Strong's Concordance H8085

Original Word: שָׁמַע
Transliteration: shâmaʻ
Phonetic Spelling: shaw-mah'
a primitive root; to hear intelligently (often with implication of attention, obedience, etc.; causatively, to tell, etc.); × attentively, call (gather) together, × carefully, × certainly, consent, consider, be content, declare, × diligently, discern, give ear, (cause to, let, make to) hear(-ken, tell), × indeed, listen, make (a) noise, (be) obedient, obey, perceive, (make a) proclaim(-ation), publish, regard, report, shew (forth), (make a) sound, × surely, tell, understand, whosoever (heareth), witness.

Usages throughout the bible

Jeremiah 34:10 - Now when all the princes, and all the people, which had entered into the covenant, heard H8085 that every one should let his manservant, and every one his maidservant, go free, that none should serve themselves of them any more, then they obeyed, H8085 and let them go.

Jeremiah 34:14 - At the end of seven years let ye go every man his brother an Hebrew, which hath been sold unto thee; and when he hath served thee six years, thou shalt let him go free from thee: but your fathers hearkened H8085 not unto me, neither inclined their ear.

Jeremiah 34:17 - Therefore thus saith the LORD; Ye have not hearkened H8085 unto me, in proclaiming liberty, every one to his brother, and every man to his neighbour: behold, I proclaim a liberty for you, saith the LORD, to the sword, to the pestilence, and to the famine; and I will make you to be removed into all the kingdoms of the earth.

Jeremiah 35:8 - Thus have we obeyed H8085 the voice of Jonadab the son of Rechab our father in all that he hath charged us, to drink no wine all our days, we, our wives, our sons, nor our daughters;

Jeremiah 35:10 - But we have dwelt in tents, and have obeyed, H8085 and done according to all that Jonadab our father commanded us.

Jeremiah 35:13 - Thus saith the LORD of hosts, the God of Israel; Go and tell the men of Judah and the inhabitants of Jerusalem, Will ye not receive instruction to hearken H8085 to my words? saith the LORD.

Jeremiah 35:14 - The words of Jonadab the son of Rechab, that he commanded his sons not to drink wine, are performed; for unto this day they drink none, but obey H8085 their father's commandment: notwithstanding I have spoken unto you, rising early and speaking; but ye hearkened H8085 not unto me.

Jeremiah 35:15 - I have sent also unto you all my servants the prophets, rising up early and sending them, saying, Return ye now every man from his evil way, and amend your doings, and go not after other gods to serve them, and ye shall dwell in the land which I have given to you and to your fathers: but ye have not inclined your ear, nor hearkened H8085 unto me.

Jeremiah 35:16 - Because the sons of Jonadab the son of Rechab have performed the commandment of their father, which he commanded them; but this people hath not hearkened H8085 unto me:

Jeremiah 35:17 - Therefore thus saith the LORD God of hosts, the God of Israel; Behold, I will bring upon Judah and upon all the inhabitants of Jerusalem all the evil that I have pronounced against them: because I have spoken unto them, but they have not heard; H8085 and I have called unto them, but they have not answered.

Jeremiah 35:18 - And Jeremiah said unto the house of the Rechabites, Thus saith the LORD of hosts, the God of Israel; Because ye have obeyed H8085 the commandment of Jonadab your father, and kept all his precepts, and done according unto all that he hath commanded you:

Jeremiah 36:3 - It may be that the house of Judah will hear H8085 all the evil which I purpose to do unto them; that they may return every man from his evil way; that I may forgive their iniquity and their sin.

Jeremiah 36:11 - When Michaiah the son of Gemariah, the son of Shaphan, had heard H8085 out of the book all the words of the LORD,

Jeremiah 36:13 - Then Michaiah declared unto them all the words that he had heard, H8085 when Baruch read the book in the ears of the people.

Jeremiah 36:16 - Now it came to pass, when they had heard H8085 all the words, they were afraid both one and other, and said unto Baruch, We will surely tell the king of all these words.

Jeremiah 36:24 - Yet they were not afraid, nor rent their garments, neither the king, nor any of his servants that heard H8085 all these words.

Jeremiah 36:25 - Nevertheless Elnathan and Delaiah and Gemariah had made intercession to the king that he would not burn the roll: but he would not hear H8085 them.

Jeremiah 36:31 - And I will punish him and his seed and his servants for their iniquity; and I will bring upon them, and upon the inhabitants of Jerusalem, and upon the men of Judah, all the evil that I have pronounced against them; but they hearkened H8085 not.

Jeremiah 37:2 - But neither he, nor his servants, nor the people of the land, did hearken H8085 unto the words of the LORD, which he spake by the prophet Jeremiah.

Jeremiah 37:5 - Then Pharaoh's army was come forth out of Egypt: and when the Chaldeans that besieged Jerusalem heard H8085 tidings of them, they departed from Jerusalem.

Jeremiah 37:14 - Then said Jeremiah, It is false; I fall not away to the Chaldeans. But he hearkened H8085 not to him: so Irijah took Jeremiah, and brought him to the princes.

Jeremiah 37:20 - Therefore hear H8085 now, I pray thee, O my lord the king: let my supplication, I pray thee, be accepted before thee; that thou cause me not to return to the house of Jonathan the scribe, lest I die there.

