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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 - And it cometh to pass, when Laban heareth the report of Jacob his sister's son, that he runneth to meet him, and embraceth him, and kisseth him, and bringeth him in unto his house; and he recounteth to Laban all these things,

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 23:1

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 23:1 - 'Thou dost not lift up a vain report; thou dost not put thy hand with a wicked man to be a violent witness.

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Unchecked Copy Box Num 14:15

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 14:15 - 'And Thou hast put to death this people as one man, and the nations who have heard Thy fame have spoken, saying,

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Unchecked Copy Box Deu 2:25

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 2:25 - This day I begin to put thy dread and thy fear on the face of the peoples under the whole heavens, who hear thy fame, and have trembled and been pained because of thee.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ki 10:1

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 10:1 - And the queen of Sheba is hearing of the fame of Solomon concerning the name of Jehovah, and cometh to try him with enigmas,

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ch 9:1

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 9:1 - And the queen of Sheba hath heard of the fame of Solomon, and cometh in to try Solomon with acute sayings, to Jerusalem, with a very great company, and camels bearing spices and gold in abundance, and precious stone; and she cometh in unto Solomon, and speaketh with him all that hath been with her heart,

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 28:22

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 28:22 - Destruction and death have said: 'With our ears we have heard its fame.'

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 42:5

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 42:5 - By the hearing of the ear I heard Thee, And now mine eye hath seen Thee.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 18:44

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 18:44 - At the hearing of the ear they hearken to me, Sons of a stranger feign obedience to me,

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 150:5

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 150:5 - Praise Him with cymbals of sounding, Praise Him with cymbals of shouting.

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 23:5

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 23:5 - As at the report of Egypt they are pained, So at the report of Tyre.

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 66:19

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 66:19 - And I have set among them a sign, And have sent out of them those escaping unto the nations, (Tarshish, Pul, and Lud, drawing bow, Tubal and Javan, the isles that are far off,) Who have not heard My fame, nor seen Mine honour, And they have declared Mine honour among nations.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 37:5

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 37:5 - and the force of Pharaoh hath come out of Egypt, and the Chaldeans, who are laying siege against Jerusalem, hear their report, and go up from off Jerusalem.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 50:43

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 50:43 - Heard hath the king of Babylon their report, And feeble have been his hands, Distress hath seized him; pain as a travailing woman.

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Unchecked Copy Box Hos 7:12

Unchecked Copy BoxHos 7:12 - When they go I spread over them My net, As the fowl of the heavens I bring them down, I chastise them as their company hath heard.

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Unchecked Copy Box Nah 3:19

Unchecked Copy BoxNah 3:19 - There is no weakening of thy destruction, Grievous is thy smiting, All hearing thy fame have clapped the hand at thee, For over whom did not thy wickedness pass continually?

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Unchecked Copy Box Hab 3:2

Unchecked Copy BoxHab 3:2 - O Jehovah, I heard thy report, I have been afraid, O Jehovah, Thy work! in midst of years revive it, In the midst of years Thou makest known In anger Thou dost remember mercy.
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