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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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Job 3:18
There the prisoners rest together; they hear not the voice of the oppressor.
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading
1611 witness · Job 3:18 · retained source text

There the prisoners rest together, they heare not the voice of the oppressour.

Job 5:27
Lo this, we have searched it, so it is; hear it, and know thou it for thy good.
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading & marginal notes
1611 witness · Job 5:27 · retained source text

Loe this, wee haue searched it, so it is; heare it, and know thou it for thy good.

1611 marginal noteHeb. for thyselfe.

Job 15:17
I will shew thee, hear me; and that which I have seen I will declare;
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading
1611 witness · Job 15:17 · retained source text

I will shew thee, heare me, and that which I haue seene, I wil declare,

Job 22:27
Thou shalt make thy prayer unto him, and he shall hear thee, and thou shalt pay thy vows.
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading
1611 witness · Job 22:27 · retained source text

Thou shalt make thy prayer vnto him, and he shall heare thee, and thou shalt pay thy vowes.

Job 27:9
Will God hear his cry when trouble cometh upon him?
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading & marginal notes
1611 witness · Job 27:9 · retained source text

Will God heare his cry, when trouble commeth vpon him?

1611 marginal noteProu. 1.28. Ezech. 8.18. Iohn. 9.31. Iam. 4.3.

Job 30:20
I cry unto thee, and thou dost not hear me: I stand up, and thou regardest me not.
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading
1611 witness · Job 30:20 · retained source text

I crie vnto thee, and thou doest not heare me: I stand vp, and thou regardest me not.

Job 31:35
Oh that one would hear me! behold, my desire is, that the Almighty would answer me, and that mine adversary had written a book.
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading & marginal notes
1611 witness · Job 31:35 · retained source text

O that one would heare me! beholde, my desire is, that the Almightie would answere me, and that mine aduersary had written a booke.

1611 marginal noteOr, behold my signe is that the Almightie will answere mee.

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