in. The original-language form is the matched word; the English
is not keyword-highlighted (the data carries no word-level English
alignment). Follow “full concordance” for every verse.
שמע
8 books
Genesis 29:13
שֵׁ֣מַע
It happened, when Laban heard the news of Jacob, his sister's son, that he ran to meet Jacob, and embraced him, and kissed him, and brought him to his house. Jacob told Laban all these things.
Copy
Exodus 23:1
שֵׁ֣מַע
"You shall not spread a false report. Don't join your hand with the wicked to be a malicious witness.
Copy
Deuteronomy 2:25
שִׁמְעֲ/ךָ֔
This day will I begin to put the dread of you and the fear of you on the peoples who are under the whole sky, who shall hear the report of you, and shall tremble, and be in anguish because of you.
Copy
1 Kings 10:1
שֵׁ֥מַע
When the queen of Sheba heard of the fame of Solomon concerning the name of Yahweh, she came to prove him with hard questions.
Copy
2 Chronicles 9:1
שֵׁ֣מַע
When the queen of Sheba heard of the fame of Solomon, she came to prove Solomon with hard questions at Jerusalem, with a very great train, and camels that bore spices, and gold in abundance, and precious stones: and when she was come to Solomon, she talked with him of all that was in her heart.
Copy
Isaiah 23:5
שֵׁ֖מַע כְּ/שֵׁ֥מַע
When the report comes to Egypt, they shall be sorely pained at the report of Tyre.
Copy
Hosea 7:12
כְּ/שֵׁ֖מַע
When they go, I will spread my net on them. I will bring them down like the birds of the sky. I will chastise them, as their congregation has heard.
Copy
Habakkuk 3:2
שִׁמְעֲ/ךָ֮
Yahweh, I have heard of your fame. I stand in awe of your deeds, Yahweh. Renew your work in the midst of the years. In the midst of the years make it known. In wrath, you remember mercy.
Copy
Full concordance →
