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שֵׁמַע H8088
H8088 is the Hebrew word שֵׁמַע, transliterated shêmaʻ and said shay'-mah. The King James Version most often renders it report.
What it means
something heard, i.e. a sound, rumor, announcement; abstractly, audience.
Where it comes from
from H8085 (שָׁמַע).
How the King James Version translates it
Across 17 tagged occurrences, counted from this edition's word index.
Strong's own list of renderings: bruit, fame, hear(-ing), loud, report, speech, tidings.
Verses using שֵׁמַע
All 16 verses, quoted in full.
Genesis 29:13 · KJV
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.
Exodus 23:1 · KJV
Thou shalt not raise a false report: put not thine hand with the wicked to be an unrighteous witness.
Numbers 14:15 · KJV
Now if thou shalt kill all this people as one man, then the nations which have heard the fame of thee will speak, saying,
Deuteronomy 2:25 · KJV
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.
1 Kings 10:1 · KJV
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.
2 Chronicles 9:1 · KJV
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.
Job 28:22 · KJV
Destruction and death say, We have heard the fame thereof with our ears.
Job 42:5 · KJV
I have heard of thee by the hearing of the ear: but now mine eye seeth thee.
Psalm 18:44 · KJV
As soon as they hear of me, they shall obey me: the strangers shall submit themselves unto me.
Psalm 150:5 · KJV
Praise him upon the loud cymbals: praise him upon the high sounding cymbals.
Isaiah 23:5 · KJV
As at the report concerning Egypt, so shall they be sorely pained at the report of Tyre.
Isaiah 66:19 · KJV
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.
Jeremiah 37:5 · KJV
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.
Jeremiah 50:43 · KJV
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.
Nahum 3:19 · KJV
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?
Habakkuk 3:2 · KJV
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.
Common questions
What does Strong's H8088 mean?
H8088 is the Hebrew word שֵׁמַע (shêmaʻ), meaning something heard, i.e. a sound, rumor, announcement; abstractly, audience.
How is H8088 translated in the King James Version?
The King James translators rendered it report (5 times), fame (5 times), tidings (2 times), hearing (1 time), soon as they hear (1 time), among others.
How many times does H8088 appear in the Bible?
שֵׁמַע (shêmaʻ) is tagged in 16 verses of the King James Version in this edition's word index.
Where does H8088 come from?
Strong's gives its derivation as: from H8085 (שָׁמַע).
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