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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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Psalms 85:8
I will hear what God the Lord will speak: for he will speak peace unto his people, and to his saints: but let them not turn again to folly.
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading
1611 witness · Psalms 85:8 · retained source text

I will heare what God the LORD will speake: for hee will speake peace vnto his people, and to his Saints: but let them not turne againe to folly.

Psalms 92:11
Mine eye also shall see my desire on mine enemies, and mine ears shall hear my desire of the wicked that rise up against me.
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading
1611 witness · Psalms 92:11 · retained source text

Mine eye also shall see my desire on mine enemies: and mine eares shall heare my desire of the wicked that rise vp against me.

Psalms 94:9
He that planted the ear, shall he not hear? he that formed the eye, shall he not see?
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading & marginal notes
1611 witness · Psalms 94:9 · retained source text

He that planted the eare, shall he not heare? he that formed the eye, shall he not see?

1611 marginal noteExo.4.11

Psalms 95:7
For he is our God; and we are the people of his pasture, and the sheep of his hand. To day if ye will hear his voice,
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading
1611 witness · Psalms 95:7 · retained source text

For he is our God, and we are the people of his pasture, and the sheepe of his hand: to day if yee will heare his voyce,

Psalms 102:1
HEAR my prayer, O Lord, and let my cry come unto thee.
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading
1611 witness · Psalms 102:1 · retained source text

¶ Heare my prayer, O LORD: and let my crie come vnto thee.

Psalms 102:20
To hear the groaning of the prisoner; to loose those that are appointed to death;
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading & marginal notes
1611 witness · Psalms 102:20 · retained source text

To heare the groning of the prisoner: to loose those that are appointed to death:

1611 marginal noteHeb. the children of death.

Psalms 115:6
They have ears, but they hear not: noses have they, but they smell not:
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading
1611 witness · Psalms 115:6 · retained source text

They haue eares, but they heare not: noses haue they, but they smell not.

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