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Lexicon :: Strong's H8088 - šēmaʿ

Aa
שֵׁמַע
Transliteration
šēmaʿ
Pronunciation
shay'-mah
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Part of Speech
masculine noun
Root Word (Etymology)
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TWOT Reference: 2412b

Strong’s Definitions

שֵׁמַע shêmaʻ, shay'-mah; from H8085; something heard, i.e. a sound, rumor, announcement; abstractly, audience:—bruit, fame, hear(-ing), loud, report, speech, tidings.

KJV Translation Count — Total: 18x

The KJV translates Strong's H8088 in the following manner: fame (5x), report (5x), hear (3x), tidings (2x), bruit (1x), loud (1x), speech (1x).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 18x
The KJV translates Strong's H8088 in the following manner: fame (5x), report (5x), hear (3x), tidings (2x), bruit (1x), loud (1x), speech (1x).

  1. report, a hearing

Strong’s Definitions [?](Strong’s Definitions Legend)
שֵׁמַע shêmaʻ, shay'-mah; from H8085; something heard, i.e. a sound, rumor, announcement; abstractly, audience:—bruit, fame, hear(-ing), loud, report, speech, tidings.
STRONGS H8088: Abbreviations
† I. [שֶׁ֫מַע noun [masculine] sound; — הַלְלוּהוּ בְּצִלְצְלֵי שָׁ֑מַע Psalm 150:5 (|| תְּרוּעָה).

† שֵׁ֫מַע noun [masculine] hearing, report (on from compare LagBN 143); — שׁ׳ absolute Isaiah 23:5; construct Isaiah 23:5 +; suffix שִׁמְעִי Isaiah 66:19 etc.; — report, usually with genitive object: accusative with שְׁמַע Genesis 29:13 (J) the tidings about Jacob, Isaiah 23:5 — Numbers 14:15 (JE), Deuteronomy 2:25; 1 Kings 10:1= 2 Chronicles 9:1; Nahum 3:19; Habakkuk 3:2; Jeremiah 37:5; Jeremiah 50:43; Isaiah 66:9; with ל genitive Isaiah 23:5; לַעֲדָתָם Hosea 7:12 usually according to the report (heard by) their congregation (!), but inexplicable and probably corrupt, We Now; Marti (compare Oettli) עַלרָֿעָתָם (כְּשֵׁמַע as gloss) according to their wickedness; שָׁוְא נָשָׂא שׁ׳ Exodus 23:1 (E) take up (utter) a false report; אֹוָן לְשׁ׳ Psalm 18:45 i.e. as soon as heard of, = mere report Job 42:5 (opposed to personal knowledge), compare שִׁמְעָהּ Job 28:22.
Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew and English Lexicon, Unabridged, Electronic Database.
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BLB Scripture Index of Brown-Driver-Briggs

Genesis

29:13

Exodus

23:1

Numbers

14:15

Deuteronomy

2:25

1 Kings

10:1

2 Chronicles

9:1

Job

28:22; 42:5

Psalms

18:45; 150:5

Isaiah

23:5; 23:5; 23:5; 23:5; 66:9; 66:19

Jeremiah

37:5; 50:43

Hosea

7:12

Nahum

3:19

Habakkuk

3:2

H8088

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Word / Phrase / Strong's Search

Strong's Number H8088 matches the Hebrew שֵׁמַע (šēmaʿ),
which occurs 18 times in 17 verses in the WLC Hebrew.

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So when Laban H3837 heard H8085 the news H8088 about Jacob H3290, his sister’s H269 son H1121, he ran H7323 to meet H7122 him, and embraced H2263 him and kissed H5401 him, and brought H935 him to his house H1004. Then he told H5608 Laban H3837 all H3605 these H428 things H1697.

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“You shall not give H5375 a false H7723 report H8088; do not join H7896 your hand H3027 with a wicked H7563 person H7563 to be a malicious H2555 witness H5707.

