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Lexicon :: Strong's H238 - 'āzan

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אָזַן
Transliteration
'āzan
Pronunciation
aw-zan'
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Part of Speech
verb
Root Word (Etymology)
A primitive root
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TWOT Reference: 57

Strong’s Definitions

אָזַן ʼâzan, aw-zan'; a primitive root; probably to expand; but used only as a denominative from H241; to broaden out the ear (with the hand), i.e. (by implication) to listen:—give (perceive by the) ear, hear(-ken). See H239.

KJV Translation Count — Total: 41x

The KJV translates Strong's H238 in the following manner: give ear (31x), hearken (6x), hear (3x), perceived by the ear (1x).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 41x
The KJV translates Strong's H238 in the following manner: give ear (31x), hearken (6x), hear (3x), perceived by the ear (1x).

  1. to hear, listen

    1. (Hiphil)

      1. to hear, listen, give ear

      2. to be obedient, harken

      3. to hear or listen to prayers (of God)

Strong’s Definitions [?](Strong’s Definitions Legend)
אָזַן ʼâzan, aw-zan'; a primitive root; probably to expand; but used only as a denominative from H241; to broaden out the ear (with the hand), i.e. (by implication) to listen:—give (perceive by the) ear, hear(-ken). See H239.
STRONGS H238: Abbreviations
I. † [אָזַן]42 verb denominative
Hiph. give ear, listen, hear, almost wholly poetical — Perfect הֶאֱזִין Deuteronomy 1:45; וְהַאֲזִין consecutive Psalm 77:2 (see De Kö1, p. 390); וְהַאֲזַנְתָּ֫ Exodus 15:26; הֶאֱזִינוּ Isaiah 64:3 +; Imperfect יַאֲזִין Job 9:16 +; אָזִין (for אַאֲזִין) Job 32:11, etc.; Imperative masculine singular הַאֲזִ֫ינָה Numbers 23:18 +; feminine singular הַאֲזִ֫יּנִי Isaiah 1:2; feminine plural הַאֲזֵ֫נָּה Genesis 4:23; Isaiah 32:9, etc.; Participle מֵזִין (for מַאֲזִין see Kö1, 391) Proverbs 17:4; —
1. hear, perceive by the ear, absolute Isaiah 64:3 (|| שׁמע) Psalm 135:17; give ear, listen, absolute (of mountains personified) Deuteronomy 32:1, compare Isaiah 1:2 (of earth, personified); of men Judges 5:3; Psalm 49:2; Isaiah 28:23; Joel 1:2 (all || שׁמע) Hosea 5:1 (|| שׁמע, הִקְשִׁיב) Isaiah 8:9; followed by accusative of thing Genesis 4:23; Job 33:1; Isaiah 1:10; Isaiah 32:9 (all || שׁמע) Isaiah 42:23 (|| שׁמע, הקשׂיב); Job 37:14 (|| הִתְבּוֺנֵן); Psalm 78:1 followed byעל (of thing) Proverbs 17:4 (|| הִקְשִׁיב); followed by עַד (of thing) Job 32:11 (|| הוֺחַלְתִּי); hearken to, = be obedient to, absolute Jeremiah 13:15 (|| שׁמע) 2 Chronicles 24:19; Nehemiah 9:30; with accusative of thing Job 9:16; לְ (of thing) Job 34:16 (|| שׁמע) Exodus 15:26; followed by לְ person Job 34:2 (|| שׁמע); followed by עָדַי person Numbers 23:18; followed by אֶלֿ person Isaiah 51:4.
2. of God, listening (with favour) to prayer, etc., absolute Psalm 80:2; Psalm 84:9 (|| שׁמע), followed by אֶלֿ person Psalm 77:2; Deuteronomy 1:45 (|| שׁטע); with accusative of thing Psalm 5:2 (|| בִּין) Psalm 17:1 (|| שׁמע, הקשׁיב), Psalm 55:2 (|| הקשׁיב Psalm 55:3) Psalm 86:6 (|| id.), Psalm 140:7; Psalm 141:1; followed by אֶלֿ (of thing) Psalm 39:13; Psalm 143:1 (both || שׁמע); followed by לְ (of thing) Psalm 54:4 (|| שׁמע).
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BLB Scripture Index of Brown-Driver-Briggs

