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

1 Kings 15:20 - So Benhadad hearkened H8085 unto king Asa, and sent the captains of the hosts which he had against the cities of Israel, and smote Ijon, and Dan, and Abelbethmaachah, and all Cinneroth, with all the land of Naphtali.

1 Kings 15:21 - And it came to pass, when Baasha heard H8085 thereof, that he left off building of Ramah, and dwelt in Tirzah.

1 Kings 15:22 - Then king Asa made a proclamation H8085 throughout all Judah; none was exempted: and they took away the stones of Ramah, and the timber thereof, wherewith Baasha had builded; and king Asa built with them Geba of Benjamin, and Mizpah.

1 Kings 16:16 - And the people that were encamped heard H8085 say, Zimri hath conspired, and hath also slain the king: wherefore all Israel made Omri, the captain of the host, king over Israel that day in the camp.

1 Kings 17:22 - And the LORD heard H8085 the voice of Elijah; and the soul of the child came into him again, and he revived.

1 Kings 19:13 - And it was so, when Elijah heard H8085 it, that he wrapped his face in his mantle, and went out, and stood in the entering in of the cave. And, behold, there came a voice unto him, and said, What doest thou here, Elijah?

1 Kings 20:8 - And all the elders and all the people said unto him, Hearken H8085 not unto him, nor consent.

1 Kings 20:12 - And it came to pass, when Benhadad heard H8085 this message, as he was drinking, he and the kings in the pavilions, that he said unto his servants, Set yourselves in array. And they set themselves in array against the city.

1 Kings 20:25 - And number thee an army, like the army that thou hast lost, horse for horse, and chariot for chariot: and we will fight against them in the plain, and surely we shall be stronger than they. And he hearkened H8085 unto their voice, and did so.

1 Kings 20:31 - And his servants said unto him, Behold now, we have heard H8085 that the kings of the house of Israel are merciful kings: let us, I pray thee, put sackcloth on our loins, and ropes upon our heads, and go out to the king of Israel: peradventure he will save thy life.

1 Kings 20:36 - Then said he unto him, Because thou hast not obeyed H8085 the voice of the LORD, behold, as soon as thou art departed from me, a lion shall slay thee. And as soon as he was departed from him, a lion found him, and slew him.

1 Kings 21:15 - And it came to pass, when Jezebel heard H8085 that Naboth was stoned, and was dead, that Jezebel said to Ahab, Arise, take possession of the vineyard of Naboth the Jezreelite, which he refused to give thee for money: for Naboth is not alive, but dead.

1 Kings 21:16 - And it came to pass, when Ahab heard H8085 that Naboth was dead, that Ahab rose up to go down to the vineyard of Naboth the Jezreelite, to take possession of it.

1 Kings 21:27 - And it came to pass, when Ahab heard H8085 those words, that he rent his clothes, and put sackcloth upon his flesh, and fasted, and lay in sackcloth, and went softly.

2 Kings 3:21 - And when all the Moabites heard H8085 that the kings were come up to fight against them, they gathered all that were able to put on armour, and upward, and stood in the border.

2 Kings 5:8 - And it was so, when Elisha the man of God had heard H8085 that the king of Israel had rent his clothes, that he sent to the king, saying, Wherefore hast thou rent thy clothes? let him come now to me, and he shall know that there is a prophet in Israel.

2 Kings 6:30 - And it came to pass, when the king heard H8085 the words of the woman, that he rent his clothes; and he passed by upon the wall, and the people looked, and, behold, he had sackcloth within upon his flesh.

2 Kings 7:1 - Then Elisha said, Hear H8085 ye the word of the LORD; Thus saith the LORD, To morrow about this time shall a measure of fine flour be sold for a shekel, and two measures of barley for a shekel, in the gate of Samaria.

2 Kings 7:6 - For the Lord had made the host of the Syrians to hear H8085 a noise of chariots, and a noise of horses, even the noise of a great host: and they said one to another, Lo, the king of Israel hath hired against us the kings of the Hittites, and the kings of the Egyptians, to come upon us.

2 Kings 9:30 - And when Jehu was come to Jezreel, Jezebel heard H8085 of it; and she painted her face, and tired her head, and looked out at a window.

2 Kings 10:6 - Then he wrote a letter the second time to them, saying, If ye be mine, and if ye will hearken H8085 unto my voice, take ye the heads of the men your master's sons, and come to me to Jezreel by to morrow this time. Now the king's sons, being seventy persons, were with the great men of the city, which brought them up.

2 Kings 11:13 - And when Athaliah heard H8085 the noise of the guard and of the people, she came to the people into the temple of the LORD.

2 Kings 13:4 - And Jehoahaz besought the LORD, and the LORD hearkened H8085 unto him: for he saw the oppression of Israel, because the king of Syria oppressed them.

2 Kings 14:11 - But Amaziah would not hear. H8085 Therefore Jehoash king of Israel went up; and he and Amaziah king of Judah looked one another in the face at Bethshemesh, which belongeth to Judah.

