791 occurrences in 12 translations

'Hear' in the Bible

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.

Verse ConceptsAbel and CainPay Attention To People!

And Sarah said, God hath made me to laugh, so that all that hear will laugh with me.

Verse ConceptsGesturesHappinessLaughterGodly AncestryThe Promise Of A Babysarah

"I don't know who did this thing," Abimelech replied. "You didn't report this to me, and I didn't hear about it until today."

Verse ConceptsThose Who Did Not Tell

Hear us, my lord: thou art a mighty prince among us: in the choice of our sepulchres bury thy dead; none of us shall withhold from thee his sepulchre, but that thou mayest bury thy dead.

Verse ConceptsPrincesAbraham, In SocietySepulchresConsentThe Cave Of MachpelahBurying places

And he communed with them, saying, If it be your mind that I should bury my dead out of my sight; hear me, and intreat for me to Ephron the son of Zohar,

Now since Ephron the Hittite had taken a seat there among the Hittites, he responded publicly to Abraham where the Hittites and everyone who was entering the gate of his city could hear him:

Verse ConceptsempiresCitiesBusiness At The GatewayIn Men's Presence

Nay, my lord, hear me: the field give I thee, and the cave that is therein, I give it thee; in the presence of the sons of my people give I it thee: bury thy dead.

Verse ConceptsCaves For BuryingIn Men's PresencePeople Giving Other Things

And he spake unto Ephron in the audience of the people of the land, saying, But if thou wilt give it, I pray thee, hear me: I will give thee money for the field; take it of me, and I will bury my dead there.

Verse ConceptsThe Cave Of MachpelahIn Men's Presence

My lord, hear me: the land -- four hundred shekels of silver; between me and thee, what is it? -- thy dead bury.'

Verse ConceptsReal EstateUnimportant Things

And he said unto them, Hear, I pray you, this dream which I have dreamed:

Verse Conceptsvulnerability

Pharaoh said to Joseph, “I have had a dream, and no one can interpret it. But I have heard it said about you that you can hear a dream and interpret it.”

Verse ConceptsWisdom, Source Of HumanInventionsInterpretation Of DreamsDreams InterpretedNo One Available

He then said, "Look, I hear that there is grain in Egypt. Go down there and buy grain for us so that we may live and not die."

Verse ConceptsVisitingKept Alive By Men

And they said one to another, We are verily guilty concerning our brother, in that we saw the anguish of his soul, when he besought us, and we would not hear; therefore is this distress come upon us.

Verse ConceptsGuilty ConsciencesGuilt, Human Aspects OfAfflicted Saints, Examples OfFound GuiltyPeople Without MercyWhy It HappenedHuman Awareness Of Guilt

And Reuben answered them, saying, Spake I not unto you, saying, Do not sin against the child; and ye would not hear? therefore, behold, also his blood is required.

Verse ConceptsBlood, as symbol of guiltJudgement On MurderersWronging Other Peopleaccounting

and he giveth forth his voice in weeping, and the Egyptians hear, and the house of Pharaoh heareth.

Verse ConceptsIdentity

Gather yourselves together, and hear, ye sons of Jacob; and hearken unto Israel your father.

Verse ConceptsPay Attention To People!

and the people believe when they hear that Jehovah hath looked after the sons of Israel, and that He hath seen their affliction; and they bow and do obeisance.

Verse ConceptsBowingAttitudes, in prayerWorship, Reasons ForBowing Heads Before GodBelieving In GodGod Paid Attention To ThemOthers Believing In GodWorshipping God

And Moses spake before the LORD, saying, Behold, the children of Israel have not hearkened unto me; how then shall Pharaoh hear me, who am of uncircumcised lips?

Verse ConceptsEloquencedoubtersHesitationLipsDoubtShynessTimidityUncircumcised In Heart

And thou shalt say unto him, The LORD God of the Hebrews hath sent me unto thee, saying, Let my people go, that they may serve me in the wilderness: and, behold, hitherto thou wouldest not hear.

Verse ConceptsA Feast In The WildernessWorshipping God

The people shall hear, and be afraid: sorrow shall take hold on the inhabitants of Palestina.

