Shema שֵׁ֫מַע

Shema (Hebrew שֵׁ֫מַע, Strong's H8088) is a Hebrew masculine noun meaning “report”. It occurs 18 times in 17 verses of the Old Testament.

Definition

H8088B: report

H8088A: sound

From the STEPBible Brief Lexicon of Hebrew (based on the abridged Brown-Driver-Briggs), STEPBible.org, CC BY 4.0.

Translated as

Verses

Every verse with Shema, with the English words that translate it highlighted (KJV or BSB; other translations show the KJV here).

Genesis

• Genesis 29:13
  And it came to pass, when Laban heard the tidings of Jacob his sister’s son, that he ran to meet him, and embraced him, and kissed him, and brought him to his house. And he told Laban all these things.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

• Exodus 23:1
  Thou shalt not raise a false report: put not thine hand with the wicked to be an unrighteous witness.“You shall not spread a false report. Do not join the wicked by being a malicious witness.

Numbers

• Numbers 14:15
  Now if thou shalt kill all this people as one man, then the nations which have heard the fame of thee will speak, saying,If You kill this people as one man, the nations who have heard of Your fame will say,

Deuteronomy

• Deuteronomy 2:25
  This day will I begin to put the dread of thee and the fear of thee upon the nations that are under the whole heaven, who shall hear report of thee, and shall tremble, and be in anguish because of thee.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

• 1 Kings 10:1
  And when the queen of Sheba heard of the fame of Solomon concerning the name of the Lord, she came to prove him with hard questions.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

• 2 Chronicles 9:1
  And when the queen of Sheba heard of the fame of Solomon, she came to prove Solomon with hard questions at Jerusalem, with a very great company, and camels that bare spices, and gold in abundance, and precious stones: and when she was come to Solomon, she communed with him of all that was in her heart.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. So she came to Solomon and spoke with him about all that was on her mind.

Job

• Job 28:22
  Destruction and death say, We have heard the fame thereof with our ears.Abaddon and Death say, ‘We have heard a rumor about it.’
• Job 42:5
  I have heard of thee by the hearing of the ear: but now mine eye seeth thee.My ears had heard of You, but now my eyes have seen You.

Psalms

• Psalm 18:44
  As soon as they hear of me, they shall obey me: the strangers shall submit themselves unto me.When they hear me, they obey me; foreigners cower before me.
• Psalm 150:5
  Praise him upon the loud cymbals: praise him upon the high sounding cymbals.Praise Him with clashing cymbals; praise Him with resounding cymbals.

Isaiah

• Isaiah 23:5
  As at the report concerning Egypt, so shall they be sorely pained at the report of Tyre.When the report reaches Egypt, they will writhe in agony over the news of Tyre.
• Isaiah 66:19
  And I will set a sign among them, and I will send those that escape of them unto the nations, to Tarshish, Pul, and Lud, that draw the bow, to Tubal, and Javan, to the isles afar off, that have not heard my fame, neither have seen my glory; and they shall declare my glory among the Gentiles.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

• Jeremiah 37:5
  Then Pharaoh’s army was come forth out of Egypt: and when the Chaldeans that besieged Jerusalem heard tidings of them, they departed from Jerusalem.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 hath heard the report of them, and his hands waxed feeble: anguish took hold of him, and pangs as of a woman in travail.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

• Hosea 7:12
  When they shall go, I will spread my net upon them; I will bring them down as the fowls of the heaven; I will chastise them, as their congregation hath heard.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

• Nahum 3:19
  There is no healing of thy bruise; thy wound is grievous: all that hear the bruit of thee shall clap the hands over thee: for upon whom hath not thy wickedness passed continually?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

• Habakkuk 3:2
  O Lord, I have heard thy speech, and was afraid: O Lord, revive thy work in the midst of the years, in the midst of the years make known; in wrath remember mercy.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!

Notes

1. Definition and verse list from STEPBible's tagged Hebrew Old Testament (TAHOT) and Greek New Testament (TAGNT) and Brief Lexicons, STEPBible.org, CC BY 4.0.
2. English renderings from the public-domain KJV with Strong's numbers (eBible.org) and the Berean Standard Bible interlinear (public domain).