Shema

3 definitions found

From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  Shema
       n : a liturgical prayer (considered to be the essence of Jewish
           religion) that is recited at least twice daily by adult
           Jewish males to declare their faith; "as soon as Leonard
           learned to talk he was taught to recite the first words
           of the Shema, the creed of Judaism which originated on


           Sinai with Moses and is recited daily"

From Easton's 1897 Bible Dictionary [easton]:

  Shema
     rumour. (1.) A Reubenite (1 Chr. 5:8).
     
       (2.) A Benjamite (1 Chr. 8:13).
     
       (3.) One who stood by Ezra when he read the law (Neh. 8:4).
     
       (4.) A town in the south of Judah (Josh. 15:26); the same as
     Sheba (ver. 5).
     

From Hitchcock's Bible Names Dictionary (late 1800's) [hitchcock]:

  Shema, hearing; obeying