Verse ConceptsGroups TremblingHearing About GodThe Nations Before God

Moses also said, "When the LORD gives you meat to eat in the evening, and bread in the morning to satisfy you, the LORD will hear your complaints directed against him. Who are we? Your complaints aren't against us, but rather against the LORD."

Verse ConceptsKnowledge, Of GodComplaintsGod HearingIn The MorningGod Paid Attention To ThemGrumbling At PeopleI Am UnimportantComplaining

And the LORD said unto Moses, Lo, I come unto thee in a thick cloud, that the people may hear when I speak with thee, and believe thee for ever. And Moses told the words of the people unto the LORD.

Verse ConceptsTheophanyEternal LoyaltyHearing God's VoiceBelieving ProphetsTelling What People Said

And they said unto Moses, Speak thou with us, and we will hear: but let not God speak with us, lest we die.

Verse ConceptsDeath Due To God's PresenceGod Speaking

For that is his covering only, it is his raiment for his skin: wherein shall he sleep? and it shall come to pass, when he crieth unto me, that I will hear; for I am gracious.

Verse ConceptsGod, Compassion OfBodyCovering The BodyCries Of Distress To GodGod Pays Attention

And he said, It is not the voice of them that shout for mastery, neither is it the voice of them that cry for being overcome: but the noise of them that sing do I hear.

Verse ConceptsGroups ShoutingMusic To CelebratePeople OvercomingNot DefeatedOvercoming

And the people hear this sad thing, and mourn; and none put his ornaments on him.

Verse ConceptsMourningPeople Stripping Off

And if a soul sin, and hear the voice of swearing, and is a witness, whether he hath seen or known of it; if he do not utter it, then he shall bear his iniquity.

Verse ConceptsProof, As EvidenceSin BearerWitnesses, LegalAdjurationGuiltResponsibilityWitnessingSwearingMoralityRemoving People From Your LifeMaking Mistakestestimonypartnershipconsequencestestifyingperformance

And in the going in of Moses unto the tent of meeting to speak with Him -- he doth even hear the voice speaking unto him from off the mercy-seat which is upon the ark of the testimony, from between the two cherubs; and He speaketh unto him.

Verse ConceptsMercy SeatArk Of The Covenant, FunctionAtonement, in OTWorship, Results OfCherubim, As DecorationsCovering The ArkHearing God's VoiceGod's VoiceTwo AngelsPropitiatory [Mercy Seat]Cherubim Depicted

And Moses said unto them, Stand still, and I will hear what the LORD will command concerning you.

Verse ConceptsFindingWaitingStillnessPeople WaitingPaying Attention To GodWaiting On The Lord

"But give this command to the people: "You are to consecrate yourselves, because tomorrow you're going to eat meat, since you've complained where the LORD can hear it, "Who can give us meat to eat? After all, life was better with us in Egypt." Therefore, the LORD is going to give you meat and you'll eat

Verse ConceptsMaking People HolyEating Meat

And Moses said unto the LORD, Then the Egyptians shall hear it, (for thou broughtest up this people in thy might from among them;)

Verse ConceptsGod Bringing Israel Out Of Egypt

And Moses said unto Korah, Hear, I pray you, ye sons of Levi:

And Moses and Aaron gathered the congregation together before the rock, and he said unto them, Hear now, ye rebels; must we fetch you water out of this rock?

Verse ConceptsImpatienceAbuse, Of Spiritual ThingsAnger, Sinful ExamplesAssembling Israel

And he took up his parable, and said, Rise up, Balak, and hear; hearken unto me, thou son of Zippor:

Verse ConceptsPay Attention To People!Wise Proverbs

And her father hear her vow, and her bond wherewith she hath bound her soul, and her father shall hold his peace at her: then all her vows shall stand, and every bond wherewith she hath bound her soul shall stand.

and her husband hear it and be silent at her in the day that he heareth it, then her vows shall stand, and her bonds wherewith she bound her soul shall stand.

And I charged your judges at that time, saying, Hear the causes between your brethren, and judge righteously between every man and his brother, and the stranger that is with him.

