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Hear
King James Dictionary
or HEAR, pret. and pp. heard, but more correctly heared.
L. audio auris.
1. To perceive by the ear to feel an impression of sound by the proper organs as, to hear sound to hear a voice to hear words.
2. To give audience or allowance to speak.
He sent for Paul, and heard him concerning the faith in Christ. Acts 24
3. To attend to listen to obey.
Today, if ye will hear his voice, harden not your heart. Psalms 95
4. To attend favorably to regard.
They think they shall be heard for their much speaking. Matthew 6
5. To grant an answer to prayer.
I love the Lord, because he hath heard my voice. Psalms 116
6. To attend to the facts, evidence, and arguments in a cause between parties to try in a court of law or equity. The cause was heard and determined at the last term or, it was heard at the last term, and will be determined at the next. Song of Song of Solomon 2 .Sam 2.15
7. To acknowledge a title a Latin phrase.
Hear'st thou submissive, but a lowly birth.
8. To be a hearer of to sit under the preaching of as, what minister do you hear? A colloquial use of the word.
9. To learn.
I speak to the world those things which I have heard of him. John 8 .
10. To approve and embrace.
They speak of the world, and the world heareth them. 50 John 4 .
To hear a bird sing, to receive private communication.
HEAR, To enjoy the sense or faculty of perceiving sound. He is deaf, he cannot hear.
1. To listen to hearken to attend.
He hears with solicitude.
2. To be told to receive by report.
I hear there are divisions among you, and I partly believe it. 1 Corinthians 11
Dictionary of Words from the King James Bible. Public Domain. Copy freely.
Material presented was supplied by Brandon Staggs and was derived from the KJV Dictionary found on his website located at av1611.com.
The unabridged 1828 version of this dictionary in the SwordSearcher Bible Software.
Entry for 'Hear'. King James Dictionary. https://www.studylight.org/dictionaries/eng/kjd/h/hear.html.
