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Lexicon :: Strong's H8088 - šēmaʿ

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שֵׁמַע
Transliteration
šēmaʿ
Pronunciation
shay'-mah
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Part of Speech
masculine noun
Root Word (Etymology)
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TWOT Reference: 2412b

Strong’s Definitions

שֵׁמַע shêmaʻ, shay'-mah; from H8085; something heard, i.e. a sound, rumor, announcement; abstractly, audience:—bruit, fame, hear(-ing), loud, report, speech, tidings.

KJV Translation Count — Total: 18x

The KJV translates Strong's H8088 in the following manner: fame (5x), report (5x), hear (3x), tidings (2x), bruit (1x), loud (1x), speech (1x).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 18x
The KJV translates Strong's H8088 in the following manner: fame (5x), report (5x), hear (3x), tidings (2x), bruit (1x), loud (1x), speech (1x).

  1. report, a hearing

Strong’s Definitions [?](Strong’s Definitions Legend)
שֵׁמַע shêmaʻ, shay'-mah; from H8085; something heard, i.e. a sound, rumor, announcement; abstractly, audience:—bruit, fame, hear(-ing), loud, report, speech, tidings.
STRONGS H8088: Abbreviations
† I. [שֶׁ֫מַע noun [masculine] sound; — הַלְלוּהוּ בְּצִלְצְלֵי שָׁ֑מַע Psalm 150:5 (|| תְּרוּעָה).

† שֵׁ֫מַע noun [masculine] hearing, report (on from compare LagBN 143); — שׁ׳ absolute Isaiah 23:5; construct Isaiah 23:5 +; suffix שִׁמְעִי Isaiah 66:19 etc.; — report, usually with genitive object: accusative with שְׁמַע Genesis 29:13 (J) the tidings about Jacob, Isaiah 23:5 — Numbers 14:15 (JE), Deuteronomy 2:25; 1 Kings 10:1= 2 Chronicles 9:1; Nahum 3:19; Habakkuk 3:2; Jeremiah 37:5; Jeremiah 50:43; Isaiah 66:9; with ל genitive Isaiah 23:5; לַעֲדָתָם Hosea 7:12 usually according to the report (heard by) their congregation (!), but inexplicable and probably corrupt, We Now; Marti (compare Oettli) עַלרָֿעָתָם (כְּשֵׁמַע as gloss) according to their wickedness; שָׁוְא נָשָׂא שׁ׳ Exodus 23:1 (E) take up (utter) a false report; אֹוָן לְשׁ׳ Psalm 18:45 i.e. as soon as heard of, = mere report Job 42:5 (opposed to personal knowledge), compare שִׁמְעָהּ Job 28:22.
Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew and English Lexicon, Unabridged, Electronic Database.
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BLB Scripture Index of Brown-Driver-Briggs

Genesis

29:13

Exodus

23:1

Numbers

14:15

Deuteronomy

2:25

1 Kings

10:1

2 Chronicles

9:1

Job

28:22; 42:5

Psalms

18:45; 150:5

Isaiah

23:5; 23:5; 23:5; 23:5; 66:9; 66:19

Jeremiah

37:5; 50:43

Hosea

7:12

Nahum

3:19

Habakkuk

3:2

H8088

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Word / Phrase / Strong's Search

Strong's Number H8088 matches the Hebrew שֵׁמַע (šēmaʿ),
which occurs 18 times in 17 verses in the WLC Hebrew.

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 29:13

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 29:13 - It happened, when Lavan heard the news of Ya`akov, his sister's son, that he ran to meet Ya`akov, and embraced him, and kissed him, and brought him to his house. Ya`akov told Lavan all these things.

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 23:1

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 23:1 - "You shall not spread a false report. Don't join your hand with the wicked to be a malicious witness.

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Unchecked Copy Box Num 14:15

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 14:15 - Now if you shall kill this people as one man, then the nations which have heard the fame of you will speak, saying,

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Unchecked Copy Box Deu 2:25

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 2:25 - 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.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ki 10:1

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 10:1 - When the queen of Sheva heard of the fame of Shlomo concerning the name of the LORD, she came to prove him with hard questions.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ch 9:1

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 9:1 - When the queen of Sheva heard of the fame of Shlomo, she came to prove Shlomo with hard questions at Yerushalayim, with a very great train, and camels that bore spices, and gold in abundance, and precious stones: and when she was come to Shlomo, she talked with him of all that was in her heart.

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 28:22

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 28:22 - Destruction and Death say, 'We have heard a rumor of it with our ears.'

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 42:5

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 42:5 - I had heard of you by the hearing of the ear, But now my eye sees you.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 18:44

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 18:44 - As soon as they hear of me they shall obey me. The foreigners shall submit themselves to me.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 150:5

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 150:5 - Praise him with loud cymbals! Praise him with resounding cymbals!

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 23:5

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 23:5 - When the report comes to Mitzrayim, they shall be sorely pained at the report of Tzor.

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 66:19

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 66:19 - I will set a sign among them, and I will send such as escape of them to the nations, to Tarshish, Pul, and Lud, who draw the bow, to Tuval and Yavan, to the isles afar off, who have not heard my fame, neither have seen my glory; and they shall declare my glory among the nations.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 37:5

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 37:5 - Par`oh's army was come forth out of Mitzrayim; and when the Kasdim who were besieging Yerushalayim heard news of them, they broke up from Yerushalayim.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 50:43

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 50:43 - The king of Bavel has heard the news of them, and his hands wax feeble: anguish has taken hold of him, and pangs as of a woman in travail.

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Unchecked Copy Box Hos 7:12

Unchecked Copy BoxHos 7:12 - 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.

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Unchecked Copy Box Nah 3:19

Unchecked Copy BoxNah 3:19 - There is no healing your wound, for your injury is fatal. All who hear the report of you clap their hands over you; for who hasn't felt your endless cruelty?

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Unchecked Copy Box Hab 3:2

Unchecked Copy BoxHab 3:2 - LORD, I have heard of your fame. I stand in awe of your deeds, LORD. Renew your work in the midst of the years. In the midst of the years make it known. In wrath, you remember mercy.
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