Verse ConceptsCourtsJudgesMagistratesJudging RightlyForeigners Included In The Law

Ye shall not respect persons in judgment; but ye shall hear the small as well as the great; ye shall not be afraid of the face of man; for the judgment is God's: and the cause that is too hard for you, bring it unto me, and I will hear it.

Verse ConceptsLawsuitsSmallnessMagistratesFear Of ManPartialityGreat And SmallHard TasksDo Not Fear MenJudgingRespectMaking DecisionsDecision MakingConflictFamily ConflictRespecting AuthorityJudging Others Actionsdiscrimination

So I spake unto you; and ye would not hear, but rebelled against the commandment of the LORD, and went presumptuously up into the hill.

Verse ConceptsSelf WillProud People

You returned and cried out in the LORD's presence, but the LORD didn't hear your voice or listen to you.

Verse ConceptsWeepingSpiritual Deafness

This day will I begin to put the dread of thee and the fear of thee upon the nations that are under the whole heaven, who shall hear report of thee, and shall tremble, and be in anguish because of thee.

Verse ConceptsAgony, In HeartPessimismAnguish, Causeterrorism

But the LORD was wroth with me for your sakes, and would not hear me: and the LORD said unto me, Let it suffice thee; speak no more unto me of this matter.

Verse ConceptsGod Angry With Individuals

Keep therefore and do them; for this is your wisdom and your understanding in the sight of the nations, which shall hear all these statutes, and say, Surely this great nation is a wise and understanding people.

Verse ConceptsNationalismUnderstandingWisdom, Human NatureDealing With The NationsGod's Word Gives WisdomKeep The Commandments!Discernmentwise

Specially the day that thou stoodest before the LORD thy God in Horeb, when the LORD said unto me, Gather me the people together, and I will make them hear my words, that they may learn to fear me all the days that they shall live upon the earth, and that they may teach their children.

Verse Conceptsdiscipleship, nature ofLearning From Other PeopleStandingBibleStudentsAssembling IsraelTeaching ChildrenFear God!

In your distress, when all these things happen to you in days to come and you return to the LORD your God, then you will hear his voice.

Verse ConceptsDistressReturning To GodEnd Of Days

"Indeed, ask from one end of the heavens to the other about days of old, before your time, when God created mankind on the earth. Did we ever have anything as great as this, or ever hear of anything like it?

Verse ConceptsCreation Of All MankindMan's Relation To GodEnd Of Days

Did ever people hear the voice of God speaking out of the midst of the fire, as thou hast heard, and live?

Verse ConceptsGod Appearing In FireHearing God's VoiceLiving Despite God's Presence

Out of heaven he made thee to hear his voice, that he might instruct thee: and upon earth he shewed thee his great fire; and thou heardest his words out of the midst of the fire.

Verse Conceptsdiscipline, divinePunishment, By GodGod As Our TeacherGod Appearing In FireHearing God's VoiceGod Speaks From Heaven

And Moses called all Israel, and said unto them, Hear, O Israel, the statutes and judgments which I speak in your ears this day, that ye may learn them, and keep, and do them.

Verse ConceptsCongregationdiscipleship, nature ofLearning From Other PeopleHearingPresent, TheKeep The Commandments!

'And it cometh to pass as ye hear the voice out of the midst of the darkness, and of the mountain burning with fire, that ye come near unto me, all the heads of your tribes, and your elders,

Verse ConceptsFire Emanating From GodHearing God's Voice

Now therefore why should we die? for this great fire will consume us: if we hear the voice of the LORD our God any more, then we shall die.

Verse ConceptsDeath Due To God's PresenceFire Emanating From Godrisk

Go thou near, and hear all that the LORD our God shall say: and speak thou unto us all that the LORD our God shall speak unto thee; and we will hear it, and do it.

Verse ConceptsMediatorTheocracySpeaking The Word God GivesListening To God

Hear therefore, O Israel, and observe to do it; that it may be well with thee, and that ye may increase mightily, as the LORD God of thy fathers hath promised thee, in the land that floweth with milk and honey.

