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DEEP KJV WORD STUDY

Hearkened

Begin with the exact English word as it appears in the King James Bible. Follow its whole-Bible usage, book distribution, related indexed forms, Webster 1828, every occurrence, and the occurrence-specific Hebrew/Aramaic/Greek mappings behind it.

81exact KJV occurrences 80Old Testament 1New Testament 20books containing the word 4mapped Strong's IDs 81occurrence-specific Strong's links
FIRST OCCURRENCE

Genesis 3:17

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;

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LAST OCCURRENCE

Acts 27:21

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.

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KJV DISTRIBUTION

Where hearkened appears.

This is exact English-word usage from the canonical KJV token index, not a Strong's estimate.

ORIGINAL-LANGUAGE MAP

Which Hebrew, Aramaic, or Greek words stand behind this KJV word?

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.

HebrewH8085
שָׁמַע

shâmaʻ · shaw-mah'

73 times translated as this KJV form1,160 total Strong's occurrences

v

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

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GreekG3980
πειθαρχέω

peitharchéō · pi-tharkh-eh'-o

1 times translated as this KJV form6 total Strong's occurrences

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).

Other KJV renderings

Strong's first: Acts 27:21Strong's last: Acts 27:21

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HebrewH238
אָזַן

ʼâzan · aw-zan'

1 times translated as this KJV form41 total Strong's occurrences

v

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: Job 9:16Strong's last: Job 9:16

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EVERY OCCURRENCE

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Genesis 3:17
H8085

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;

Genesis 16:2
H8085

And Sarai said unto Abram, Behold now, the LORD hath restrained me from bearing: I pray thee, go in unto my maid; it may be that I may obtain children by her. And Abram hearkened to the voice of Sarai.

Genesis 23:16
H8085

And Abraham hearkened unto Ephron; and Abraham weighed to Ephron the silver, which he had named in the audience of the sons of Heth, four hundred shekels of silver, current money with the merchant.

Genesis 30:17
H8085

And God hearkened unto Leah, and she conceived, and bare Jacob the fifth son.

Genesis 30:22
H8085

And God remembered Rachel, and God hearkened to her, and opened her womb.

Genesis 34:24
H8085

And unto Hamor and unto Shechem his son hearkened all that went out of the gate of his city; and every male was circumcised, all that went out of the gate of his city.

Genesis 39:10
H8085

And it came to pass, as she spake to Joseph day by day, that he hearkened not unto her, to lie by her, or to be with her.

WEBSTER’S 1828

English meaning and historical usage.

Dictionary data is kept visibly separate from Scripture and from lexical Strong's data.

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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