H7182 קֶשֶׁב (qesheb) keh'-sheb

Hebrew

Noun (Masculine, Hebrew)

Quick Definition

attentiveness

Strong's Definition

a hearkening

Derivation: from H7181 (קָשַׁב);

KJV Usage: [idiom] diligently, hearing, much heed, that regarded.

TWOT Reference: 2084a

Outline of Biblical Usage

1) attentiveness, attention

STEPBible — Tyndale Abridged Hebrew Lexicon

קֶ֫שֶׁב (qe.shev) — attentiveness. attentiveness, attention

UBS Dictionary of Biblical Hebrew

קֶשֶׁב (H7182)

noun m · קשׁב

Hear | ≈ קֹול · עֹנֶה

attention, response = 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

1KI 18:29 · 2KI 4:31 · ISA 21:7 · ISA 21:7

Graham S. Ogden

UBS Dictionary of Biblical Hebrew © United Bible Societies, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0.

Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew Lexicon

קֶ֫שֶׁב n.m. attentiveness base

Bible Occurrences (3)

18:29

4:31

21:7

1 Kings 18:29

Midday passed..., and they kept on raving until the [time] of the [evening] sacrifice. But [there was] no response; no one answered, no one paid attention.

2 Kings 4:31

Gehazi went on ahead of them and laid the staff on the boy’s face, but there was no sound [or] response. So he went back to meet [Elisha] and told him,... The boy has not awakened.

Isaiah 21:7

When he sees chariots with teams of horsemen, riders on donkeys, riders on camels, he must be alert..., fully alert.