שְׁמוּעָה
shᵉmûwʻâh · sehm-oo-aw'
something heard, i.e. an announcement
Lexicon
Derivation: feminine passive participle of H8074 (שָׁמֵם);
something heard, i.e. an announcement
Definition from Strong's Exhaustive Concordance (1890). Wording is Strong's own, including his etymological notes, which are not separate meanings.
KJV renderings: bruit, doctrine, fame, mentioned, news, report, rumor, tidings.
Letters
- שShin300
Picture: two front teeth (or a composite bow)
- Concrete
- teeth · sharp · press · bow
- Extended
- to consume · to destroy · to press or grind · to change · again
- מMem40
Picture: waves of water
- Concrete
- water · sea · blood · liquid
- Extended
- chaos · mighty and uncontrollable · the masses · from / out of
- וVav6
Picture: tent peg or hook
- Concrete
- nail · peg · hook
- Extended
- to fasten · to secure · to establish · and (joining)
- עAyin70
Picture: an eye
- Concrete
- eye · spring of water
- Extended
- to see · to know · experience · to watch
- הHe5
Picture: a person with both arms raised
- Concrete
- a man calling out · a window · breath
- Extended
- behold! · revelation · to reveal · the (definite article)
Possible cultural reading (auto-composed)
to consume, to destroy › water, chaos, the mighty deep › to fasten and establish › to see and know › to reveal, behold
To consume, to destroy of water, chaos, the mighty deep that works to fasten and establish that works to see and know that works to reveal, behold.
Interpretive, not lexical. The dictionary sense of שְׁמוּעָה above is the attested meaning; this pictographic reading is a tradition about how the sign-shapes may have been heard. Both can be held at once, they are answering different questions.
Usage
27 occurrences · 27 OT · 0 NT · 24 distinct forms
KJV renderings of this word, by how often each one is used.
- a rumour5 · 19%
- report2 · 7%
- the fame2 · 7%
- tidings2 · 7%
- the tidings1 · 4%
- when the tidings1 · 4%
- that tidings1 · 4%
- then tidings1 · 4%
- news1 · 4%
- doctrine1 · 4%
- the report1 · 4%
- our report1 · 4%
- of the bruit1 · 4%
- for the rumour1 · 4%
- shall come a rumour1 · 4%
- and rumour1 · 4%
- shall be upon rumour1 · 4%
- was not mentioned1 · 4%
- for the tidings1 · 4%
- but tidings1 · 4%
Where it is used, by book.
Inflected forms found in the text.
Counts are computed from the tagged Hebrew and Greek text aligned to the King James Version, not from an estimate.