Occurrences
Shêmaʻ occurs 18 times in 17 verses of the King James.
Distribution of the word across the Bible: Genesis (1), Exodus (1), Numbers (1), Deuteronomy (1), 1 Kings (1), 2 Chronicles (1), Job (2), Psalms (2), Isaiah (2), Jeremiah (2), Hosea (1), Nahum (1), Habakkuk (1)
- Genesis 29:13 — And it came to pass, when Laban heard the tidings (שֵׁ֣מַע) 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.
- Exodus 23:1 — Thou shalt not raise a false report (שֵׁ֣מַע): put not thine hand with the wicked to be an unrighteous witness.
- Numbers 14:15 — Now if thou shalt kill all this people as one man, then the nations which have heard the fame (שִׁמְעֲךָ֖) of thee will speak, saying,
- 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 (שִׁמְעֲךָ֔) of thee, and shall tremble, and be in anguish because of thee.
- 1 Kings 10:1 — And when the queen of Sheba heard of the fame (שֵׁ֥מַע) of Solomon concerning the name of the LORD, she came to prove him with hard questions.
- 2 Chronicles 9:1 — And when the queen of Sheba heard of the fame (שֵׁ֣מַע) 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.
- Job 28:22 — Destruction and death say, We have heard the fame (שִׁמְעָֽהּ) thereof with our ears.
- Job 42:5 — I have heard of thee by the hearing (לְשֵֽׁמַע) of the ear: but now mine eye seeth thee.
- Psalms 18:44 — As soon as they hear (לְשֵׁ֣מַֽע) of me, they shall obey me: the strangers shall submit themselves unto me.
- Psalms 150:5 — Praise him upon the loud (שָׁ֑מַע) cymbals: praise him upon the high sounding cymbals.
- Isaiah 23:5 — As at the report (שֵׁ֖מַע) concerning Egypt, so shall they be sorely pained at the report of Tyre.
- Isaiah 23:5 — As at the report concerning Egypt, so shall they be sorely pained at the report (כְּשֵׁ֥מַע) 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 (שִׁמְעִי֙), neither have seen my glory; and they shall declare my glory among the Gentiles.
- Jeremiah 37:5 — Then Pharaoh’s army was come forth out of Egypt: and when the Chaldeans that besieged Jerusalem heard tidings (שִׁמְעָ֔ם) of them, they departed from Jerusalem.
- Jeremiah 50:43 — The king of Babylon hath heard the report (שִׁמְעָ֖ם) of them, and his hands waxed feeble: anguish took hold of him, and pangs as of a woman in travail.
- 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 (כְּשֵׁ֖מַע).
- Nahum 3:19 — There is no healing of thy bruise; thy wound is grievous: all that hear the bruit (שִׁמְעֲךָ֗) of thee shall clap the hands over thee: for upon whom hath not thy wickedness passed continually?
- Habakkuk 3:2 — O LORD, I have heard thy speech (שִׁמְעֲךָ֮), 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.