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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 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;
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading & marginal notes
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.

Ezekiel 9:5
¶ And to the others he said in mine hearing, Go ye after him through the city, and smite: let not your eye spare, neither have ye pity:
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1611 witness · Ezekiel 9:5 · retained source text

¶ And to the others he said in mine hearing, Goe ye after him through the citie, and smite: let not your eye spare, neither haue ye pitie.

1611 marginal noteHeb. mine eares.

Ezekiel 10:13
As for the wheels, it was cried unto them in my hearing, O wheel.
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1611 witness · Ezekiel 10:13 · retained source text

As for the wheeles, it was cried vnto them in my hearing, O wheele.

1611 marginal noteOr, they were called in my hearing, wheele, or Galgal.

Amos 8:11
¶ Behold, the days come, saith the Lord God, that I will send a famine in the land, not a famine of bread, nor a thirst for water, but of hearing the words of the Lord:
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1611 witness · Amos 8:11 · retained source text

¶ Behold, the daies come, saith the LORD God, that I will send a famine in the land, not a famine of bread, nor a thirst for water, but of hearing the words of the LORD.

Matthew 13:14
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:
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1611 witness · Matthew 13:14 · retained source text

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.

Matthew 13:15
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.
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1611 witness · Matthew 13:15 · retained source text

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.

Mark 4:12
That seeing they may see, and not perceive; and hearing they may hear, and not understand; lest at any time they should be converted, and their sins should be forgiven them.
1 word occurrence in this verse
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1611 witness · Mark 4:12 · retained source text

That seeing they may see, and not perceiue, and hearing they may heare, and not vnderstand, lest at any time they should be conuerted, and their sinnes should be forgiuen them.

1611 marginal noteMatth. 13.14.

Mark 6:2
And when the sabbath day was come, he began to teach in the synagogue: and many hearing him were astonished, saying, From whence hath this man these things? and what wisdom is this which is given unto him, that even such mighty works are wrought by his hands?
1 word occurrence in this verse
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1611 witness · Mark 6:2 · retained source text

And when the Sabbath day was come, he began to teach in the Synagogue: and many hearing him, were astonished, saying, From whence hath this man these things? And what wisedome is this which is giuen vnto him, that euen such mightie workes are wrought by his hands?

Luke 2:46
And it came to pass, that after three days they found him in the temple, sitting in the midst of the doctors, both hearing them, and asking them questions.
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1611 witness · Luke 2:46 · retained source text

And it came to passe, that after three daies they found him in the Temple, sitting in the midst of the Doctours, both hearing them, and asking them questions.

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