Esther 4:5
Then called Esther for Hatach, one of the king's chamberlains, whom he had appointed to attend upon her, and gave him a commandment to Mordecai, to know what it was, and why it was.
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1 Corinthians 7:35
And this I speak for your own profit; not that I may cast a snare upon you, but for that which is comely, and that ye may attend upon the Lord without distraction.
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קָשַׁב
qâshab · kaw-shab'
9 times translated as this KJV form46 total Strong's occurrences
to prick up the ears, i.e. hearken
Strong's KJV usage: attend, (cause to) hear(-ken), give heed, incline, mark (well), regard.
Other KJV renderings
Strong's first: Psalms 17:1Strong's last: Proverbs 7:24
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pânîym · paw-neem'
1 times translated as this KJV form2,083 total Strong's occurrences
the face (as the part that turns); used in a great variety of applications (literally and figuratively); also (with prepositional prefix) as a preposition (before, etc.)
Strong's KJV usage: accept, a-(be-) fore(-time), against, anger, × as (long as), at, battle, because (of), beseech, countenance, edge, employ, endure, enquire, face, favour, fear of, for, forefront(-part), form(-er time, -ward), from, front, heaviness, × him(-self), honourable, impudent, in, it, look(-eth) (-s), × me, meet, × more than, mouth, of, off, (of) old (time), × on, open, out of, over against, the partial, person, please, presence, propect, was purposed, by reason of, regard, right forth, serve, × shewbread, sight, state, straight, street, × thee, × them(-selves), through ( -out), till, time(-s) past, (un-) to(-ward), upon, upside ( down), with(-in, -stand), × ye, × you.
Other KJV renderings
Strong's first: Esther 4:5Strong's last: Esther 4:5
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H7181
Hear, ye children, the instruction of a father, and attend to know understanding.
H7181
My son, attend to my words; incline thine ear unto my sayings.
H7181
My son, attend unto my wisdom, and bow thine ear to my understanding:
H7181
Hearken unto me now therefore, O ye children, and attend to the words of my mouth.
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attend
ATTEND', verb transitive [Latin attendo; ad and tendo, to stretch, to tend. See Tend.]
1. To go with, or accompany, as a companion, minister or servant.
2. To be present; to accompany or be united to; as a cold attended with fever.
3. To be present for some duty, implying charge or oversight; to wait on; as, the physician or the nurse attends the sick.
4. To be present in business; to be in company from curiosity, or from some connection in affairs; as, lawyers or spectators attend a court.
5. To be consequent to, from connection of cause; as, a measure attended with ill effects.
6. To await; to remain, abide or be in store for; as, happiness or misery attends us after death.
7. To wait for; to lie in wait.
8. To wait or stay for.
Three days I promised to attend my doom.
9. To accompany with solicitude; to regard.
Their hunger thus appeased, their care attends.
The doubtful fortune of their absent friends.
10. To regard; to fix the mind upon.
The pilot doth not attend the unskillful words of the passenger.
This is not now a legitimate sense. To express this idea, we now use the verb intransitively, with to, attend to.
11. To expect. [Not in use.]
ATTEND', verb intransitive
1. To listen; to regard with attention; followed by to.
ATTEND to the voice of my supplication. Psalms 86:6.
Hence much used in the imperative, attend!
2. To regard with observation, and correspondent practice.
My son, attend to my words.
Hence, to regard with compliance.
He hath attended to the voice of my prayer. Psalms 66:19.
3. To fix the attention upon, as an object of pursuit; to be busy or engaged in; as, to attend to the study of the scriptures.
4. To wait on; to accompany or be present, in pursuance of duty; with on or upon; as, to attend upon a committee; to attend upon business. Hence,
5. To wait on, in service or worship; to serve.
That ye may attend upon the Lord without distraction.
1 Corinthians 7:35.
6. To stay; to delay. obsolete
For this perfection she must yet attend
Till to her maker she espoused be.
7. To wait; to be within call.
Noah Webster, An American Dictionary of the English Language (1828). A conservative base-form lookup may be used when the exact inflected KJV form is not a Webster headword.
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