Verse ConceptsFoodLand, Spiritual Aspects OfMilkGod Multipling PeopleMilk And Honey

'And it hath been, because ye hear these judgments, and have kept, and done them, that Jehovah thy God hath kept to thee the covenant and the kindness which He hath sworn to thy fathers,

Verse ConceptsMultiplyingGod's Covenant With The PatriarchsGod Keeps Covenanthealthcare

Hear, O Israel: Thou art to pass over Jordan this day, to go in to possess nations greater and mightier than thyself, cities great and fenced up to heaven,

Verse ConceptsFortificationsFortified CitiesExaggerationsCityLargenessComparisonsCrossing Into The Promised Landisrael

Observe and hear all these words which I command thee, that it may go well with thee, and with thy children after thee for ever, when thou doest that which is good and right in the sight of the LORD thy God.

Verse ConceptsTemporal BlessingsPersonal GoodObeying God

Ye shall walk after Jehovah your God, and ye shall fear him, and his commandments shall ye keep, and his voice shall ye hear; and ye shall serve him, and unto him shall ye cleave.

Verse ConceptsAdoration, Of GodCommitment, to GodMonotheismReverence, And ObedienceFear Of The LordClinging To GodFollowing GodFear God!Keep The Commandments!

And all Israel shall hear, and fear, and shall do no more any such wickedness as this is among you.

Verse ConceptsFear Will Come

If thou shalt hear say in one of thy cities, which the LORD thy God hath given thee to dwell there, saying,

and if you are told or hear about it, you must investigate it thoroughly. If the report turns out to be true that this detestable thing has happened in Israel,

Verse ConceptsInvestigating

And all the people shall hear, and fear, and do no more presumptuously.

Verse ConceptsFear Is Due

According to all that thou desiredst of the LORD thy God in Horeb in the day of the assembly, saying, Let me not hear again the voice of the LORD my God, neither let me see this great fire any more, that I die not.

Verse ConceptsAskingDeath Due To God's PresenceFire Emanating From GodRefusing To HearUnhearing

And those which remain shall hear, and fear, and shall henceforth commit no more any such evil among you.

Verse ConceptsFear Is Due

And shall say unto them, Hear, O Israel, ye approach this day unto battle against your enemies: let not your hearts faint, fear not, and do not tremble, neither be ye terrified because of them;

Verse ConceptsBattlesAnxiety, Examples OfDo Not Fear Men

And all the men of his city shall stone him with stones, that he die: so shalt thou put evil away from among you; and all Israel shall hear, and fear.

Verse Conceptsevil, warnings againstBanishmentPunishment, Legal Aspects OfSelf WillChildren, UngratefulFear Is DueInstructions About Stoning

“If there is a dispute between men, they are to go to court, and the judges will hear their case. They will clear the innocent and condemn the guilty.

Verse Conceptsethics, incentives towardsInnocence, Teaching OnJustification, Necessity OfLawsuitsMagistrates

And Moses speaketh -- the priests, the Levites, also -- unto all Israel, saying, 'Keep silent, and hear, O Israel, this day thou hast become a people to Jehovah thy God;

Verse ConceptsSpiritual AdoptionCurbing Speech

It is not in heaven, that thou shouldest say, Who shall go up for us to heaven, and bring it unto us, that we may hear it, and do it?

Verse ConceptsClimbingGoing To Heaven

Neither is it beyond the sea, that thou shouldest say, Who shall go over the sea for us, and bring it unto us, that we may hear it, and do it?

Verse ConceptsExpanse Of The SeaThe OceanThe Sea

But if thine heart turn away, so that thou wilt not hear, but shalt be drawn away, and worship other gods, and serve them;

Verse ConceptsIdolatry Consists OfDifferent GodsPenalties For Serving Other Gods

Gather the people together, men, and women, and children, and thy stranger that is within thy gates, that they may hear, and that they may learn, and fear the LORD your God, and observe to do all the words of this law:

Verse ConceptsForeignersCovenant breakersdiscipleship, nature ofLearning From Other PeopleMale And FemaleOutsidersAliens, Believers DutyAssembling IsraelForeigners Included Among The PeopleKeep The Commandments!Aliens

And that their children, which have not known any thing, may hear, and learn to fear the LORD your God, as long as ye live in the land whither ye go over Jordan to possess it.

