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
Judges
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77 verses
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11 verses
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Song of Solomon
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22 verses
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22 verses
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55 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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H8085
And yet they would not hearken unto their judges, but they went a whoring after other gods, and bowed themselves unto them: they turned quickly out of the way which their fathers walked in, obeying the commandments of the LORD; but they did not so.
H8085
And they were to prove Israel by them, to know whether they would hearken unto the commandments of the LORD, which he commanded their fathers by the hand of Moses.
H8085
And when they told it to Jotham, he went and stood in the top of mount Gerizim, and lifted up his voice, and cried, and said unto them, Hearken unto me, ye men of Shechem, that God may hearken unto you.
H8085
And when they told it to Jotham, he went and stood in the top of mount Gerizim, and lifted up his voice, and cried, and said unto them, Hearken unto me, ye men of Shechem, that God may hearken unto you.
H8085
Then Israel sent messengers unto the king of Edom, saying, Let me, I pray thee, pass through thy land: but the king of Edom would not hearken thereto. And in like manner they sent unto the king of Moab: but he would not consent: and Israel abode in Kadesh.
H8085
But the men would not hearken to him: so the man took his concubine, and brought her forth unto them; and they knew her, and abused her all the night until the morning: and when the day began to spring, they let her go.
H8085
Now therefore deliver us the men, the children of Belial, which are in Gibeah, that we may put them to death, and put away evil from Israel. But the children of Benjamin would not hearken to the voice of their brethren the children of Israel:
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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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