Jeremiah 38:1 - Then Shephatiah the son of Mattan, and Gedaliah the son of Pashur, and Jucal the son of Shelemiah, and Pashur the son of Malchiah, heard H8085 the words that Jeremiah had spoken unto all the people, saying,

Jeremiah 38:7 - Now when Ebedmelech the Ethiopian, one of the eunuchs which was in the king's house, heard H8085 that they had put Jeremiah in the dungeon; the king then sitting in the gate of Benjamin;

Jeremiah 38:15 - Then Jeremiah said unto Zedekiah, If I declare it unto thee, wilt thou not surely put me to death? and if I give thee counsel, wilt thou not hearken H8085 unto me?

Jeremiah 38:20 - But Jeremiah said, They shall not deliver thee. Obey, H8085 I beseech thee, the voice of the LORD, which I speak unto thee: so it shall be well unto thee, and thy soul shall live.

Jeremiah 38:25 - But if the princes hear H8085 that I have talked with thee, and they come unto thee, and say unto thee, Declare unto us now what thou hast said unto the king, hide it not from us, and we will not put thee to death; also what the king said unto thee:

Jeremiah 38:27 - Then came all the princes unto Jeremiah, and asked him: and he told them according to all these words that the king had commanded. So they left off speaking with him; for the matter was not perceived. H8085

Jeremiah 40:3 - Now the LORD hath brought it, and done according as he hath said: because ye have sinned against the LORD, and have not obeyed H8085 his voice, therefore this thing is come upon you.

Jeremiah 40:7 - Now when all the captains of the forces which were in the fields, even they and their men, heard H8085 that the king of Babylon had made Gedaliah the son of Ahikam governor in the land, and had committed unto him men, and women, and children, and of the poor of the land, of them that were not carried away captive to Babylon;

Jeremiah 40:11 - Likewise when all the Jews that were in Moab, and among the Ammonites, and in Edom, and that were in all the countries, heard H8085 that the king of Babylon had left a remnant of Judah, and that he had set over them Gedaliah the son of Ahikam the son of Shaphan;

Jeremiah 41:11 - But when Johanan the son of Kareah, and all the captains of the forces that were with him, heard H8085 of all the evil that Ishmael the son of Nethaniah had done,

Jeremiah 42:4 - Then Jeremiah the prophet said unto them, I have heard H8085 you; behold, I will pray unto the LORD your God according to your words; and it shall come to pass, that whatsoever thing the LORD shall answer you, I will declare it unto you; I will keep nothing back from you.

Jeremiah 42:6 - Whether it be good, or whether it be evil, we will obey H8085 the voice of the LORD our God, to whom we send thee; that it may be well with us, when we obey H8085 the voice of the LORD our God.

Jeremiah 42:13 - But if ye say, We will not dwell in this land, neither obey H8085 the voice of the LORD your God,

Jeremiah 42:14 - Saying, No; but we will go into the land of Egypt, where we shall see no war, nor hear H8085 the sound of the trumpet, nor have hunger of bread; and there will we dwell:

Jeremiah 42:15 - And now therefore hear H8085 the word of the LORD, ye remnant of Judah; Thus saith the LORD of hosts, the God of Israel; If ye wholly set your faces to enter into Egypt, and go to sojourn there;

Jeremiah 42:21 - And now I have this day declared it to you; but ye have not obeyed H8085 the voice of the LORD your God, nor any thing for the which he hath sent me unto you.

Jeremiah 43:4 - So Johanan the son of Kareah, and all the captains of the forces, and all the people, obeyed H8085 not the voice of the LORD, to dwell in the land of Judah.

Jeremiah 43:7 - So they came into the land of Egypt: for they obeyed H8085 not the voice of the LORD: thus came they even to Tahpanhes.

Jeremiah 44:5 - But they hearkened H8085 not, nor inclined their ear to turn from their wickedness, to burn no incense unto other gods.

Jeremiah 44:16 - As for the word that thou hast spoken unto us in the name of the LORD, we will not hearken H8085 unto thee.

Jeremiah 44:23 - Because ye have burned incense, and because ye have sinned against the LORD, and have not obeyed H8085 the voice of the LORD, nor walked in his law, nor in his statutes, nor in his testimonies; therefore this evil is happened unto you, as at this day.

Jeremiah 44:24 - Moreover Jeremiah said unto all the people, and to all the women, Hear H8085 the word of the LORD, all Judah that are in the land of Egypt:

Jeremiah 44:26 - Therefore hear H8085 ye the word of the LORD, all Judah that dwell in the land of Egypt; Behold, I have sworn by my great name, saith the LORD, that my name shall no more be named in the mouth of any man of Judah in all the land of Egypt, saying, The Lord GOD liveth.

Jeremiah 46:12 - The nations have heard H8085 of thy shame, and thy cry hath filled the land: for the mighty man hath stumbled against the mighty, and they are fallen both together.

Jeremiah 46:14 - Declare ye in Egypt, and publish H8085 in Migdol, and publish H8085 in Noph and in Tahpanhes: say ye, Stand fast, and prepare thee; for the sword shall devour round about thee.

Jeremiah 48:4 - Moab is destroyed; her little ones have caused a cry to be heard. H8085

Jeremiah 48:5 - For in the going up of Luhith continual weeping shall go up; for in the going down of Horonaim the enemies have heard H8085 a cry of destruction.

Jeremiah 48:29 - We have heard H8085 the pride of Moab, (he is exceeding proud) his loftiness, and his arrogancy, and his pride, and the haughtiness of his heart.