Genesis

4:23; 4:23

Exodus

15:26; 15:26

Numbers

23:18; 23:18

Deuteronomy

1:45; 1:45; 32:1

Judges

5:3

2 Chronicles

24:19

Nehemiah

9:30

Job

9:16; 9:16; 32:11; 32:11; 33:1; 34:2; 34:16; 37:14

Psalms

5:2; 17:1; 39:13; 49:2; 54:4; 55:2; 55:3; 77:2; 77:2; 78:1; 80:2; 84:9; 86:6; 135:17; 140:7; 141:1; 143:1

Proverbs

17:4; 17:4

Isaiah

1:2; 1:2; 1:10; 8:9; 28:23; 32:9; 32:9; 42:23; 51:4; 64:3; 64:3

Jeremiah

13:15

Hosea

5:1

Joel

1:2

H238

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Strong's Number H238 matches the Hebrew אָזַן ('āzan),
which occurs 41 times in 41 verses in the WLC Hebrew.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 4:23

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 4:23 - And Lamech said to his wives, Ada and Sella, Hear my voice, ye wives of Lamech, consider my words, because I have slain a man to my [fn]sorrow and a youth to my [fn]grief.

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 15:26

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 15:26 - and said, If thou wilt indeed hear the voice of the Lord thy God, and do things pleasing before him, and wilt hearken to his commands, and keep all his ordinances, no disease which I have brought upon the Egyptians will I bring upon thee, for I am the Lord thy God that heals thee.

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 23:18

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 23:18 - And he took up his parable, and said, Rise up, Balac, and hear; hearken as a witness, thou son of Sepphor.

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Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 1:45

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 1:45 - And ye sat down and wept before the Lord our God, and the Lord hearkened not to your voice, neither did he take heed to you.

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Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 32:1

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 32:1 - Attend, O heaven, and I will speak; and let the earth hear the words out of my mouth.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 5:3

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 5:3 - Hear, ye kings, and hearken, rulers: I will sing, it is I who will sing to the Lord, it is I, I will sing a psalm to the Lord the God of Israel.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 24:19 - Yet he sent prophets to them, to turn them to the Lord; but they hearkened not: and he testified to them, but they obeyed not.

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Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 9:30

Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 9:30 - Yet thou didst bear long with them many years, and didst testify to them by thy Spirit by the hand of thy prophets: but they hearkened not; so thou gavest them into the hand of the nations of the land.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJob 9:16

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 9:16 - And if I should call and he should not hearken, I cannot believe that he has listened to my voice.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJob 32:11

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 32:11 - Hearken to my words; for I will speak in your hearing, until ye shall have tried the matter with words:

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Unchecked Copy BoxJob 33:1

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 33:1 - Howbeit hear, Job, my words, and hearken to my speech.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJob 34:2

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 34:2 - Hear me, ye wise men; hearken, ye that have knowledge.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJob 34:16

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 34:16 - Take heed lest he rebuke thee: hear this, hearken to the voice of words.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJob 37:14

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 37:14 - Hearken to this, O Job: stand still, and be admonished of the power of the Lord.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 5:1

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 5:1 - For the end, a Psalm of David, concerning her that inherits. (LXX 5:2) Hearken to my words, O Lord, [fn]attend to my cry.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 17:1

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 17:1 - (LXX 16:1) A Prayer of David. Hearken, O Lord [fn]of my righteousness, attend to my petition; give ear to my prayer not uttered with deceitful lips.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 39:12

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 39:12 - (LXX 38:13) O Lord, hearken to my prayer and my supplication: attend to my tears: be not silent, for I am a sojourner in the land, and a stranger, as all my fathers were.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 49:1

