# שֶׁמַע (shema)

Israeli respelling: she-ma. Hear on Google uses modern Hebrew.

Strong’s H8087. 5 Old Testament occurrences.

Shema, the name of a place in Palestine and of four Israelites

King James renderings: Shema.

Lexicon: Strong’s Hebrew, public domain. The derived file is shared under CC BY-SA 4.0.

Canonical: https://apologetics.wiki/bible/hebrew/shema-h8087

## Occurrences

- [1 Chronicles 2:43](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/1-chronicles/2/43) — And the sons of Hebron; Korah, and Tappuah, and Rekem, and Shema.
- [1 Chronicles 2:44](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/1-chronicles/2/44) — And Shema begat Raham, the father of Jorkoam: and Rekem begat Shammai.
- [1 Chronicles 5:8](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/1-chronicles/5/8) — And Bela the son of Azaz, the son of Shema, the son of Joel, who dwelt in Aroer, even unto Nebo and Baalmeon:
- [1 Chronicles 8:13](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/1-chronicles/8/13) — Beriah also, and Shema, who were heads of the fathers of the inhabitants of Aijalon, who drove away the inhabitants of Gath:
- [Nehemiah 8:4](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/nehemiah/8/4) — And Ezra the scribe stood upon a pulpit of wood, which they had made for the purpose; and beside him stood Mattithiah, and Shema, and Anaia…