שְׁמוּעָה shemuah
Hebrew word for “tidings” · Strong’s H8052 · used 27 times in 24 verses
Meaning
1) report, news, rumour; 1a) report, news, tidings; 1b) mention
How it is translated
Glosses given for shemuah in context, with how often each is used:
- report 21
- news 2
- message 2
- mention 1
- reports 1
Where it is used
| Book | Uses | Per 1,000 words | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jeremiah | 6 | 0.3 | |
| Isaiah | 4 | 0.2 | |
| Ezekiel | 4 | 0.2 | |
| 1 Samuel | 2 | 0.2 | |
| 2 Samuel | 2 | 0.2 | |
| 1 Kings | 2 | 0.2 | |
| Proverbs | 2 | 0.3 | |
| 2 Kings | 1 | 0.1 | |
| 2 Chronicles | 1 | 0.1 | |
| Psalms | 1 | 0.1 | |
| Daniel | 1 | 0.2 | |
| Obadiah | 1 | 3.4 |
Chapters where it is used most
Isaiah 28 (2), Jeremiah 49 (2), 1 Samuel 2 (1), 1 Samuel 4 (1), 2 Samuel 4 (1), 2 Samuel 13 (1), 1 Kings 2 (1), 1 Kings 10 (1), 2 Kings 19 (1), 2 Chronicles 9 (1)
Forms
- שׁמועה 10
- השׁמועה 4
- השׁמעה 2
- והשׁמעה 2
- שׁמעת 1
- משׁמועה 1
- ושׁמועה 1
- לשׁמעתנו 1
- שׁמעה 1
- בשׁמועה 1
Words used with it
Words that share verses with shemuah more often than their overall frequency would suggest:
- שָׁמַע shama “to hear” 10
- צִיר tsir “envoy” 3
- אָמַן aman “be faithful” 4
- טוֹב tov “pleasant” 4
- הִנֵּה hinneh “behold” 4
- חָזוֹן chazon “vision” 2
- רוּחַ ruach “spirit” 3
- נָפַל naphal “to fall” 3
- לֵב lev “heart” 3
- אֲבִישָׁלוֹם avishalom “Absalom” 2
- חֲצִי chetsi “half” 2
- צָפוֹן tsaphon “north” 2
Key verses
The verses using shemuah that are most connected by cross-references (King James Version):
- 1 Samuel 2:24 — Nay, my sons; for it is no good report that I hear: ye make the LORD’s people to transgress.
- 2 Kings 19:7 — Behold, I will send a blast upon him, and he shall hear a rumour, and shall return to his own land; and I will cause him to fall by the sword in his own land.
- Psalms 112:7 — He shall not be afraid of evil tidings: his heart is fixed, trusting in the LORD.
- Proverbs 25:25 — As cold waters to a thirsty soul, so is good news from a far country.
- Isaiah 28:9 — Whom shall he teach knowledge? and whom shall he make to understand doctrine? them that are weaned from the milk, and drawn from the breasts.
- Isaiah 28:19 — From the time that it goeth forth it shall take you: for morning by morning shall it pass over, by day and by night: and it shall be a vexation only to…
- Isaiah 37:7 — Behold, I will send a blast upon him, and he shall hear a rumour, and return to his own land; and I will cause him to fall by the sword in his own land.
- Isaiah 53:1 — Who hath believed our report? and to whom is the arm of the LORD revealed?
- Jeremiah 49:23 — Concerning Damascus. Hamath is confounded, and Arpad: for they have heard evil tidings: they are fainthearted; there is sorrow on the sea; it cannot be quiet.
- Ezekiel 7:26 — Mischief shall come upon mischief, and rumour shall be upon rumour; then shall they seek a vision of the prophet; but the law shall perish from the priest, and…
- Ezekiel 21:7 — And it shall be, when they say unto thee, Wherefore sighest thou? that thou shalt answer, For the tidings; because it cometh: and every heart shall melt, and…
- Obadiah 1:1 — The vision of Obadiah. Thus saith the Lord GOD concerning Edom; We have heard a rumour from the LORD, and an ambassador is sent among the heathen, Arise ye,…
See all 24 verses in the Word Atlas
Hebrew and Greek text, tagging, glosses and lexicon definitions: STEPBible.org, Tyndale House Cambridge (TAHOT, TAGNT, TBESH, TBESG; CC BY 4.0), adapted. Counts follow King James verse numbering; a word counts each time it is written.