H8052 שְׁמוּעָה (shᵉmûwʻâh) sehm-oo-aw'

Hebrew

Noun (Feminine, Hebrew)

Quick Definition

tidings

Strong's Definition

something heard, i.e. an announcement

Derivation: feminine passive participle of H8074 (שָׁמֵם);

KJV Usage: bruit, doctrine, fame, mentioned, news, report, rumor, tidings.

TWOT Reference: 2412d

Outline of Biblical Usage

1) report, news, rumour

1a) report, news, tidings

1b) mention

Septuagint (LXX) Greek Equivalents

This Hebrew word is translated by the following Greek words in the Septuagint:

G5345

STEPBible — Tyndale Abridged Hebrew Lexicon

שְׁמוּעָה (she.mu.ah) — tidings. 1) report, news, rumour 1a) report, news, tidings 1b) mention

UBS Dictionary of Biblical Hebrew

שְׁמוּעָה (H8052)

noun f · שׁמע

Hear

news, report, rumor, tidings = newly received or noteworthy information about recent events

1SA 2:24 · 1SA 4:19 · 2SA 4:4 · 2SA 13:30 · 1KI 2:28 · 1KI 10:7 · 2KI 19:7 · 2CH 9:6 · PSA 112:7 · PRO 15:30 · PRO 25:25 · ISA 28:9 · ISA 28:19 · ISA 37:7 · ISA 53:1 · JER 10:22 · JER 49:14 · JER 49:23 · JER 51:46 · JER 51:46 · JER 51:46 · EZK 7:26 · EZK 7:26 · EZK 16:56 · EZK 21:12 · DAN 11:44 · OBA 1:1

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Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew Lexicon

שְׁמוּעָה n.f. report report

= mention

base

Bible Occurrences (24)

2:24 4:19

4:4 13:30

2:28 10:7

19:7

9:6

112:7

15:30 25:25

28:9 28:19 37:7 53:1

10:22 49:14 49:23 51:46

7:26 16:56 21:7

11:44

1:1

1 Samuel 2:24

No, my sons;... [it is] not a good report I hear circulating among the LORD’s people.

1 Samuel 4:19

Now Eli’s daughter-in-law, the wife of Phinehas, was pregnant and about to give birth. When she heard the news of the capture of God’s ark and the deaths of her father-in-law and her husband, she collapsed and gave birth, for her labor pains overtook her.

2 Samuel 4:4

And Jonathan son of Saul had a son [who was] lame in [his] feet. He was five years old... when the report about Saul and Jonathan came from Jezreel. His nurse picked him up and fled,... but as she was hurrying to escape, he fell and became lame. His name was Mephibosheth.

2 Samuel 13:30

While they were on the way, a report reached... David:... Absalom has struck down all the sons of the king; not one of them is left!

1 Kings 2:28

When the news reached... Joab, [who] had conspired with Adonijah but not with Absalom, [he] fled to the tent of the LORD and took hold of the horns of the altar.

1 Kings 10:7

But I did not believe these things until I came and saw with my own eyes. Indeed, not even half was told to me. Your wisdom and prosperity have far exceeded the report I heard.

2 Kings 19:7

Behold, I will put a spirit in him so that he will hear a rumor and return to his own land, where I will cause him to fall by the sword.

2 Chronicles 9:6

But I did not believe the reports until I came and saw with my own eyes. Indeed, not half of the greatness of your wisdom was told to me. You have far exceeded... the report I heard.