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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44 verses
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2020 verses
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33 verses
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77 verses
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11 verses
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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
To whom shall I speak, and give warning, that they may hear? behold, their ear is uncircumcised, and they cannot hearken: behold, the word of the LORD is unto them a reproach; they have no delight in it.
H7181
Also I set watchmen over you, saying, Hearken to the sound of the trumpet. But they said, We will not hearken.
H7181
Also I set watchmen over you, saying, Hearken to the sound of the trumpet. But they said, We will not hearken.
H8085
Therefore thou shalt speak all these words unto them; but they will not hearken to thee: thou shalt also call unto them; but they will not answer thee.
H8085
Therefore thus saith the LORD, Behold, I will bring evil upon them, which they shall not be able to escape; and though they shall cry unto me, I will not hearken unto them.
H8085
And ye have done worse than your fathers; for, behold, ye walk every one after the imagination of his evil heart, that they may not hearken unto me:
H8085
And it shall come to pass, if ye diligently hearken unto me, saith the LORD, to bring in no burden through the gates of this city on the sabbath day, but hallow the sabbath day, to do no work therein;
H8085
But if ye will not hearken unto me to hallow the sabbath day, and not to bear a burden, even entering in at the gates of Jerusalem on the sabbath day; then will I kindle a fire in the gates thereof, and it shall devour the palaces of Jerusalem, and it shall not be quenched.
H8085
Give heed to me, O LORD, and hearken to the voice of them that contend with me.
H8085
Thus saith the LORD of hosts, Hearken not unto the words of the prophets that prophesy unto you: they make you vain: they speak a vision of their own heart, and not out of the mouth of the LORD.
H8085
If so be they will hearken, and turn every man from his evil way, that I may repent me of the evil, which I purpose to do unto them because of the evil of their doings.
H8085
And thou shalt say unto them, Thus saith the LORD; If ye will not hearken to me, to walk in my law, which I have set before you,
H8085
To hearken to the words of my servants the prophets, whom I sent unto you, both rising up early, and sending them, but ye have not hearkened;
H8085
Therefore hearken not ye to your prophets, nor to your diviners, nor to your dreamers, nor to your enchanters, nor to your sorcerers, which speak unto you, saying, Ye shall not serve the king of Babylon:
H8085
Therefore hearken not unto the words of the prophets that speak unto you, saying, Ye shall not serve the king of Babylon: for they prophesy a lie unto you.
H8085
Also I spake to the priests and to all this people, saying, Thus saith the LORD; Hearken not to the words of your prophets that prophesy unto you, saying, Behold, the vessels of the LORD's house shall now shortly be brought again from Babylon: for they prophesy a lie unto you.
H8085
Hearken not unto them; serve the king of Babylon, and live: wherefore should this city be laid waste?
H8085
For thus saith the LORD of hosts, the God of Israel; Let not your prophets and your diviners, that be in the midst of you, deceive you, neither hearken to your dreams which ye cause to be dreamed.
H8085
Then shall ye call upon me, and ye shall go and pray unto me, and I will hearken unto you.
H8085
Thus saith the LORD of hosts, the God of Israel; Go and tell the men of Judah and the inhabitants of Jerusalem, Will ye not receive instruction to hearken to my words? saith the LORD.
H8085
But neither he, nor his servants, nor the people of the land, did hearken unto the words of the LORD, which he spake by the prophet Jeremiah.
H8085
Then Jeremiah said unto Zedekiah, If I declare it unto thee, wilt thou not surely put me to death? and if I give thee counsel, wilt thou not hearken unto me?
H8085
As for the word that thou hast spoken unto us in the name of the LORD, we will not hearken unto thee.
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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