Verse ConceptsLearningFathers, Responsibilities Ofdiscipline, in the familyInexperienceKnowing God, Nature OfCrossing Into The Promised Land

Give ear, O ye heavens, and I will speak; and hear, O earth, the words of my mouth.

And this is the blessing of Judah: and he said, Hear, LORD, the voice of Judah, and bring him unto his people: let his hands be sufficient for him; and be thou an help to him from his enemies.

Verse ConceptsTribes Of IsraelGod Help!Pay Attention O God!

Any man who doth provoke thy mouth, and doth not hear thy words, in all that thou dost command him, is put to death; only, be strong and courageous.'

Verse ConceptsCourage, In Facing EnemiesRebellion, Against Human AuthorityRebellion Against God, Shown InBraveryStrength Of PeopleBe Courageous!Be Strong!Courage

And we hear, and melt doth our heart, and there hath not stood any more spirit in any man, from your presence, for Jehovah your God, He is God in the heavens above, and on the earth beneath.

Verse ConceptsGod, Sovereignty OfHeart, HumanHuman EmotionBraveryLosing CourageThe Lord [Yahweh] Is GodCourageCourage And Strength

And Joshua said unto the children of Israel, Come hither, and hear the words of the LORD your God.

And it cometh to pass when all the kings of the Amorite which are beyond the Jordan, towards the sea, and all the kings of the Canaanite which are by the sea, hear how that Jehovah hath dried up the waters of the Jordan at the presence of the sons of Israel till their passing over, that their heart is melted, and there hath not been in them any more spirit because of the presence of the sons of Israel.

Verse ConceptsIndependencedrynessWestMeltingDry LandBeyond JordanLosing CourageOvercoming Obstacles

And it shall come to pass, that when they make a long blast with the ram's horn, and when ye hear the sound of the trumpet, all the people shall shout with a great shout; and the wall of the city shall fall down flat, and the people shall ascend up every man straight before him.

Verse ConceptsFortificationsShoutingWallsBattle CriesThings Falling

And the people shout, and blow with the trumpets, and it cometh to pass when the people hear the voice of the trumpet, that the people shout -- a great shout, and the wall falleth under it, and the people goeth up into the city, each over-against him, and they capture the city;

Verse ConceptsFortificationsInvasionsShouting For JoyConquestChantingNot Turning AsidePeople TumblingBattle CriesTrumpets For BattleThings Fallingdrums

For the Canaanites and all the inhabitants of the land shall hear of it, and shall environ us round, and cut off our name from the earth: and what wilt thou do unto thy great name?

Verse ConceptsGod, Greatness OfGod, The LordEnemies SurroundingNames Blotted OutFor The Sake Of His Name

And it cometh to pass, when all the kings who are beyond the Jordan, in the hill-country, and in the low-country, and in every haven of the great sea, over-against Lebanon, the Hittite, and the Amorite, the Canaanite, the Perizzite, the Hivite, and the Jebusite, hear --

Verse ConceptsMediterranean SeaBeyond JordanGentile RulersThe Shephelah

And it cometh to pass, at the end of three days after that they have made with them a covenant, that they hear that they are their neighbours -- that in their midst they are dwelling.

Verse ConceptsNeighbours

And now, give to me this hill-country, of which Jehovah spake in that day, for thou didst hear in that day, for Anakim are there, and cities, great, fenced; if so be Jehovah is with me, then I have dispossessed them, as Jehovah hath spoken.'

Verse ConceptsFortificationsCityHelpfulnessLand, As A Divine GiftLargenessCourage, Examples OfGiantsGod Will Be With YouGradual Conquest Of The Landreinforcement

And the sons of Israel hear, saying, 'Lo, the sons of Reuben, and the sons of Gad, and the half of the tribe of Manasseh, have built the altar over-against the land of Canaan, on the districts of the Jordan, at the passage of the sons of Israel.'

