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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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Micah 6:1
Hear ye now what the Lord saith; Arise, contend thou before the mountains, and let the hills hear thy voice.
2 word occurrences in this verse
The 1611 reading & marginal notes
1611 witness · Micah 6:1 · retained source text

¶ Heare yee now what the LORD saith, Arise, contend thou before the mountaines, and let the hilles heare thy voice.

1611 marginal noteOr, with.

1611 marginal noteIsai.1.2.

Micah 6:2
Hear ye, O mountains, the Lord’s controversy, and ye strong foundations of the earth: for the Lord hath a controversy with his people, and he will plead with Israel.
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading
1611 witness · Micah 6:2 · retained source text

Heare yee, O mountaines, the LORDs controuersie, and ye strong foundations of the earth: for the LORD hath a controuersie with his people, and he will pleade with Israel.

Micah 6:9
The Lord’s voice crieth unto the city, and the man of wisdom shall see thy name: hear ye the rod, and who hath appointed it.
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading & marginal notes
1611 witness · Micah 6:9 · retained source text

The LORDs voice cryeth vnto the citie, and the man of wisedome shall see thy Name: heare ye the rodde, and who hath appointed it.

1611 marginal noteOr, thy name shall see that which is.

Micah 7:7
Therefore I will look unto the Lord; I will wait for the God of my salvation: my God will hear me.
1 word occurrence in this verse
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1611 witness · Micah 7:7 · retained source text

Therefore I will looke vnto you the LORD: I will waite for the God of my saluation: my God will heare me.

Nahum 3:19
There is no healing of thy bruise; thy wound is grievous: all that hear the bruit of thee shall clap the hands over thee: for upon whom hath not thy wickedness passed continually?
1 word occurrence in this verse
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1611 witness · Nahum 3:19 · retained source text

There is no healing of thy bruise: thy wound is grieuous: all that heare the bruit of thee, shall clap the hands ouer thee; for vpon whom hath not thy wickednesse passed continually?

1611 marginal noteHeb. wrinkling.

Habakkuk 1:2
O Lord, how long shall I cry, and thou wilt not hear! even cry out unto thee of violence, and thou wilt not save!
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading
1611 witness · Habakkuk 1:2 · retained source text

O LORD, howe long shall I crie, and thou wilt not heare! euen cry out vnto thee of violence, and thou wilt not saue?

Zechariah 1:4
Be ye not as your fathers, unto whom the former prophets have cried, saying, Thus saith the Lord of hosts; Turn ye now from your evil ways, and from your evil doings: but they did not hear, nor hearken unto me, saith the Lord.
1 word occurrence in this verse
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1611 witness · Zechariah 1:4 · retained source text

Be ye not as your fathers, vnto whom the former Prophets haue cried, saying, Thus saith the LORD of hostes, Turne ye now from your euill wayes, and from your euil doings: but they did not heare, nor hearken vnto me, saith the LORD.

1611 marginal noteIsa.31.6. iere.3.12. and 18.11. eze.18.30. hose.14.1.

Zechariah 3:8
Hear now, O Joshua the high priest, thou, and thy fellows that sit before thee: for they are men wondered at: for, behold, I will bring forth my servant the BRANCH.
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading & marginal notes
1611 witness · Zechariah 3:8 · retained source text

Heare now, O Ioshua the high Priest, thou and thy fellowes that sit before thee: for they are men wondred at: for behold, I will bring foorth my seruant the Branch.

1611 marginal noteHeb. men of wonder.

1611 marginal noteIsai 11.1. iere.23.5. and 33.15. chap. 6.12. luke 1.78.

Zechariah 7:7
Should ye not hear the words which the Lord hath cried by the former prophets, when Jerusalem was inhabited and in prosperity, and the cities thereof round about her, when men inhabited the south and the plain?
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading & marginal notes
1611 witness · Zechariah 7:7 · retained source text

Should yee not heare the wordes, which the LORD hath cried by the former Prophets, when Ierusalem was inhabited, and in prosperitie, and the cities thereof round about her, when men inhabited the South of the plaine?

1611 marginal noteOr, are not these the wordes.

1611 marginal noteHebr. by the hand of, &c.

Zechariah 7:11
But they refused to hearken, and pulled away the shoulder, and stopped their ears, that they should not hear.
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading & marginal notes
1611 witness · Zechariah 7:11 · retained source text

But they refused to hearken, and pulled away the shoulder, and stopped their eares, that they should not heare.

1611 marginal noteHebr. they gaue a backsliding shoulder.

1611 marginal noteHebr. made heauie.

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