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

Judges 2:20 - And the anger of the LORD was hot against Israel; and he said, Because that this people hath transgressed my covenant which I commanded their fathers, and have not hearkened H8085 unto my voice;

Judges 3:4 - And they were to prove Israel by them, to know whether they would hearken H8085 unto the commandments of the LORD, which he commanded their fathers by the hand of Moses.

Judges 5:3 - Hear, H8085 O ye kings; give ear, O ye princes; I, even I, will sing unto the LORD; I will sing praise to the LORD God of Israel.

Judges 5:16 - Why abodest thou among the sheepfolds, to hear H8085 the bleatings of the flocks? For the divisions of Reuben there were great searchings of heart.

Judges 6:10 - And I said unto you, I am the LORD your God; fear not the gods of the Amorites, in whose land ye dwell: but ye have not obeyed H8085 my voice.

Judges 7:11 - And thou shalt hear H8085 what they say; and afterward shall thine hands be strengthened to go down unto the host. Then went he down with Phurah his servant unto the outside of the armed men that were in the host.

Judges 7:15 - And it was so, when Gideon heard H8085 the telling of the dream, and the interpretation thereof, that he worshipped, and returned into the host of Israel, and said, Arise; for the LORD hath delivered into your hand the host of Midian.

Judges 9:7 - And when they told it to Jotham, he went and stood in the top of mount Gerizim, and lifted up his voice, and cried, and said unto them, Hearken H8085 unto me, ye men of Shechem, that God may hearken H8085 unto you.

Judges 9:30 - And when Zebul the ruler of the city heard H8085 the words of Gaal the son of Ebed, his anger was kindled.

Judges 9:46 - And when all the men of the tower of Shechem heard H8085 that, they entered into an hold of the house of the god Berith.

Judges 11:10 - And the elders of Gilead said unto Jephthah, The LORD be witness H8085 between us, if we do not so according to thy words.

Judges 11:17 - Then Israel sent messengers unto the king of Edom, saying, Let me, I pray thee, pass through thy land: but the king of Edom would not hearken H8085 thereto. And in like manner they sent unto the king of Moab: but he would not consent: and Israel abode in Kadesh.

Judges 11:28 - Howbeit the king of the children of Ammon hearkened H8085 not unto the words of Jephthah which he sent him.

Judges 13:9 - And God hearkened H8085 to the voice of Manoah; and the angel of God came again unto the woman as she sat in the field: but Manoah her husband was not with her.

Judges 13:23 - But his wife said unto him, If the LORD were pleased to kill us, he would not have received a burnt offering and a meat offering at our hands, neither would he have shewed us all these things, nor would as at this time have told H8085 us such things as these.

Judges 14:13 - But if ye cannot declare it me, then shall ye give me thirty sheets and thirty change of garments. And they said unto him, Put forth thy riddle, that we may hear H8085 it.

Judges 18:25 - And the children of Dan said unto him, Let not thy voice be heard H8085 among us, lest angry fellows run upon thee, and thou lose thy life, with the lives of thy household.

Judges 19:25 - But the men would not hearken H8085 to him: so the man took his concubine, and brought her forth unto them; and they knew her, and abused her all the night until the morning: and when the day began to spring, they let her go.

Judges 20:3 - (Now the children of Benjamin heard H8085 that the children of Israel were gone up to Mizpeh.) Then said the children of Israel, Tell us, how was this wickedness?

Judges 20:13 - Now therefore deliver us the men, the children of Belial, which are in Gibeah, that we may put them to death, and put away evil from Israel. But the children of Benjamin would not hearken H8085 to the voice of their brethren the children of Israel:

Ruth 1:6 - Then she arose with her daughters in law, that she might return from the country of Moab: for she had heard H8085 in the country of Moab how that the LORD had visited his people in giving them bread.

Ruth 2:8 - Then said Boaz unto Ruth, Hearest H8085 thou not, my daughter? Go not to glean in another field, neither go from hence, but abide here fast by my maidens:

1 Samuel 1:13 - Now Hannah, she spake in her heart; only her lips moved, but her voice was not heard: H8085 therefore Eli thought she had been drunken.

1 Samuel 2:22 - Now Eli was very old, and heard H8085 all that his sons did unto all Israel; and how they lay with the women that assembled at the door of the tabernacle of the congregation.

