Know the Word.

Hebrew word

shâmaʻ

shaw-mah'

שָׁמַע

What it means

to hear intelligently (often with implication of attention, obedience, etc

to hear intelligently (often with implication of attention, obedience, etc.; causatively, to tell, etc.)

Where it comes from

a primitive root

How the King James translates it

  • heard355
  • hear336
  • hearken108
  • hearkened66
  • obey39
  • obeyed34
  • heareth27
  • publish12

Every place it appears 1087

Ruth1:62:8
Song of Solomon2:122:14
Lamentations1:181:213:563:61
Joel1:2
Obadiah1:1
Jonah2:2
Habakkuk1:23:23:16
Zephaniah2:83:2
Haggai1:12
Malachi2:23:16