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DEEP KJV WORD STUDY

Hear

Begin with the exact English word as it appears in the King James Bible. Follow its whole-Bible usage, book distribution, related indexed forms, Webster 1828, every occurrence, and the occurrence-specific Hebrew/Aramaic/Greek mappings behind it.

550exact KJV occurrences 405Old Testament 145New Testament 49books containing the word 12mapped Strong's IDs 541occurrence-specific Strong's links
FIRST OCCURRENCE

Genesis 4:23

And Lamech said unto his wives, Adah and Zillah, Hear my voice; ye wives of Lamech, hearken unto my speech: for I have slain a man to my wounding, and a young man to my hurt.

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KJV DISTRIBUTION

Where Hear appears.

This is exact English-word usage from the canonical KJV token index, not a Strong's estimate.

Genesis 1010 verses Exodus 88 verses Leviticus 11 verses Numbers 77 verses Deuteronomy 3432 verses Joshua 33 verses Judges 44 verses 1 Samuel 1010 verses 2 Samuel 1412 verses 1 Kings 1615 verses 2 Kings 1110 verses 1 Chronicles 22 verses 2 Chronicles 1919 verses Nehemiah 55 verses Job 1616 verses Psalms 5755 verses Proverbs 1111 verses Ecclesiastes 54 verses Song of Solomon 22 verses Isaiah 4441 verses Jeremiah 5150 verses Lamentations 11 verses Ezekiel 3029 verses Daniel 77 verses Hosea 74 verses Joel 11 verses Amos 77 verses Micah 98 verses Nahum 11 verses Habakkuk 11 verses Zechariah 109 verses Malachi 11 verses Matthew 2722 verses Mark 1814 verses Luke 2724 verses John 1816 verses Acts 2827 verses Romans 22 verses 1 Corinthians 22 verses Galatians 11 verses Philippians 22 verses 2 Thessalonians 11 verses 1 Timothy 11 verses 2 Timothy 11 verses Hebrews 33 verses James 11 verses 1 John 11 verses 3 John 11 verses Revelation 1111 verses
ORIGINAL-LANGUAGE MAP

Which Hebrew, Aramaic, or Greek words stand behind this KJV word?

These relationships come from exact verse + token-position mappings. We do not assume that one English spelling always equals one Strong's number. A single English token can also carry more than one source tag, so the Strong's-link total can exceed the number of English occurrences.

HebrewH8085
שָׁמַע

shâmaʻ · shaw-mah'

362 times translated as this KJV form1,160 total Strong's occurrences

v

to hear intelligently (often with implication of attention, obedience, etc.; causatively, to tell, etc.)

Strong's KJV usage: × attentively, call (gather) together, × carefully, × certainly, consent, consider, be content, declare, × diligently, discern, give ear, (cause to, let, make to) hear(-ken, tell), × indeed, listen, make (a) noise, (be) obedient, obey, perceive, (make a) proclaim(-ation), publish, regard, report, shew (forth), (make a) sound, × surely, tell, understand, whosoever (heareth), witness.

Other KJV renderings

Strong's first: Genesis 4:23Strong's last: Malachi 2:2

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HebrewH6030
עָנָה

ʻânâh · aw-naw'

29 times translated as this KJV form329 total Strong's occurrences

v

properly, to eye or (generally) to heed, i.e. pay attention; by implication, to respond; by extension to begin to speak; specifically to sing, shout, testify, announce

Strong's KJV usage: give account, afflict (by mistake for 6031), (cause to, give) answer, bring low (by mistake for 6031), cry, hear, Leannoth, lift up, say, × scholar, (give a) shout, sing (together by course), speak, testify, utter, (bear) witness. See also 1042, 1043.

Other KJV renderings

Strong's first: 1 Samuel 8:18Strong's last: Zechariah 13:9

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GreekG1251
διακούομαι

diakoúomai · dee-ak-oo'-om-ahee

1 times translated as this KJV form1 total Strong's occurrences

to hear throughout, i.e. patiently listen (to a prisoner's plea)

Strong's KJV usage: :--hear.

Strong's first: Acts 23:35Strong's last: Acts 23:35

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HebrewH2045
הַשְׁמָעוּת

hashmâʻûwth · hashmaw-ooth'

1 times translated as this KJV form1 total Strong's occurrences

n-f

announcement

Strong's KJV usage: to cause to hear.

Strong's first: Ezekiel 24:26Strong's last: Ezekiel 24:26

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EVERY OCCURRENCE

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550 occurrences match the current filters. Each row keeps its exact KJV token position so Original Word and TSK remain occurrence-specific.