1 Samuel 2:23 - And he said unto them, Why do ye such things? for I hear H8085 of your evil dealings by all this people.

1 Samuel 2:24 - Nay, my sons; for it is no good report that I hear: H8085 ye make the LORD'S people to transgress.

1 Samuel 2:25 - If one man sin against another, the judge shall judge him: but if a man sin against the LORD, who shall intreat for him? Notwithstanding they hearkened H8085 not unto the voice of their father, because the LORD would slay them.

1 Samuel 3:9 - Therefore Eli said unto Samuel, Go, lie down: and it shall be, if he call thee, that thou shalt say, Speak, LORD; for thy servant heareth. H8085 So Samuel went and lay down in his place.

1 Samuel 3:10 - And the LORD came, and stood, and called as at other times, Samuel, Samuel. Then Samuel answered, Speak; for thy servant heareth. H8085

1 Samuel 3:11 - And the LORD said to Samuel, Behold, I will do a thing in Israel, at which both the ears of every one that heareth H8085 it shall tingle.

1 Samuel 4:6 - And when the Philistines heard H8085 the noise of the shout, they said, What meaneth the noise of this great shout in the camp of the Hebrews? And they understood that the ark of the LORD was come into the camp.

1 Samuel 4:14 - And when Eli heard H8085 the noise of the crying, he said, What meaneth the noise of this tumult? And the man came in hastily, and told Eli.

1 Samuel 4:19 - And his daughter in law, Phinehas' wife, was with child, near to be delivered: and when she heard H8085 the tidings that the ark of God was taken, and that her father in law and her husband were dead, she bowed herself and travailed; for her pains came upon her.

1 Samuel 7:7 - And when the Philistines heard H8085 that the children of Israel were gathered together to Mizpeh, the lords of the Philistines went up against Israel. And when the children of Israel heard H8085 it, they were afraid of the Philistines.

1 Samuel 8:7 - And the LORD said unto Samuel, Hearken H8085 unto the voice of the people in all that they say unto thee: for they have not rejected thee, but they have rejected me, that I should not reign over them.

1 Samuel 8:9 - Now therefore hearken H8085 unto their voice: howbeit yet protest solemnly unto them, and shew them the manner of the king that shall reign over them.

1 Samuel 8:19 - Nevertheless the people refused to obey H8085 the voice of Samuel; and they said, Nay; but we will have a king over us;

1 Samuel 8:21 - And Samuel heard H8085 all the words of the people, and he rehearsed them in the ears of the LORD.

1 Samuel 8:22 - And the LORD said to Samuel, Hearken H8085 unto their voice, and make them a king. And Samuel said unto the men of Israel, Go ye every man unto his city.

1 Samuel 9:27 - And as they were going down to the end of the city, Samuel said to Saul, Bid the servant pass on before us, (and he passed on,) but stand thou still a while, that I may shew H8085 thee the word of God.

1 Samuel 11:6 - And the Spirit of God came upon Saul when he heard H8085 those tidings, and his anger was kindled greatly.

1 Samuel 12:1 - And Samuel said unto all Israel, Behold, I have hearkened H8085 unto your voice in all that ye said unto me, and have made a king over you.

1 Samuel 12:14 - If ye will fear the LORD, and serve him, and obey H8085 his voice, and not rebel against the commandment of the LORD, then shall both ye and also the king that reigneth over you continue following the LORD your God:

1 Samuel 12:15 - But if ye will not obey H8085 the voice of the LORD, but rebel against the commandment of the LORD, then shall the hand of the LORD be against you, as it was against your fathers.

1 Samuel 13:3 - And Jonathan smote the garrison of the Philistines that was in Geba, and the Philistines heard H8085 of it. And Saul blew the trumpet throughout all the land, saying, Let the Hebrews hear. H8085

1 Samuel 13:4 - And all Israel heard H8085 say that Saul had smitten a garrison of the Philistines, and that Israel also was had in abomination with the Philistines. And the people were called together after Saul to Gilgal.

1 Samuel 14:22 - Likewise all the men of Israel which had hid themselves in mount Ephraim, when they heard H8085 that the Philistines fled, even they also followed hard after them in the battle.

1 Samuel 14:27 - But Jonathan heard H8085 not when his father charged the people with the oath: wherefore he put forth the end of the rod that was in his hand, and dipped it in an honeycomb, and put his hand to his mouth; and his eyes were enlightened.

1 Samuel 15:1 - Samuel also said unto Saul, The LORD sent me to anoint thee to be king over his people, over Israel: now therefore hearken H8085 thou unto the voice of the words of the LORD.

1 Samuel 15:4 - And Saul gathered H8085 the people together, H8085 and numbered them in Telaim, two hundred thousand footmen, and ten thousand men of Judah.