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And unto Adam he said, Because thou hast hearkened unto the voice of thy wife, and hast eaten of the tree, of which I commanded thee, saying, Thou shalt not eat of it: cursed is the ground for thy sake; in sorrow shalt thou eat of it all the days of thy life;
Read in context →But after long abstinence Paul stood forth in the midst of them, and said, Sirs, ye should have hearkened unto me, and not have loosed from Crete, and to have gained this harm and loss.
Read in context →18 occurrences in 18 verses.
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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.
shâmaʻ · shaw-mah'
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.
Strong's first: Genesis 3:17Strong's last: Daniel 9:6
Open full H8085 profile →qâshab · kaw-shab'
to prick up the ears, i.e. hearken
Strong's KJV usage: attend, (cause to) hear(-ken), give heed, incline, mark (well), regard.
Strong's first: Nehemiah 9:34Strong's last: Malachi 3:16
Open full H7181 profile →peitharchéō · pi-tharkh-eh'-o
to be persuaded by a ruler, i.e. (genitive case) to submit to authority; by analogy, to conform to advice
Strong's KJV usage: :--hearken, obey (magistrates).
Strong's first: Acts 27:21Strong's last: Acts 27:21
Open full G3980 profile →ʼâzan · aw-zan'
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.
Strong's first: Job 9:16Strong's last: Job 9:16
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6 occurrences match the current filters. Each row keeps its exact KJV token position so Original Word and TSK remain occurrence-specific.
If one man sin against another, the judge shall judge him: but if a man sin against the LORD, who shall intreat for him? Notwithstanding they hearkened not unto the voice of their father, because the LORD would slay them.
And Samuel said unto all Israel, Behold, I have hearkened unto your voice in all that ye said unto me, and have made a king over you.
And Saul hearkened unto the voice of Jonathan: and Saul sware, As the LORD liveth, he shall not be slain.
So David received of her hand that which she had brought him, and said unto her, Go up in peace to thine house; see, I have hearkened to thy voice, and have accepted thy person.
And the woman came unto Saul, and saw that he was sore troubled, and said unto him, Behold, thine handmaid hath obeyed thy voice, and I have put my life in my hand, and have hearkened unto thy words which thou spakest unto me.
But he refused, and said, I will not eat. But his servants, together with the woman, compelled him; and he hearkened unto their voice. So he arose from the earth, and sat upon the bed.
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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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