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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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Luke 16:29
Abraham saith unto him, They have Moses and the prophets; let them hear them.
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading
1611 witness · Luke 16:29 · retained source text

Abraham saith vnto him, They haue Moses and the Prophets, let them heare them.

Luke 16:31
And he said unto him, If they hear not Moses and the prophets, neither will they be persuaded, though one rose from the dead.
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading
1611 witness · Luke 16:31 · retained source text

And hee said vnto him, If they heare not Moses and the Prophets, neither will they be perswaded, though one rose from the dead.

Luke 19:48
And could not find what they might do: for all the people were very attentive to hear him.
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading & marginal notes
1611 witness · Luke 19:48 · retained source text

And could not finde what they might doe: for all the people were very attentiue to heare him.

1611 marginal noteOr, hanged on him.

Luke 21:9
But when ye shall hear of wars and commotions, be not terrified: for these things must first come to pass; but the end is not by and by.
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading
1611 witness · Luke 21:9 · retained source text

But when ye shall heare of wars, and commotions, be not terrified: for these things must first come to passe, but the end is not by and by.

Luke 21:38
And all the people came early in the morning to him in the temple, for to hear him.
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading
1611 witness · Luke 21:38 · retained source text

And all the people came earely in the morning to him in the Temple, for to heare him.

John 5:25
Verily, verily, I say unto you, The hour is coming, and now is, when the dead shall hear the voice of the Son of God: and they that hear shall live.
2 word occurrences in this verse
The 1611 reading
1611 witness · John 5:25 · retained source text

Uerily, verily I say vnto you, The houre is comming, & now is, when the dead shall heare the voice of the Sonne of God: and they that heare, shall liue.

John 5:28
Marvel not at this: for the hour is coming, in the which all that are in the graves shall hear his voice,
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading
1611 witness · John 5:28 · retained source text

Marueile not at this: for the houre is comming, in the which all that are in the graues shall heare his voice,

John 5:30
I can of mine own self do nothing: as I hear, I judge: and my judgment is just; because I seek not mine own will, but the will of the Father which hath sent me.
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading
1611 witness · John 5:30 · retained source text

I can of mine owne selfe doe nothing: as I heare, I iudge: and my iudgement is iust, because I seeke not mine owne will, but the will of the Father, which hath sent me.

John 6:60
Many therefore of his disciples, when they had heard this, said, This is an hard saying; who can hear it?
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading
1611 witness · John 6:60 · retained source text

Many therefore of his disciples, when they had heard this, said, This is an hard saying, who can heare it?

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