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HebrewH7181Verb

קָשַׁב

qa.shav

41Occurrences
H7181Strong's #
VerbPart of Speech

Definition

Quick Definition(Strong's Concordance)

to prick up the ears, i.e. hearken

a primitive root;

Full Lexicon Entry(Abbott-Smith)
  1. to hear, be attentive, heed, incline (of ears), attend (of ears), hearken, pay attention, listen 1a) (Qal) incline, attend (of ears), hearken, pay attention, listen 1b) (Hiphil) to pay attention, give attention

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Grammar & Morphology

Part of Speech

Verb

Morphology Code

H:V

Full Description

Hebrew Verb

Occurrences

קָשַׁב appears 41 times in the Old Testament.

Distribution by Book

Isaiah
9
Proverbs
8
Jeremiah
7
Psalms
4
2 Chronicles
2
Job
2
Zechariah
2
1 Samuel
1

Key Passages

1 Samuel 15:22BSB

But Samuel declared:“Does the LORD delight in burnt offerings and sacrificesas much as in obedience to His voice?Behold, obedience is better than sacrifice,and attentiveness is better than the fat of rams.

Isaiah 32:3BSB

Then the eyes of those who see will no longer be closed,and the ears of those who hear will listen.

Jeremiah 23:18BSB

But which of them has stood in the council of the LORDto see and hear His word?Who has given heed to His wordand obeyed it?

Micah 1:2BSB

Hear, O peoples, all of you;listen, O earth, and everyone in it!May the Lord GOD bear witness against you,the Lord from His holy temple.

Proverbs 5:1BSB

My son, pay attention to my wisdom;incline your ear to my insight,

Lexicon data from STEPBible.org (Tyndale House, Cambridge) under CC BY 4.0 license.