Strong's Hebrew · H8088

שֵׁמַע

shêmaʻ · shay'-mah

Definitionsomething heard, i.e. a sound, rumor, announcement; abstractly, audience
Derivationfrom H8085 (שָׁמַע);
KJV usagebruit, fame, hear(-ing), loud, report, speech, tidings.
Occurrences18 in the KJV · 17 verses

שֵׁמַע in Scripture

Genesis 29:13 And it came to pass, when Laban heard the tidings of Jacob his sister' s son, that he ran to meet him, and embraced him, and kissed him, and brought him to his house. And he told Laban all these things. Exodus 23:1 Thou shalt not raise a false report: put not thine hand with the wicked to be an unrighteous witness. Numbers 14:15 Now if thou shalt kill all this people as one man, then the nations which have heard the fame of thee will speak, saying, 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 tremble, and be in anguish because of thee. 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 that bare spices, and gold in abundance, and precious stones: and when she was come to Solomon, she communed with him of all that was in her heart. Job 28:22 Destruction and death say, We have heard the fame thereof with our ears. 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. Psalms 150:5 Praise him upon the loud cymbals: praise him upon the high sounding cymbals. Isaiah 23:5 As at the report concerning Egypt, so shall they be sorely pained at the report of Tyre. 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 Javan, to the isles afar off, that have not heard my fame, neither have seen my glory; and they shall declare my glory among the Gentiles.
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