Verse ConceptsBuilding AltarsThe Region Of Jordan

And the sons of Israel hear, and all the company of the sons of Israel is assembled at Shiloh, to go up against them to war;

Verse ConceptsCivil War

And Phinehas the priest, and the princes of the company, and the heads of the thousands of Israel, who are with him, hear the words which the sons of Reuben, and the sons of Gad, and the sons of Manasseh have spoken, and it is good in their eyes.

Hear, O ye kings; give ear, O ye princes; I, even I, will sing unto the LORD; I will sing praise to the LORD God of Israel.

Verse ConceptsPraiseMusicVolunteering

Hear the sound of those who divide the sheep among the watering places; there they tell of the Lord's victorious deeds, the victorious deeds of his warriors in Israel. Then the Lord's people went down to the city gates --

Verse ConceptsGod, Righteousness OfVoicesStanding In The Gateway

Why abodest thou among the sheepfolds, to hear the bleatings of the flocks? For the divisions of Reuben there were great searchings of heart.

Verse ConceptsSheepfolds

Sisera’s mother looked through the window;she peered through the lattice, crying out:“Why is his chariot so long in coming?Why don’t I hear the hoofbeats of his horses?”

Verse ConceptsLove, And The WorldLooking Through WindowsPeople Who Delayed

And thou shalt hear what they say; and afterward shall thine hands be strengthened to go down unto the host. Then went he down with Phurah his servant unto the outside of the armed men that were in the host.

Verse ConceptsEnemy Attacks

When they told Jotham, he went and stood at the top of Mount Gerizim and shouted to them, “Hear me, O men of Shechem, so that God may hear you.

Verse ConceptsPay Attention To People!Will God Pay Attention?

And all the masters of the tower of Shechem hear, and go in unto the high place of the house of the god Berith,

Verse ConceptsFortificationsTowersPrivate Rooms

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Strong's
Root Form
Definition
Usage
אזן 
'ozen 
Usage: 187

אזן 
'azan 
give ear , hearken , hear , perceived by the ear
Usage: 42

אח 
'ach 
Usage: 3

בּל 
Bal (Aramaic) 
Usage: 1

השׁמעוּת 
Hashma`uwth 
cause to hear
Usage: 1

יקד 
Yaqad 
Usage: 9

כּיּר כּיּור 
Kiyowr 
Usage: 23

לבב 
Labab 
Usage: 5

לבב 
Lebab 
Usage: 251

לבב 
L@bab (Aramaic) 
Usage: 7

לבּה 
Libbah 
Usage: 5

מעה 
me`ah 
Usage: 32

משׁמע 
Mishma` 
Usage: 1

נפשׁ 
Nephesh 
Usage: 753

ענה 
`anah 
Usage: 329

קשׁב 
Qashab 
Usage: 46

קשׁב 
Qesheb 
Usage: 4

שׁמע 
Shama` 
Usage: 1158

שׁמע 
Sh@ma` (Aramaic) 
Usage: 9

שׁמע 
Shema` 
Usage: 18

ἀκοή 
Akoe 
Usage: 21

ἀκούω 
Akouo 
Usage: 313

ἀκροατήριον 
Akroaterion 
Usage: 1

ἀκροατής 
Akroates 
Usage: 4

ἀποψύχω 
Apopsucho 
Usage: 0

διάγνωσις 
Diagnosis 
Usage: 1

διακούομαι 
Diakouomai 
Usage: 1

διαπρίω 
Diaprio 
be cut to the heart , be cut
Usage: 2

εἰσακούω 
Eisakouo 
Usage: 4

ἐνωτίζομαι 
Enotizomai 
hearken to
Usage: 1

ἐπακούω 
Epakouo 
Usage: 1

ἐπακροάομαι 
Epakroaomai 
Usage: 1

καρδία 
Kardia 
Usage: 116

καρδιογνώστης 
Kardiognostes 
Usage: 2

παρακούω 
Parakouo 
Usage: 0

πειθαρχέω 
Peitharcheo 
Usage: 4

προακούω 
Proakouo 
Usage: 1

σκληροκαρδία 
Sklerokardia 
Usage: 1

ὑπακούω 
Hupakouo 
obey , be obedient to , hearken
Usage: 20

ψυχή 
Psuche 
soul , life , mind , heart , heartily Trans , not tr
Usage: 62

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