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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 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.

Matthew 13:15
For this people’s heart is waxed gross, and their ears are dull of hearing, and their eyes they have closed; lest at any time they should see with their eyes, and hear with their ears, and should understand with their heart, and should be converted, and I should heal them.
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading
1611 witness · Matthew 13:15 · retained source text

For this peoples heart is waxed grosse, and their eares are dull of hearing, and their eyes they haue closed, lest at any time they should see with their eyes, and heare with their eares, and should vnderstand with their heart, and should be conuerted, and I should heale them.

Matthew 13:16
But blessed are your eyes, for they see: and your ears, for they hear.
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading
1611 witness · Matthew 13:16 · retained source text

But blessed are your eyes, for they see: and your eares, for they heare.

Matthew 13:17
For verily I say unto you, That many prophets and righteous men have desired to see those things which ye see, and have not seen them; and to hear those things which ye hear, and have not heard them.
2 word occurrences in this verse
The 1611 reading & marginal notes
1611 witness · Matthew 13:17 · retained source text

For verely I say vnto you, that many Prophets, and righteous men haue desired to see those things which yee see, and haue not seene them: and to heare those things which ye heare, and haue not heard them.

1611 marginal noteLuke 10.24.

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