'Apply' in the Bible

And Samuel spoke to all the house of Israel, saying, If ye return to Jehovah with all your heart, put away the strange gods and the Ashtoreths from among you, and apply your hearts unto Jehovah, and serve him only; and he will deliver you out of the hand of the Philistines.

so that thou incline thine ear unto wisdom and thou apply thy heart to understanding;

Incline thine ear, and hear the words of the wise, and apply thy heart unto my knowledge.

Apply thy heart unto instruction, and thine ears to the words of knowledge.

If the iron be blunt, and one do not whet the edge, then must he apply more strength; but wisdom is profitable to give success.

For I will apply a bandage unto thee, and I will heal thee of thy wounds, saith Jehovah; for they have called thee an outcast: This is Zion that no man seeketh after.

Behold, I will apply a healing dressing to it and cure, and I will heal them, and will reveal unto them an abundance of peace and truth.

Son of man, I have broken the arm of Pharaoh king of Egypt; and behold, it shall not be bound up to apply remedies, to put a bandage to bind it, to make it strong to hold the sword.

And Jehovah said unto me, Son of man, apply thy heart, and behold with thine eyes, and hear with thine ears all that I say unto thee concerning all the statutes of the house of Jehovah, and all the laws thereof; and mark well the entering in of the house, with every going forth of the sanctuary;

and let ours also learn to apply themselves to good works for necessary wants, that they may not be unfruitful.