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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76 verses
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77 verses
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77 verses
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11 verses
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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 Micaiah said, If thou certainly return in peace, then hath not the LORD spoken by me. And he said, Hearken, all ye people.
H7181
And he said, Hearken ye, all Judah, and ye inhabitants of Jerusalem, and thou king Jehoshaphat, Thus saith the LORD unto you, Be not afraid nor dismayed by reason of this great multitude; for the battle is not yours, but God's.
H7181
And the LORD spake to Manasseh, and to his people: but they would not hearken.
H8085
Shall we then hearken unto you to do all this great evil, to transgress against our God in marrying strange wives?
H7181
Hear now my reasoning, and hearken to the pleadings of my lips.
H8085
Therefore I said, Hearken to me; I also will shew mine opinion.
H238
Wherefore, Job, I pray thee, hear my speeches, and hearken to all my words.
H8085
Mark well, O Job, hearken unto me: hold thy peace, and I will speak.
H8085
If not, hearken unto me: hold thy peace, and I shall teach thee wisdom.
H8085
Therefore hearken unto me, ye men of understanding: far be it from God, that he should do wickedness; and from the Almighty, that he should commit iniquity.
H238
If now thou hast understanding, hear this: hearken to the voice of my words.
H8085
Let men of understanding tell me, and let a wise man hearken unto me.
H238
Hearken unto this, O Job: stand still, and consider the wondrous works of God.
H7181
Hearken unto the voice of my cry, my King, and my God: for unto thee will I pray.
H8085
Come, ye children, hearken unto me: I will teach you the fear of the LORD.
H8085
Hearken, O daughter, and consider, and incline thine ear; forget also thine own people, and thy father's house;
H8085
Which will not hearken to the voice of charmers, charming never so wisely.
H8085
Hear, O my people, and I will testify unto thee: O Israel, if thou wilt hearken unto me;
H8085
But my people would not hearken to my voice; and Israel would none of me.
H8085
Hearken unto me now therefore, O ye children, and attend to the words of my mouth.
H8085
Now therefore hearken unto me, O ye children: for blessed are they that keep my ways.
H8085
Hearken unto thy father that begat thee, and despise not thy mother when she is old.
H7181
If a ruler hearken to lies, all his servants are wicked.
H7181
Thou that dwellest in the gardens, the companions hearken to thy voice: cause me to hear it.
H7181
Give ye ear, and hear my voice; hearken, and hear my speech.
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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