שֵׁמַע shema
Hebrew word for “report” · Strong’s H8088 · used 18 times in 17 verses
Meaning
report, a hearing; Also means: sho.ma (שֹׁ֫מַע "report" H8089)
Senses in the lexicon
- report (17)
- sound (1)
How it is translated
Glosses given for shema in context, with how often each is used:
- report 14
- hearing 2
- like the report 1
- sound 1
Where it is used
| Book | Uses | Per 1,000 words | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Isaiah | 3 | 0.2 | |
| Job | 2 | 0.2 | |
| Psalms | 2 | 0.1 | |
| Jeremiah | 2 | 0.1 | |
| Genesis | 1 | 0.0 | |
| Exodus | 1 | 0.1 | |
| Numbers | 1 | 0.1 | |
| Deuteronomy | 1 | 0.1 | |
| 1 Kings | 1 | 0.1 | |
| 2 Chronicles | 1 | 0.1 | |
| Hosea | 1 | 0.4 | |
| Nahum | 1 | 1.8 |
Also in 1 more book.
Chapters where it is used most
Genesis 29 (1), Exodus 23 (1), Numbers 14 (1), Deuteronomy 2 (1), 1 Kings 10 (1), 2 Chronicles 9 (1), Job 28 (1), Job 42 (1), Psalms 18 (1), Psalms 150 (1)
Forms
- שׁמע 6
- שׁמעך 4
- לשׁמע 2
- כשׁמע 2
- שׁמעם 2
- שׁמעה 1
- שׁמעי 1
Words used with it
Words that share verses with shema more often than their overall frequency would suggest:
- שָׁמַע shama “to hear” 13
- אֹזֶן ozen “ear” 3
- חִידָה chidah “riddle” 2
- שְׁבָא sheva “Sheba” 2
- נָסָה nasah “to test” 2
- מַלְכָּה malkah “queen” 2
- חוּל chul “to twist” 2
- חַיִל chayil “strength” 2
- שְׁלֹמֹה shelomoh “Solomon” 2
- שָׁמַיִם shamayim “heaven” 2
- גּוֹי goy “nation” 2
- מִצְרַיִם mitsrayim “Egypt” 2
Key verses
The verses using shema that are most connected by cross-references (King James Version):
- Exodus 23:1 — Thou shalt not raise a false report: put not thine hand with the wicked to be an unrighteous witness.
- Deuteronomy 2:25 — This day will I begin to put the dread of thee and the fear of thee upon the nations that are under the whole heaven, who shall hear report of thee, and shall…
- 1 Kings 10:1 — And when the queen of Sheba heard of the fame of Solomon concerning the name of the LORD, she came to prove him with hard questions.
- 2 Chronicles 9:1 — And 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 company, and camels…
- Job 42:5 — I have heard of thee by the hearing of the ear: but now mine eye seeth thee.
- Psalms 18:44 — As soon as they hear of me, they shall obey me: the strangers shall submit themselves unto me.
- Isaiah 66:19 — And I will set a sign among them, and I will send those that escape of them unto the nations, to Tarshish, Pul, and Lud, that draw the bow, to Tubal, and…
- Jeremiah 37:5 — Then Pharaoh’s army was come forth out of Egypt: and when the Chaldeans that besieged Jerusalem heard tidings of them, they departed from Jerusalem.
- Jeremiah 50:43 — The king of Babylon hath heard the report of them, and his hands waxed feeble: anguish took hold of him, and pangs as of a woman in travail.
- Hosea 7:12 — When they shall go, I will spread my net upon them; I will bring them down as the fowls of the heaven; I will chastise them, as their congregation hath heard.
- Nahum 3:19 — There is no healing of thy bruise; thy wound is grievous: all that hear the bruit of thee shall clap the hands over thee: for upon whom hath not thy wickedness…
- Habakkuk 3:2 — O LORD, I have heard thy speech, and was afraid: O LORD, revive thy work in the midst of the years, in the midst of the years make known; in wrath remember…
See all 17 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.