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ear

Meaning of “ear”

Sense 1: The organ of hearing. Sense 2: The seed-bearing head of grain.

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First occurrence: Exodus 9:31

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Deuteronomy 1:45
And ye returned and wept before the Lord; but the Lord would not hearken to your voice, nor give ear unto you.
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading
1611 witness · Deuteronomy 1:45 · retained source text

And ye returned and wept before the LORD; but the LORD would not hearken to your voyce, nor giue eare vnto you.

Deuteronomy 15:17
Then thou shalt take an aul, and thrust it through his ear unto the door, and he shall be thy servant for ever. And also unto thy maidservant thou shalt do likewise.
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading & marginal notes
1611 witness · Deuteronomy 15:17 · retained source text

Then thou shalt take an aule, and thrust it through his eare vnto the doore, and hee shall be thy seruant for euer: and also vnto thy mayd seruant thou shalt doe likewise.

1611 marginal noteExod. 21.6.

Deuteronomy 32:1
GIVE ear, O ye heavens, and I will speak; and hear, O earth, the words of my mouth.
1 word occurrence in this verse
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1611 witness · Deuteronomy 32:1 · retained source text

¶ Giue eare, O yee heauens, and I will speake; And heare, O earth, the words of my mouth.

Judges 5:3
Hear, O ye kings; give ear, O ye princes; I, even I, will sing unto the Lord; I will sing praise to the Lord God of Israel.
1 word occurrence in this verse
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1611 witness · Judges 5:3 · retained source text

Heare, O ye kings, giue eare, O ye Princes: I, euen I will sing vnto the LORD, I wil sing praise to the LORD God of Israel.

1 Samuel 8:12
And he will appoint him captains over thousands, and captains over fifties; and will set them to ear his ground, and to reap his harvest, and to make his instruments of war, and instruments of his chariots.
1 word occurrence in this verse
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1611 witness · 1 Samuel 8:12 · retained source text

And hee will appoint him Captaines ouer thousands, and captaines ouer fifties, and will set them to eare his ground, and to reape his haruest, and to make his instruments of warre, and instruments of his charets.

1 Samuel 9:15
¶ Now the Lord had told Samuel in his ear a day before Saul came, saying,
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading & marginal notes
1611 witness · 1 Samuel 9:15 · retained source text

¶ Now the LORD had told Samuel in his eare a day before Saul came, saying,

1611 marginal noteHeb. reveiled the eare of Samuel.

1611 marginal noteChap. 15.1. acts. 13.21.

2 Kings 19:16
Lord, bow down thine ear, and hear: open, Lord, thine eyes, and see: and hear the words of Sennacherib, which hath sent him to reproach the living God.
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1611 witness · 2 Kings 19:16 · retained source text

LORD, bow downe thine eare, and heare: open, LORD, thine eyes; and see: and heare the words of Sennacherib which hath sent him to reproch the liuing God.

2 Chronicles 24:19
Yet he sent prophets to them, to bring them again unto the Lord; and they testified against them: but they would not give ear.
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1611 witness · 2 Chronicles 24:19 · retained source text

Yet hee sent prophets to them to bring them againe vnto the LORD, and they testified against them: but they would not giue eare.

Nehemiah 1:6
Let thine ear now be attentive, and thine eyes open, that thou mayest hear the prayer of thy servant, which I pray before thee now, day and night, for the children of Israel thy servants, and confess the sins of the children of Israel, which we have sinned against thee: both I and my father’s house have sinned.
1 word occurrence in this verse
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1611 witness · Nehemiah 1:6 · retained source text

Let thine eare now be attentiue, and thine eyes open, that thou mayest heare the prayer of thy seruant, which I pray before thee now, day and night, for the children of Israel thy seruants, and confesse the sinnes of the children of Israel, which wee haue sinned against thee: both I, and my fathers house haue sinned.

Nehemiah 1:11
O Lord, I beseech thee, let now thine ear be attentive to the prayer of thy servant, and to the prayer of thy servants, who desire to fear thy name: and prosper, I pray thee, thy servant this day, and grant him mercy in the sight of this man. For I was the king’s cupbearer.
1 word occurrence in this verse
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1611 witness · Nehemiah 1:11 · retained source text

O LORD, I beseech thee, let now thine eare be attentiue to the prayer of thy seruant, and to the prayer of thy seruants, who desire to feare thy name: and prosper, I pray thee, thy seruant this day, and grant him mercie in the sight of this man. For I was the kings cup-bearer.

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