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 14:15 - “Now if You put H4191 this H2088 people H5971 to H4191 death H4191 [fn]all H376 at once H259, then the nations H1471 who H834 have heard H8085 of Your fame H8088 will [fn]say H559,

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Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 2:25 - ‘This H2088 day H3117 I will begin H2490 to put H5414 the dread H6343 and fear H3374 of you upon the faces H6440 of [fn]people H5971 everywhere H3605, [fn]who H834, when they hear H8085 the news H8088 of you, will tremble H7264 and be H2342 in H2342 anguish H2342 because H4480 H6440 of you.’

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Now when the queen H4436 of Sheba H7614 heard H8085 about the fame H8088 of Solomon H8010 in relation to the name H8034 of the LORD H3068, she came H935 to test H5254 him with riddles H2420.

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Now when the queen H4436 of Sheba H7614 heard H8085 about the fame H8088 of Solomon H8010, she came H935 to Jerusalem H3389 to test H5254 Solomon H8010 with riddles H2420. She had a very H3966 large H3515 entourage H2428, with camels H1581 carrying H5375 balsam H1314 oil H1314 and a large H7230 amount H7230 of gold H2091 and precious H3368 stones H68; and when she came H935 to Solomon H8010, she spoke H1696 with him about everything H3605 that was on her heart H3824.

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“[fn]Abaddon H11 and Death H4194 say H559,

‘With our ears H241 we have heard H8085 a report H8088 of it.’

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“I have heard H8085 of You by the hearing H8088 of the ear H241;

But now H6258 my eye H5869 sees H7200 You;

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As soon as they hear H8088 H241, they obey H8085 me;

Foreigners H1121 H5236 pretend H3584 to H3584 obey H3584 me.

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Praise H1984 Him with loud H8088 cymbals H6767;

Praise H1984 Him with resounding H8643 cymbals H6767.

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When H834 the report H8088 reaches Egypt H4714,

They will be H2342 in H2342 anguish H2342 over the report H8088 of Tyre H6865.

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 66:19 - “And I will put H7760 a sign H226 among them and send H7971 survivors H6412 from them to the nations H1471: Tarshish H8659, [fn]Put H6316, Lud H3865, [fn]Meshech H4902, Tubal H8422, and [fn]Javan H3120, to the distant H7350 coastlands H339 that have neither H3808 heard H8085 of My fame H8088 nor H3808 seen H7200 My glory H3519. And they will declare H5046 My glory H3519 among the nations H1471.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 37:5 - Meanwhile, Pharaoh’s H6547 army H2428 had set H3318 out from Egypt H4714; and when the Chaldeans H3778 who had been besieging H6696 H5921 Jerusalem H3389 heard H8085 the report H8088 about them, they withdrew H5927 from Jerusalem H3389.

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“The king H4428 of Babylon H894 has heard H8085 the report H8088 about them,

And his hands H3027 hang H7503 limp H7503;

Distress H6869 has gripped H2388 him,

Agony H2427 like a woman in H3205 childbirth H3205.

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When H834 they go H1980, I will spread H6566 My net H7568 over H5921 them;

I will bring H3381 them down H3381 like the birds H5775 of the sky H8064.

I will discipline H3256 them in accordance with the [fn]proclamation H8088 to their assembly H5712.

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There H369 is H369 no H369 relief H3545 for your collapse H7667,

Your wound H4347 is incurable H2470.

All H3605 who hear H8085 [fn]about H8088 you

Will clap H8628 their hands H3709 over H5921 you,

For upon H5921 whom H4310 has your evil H7451 not come H5674 continually H8548?

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LORD H3068, I have heard H8085 [fn]the report H8088 about You, and [fn]I was H3372 afraid H3372.

LORD H3068, revive H2421 Your work H6467 in the midst H7130 of the years H8141,

In the midst H7130 of the years H8141 make H3045 it known H3045.

In anger H7267 remember H2142 [fn]mercy H7355.

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