Hearing
מִשְׁמָעStrong’s H4926mishma (mish-ma)
Appears in 1 verse of the Old Testament
In short
Mishma is the Hebrew word usually translated “hearing of”. It appears in 1 verse of the Old Testament.
“And shall make him of quick understanding in the fear of the LORD: and he shall not judge after the sight of his eyes, neither reprove after the hearing of his ears:”
Meaning
- Thing heard, rumour
How it's translated
- to hearing of 1
Word-by-word English from the STEPBible tagged text.
Where it's used most
- Isaiah 1
1 book in all.
Explore in Scripture
Hebrew dictionary
מִשְׁמָע mishma · hearing
thing heard, rumour
From STEPBible’s Hebrew lexicon (based on Brown-Driver-Briggs).
Webster's 1828 Dictionary
How the English word “hearing” was understood when the King James Version was still the common Bible of English readers.
HE'ARING, participle present
tense Perceiving by the ear, as sound.
- Listening to; attending to; obeying; observing what is commanded.
- Attending to witnesses or advocates in a judicial trial; trying.
All definitions and other forms of “hearing”
HE'ARING, noun
The faculty or sense by which sound is perceived.
- Audience; attention to what is delivered; opportunity to be heard.
- Judicial trial; attention to the facts, testimony and arguments in a cause between parties, with a view to a just decision.
- The act of perceiving sounds; sensation or perception of sound.“I have heard of thee by the hearing of the ear” Job 42:5“And to the others he said in my hearing” Ezekiel 9:5
- Reach of the ear; extent within which sound may be heard.
Noah Webster, An American Dictionary of the English Language (1828). Verse references are checked against the KJV. Read the full entry.
Verses are from the King James Version. Word meanings come from the original Hebrew, not from any one translation.