Strong H8085H8085Hשָׁמַע

to hear: obey

One of the 6 senses of Strong H8085

Transliteration
shâma‛
Pronunciation
shaw-mah'
Morphology
Hebrew Verb

Definition

: obey
v
1) to hear, listen to, obey
1a) (Qal)
1a1) to hear (perceive by ear)
1a2) to hear of or concerning
1a3) to hear (have power to hear)
1a4) to hear with attention or interest, listen to
1a5) to understand (language)
1a6) to hear (of judicial cases)
1a7) to listen, give heed
1a7a) to consent, agree
1a7b) to grant request
1a8) to listen to, yield to
1a9) to obey, be obedient
1b) (Niphal)
1b1) to be heard (of voice or sound)
1b2) to be heard of
1b3) to be regarded, be obeyed
1c) (Piel) to cause to hear, call to hear, summon
1d) (Hiphil)
1d1) to cause to hear, tell, proclaim, utter a sound
1d2) to sound aloud (musical term)
1d3) to make proclamation, summon
1d4) to cause to be heard
n m
2) sound

General definition

A primitive root; to hear intelligently (often with implication of {attention} {obedience} etc.; causatively to {tell} etc.): - X {attentively} call (gather) {together} X {carefully} X {certainly} {consent} {consider} be {content} {declare} X {diligently} {discern} give {ear} (cause {to} {let} make to) hear ({-ken} {tell}) X {indeed} {listen} make (a) {noise} (be) {obedient} {obey} {perceive} (make a) proclaim ({-ation}) {publish} {regard} {report} shew ({forth}) (make a) {sound} X {surely} {tell} {understand} whosoever {[heareth]} witness.

In the Bible

Strong H8085H appears in 120 verses of the KJV.

Translated in the KJV by

  • obey63
  • hearken37
  • hear8
  • obedient7
  • thou5
  • diligently2
  • obeyeth2
  • pass2
  • indeed1
  • obeyed1
  • pray1

First verses

  1. Genesis 21:12
    And God said unto Abraham, Let it not be grievous in thy sight because of the lad, and because of thy bondwoman; in all that Sarah hath said unto thee, hearken unto her voice; for in Isaac shall thy seed be called.
  2. Genesis 22:18
    And in thy seed shall all the nations of the earth be blessed; because thou hast obeyed my voice.
  3. Genesis 26:5
    Because that Abraham obeyed my voice, and kept my charge, my commandments, my statutes, and my laws.
  4. Genesis 27:8
    Now therefore, my son, obey my voice according to that which I command thee.
  5. Genesis 27:13
    And his mother said unto him, Upon me be thy curse, my son: only obey my voice, and go fetch me them.
  6. Genesis 27:43
    Now therefore, my son, obey my voice; and arise, flee thou to Laban my brother to Haran;
  7. Genesis 28:7
    And that Jacob obeyed his father and his mother, and was gone to Padan–aram;
  8. Exodus 5:2
    And Pharaoh said, Who is the Lord, that I should obey his voice to let Israel go? I know not the Lord, neither will I let Israel go.
  9. Exodus 7:16
    And thou shalt say unto him, The Lord God of the Hebrews hath sent me unto thee, saying, Let my people go, that they may serve me in the wilderness: and, behold, hitherto thou wouldest not hear.
  10. Exodus 18:19
    Hearken now unto my voice, I will give thee counsel, and God shall be with thee: Be thou for the people to God-ward, that thou mayest bring the causes unto God:
  11. Exodus 19:5
    Now therefore, if ye will obey my voice indeed, and keep my covenant, then ye shall be a peculiar treasure unto me above all people: for all the earth is mine:
  12. Exodus 23:21
    Beware of him, and obey his voice, provoke him not; for he will not pardon your transgressions: for my name is in him.
  13. Exodus 23:22
    But if thou shalt indeed obey his voice, and do all that I speak; then I will be an enemy unto thine enemies, and an adversary unto thine adversaries.
  14. Exodus 24:7
    And he took the book of the covenant, and read in the audience of the people: and they said, All that the Lord hath said will we do, and be obedient.
  15. Numbers 14:22
    Because all those men which have seen my glory, and my miracles, which I did in Egypt and in the wilderness, and have tempted me now these ten times, and have not hearkened to my voice;
  16. Numbers 27:20
    And thou shalt put some of thine honour upon him, that all the congregation of the children of Israel may be obedient.
  17. Deuteronomy 4:30
    When thou art in tribulation, and all these things are come upon thee, even in the latter days, if thou turn to the Lord thy God, and shalt be obedient unto his voice;
  18. Deuteronomy 8:20
    As the nations which the Lord destroyeth before your face, so shall ye perish; because ye would not be obedient unto the voice of the Lord your God.
  19. Deuteronomy 9:23
    Likewise when the Lord sent you from Kadesh–barnea, saying, Go up and possess the land which I have given you; then ye rebelled against the commandment of the Lord your God, and ye believed him not, nor hearkened to his voice.
  20. Deuteronomy 11:13
    And it shall come to pass, if ye shall hearken diligently unto my commandments which I command you this day, to love the Lord your God, and to serve him with all your heart and with all your soul,
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