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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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First occurrence: Genesis 4:23

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Joshua 3:9
¶ And Joshua said unto the children of Israel, Come hither, and hear the words of the Lord your God.
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading
1611 witness · Joshua 3:9 · retained source text

¶ And Ioshua said vnto the children of Israel, Come hither, and heare the words of the LORD your God.

Joshua 6:5
And it shall come to pass, that when they make a long blast with the ram’s horn, and when ye hear the sound of the trumpet, all the people shall shout with a great shout; and the wall of the city shall fall down flat, and the people shall ascend up every man straight before him.
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1611 witness · Joshua 6:5 · retained source text

And it shall come to passe that when they make a long blast with the rammes-horne, and when ye heare the sound of the trumpet, all the people shall shout with a great shout: and the wall of the citie shall fall downe flat, and the people shall ascend vp euery man straight before him.

1611 marginal noteHebr. vnder it.

Joshua 7:9
For the Canaanites and all the inhabitants of the land shall hear of it, and shall environ us round, and cut off our name from the earth: and what wilt thou do unto thy great name?
1 word occurrence in this verse
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1611 witness · Joshua 7:9 · retained source text

For the Canaanites, and all the inhabitants of the land shall heare of it, and shall enuiron vs round, and cut off our name from the earth: and what wilt thou doe vnto thy great Name?

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