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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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Proverbs 1:5
A wise man will hear, and will increase learning; and a man of understanding shall attain unto wise counsels:
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading
1611 witness · Proverbs 1:5 · retained source text

A wise man wil heare, and wil increase learning: and a man of vnderstanding shall attaine vnto wise counsels:

Proverbs 4:10
Hear, O my son, and receive my sayings; and the years of thy life shall be many.
1 word occurrence in this verse
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1611 witness · Proverbs 4:10 · retained source text

Heare, O my sonne, and receiue my sayings: and the yeeres of thy life shalbe many.

Proverbs 8:6
Hear; for I will speak of excellent things; and the opening of my lips shall be right things.
1 word occurrence in this verse
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1611 witness · Proverbs 8:6 · retained source text

Heare, for I will speake of excellent things: and the opening of my lippes shalbe right things.

Proverbs 8:33
Hear instruction, and be wise, and refuse it not.
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1611 witness · Proverbs 8:33 · retained source text

Heare instruction, and bee wise, and refuse it not.

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