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hearing

Meaning of “hearing”

Sense 1: The act or faculty of perceiving sound. Sense 2: Audience, attention, or an opportunity to be heard. Sense 3: The range within which sound can be heard.

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39 occurrences37 verses19 booksKJV PCE

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First occurrence: Deuteronomy 31:11

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Isaiah 11:3
And shall make him of quick understanding in the fear of the Lord: and he shall not judge after the sight of his eyes, neither reprove after the hearing of his ears:
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading & marginal notes
1611 witness · Isaiah 11:3 · retained source text

And shal make him of quicke vnderstanding in the feare of the LORD, and he shall not iudge after the sight of his eyes, neither reproue after the hearing of his eares.

1611 marginal noteHeb. sent or smell.

Isaiah 21:3
Therefore are my loins filled with pain: pangs have taken hold upon me, as the pangs of a woman that travaileth: I was bowed down at the hearing of it; I was dismayed at the seeing of it.
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading
1611 witness · Isaiah 21:3 · retained source text

Therefore are my loynes filled with paine, pangs haue taken hold vpon me, as the pangs of a woman that trauelleth: I was bowed downe at the hearing of it, I was dismayed at the seeing of it.

Isaiah 33:15
He that walketh righteously, and speaketh uprightly; he that despiseth the gain of oppressions, that shaketh his hands from holding of bribes, that stoppeth his ears from hearing of blood, and shutteth his eyes from seeing evil;
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1611 witness · Isaiah 33:15 · retained source text

He that walketh righteously, and speaketh vprightly, hee that despiseth the gaine of oppressions, that shaketh his hands from holding of bribes, that stoppeth his eares from hearing of blood, and shutteth his eyes from seeing euill:

1611 marginal noteHeb. in righteousnesses.

1611 marginal noteHeb. vprightnesses.

1611 marginal noteOr, deceits.

1611 marginal noteHeb. bloods

1611 marginal notePsal.15.2. and 24.3.

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