He that hath ears to hear, let him hear.
The 1611 reading
Hee that hath eares to heare, let him heare.
KJV dictionary & concordance
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.
Definition sources
Some verses contain the word more than once.
First occurrence: Genesis 4:23
Complete exact-word concordance
He that hath ears to hear, let him hear.
Hee that hath eares to heare, let him heare.
He shall not strive, nor cry; neither shall any man hear his voice in the streets.
He shall not striue, nor cry, neither shall any man heare his voice in the streets.
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.
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.
Who hath ears to hear, let him hear.
Who hath eares to heare, let him heare.
Therefore speak I to them in parables: because they seeing see not; and hearing they hear not, neither do they understand.
Therefore speake I to then in parables: because they seeing, see not: and hearing, they heare not, neither doe they vnderstand.
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:
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.
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.
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.
But blessed are your eyes, for they see: and your ears, for they hear.
But blessed are your eyes, for they see: and your eares, for they heare.
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.
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.
¶ Hear ye therefore the parable of the sower.
¶ Heare ye therefore the parable of the sower.
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