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שָׁמַע

shâmaʻ · Hebrew · Strong's H8085 · 1159 occurrences

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.

Questions this word decides

• Will there be a literal thousand-year reign (the millennium)?
• Is the Trinity explicitly taught in the Bible?
• Should Christians pray to saints?
• Can a Christian lose their salvation?
• Is Jesus the only way to salvation?
• What happens to those who never heard the gospel?

Where it appears

1159 occurrences in the Hebrew text, first 60 verses shown.

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.