Quick Definition
to listen
Strong's Definition
to prick up the ears, i.e. hearken
Derivation: a primitive root;
KJV Usage: attend, (cause to) hear(-ken), give heed, incline, mark (well), regard.
TWOT Reference: 2084
Outline of Biblical Usage
Septuagint (LXX) Greek Equivalents
This Hebrew word is translated by the following Greek words in the Septuagint:
STEPBible — Tyndale Abridged Hebrew Lexicon
קָשַׁב (qa.shav) — to listen. 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
UBS Dictionary of Biblical Hebrew
verb · קֶשֶׁב · קַשָּׁב · קַשֻּׁב
Hear | verb qal, verb hif | ≈ אזן · נטה אָזְנַיִם · שׁמע
to listen attentively, to pay attention = action by which humans or deities pay close attention in order to be able to hear what (other) humans might be saying, or to pick up other sounds and react to if needed
1SA 15:22 · 2CH 20:15 · 2CH 33:10 · NEH 9:34 · JOB 13:6 · JOB 33:31 · PSA 5:3 · PSA 10:17 · PSA 17:1 · PSA 55:3 · PSA 61:2 · PSA 66:19 · PSA 86:6 · PSA 142:7 · PRO 1:24 · PRO 2:2 · PRO 4:1 · PRO 4:20 · PRO 5:1 · PRO 7:24 · PRO 17:4 · PRO 29:12 · SNG 8:13 · ISA 10:30 · ISA 21:7 · ISA 28:23 · ISA 32:3 · ISA 34:1 · ISA 42:23 · ISA 48:18 · ISA 49:1 · ISA 51:4 · JER 6:10 · JER 6:17 · JER 6:17 · JER 6:19 · JER 8:6 · JER 18:18 · JER 18:19 · JER 23:18 · DAN 9:19 · HOS 5:1 · MIC 1:2 · ZEC 1:4 · ZEC 7:11 · MAL 3:16
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Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew Lexicon
[קָשַׁב] 46 vb. incline, attend, of ears Qal Is 32:3
Hiph. give attention
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