KJV dictionary & concordance
One who hears; one who attends to what is orally delivered by another; an auditor; one of an audience.
Definition sources
First occurrence: James 1:23
Complete exact-word concordance
For if any be a hearer of the word, and not a doer, he is like unto a man beholding his natural face in a glass:
For if any be a hearer of the word and not a doer, he is like vnto a man beholding his naturall face in a glasse:
But whoso looketh into the perfect law of liberty, and continueth therein, he being not a forgetful hearer, but a doer of the work, this man shall be blessed in his deed.
But who so looketh into the perfect Law of libertie, and continueth therein, he being not a forgetfull hearer, but a doer of the worke, this man shall be blessed in his deed.
1611 marginal noteOr, doing.
Source order
1 · Direct Scripture definition
Hearer of the word and forgetful hearer directly identify a person by hearing, in contrast with doing. The spiritual application remains with the passages.
2 · KJV context and cross-references
Historical English dictionary sources
One who hears; one who attends to what is orally delivered by another; an auditor; one of an audience.
