DEEP KJV WORD STUDY

Hearken

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.

153exact KJV occurrences 145Old Testament 8New Testament 27books containing the word 5mapped Strong's IDs 152occurrence-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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LAST OCCURRENCE

James 2:5

Hearken, my beloved brethren, Hath not God chosen the poor of this world rich in faith, and heirs of the kingdom which he hath promised to them that love him?

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HEAVIEST BOOK

Jeremiah

23 occurrences in 22 verses.

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KJV DISTRIBUTION

Where hearken appears.

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

Genesis 55 verses Exodus 1010 verses Leviticus 44 verses Numbers 11 verses Deuteronomy 2020 verses Joshua 33 verses Judges 76 verses 1 Samuel 77 verses 2 Samuel 33 verses 1 Kings 77 verses 2 Kings 44 verses 2 Chronicles 77 verses Nehemiah 11 verses Job 99 verses Psalms 66 verses Proverbs 44 verses Song of Solomon 11 verses Isaiah 1313 verses Jeremiah 2322 verses Ezekiel 43 verses Daniel 11 verses Hosea 22 verses Micah 11 verses Zechariah 22 verses Mark 22 verses Acts 55 verses James 11 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'

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

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

heard 372 hear 263 Hear 98 hearkened 73 obey 36 obeyed 34 heareth 28 heardest 11

Strong's first: Genesis 21:12Strong's last: Hosea 9:17

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HebrewH7181

קָשַׁב

qâshab · kaw-shab'

21 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

attend 7 hearkened 6 heed 3 Attend 2 well 1 hear 1 attended 1 regarded 1

Strong's first: 1 Samuel 15:22Strong's last: Zechariah 7:11

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GreekG191

ἀκούω

akoúō · ak-oo'-o

6 times translated as this KJV form476 total Strong's occurrences

to hear (in various senses)

Strong's KJV usage: :--give (in the) audience (of), come (to the ears), (shall) hear(-er, -ken), be noised, be reported, understand.

Other KJV renderings

heard 214 hear 75 heareth 17 when 15 let him hear 15 to hear 12 hearing 12 ye hear 6

Strong's first: Mark 4:3Strong's last: James 2:5

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HebrewH238

אָזַן

ʼâzan · aw-zan'

5 times translated as this KJV form41 total Strong's occurrences

to broaden out the ear (with the hand), i.e. (by implication) to listen

Strong's KJV usage: give (perceive by the) ear, hear(-ken). See 239.

Other KJV renderings

ear 33 hear 2 hearkened 1

Strong's first: Genesis 4:23Strong's last: Job 37:14

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GreekG5219

ὑπακούω

hypakoúō · hoop-ak-oo'-o

1 times translated as this KJV form23 total Strong's occurrences

to hear under (as a subordinate), i.e. to listen attentively; by implication, to heed or conform to a command or authority

Strong's KJV usage: :--hearken, be obedient to, obey.

Other KJV renderings

obey 12 obeyed 5 have 2 it should obey 1 obedient 1 to 1

Strong's first: Acts 12:13Strong's last: Acts 12:13

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EVERY OCCURRENCE

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1 Kings 8:28

H8085

Yet have thou respect unto the prayer of thy servant, and to his supplication, O LORD my God, to hearken unto the cry and to the prayer, which thy servant prayeth before thee to day:

1 Kings 8:29

H8085

That thine eyes may be open toward this house night and day, even toward the place of which thou hast said, My name shall be there: that thou mayest hearken unto the prayer which thy servant shall make toward this place.

1 Kings 8:30

H8085

And hearken thou to the supplication of thy servant, and of thy people Israel, when they shall pray toward this place: and hear thou in heaven thy dwelling place: and when thou hearest, forgive.

1 Kings 8:52

H8085

That thine eyes may be open unto the supplication of thy servant, and unto the supplication of thy people Israel, to hearken unto them in all that they call for unto thee.

1 Kings 11:38

H8085

And it shall be, if thou wilt hearken unto all that I command thee, and wilt walk in my ways, and do that is right in my sight, to keep my statutes and my commandments, as David my servant did; that I will be with thee, and build thee a sure house, as I built for David, and will give Israel unto thee.

1 Kings 20:8

H8085

And all the elders and all the people said unto him, Hearken not unto him, nor consent.

1 Kings 22:28

H8085

And Micaiah said, If thou return at all in peace, the LORD hath not spoken by me. And he said, Hearken, O people, every one of you.

WEBSTER’S 1828

English meaning and historical usage.

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

hearken

HE'ARKEN, verb intransitive h'arken.

1. To listen; to lend the ear; to attend to what is uttered, with eagerness or curiosity.

The furies hearken and their snakes uncurl.

2. To attend; to regard; to give heed to what is uttered; to observe or obey.

Hearken, O Israel, to the statutes and the judgments which I teach you. Deuteronomy 4:1.

3. To listen; to attend; to grant or comply with.

Hearken thou to the supplication of thy servant. I Kings 8:30.

HE'ARKEN, verb transitive h'arken. To hear by listening. [Little used.]

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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