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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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Matthew 10:14
And whosoever shall not receive you, nor hear your words, when ye depart out of that house or city, shake off the dust of your feet.
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading & marginal notes
1611 witness · Matthew 10:14 · retained source text

And whosoeuer shall not receiue you, nor heare your words: when yee depart out of that house, or city, shake off the dust of your feete.

1611 marginal noteMar. 6.11.

1611 marginal noteActs 13.51.

Matthew 10:27
What I tell you in darkness, that speak ye in light: and what ye hear in the ear, that preach ye upon the housetops.
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading
1611 witness · Matthew 10:27 · retained source text

What I tell you in darkenesse, that speake yee in light: and what yee heare in the eare, that preach yee vpon the house tops.

Matthew 11:4
Jesus answered and said unto them, Go and shew John again those things which ye do hear and see:
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading
1611 witness · Matthew 11:4 · retained source text

Iesus answered and saide vnto them, Go and shew Iohn againe those things which we doe heare and see:

Matthew 11:5
The blind receive their sight, and the lame walk, the lepers are cleansed, and the deaf hear, the dead are raised up, and the poor have the gospel preached to them.
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading & marginal notes
1611 witness · Matthew 11:5 · retained source text

The blind receiue their sight, and the lame walke, the lepers are cleansed, and the deafe heare, the dead are raised vp, and the poore haue the Gospel preached to them.

1611 marginal noteEsai. 35.6.

1611 marginal noteEsai. 61.1.

Matthew 11:15
He that hath ears to hear, let him hear.
2 word occurrences in this verse
The 1611 reading
1611 witness · Matthew 11:15 · retained source text

Hee that hath eares to heare, let him heare.

Matthew 12:19
He shall not strive, nor cry; neither shall any man hear his voice in the streets.
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading
1611 witness · Matthew 12:19 · retained source text

He shall not striue, nor cry, neither shall any man heare his voice in the streets.

Matthew 12:42
The queen of the south shall rise up in the judgment with this generation, and shall condemn it: for she came from the uttermost parts of the earth to hear the wisdom of Solomon; and, behold, a greater than Solomon is here.
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading & marginal notes
1611 witness · Matthew 12:42 · retained source text

The Queene of the South shall rise vp in the iudgement with this generation, and shall condemne it: for she came from the vttermost parts of the earth to heare the wisedome of Solomon, and behold, a greater then Solomon is here.

1611 marginal note1.Kin. 10.1.

Matthew 13:14
And in them is fulfilled the prophecy of Esaias, which saith, By hearing ye shall hear, and shall not understand; and seeing ye shall see, and shall not perceive:
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading & marginal notes
1611 witness · Matthew 13:14 · retained source text

And in them is fulfilled the prophecie of Esaias, which saith, By hearing ye shall heare, and shall not vnderstand: and seeing yee shall see, and shall not perceiue.

1611 marginal noteEsai 6.9. mark. 4.12. luke 8.10. ioh. 12.40. acts 28.26. rom. 11.8.

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