2 Kings 16:9 - And the king of Assyria hearkened H8085 unto him: for the king of Assyria went up against Damascus, and took it, and carried the people of it captive to Kir, and slew Rezin.

2 Kings 17:14 - Notwithstanding they would not hear, H8085 but hardened their necks, like to the neck of their fathers, that did not believe in the LORD their God.

2 Kings 17:40 - Howbeit they did not hearken, H8085 but they did after their former manner.

2 Kings 18:12 - Because they obeyed H8085 not the voice of the LORD their God, but transgressed his covenant, and all that Moses the servant of the LORD commanded, and would not hear H8085 them, nor do them.

2 Kings 18:26 - Then said Eliakim the son of Hilkiah, and Shebna, and Joah, unto Rabshakeh, Speak, I pray thee, to thy servants in the Syrian language; for we understand H8085 it: and talk not with us in the Jews' language in the ears of the people that are on the wall.

2 Kings 18:28 - Then Rabshakeh stood and cried with a loud voice in the Jews' language, and spake, saying, Hear H8085 the word of the great king, the king of Assyria:

2 Kings 18:31 - Hearken H8085 not to Hezekiah: for thus saith the king of Assyria, Make an agreement with me by a present, and come out to me, and then eat ye every man of his own vine, and every one of his fig tree, and drink ye every one the waters of his cistern:

2 Kings 18:32 - Until I come and take you away to a land like your own land, a land of corn and wine, a land of bread and vineyards, a land of oil olive and of honey, that ye may live, and not die: and hearken H8085 not unto Hezekiah, when he persuadeth you, saying, The LORD will deliver us.

2 Kings 19:1 - And it came to pass, when king Hezekiah heard H8085 it, that he rent his clothes, and covered himself with sackcloth, and went into the house of the LORD.

2 Kings 19:4 - It may be the LORD thy God will hear H8085 all the words of Rabshakeh, whom the king of Assyria his master hath sent to reproach the living God; and will reprove the words which the LORD thy God hath heard: H8085 wherefore lift up thy prayer for the remnant that are left.

2 Kings 19:6 - And Isaiah said unto them, Thus shall ye say to your master, Thus saith the LORD, Be not afraid of the words which thou hast heard, H8085 with which the servants of the king of Assyria have blasphemed me.

2 Kings 19:7 - Behold, I will send a blast upon him, and he shall hear H8085 a rumour, and shall return to his own land; and I will cause him to fall by the sword in his own land.

2 Kings 19:8 - So Rabshakeh returned, and found the king of Assyria warring against Libnah: for he had heard H8085 that he was departed from Lachish.

2 Kings 19:9 - And when he heard H8085 say of Tirhakah king of Ethiopia, Behold, he is come out to fight against thee: he sent messengers again unto Hezekiah, saying,

2 Kings 19:11 - Behold, thou hast heard H8085 what the kings of Assyria have done to all lands, by destroying them utterly: and shalt thou be delivered?

2 Kings 19:16 - LORD, bow down thine ear, and hear: H8085 open, LORD, thine eyes, and see: and hear H8085 the words of Sennacherib, which hath sent him to reproach the living God.

2 Kings 19:20 - Then Isaiah the son of Amoz sent to Hezekiah, saying, Thus saith the LORD God of Israel, That which thou hast prayed to me against Sennacherib king of Assyria I have heard. H8085

2 Kings 19:25 - Hast thou not heard H8085 long ago how I have done it, and of ancient times that I have formed it? now have I brought it to pass, that thou shouldest be to lay waste fenced cities into ruinous heaps.

2 Kings 20:5 - Turn again, and tell Hezekiah the captain of my people, Thus saith the LORD, the God of David thy father, I have heard H8085 thy prayer, I have seen thy tears: behold, I will heal thee: on the third day thou shalt go up unto the house of the LORD.

2 Kings 20:12 - At that time Berodachbaladan, the son of Baladan, king of Babylon, sent letters and a present unto Hezekiah: for he had heard H8085 that Hezekiah had been sick.

2 Kings 20:13 - And Hezekiah hearkened H8085 unto them, and shewed them all the house of his precious things, the silver, and the gold, and the spices, and the precious ointment, and all the house of his armour, and all that was found in his treasures: there was nothing in his house, nor in all his dominion, that Hezekiah shewed them not.

2 Kings 20:16 - And Isaiah said unto Hezekiah, Hear H8085 the word of the LORD.

2 Kings 21:9 - But they hearkened H8085 not: and Manasseh seduced them to do more evil than did the nations whom the LORD destroyed before the children of Israel.

2 Kings 21:12 - Therefore thus saith the LORD God of Israel, Behold, I am bringing such evil upon Jerusalem and Judah, that whosoever heareth H8085 of it, both his ears shall tingle.

2 Kings 22:11 - And it came to pass, when the king had heard H8085 the words of the book of the law, that he rent his clothes.

2 Kings 22:13 - Go ye, enquire of the LORD for me, and for the people, and for all Judah, concerning the words of this book that is found: for great is the wrath of the LORD that is kindled against us, because our fathers have not hearkened H8085 unto the words of this book, to do according unto all that which is written concerning us.