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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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Amos 3:13
Hear ye, and testify in the house of Jacob, saith the Lord God, the God of hosts,
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading
1611 witness · Amos 3:13 · retained source text

Heare yee and testifie in the house of Iacob, saith the LORD God, the God of hostes;

Amos 4:1
Hear this word, ye kine of Bashan, that are in the mountain of Samaria, which oppress the poor, which crush the needy, which say to their masters, Bring, and let us drink.
1 word occurrence in this verse
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1611 witness · Amos 4:1 · retained source text

¶ Heare this word yea kine of Bashan, that are in the mountaine of Samaria, which oppresse the poore, which crush the needy, which say to their masters; Bring, and let vs drinke.

Amos 5:23
Take thou away from me the noise of thy songs; for I will not hear the melody of thy viols.
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading
1611 witness · Amos 5:23 · retained source text

Take thou away from mee the noise of thy songs: for I will not heare the melodie of thy violes.

Amos 7:16
¶ Now therefore hear thou the word of the Lord: Thou sayest, Prophesy not against Israel, and drop not thy word against the house of Isaac.
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading & marginal notes
1611 witness · Amos 7:16 · retained source text

¶ Now therefore heare thou the worde of the LORD; Thou sayest, Prophecie not against Israel, and drop not thy word against the house of Isaac.

1611 marginal noteEze.21.2.

Amos 8:4
Hear this, O ye that swallow up the needy, even to make the poor of the land to fail,
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading
1611 witness · Amos 8:4 · retained source text

¶ Heare this, O ye that swallow vp the needy, euen to make the poore of the land to faile,

Micah 1:2
Hear, all ye people; hearken, O earth, and all that therein is: and let the Lord God be witness against you, the Lord from his holy temple.
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading & marginal notes
1611 witness · Micah 1:2 · retained source text

Heare all ye people, hearken O earth, and all that therein is, and let the LORD God be witnesse against you, the LORD from his holy temple.

1611 marginal noteHeb. heare yee people all of them.

1611 marginal noteHeb. the fulnesse therof.

1611 marginal noteDeut. 32. 1. isai. 1.2.

Micah 3:1
AND I said, Hear, I pray you, O heads of Jacob, and ye princes of the house of Israel; Is it not for you to know judgment?
1 word occurrence in this verse
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1611 witness · Micah 3:1 · retained source text

¶ And I said, Heare, I pray you, O heads of Iacob, and ye princes of the house of Israel: is it not for you to know iudgement?

Micah 3:4
Then shall they cry unto the Lord, but he will not hear them: he will even hide his face from them at that time, as they have behaved themselves ill in their doings.
1 word occurrence in this verse
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1611 witness · Micah 3:4 · retained source text

Then shall they cry vnto the LORD, but he will not heare them: he will euen hide his face from them at that time, as they haue behaued themselues ill in their doings.

Micah 3:9
Hear this, I pray you, ye heads of the house of Jacob, and princes of the house of Israel, that abhor judgment, and pervert all equity.
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading
1611 witness · Micah 3:9 · retained source text

Heare this, I pray you, yee heads of the house of Iacob, and princes of the house of Israel, that abhorre iudgement and peruert all equitie.

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