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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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Deuteronomy 30:12
It is not in heaven, that thou shouldest say, Who shall go up for us to heaven, and bring it unto us, that we may hear it, and do it?
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading & marginal notes
1611 witness · Deuteronomy 30:12 · retained source text

It is not in heauen, that thou shouldest say, Who shal goe vp for vs to heauen, and bring it vnto vs, that wee may heare it, and doe it?

1611 marginal noteRom. 10.6. &c.

Deuteronomy 30:13
Neither is it beyond the sea, that thou shouldest say, Who shall go over the sea for us, and bring it unto us, that we may hear it, and do it?
1 word occurrence in this verse
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1611 witness · Deuteronomy 30:13 · retained source text

Neither is it beyond the sea, that thou shouldest say, Who shall goe ouer the sea for vs, and bring it vnto vs, that we may heare it, and doe it?

Deuteronomy 30:17
But if thine heart turn away, so that thou wilt not hear, but shalt be drawn away, and worship other gods, and serve them;
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading
1611 witness · Deuteronomy 30:17 · retained source text

But if thine heart turne away, so that thou wilt not heare, but shalt bee drawen away, and worship other gods and serue them:

Deuteronomy 31:12
Gather the people together, men, and women, and children, and thy stranger that is within thy gates, that they may hear, and that they may learn, and fear the Lord your God, and observe to do all the words of this law:
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading
1611 witness · Deuteronomy 31:12 · retained source text

Gather the people together, men, and women and children, and thy stranger that is within thy gates, that they may heare, and that they may learne, and feare the LORD your God, and obserue to doe all the wordes of this Law:

Deuteronomy 31:13
And that their children, which have not known any thing, may hear, and learn to fear the Lord your God, as long as ye live in the land whither ye go over Jordan to possess it.
1 word occurrence in this verse
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1611 witness · Deuteronomy 31:13 · retained source text

And that their children which haue not knowen any thing, may heare, and learne to feare the LORD your God, as long as yee liue in the land, whither ye goe ouer Iordan to possesse it.

Deuteronomy 32:1
GIVE ear, O ye heavens, and I will speak; and hear, O earth, the words of my mouth.
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading
1611 witness · Deuteronomy 32:1 · retained source text

¶ Giue eare, O yee heauens, and I will speake; And heare, O earth, the words of my mouth.

Deuteronomy 33:7
¶ And this is the blessing of Judah: and he said, Hear, Lord, the voice of Judah, and bring him unto his people: let his hands be sufficient for him; and be thou an help to him from his enemies.
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1611 witness · Deuteronomy 33:7 · retained source text

¶ And this is the blessing of Iudah: and he said, Heare, LORD, the voice of Iudah, and bring him vnto his people: let his hands bee sufficient for him, and bee thou an helpe to him from his enemies.

Joshua 3:9
¶ And Joshua said unto the children of Israel, Come hither, and hear the words of the Lord your God.
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1611 witness · Joshua 3:9 · retained source text

¶ And Ioshua said vnto the children of Israel, Come hither, and heare the words of the LORD your God.

Joshua 6:5
And it shall come to pass, that when they make a long blast with the ram’s horn, and when ye hear the sound of the trumpet, all the people shall shout with a great shout; and the wall of the city shall fall down flat, and the people shall ascend up every man straight before him.
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The 1611 reading & marginal notes
1611 witness · Joshua 6:5 · retained source text

And it shall come to passe that when they make a long blast with the rammes-horne, and when ye heare the sound of the trumpet, all the people shall shout with a great shout: and the wall of the citie shall fall downe flat, and the people shall ascend vp euery man straight before him.

1611 marginal noteHebr. vnder it.

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