to hear intelligently (often with implication of attention, obedience, etc.
causatively, to tell, etc.)
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{
"strongs": "H8085",
"language": "hebrew",
"lemma": "שָׁמַע",
"transliteration": "shâmaʻ",
"pronunciation": "shaw-mah'",
"part_of_speech": "",
"glosses": [
"[idiom] attentively, call (gather) together, [idiom] carefully, [idiom] certainly, consent, consider, be content, declare, [idiom] diligently, discern, give ear, (cause to, let, make to) hear(-ken, tell), [idiom] indeed, listen, make (a) noise, (be) obedient, obey, perceive, (make a) proclaim(-ation), publish, regard, report, shew (forth), (make a) sound, [idiom] surely, tell, understand, whosoever (heareth), witness."
],
"definitions": [
"to hear intelligently (often with implication of attention, obedience, etc.",
"causatively, to tell, etc.)"
],
"administrator_commentary": "",
"source": {
"dataset": "Strong’s Hebrew and Greek Lexicon",
"provider": "Open Scriptures",
"url": "https://github.com/openscriptures/strongs",
"license": "CC BY-SA"
},
"version": 1,
"updated_at": "2026-08-05T10:41:48-05:00",
"strong": "H8085"
}