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שָׁמַע
shâmaʻ · Hebrew · Strong's H8085 · 1159 occurrences
The KJV renders 29 different Hebrew and Greek words as “shew”
What it means
to hear intelligently (often with implication of attention, obedience, etc.; causatively, to tell, etc.)
a primitive root;
How the KJV renders it
call together, consent, consider, be content, declare, discern, give ear, cause to, let, make to hearken, tell, listen, make noise, obedient, obey, perceive, proclaim, publish, regard, report, shew, sound, understand, whosoever, witness
Where that flattens a distinction
The same English word is also used for these other originals, so the distinction between them disappears in translation.
“shew”
also renders emphanízō (G1718), poiéō (G4160), dēlóō (G1213), mēnýō (G3377), katatíthēmi (G2698), apangéllō (G518), parístēmi (G3936), dídōmi (G1325), apodeíknymi (G584), epideíknymi (G1925), phaneróō (G5319), anadeíknymi (G322), paréchō (G3930), katangéllō (G2605), diēgéomai (G1334), deiknýō (G1166), lógos (G3056), próthesis (G4286), légō (G3004), gâlâh (H1540), hakkârâh (H1971), chăvâʼ (H2324), châzaq (H2388), yâdaʻ (H3045), yârâh (H3384), nâthan (H5414), ʻâsâh (H6213), shîyth (H7896)
“consider”
also renders skopéō (G4648), syneídō (G4894), eídō (G1492), theōréō (G2334), anatheōréō (G333), dialogízomai (G1260), katamanthánō (G2648), syníēmi (G4920), analogízomai (G357), katanoéō (G2657), noiéō (G3539), bîyn (H995), zâmam (H2161), châshab (H2803), yâdaʻ (H3045), nâbaṭ (H5027), nâthan (H5414), pâçag (H6448), shîyth (H7896), sâkal (H7919), sᵉkal (H7920)
“declare”
also renders emphanízō (G1718), horízō (G3724), dēlóō (G1213), exēgéomai (G1834), éndeixis (G1732), euangelízō (G2097), ekdiēgéomai (G1555), apangéllō (G518), diangéllō (G1229), phrázō (G5419), anatíthemai (G394), katangéllō (G2605), diēgéomai (G1334), gnōrízō (G1107), parangéllō (G3853), anangéllō (G312), ʼămar (H560), dâbar (H1696), yâdaʻ (H3045), sîyach (H7878)
“sound”
“tell”
“cause to”
“perceive”
also renders eídō (G1492), katalambánō (G2638), theōréō (G2334), blépō (G991), epiginṓskō (G1921), aisthánomai (G143), katanoéō (G2657), noiéō (G3539), heurískō (G2147), horáō (G3708), bîyn (H995), ṭâʻam (H2938), yâdaʻ (H3045), shûwr (H7789)
“regard”
“let”
“understand”
“report”
“consent”
also renders sýmphōnos (G4859), epineúō (G1962), synkatatíthemai (G4784), prosérchomai (G4334), ʼâbâh (H14), ʼîysh (H376), lêb (H3820)
“obey”
“witness”
“discern”
“call together”
also renders synathroízō (G4867), synkaléō (G4779)
“obedient”
also renders hypakoḗ (G5218), hypḗkoos (G5255)
“be content”
also renders arkéō (G714)
“give ear”
also renders ʼâzan (H238)
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Where it appears
1159 occurrences in the Hebrew text, first 60 verses shown.
1 Chronicles 10:11 · HC/Vqw3mp
When all Jabesh Gilead heard all that the Philistines had done to Saul,
1 Chronicles 14:8 · HC/Vqw3mp
When the Philistines heard that David was anointed king over all Israel, all the Philistines went up to seek David; and David heard of it, and went out against them.
1 Chronicles 14:15 · HR/Vqc/Sp2ms
When you hear the sound of marching in the tops of the mulberry trees, then go out to battle; for God has gone out before you to strike the army of the Philistines.”
1 Chronicles 15:16 · HVhrmpa
David spoke to the chief of the Levites to appoint their brothers as singers with instruments of music, stringed instruments, harps, and cymbals, sounding aloud and lifting up their voices with joy.
1 Chronicles 15:19 · HR/Vhc
So the singers, Heman, Asaph, and Ethan, were given cymbals of bronze to sound aloud;
1 Chronicles 15:28 · HVhrmpa
Thus all Israel brought the ark of Yahweh’s covenant up with shouting, with sound of the cornet, with trumpets, and with cymbals, sounding aloud with stringed instruments and harps.
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Occurrences and morphology are taken from the primary Hebrew text, never from an English translation. Strong's Hebrew lexicon and Westminster Leningrad Codex morphology used under CC BY-SA 4.0 / CC BY 4.0 (OpenScriptures). Strong's Greek lexicon is public domain.