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hear

Meaning of “hear”

Sense 1: To perceive sound or spoken words. Sense 2: To receive or learn by report. Sense 3: To listen to, regard, or heed. Sense 4: To attend favourably to a request.

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550 occurrences516 verses49 booksKJV PCE

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First occurrence: Genesis 4:23

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Hosea 2:21
And it shall come to pass in that day, I will hear, saith the Lord, I will hear the heavens, and they shall hear the earth;
3 word occurrences in this verse
The 1611 reading
1611 witness · Hosea 2:21 · retained source text

And it shall come to passe in that day, I will heare, saith the LORD, I will heare the heauens, and they shall heare the earth,

Hosea 2:22
And the earth shall hear the corn, and the wine, and the oil; and they shall hear Jezreel.
2 word occurrences in this verse
The 1611 reading
1611 witness · Hosea 2:22 · retained source text

And the earth shall heare the corne, and the wine, and the oyle, and they shall heare Iezreel.

Hosea 4:1
Hear the word of the Lord, ye children of Israel: for the Lord hath a controversy with the inhabitants of the land, because there is no truth, nor mercy, nor knowledge of God in the land.
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading & marginal notes
1611 witness · Hosea 4:1 · retained source text

¶ Heare the worde of the LORD, yee children of Israel: for the LORD hath a controuersie with the inhabitants of the land, because there is no trueth, nor mercie, nor knowledge of God in the land.

1611 marginal noteMica.6.2.

Hosea 5:1
Hear ye this, O priests; and hearken, ye house of Israel; and give ye ear, O house of the king; for judgment is toward you, because ye have been a snare on Mizpah, and a net spread upon Tabor.
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading
1611 witness · Hosea 5:1 · retained source text

¶ Heare yee this, O priests, and hearken, ye house of Israel, and giue yee eare, O house of the king: for iudgement is toward you, because yee haue beene a snare on Mizpah, and a net spread vpon Tabor.

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