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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Hearken
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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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23 occurrences in 22 verses.
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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
Which Hebrew, Aramaic, or Greek words stand behind this KJV word?
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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
Strong's first: Genesis 21:12Strong's last: Hosea 9:17
Open full H8085 profile →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
Strong's first: 1 Samuel 15:22Strong's last: Zechariah 7:11
Open full H7181 profile →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
Strong's first: Mark 4:3Strong's last: James 2:5
Open full G191 profile →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
Strong's first: Genesis 4:23Strong's last: Job 37:14
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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
Strong's first: Acts 12:13Strong's last: Acts 12:13
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H7181
Give ye ear, and hear my voice; hearken, and hear my speech.
H7181
And the eyes of them that see shall not be dim, and the ears of them that hear shall hearken.
H7181
Come near, ye nations, to hear; and hearken, ye people: let the earth hear, and all that is therein; the world, and all things that come forth of it.
H8085
Hearken not to Hezekiah: for thus saith the king of Assyria, Make an agreement with me by a present, and come out to me: and eat ye every one of his vine, and every one of his fig tree, and drink ye every one the waters of his own cistern;
H7181
Who among you will give ear to this? who will hearken and hear for the time to come?
H8085
Hearken unto me, O house of Jacob, and all the remnant of the house of Israel, which are borne by me from the belly, which are carried from the womb:
H8085
Hearken unto me, ye stouthearted, that are far from righteousness:
H8085
Hearken unto me, O Jacob and Israel, my called; I am he; I am the first, I also am the last.
H7181
Listen, O isles, unto me; and hearken, ye people, from far; The LORD hath called me from the womb; from the bowels of my mother hath he made mention of my name.
H8085
Hearken to me, ye that follow after righteousness, ye that seek the LORD: look unto the rock whence ye are hewn, and to the hole of the pit whence ye are digged.
H7181
Hearken unto me, my people; and give ear unto me, O my nation: for a law shall proceed from me, and I will make my judgment to rest for a light of the people.
H8085
Hearken unto me, ye that know righteousness, the people in whose heart is my law; fear ye not the reproach of men, neither be ye afraid of their revilings.
H8085
Wherefore do ye spend money for that which is not bread? and your labour for that which satisfieth not? hearken diligently unto me, and eat ye that which is good, and let your soul delight itself in fatness.
English meaning and historical usage.
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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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