שֵׁמַע shêmaʻ

Hebrew · Strong's H8088 · pronounced shay'-mah · used 18 times in 17 verses

Meaning

something heard, i.e. a sound, rumor, announcement; abstractly, audience

In the King James Version: bruit, fame, hear(-ing), loud, report, speech, tidings.

Derivation: from H8085 (שָׁמַע);

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Where it is used

Genesis 29:13 When Laban heard the news about his sister’s son Jacob, he ran out to meet him. He embraced him and kissed him and brought him to his home, where Jacob told him all that had happened.
Exodus 23:1 “You shall not spread a false report. Do not join the wicked by being a malicious witness.
Numbers 14:15 If You kill this people as one man, the nations who have heard of Your fame will say,
Deuteronomy 2:25 This very day I will begin to put the dread and fear of you upon all the nations under heaven. They will hear the reports of you and tremble in anguish because of you.”
1 Kings 10:1 Now when the queen of Sheba heard about the fame of Solomon concerning the name of the LORD, she came to test him with difficult questions.
2 Chronicles 9:1 Now when the queen of Sheba heard about the fame of Solomon, she came to test him with difficult questions. She arrived in Jerusalem with a very large caravan—with camels bearing spices, gold in abundance, and precious stones. And she came to Solomon and spoke with him about all that was on her mind.
Job 28:22 Abaddon and Death say, ‘We have heard a rumor about it.’
Job 42:5 My ears had heard of You, but now my eyes have seen You.
Psalms 18:44 When they hear me, they obey me; foreigners cower before me.
Psalms 150:5 Praise Him with clashing cymbals; praise Him with resounding cymbals.
Isaiah 23:5 When the report reaches Egypt, they will writhe in agony over the news of Tyre.
Isaiah 66:19 I will establish a sign among them, and I will send survivors from among them to the nations—to Tarshish, Put, and the archers of Lud; to Tubal, Javan, and the islands far away who have not heard of My fame or seen My glory. So they will proclaim My glory among the nations.
Jeremiah 37:5 Pharaoh’s army had left Egypt, and when the Chaldeans who were besieging Jerusalem heard the report, they withdrew from Jerusalem.
Jeremiah 50:43 The king of Babylon has heard the report, and his hands hang limp. Anguish has gripped him, pain like that of a woman in labor.
Hosea 7:12 As they go, I will spread My net over them; I will bring them down like birds of the air. I will chastise them when I hear them flocking together.
Nahum 3:19 There is no healing for your injury; your wound is severe. All who hear the news of you applaud your downfall, for who has not experienced your constant cruelty?
Habakkuk 3:2 O LORD, I have heard the report of You; I stand in awe, O LORD, of Your deeds. Revive them in these years; make them known in these years. In Your wrath, remember mercy!