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 49:1 - (LXX 48:1) For the end, a Psalm for the sons of Core. (48:2) Hear these words, all ye nations, hearken, all ye that dwell upon the earth:

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 54:2

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 54:2 - (LXX 53:4) O God, hear my prayer; hearken to the words of my mouth.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 55:1

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 55:1 - (LXX 54:1) For the end, among Hymns of instruction by David. (54:2) Hearken, O God, to my prayer; and disregard not my supplication.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 77:1

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 77:1 - (LXX 76:1) For the end, for Idithun, a Psalm of Asaph. (76:2) I cried to the Lord with my voice, yea, my voice was addressed to God; and he gave heed to me.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 78:1

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 78:1 - (LXX 77:1) A Psalm of [fn]instruction for Asaph. Give heed, O my people, to my law: incline your ear to the words of my mouth.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 80:1

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 80:1 - (LXX 79:1) For the [fn]end, for alternate strains, a testimony for Asaph, a Psalm concerning the Assyrian. (79:2) Attend, O Shepherd of Israel, who guidest Joseph like a flock; thou who sittest upon the cherubs, manifest thyself;

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 84:8

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 84:8 - (LXX 83:9) O Lord God of hosts, hear my prayer: hearken, O God of Jacob. Pause.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 86:6

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 86:6 - (LXX 85:6) Give ear to my prayer, O Lord; and attend to the voice of my supplication.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 135:17

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 135:17 - (LXX 134:17) they have ears, but they cannot hear; for there is no breath in their mouth.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 140:6

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 140:6 - (LXX 139:7) I said to the Lord, Thou art my God; hearken, O Lord, to the voice of my supplication.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 141:1

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 141:1 - (LXX 140:1) A Psalm of David. O Lord, I have cried to thee; hear me: attend to the voice of my supplication, when I cry to thee.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 143:1

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 143:1 - (LXX 142:1) A Psalm of David, when his son pursued him. O Lord, attend to my prayer: hearken to my supplication in thy truth; hear me in thy righteousness.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPro 17:4

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 17:4 - A bad man hearkens to the tongue of transgressors: but a righteous man attends not to false lips.

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 1:2

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 1:2 - Hear, O heaven, and hearken, O earth: for the Lord has spoken, saying, I have begotten and reared up children, but they have [fn]rebelled against me.

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 1:10 - Hear the word of the Lord, ye rulers of Sodoma; attend to the law of God, thou people of Gomorrha.

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 8:9 - Know, ye Gentiles, and be conquered; hearken ye, even to the extremity of the earth: be conquered, after ye have strengthened yourselves; for even if ye should again strengthen yourselves, ye shall again be conquered.

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 28:23

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 28:23 - Hearken, and hear my voice; attend, and hear my words.

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 32:9

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 32:9 - Rise up, ye rich women, and hear my voice; [fn]ye confident daughters, hearken to my words.

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 42:23

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 42:23 - Who is there among you that will give ear to these things? hearken ye to the things which are coming to pass.

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 51:4

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 51:4 - Hear me, hear me, my people; and ye kings, hearken to me: for a law shall proceed from me, and my judgment shall be for a light of [fn]the nations.

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 64:4

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 64:4 - (LXX 64:3) From of old [fn] we have not heard, neither have our eyes seen a God beside thee, and thy works which thou wilt perform to them that wait for mercy.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 13:15

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 13:15 - Hear ye, and give ear, and be not proud: for the Lord has spoken.

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Unchecked Copy BoxHos 5:1

Unchecked Copy BoxHos 5:1 - Hear these things, ye priests; and attend, O house of Israel; and hearken, O house of the king; for the controversy is with you, because ye have been a snare in Scopia, and as a net spread on Itabyrium,

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Unchecked Copy BoxJoe 1:2 - Hear these words, ye elders, and hearken all ye that inhabit the land. [fn]Have such things happened in your days, or in the days of your fathers?
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