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Lamentations 3:56

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Thou hast heard my voice: hide not thine ear at my breathing, at my cry.
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  1. Isaiah 38:5Rank 1 from verse 56
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    5Go, and say to Hezekiah, Thus saith the Lord, the God of David thy father, I have heard thy prayer, I have seen thy tears: behold, I will add unto thy days fifteen years.

  2. Job 34:28Rank 2 from verse 56
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    28So that they cause the cry of the poor to come unto him, and he heareth the cry of the afflicted.

  3. Psalms 34:6Rank 3 from verse 56
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    6This poor man cried, and the Lord heard him, and saved him out of all his troubles.

  4. Psalms 55:1Rank 4 from verse 56
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    1GIVE ear to my prayer, O God; and hide not thyself from my supplication.

  5. Psalms 6:8–9Rank 5 from verse 56
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    8Depart from me, all ye workers of iniquity; for the Lord hath heard the voice of my weeping.

    9The Lord hath heard my supplication; the Lord will receive my prayer.

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Lamentations 3:56

COMBINED MEANING

thou

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The singular second-person subject pronoun, meaning you when directly addressing one person, being, or individually treated addressee.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references · Webster 1828

COMBINED MEANING

hast

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Sense 1: Have: possess, hold, receive, or experience. Sense 2: Used as an auxiliary verb.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references

COMBINED MEANING

heard

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Sense 1: Perceived by the ear. Sense 2: Received or learned by report. Sense 3: Listened to, regarded, or heeded. Sense 4: Favourably attended to.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references

COMBINED MEANING

hide

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Sense 1: To conceal, keep from sight or knowledge, or lie concealed. Sense 2: As a noun, an animal skin.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references · Webster 1828

COMBINED MEANING

ear

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Sense 1: The organ of hearing. Sense 2: The seed-bearing head of grain.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references

COMBINED MEANING

breathing

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1. An uttered prayer or cry. 2. Uttering or giving vent to.

Meaning drawn from: Direct Scripture definition · KJV context and cross-references · Webster 1828

COMBINED MEANING

cry

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1. A vocal call, shout, proclamation, alarm, wail, or other utterance, often loud. 2. An earnest appeal, prayer, complaint, or outcry for help, justice, or attention. 3. As a verb, to call out, shout, proclaim, wail, appeal, pray, or complain; figuratively, to bear urgent witness or demand notice.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references

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55¶ I called upon thy name, O Lord, out of the low dungeon.

56Thou hast heard my voice: hide not thine ear at my breathing, at my cry.

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57Thou drewest near in the day that I called upon thee: thou saidst, Fear not.

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