Zechariah 7:13
H8085

Therefore it is come to pass, that as he cried, and they would not hear; so they cried, and I would not hear, saith the LORD of hosts:

Zechariah 8:9
H8085

Thus saith the LORD of hosts; Let your hands be strong, ye that hear in these days these words by the mouth of the prophets, which were in the day that the foundation of the house of the LORD of hosts was laid, that the temple might be built.

Zechariah 10:6
H6030

And I will strengthen the house of Judah, and I will save the house of Joseph, and I will bring them again to place them; for I have mercy upon them: and they shall be as though I had not cast them off: for I am the LORD their God, and will hear them.

Zechariah 13:9
H6030

And I will bring the third part through the fire, and will refine them as silver is refined, and will try them as gold is tried: they shall call on my name, and I will hear them: I will say, It is my people: and they shall say, The LORD is my God.

Malachi 2:2
H8085

If ye will not hear, and if ye will not lay it to heart, to give glory unto my name, saith the LORD of hosts, I will even send a curse upon you, and I will curse your blessings: yea, I have cursed them already, because ye do not lay it to heart.

Matthew 10:14
G191

And whosoever shall not receive you, nor hear your words, when ye depart out of that house or city, shake off the dust of your feet.

Matthew 10:27
G191

What I tell you in darkness, that speak ye in light: and what ye hear in the ear, that preach ye upon the housetops.

Matthew 11:4
G191

Jesus answered and said unto them, Go and shew John again those things which ye do hear and see:

Matthew 11:5
G191

The blind receive their sight, and the lame walk, the lepers are cleansed, and the deaf hear, the dead are raised up, and the poor have the gospel preached to them.

Matthew 12:19
G191

He shall not strive, nor cry; neither shall any man hear his voice in the streets.

Matthew 12:42
G191

The queen of the south shall rise up in the judgment with this generation, and shall condemn it: for she came from the uttermost parts of the earth to hear the wisdom of Solomon; and, behold, a greater than Solomon is here.

Matthew 13:13
G191

Therefore speak I to them in parables: because they seeing see not; and hearing they hear not, neither do they understand.

Matthew 13:14
G191

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:

Matthew 13:15
G191

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.

Matthew 13:16
G191

But blessed are your eyes, for they see: and your ears, for they hear.

Matthew 13:17
G191

For verily I say unto you, That many prophets and righteous men have desired to see those things which ye see, and have not seen them; and to hear those things which ye hear, and have not heard them.

Matthew 13:17
G191

For verily I say unto you, That many prophets and righteous men have desired to see those things which ye see, and have not seen them; and to hear those things which ye hear, and have not heard them.

Matthew 13:43
G191

Then shall the righteous shine forth as the sun in the kingdom of their Father. Who hath ears to hear, let him hear.

Matthew 13:43
G191

Then shall the righteous shine forth as the sun in the kingdom of their Father. Who hath ears to hear, let him hear.

Matthew 15:10
G191

And he called the multitude, and said unto them, Hear, and understand:

WEBSTER’S 1828

English meaning and historical usage.

Dictionary data is kept visibly separate from Scripture and from lexical Strong's data.

hear

HEAR, verb transitive preterit tense and participle passive heard, but more correctly heared.

[Latin audio; auris.]

1. To perceive by the ear; to feel an impression of sound by the proper organs; as, to hear sound; to hear a voice; to hear words.

2. To give audience or allowance to speak.

He sent for Paul, and heard him concerning the faith in Christ. Acts 24:4.

3. To attend; to listen; to obey.

Today, if ye will hear his voice, harden not your heart. Psalms 95:7.

4. To attend favorably; to regard.

They think they shall be heard for their much speaking. Matthew 6:7.

5. To grant an answer to prayer.

I love the Lord, because he hath heard my voice. Psalms 116:1.

6. To attend to the facts, evidence, and arguments in a cause between parties; to try in a court of law or equity. The cause was heard and determined at the last term; or, it was heard at the last term, and will be determined at the next. Song of Solomon 2:14Sam.15.

7. To acknowledge a title; a Latin phrase.

HEAR'st thou submissive, but a lowly birth.

8. To be a hearer of; to sit under the preaching of; as, what minister do you hear? [A colloquial use of the word.]

9. To learn.

I speak to the world those things which I have heard of him. John 8:43.

10. To approve and embrace.

They speak of the world, and the world heareth them. l John 4:1.

To hear a bird sing, to receive private communication.

HEAR, verb intransitive To enjoy the sense or faculty of perceiving sound. He is deaf, he cannot hear

1. To listen; to hearken; to attend.

He hears with solicitude.

2. To be told; to receive by report.

I hear there are divisions among you, and I partly believe it. 1 Corinthians 11:18.

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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