To listen
אָזַןStrong’s H0238azan (a-zan)
Appears in 41 verses of the Old Testament
In short
Azan is the Hebrew word usually translated “give ear to”, “give ear” and “gave ear”. It appears in 41 verses of the Old Testament.
“And Lamech said unto his wives, Adah and Zillah, Hear my voice; ye wives of Lamech, hearken unto my speech: for I have slain a man to my wounding, and a young man to my hurt.”
Meaning
- To hear, listen(Hiphil)
How it's translated
- give ear to 13
- give ear 13
- and give ear 4
- they gave ear 2
- and you will give ear 1
- he gave ear 1
- he gave ear to 1
- i gave ear 1
Word-by-word English from the STEPBible tagged text.
Where it's used most
- Psalms 15
- Isaiah 8
- Job 6
- Deuteronomy 2
- Genesis 1
- Exodus 1
14 books in all.
Explore in Scripture
- Exodus 15:26And said, If thou wilt diligently hearken to the voice of the LORD thy God, and wilt do that which is right in his sight, and wilt give ear to his commandments, and keep all his statutes, I will put none of these diseases upon thee, which I have brought upon the Egyptians: for I am the LORD that healeth thee.
- Numbers 23:18And he took up his parable, and said, Rise up, Balak, and hear; hearken unto me, thou son of Zippor:
- Deuteronomy 1:45And ye returned and wept before the LORD; but the LORD would not hearken to your voice, nor give ear unto you.
- Deuteronomy 32:1Give ear, O ye heavens, and I will speak; and hear, O earth, the words of my mouth.
- Judges 5:3Hear, O ye kings; give ear, O ye princes; I, even I, will sing unto the LORD; I will sing praise to the LORD God of Israel.
- 2 Chronicles 24:19Yet he sent prophets to them, to bring them again unto the LORD; and they testified against them: but they would not give ear.
All 41 verses, by book
Hebrew dictionary
אָזַן azan · to listen
1) to hear, listen 1a) (Hiphil) 1a1) to hear, listen, give ear 1a2) to be obedient, harken 1a3) to hear or listen to prayers (of God)
From STEPBible’s Hebrew lexicon (based on Brown-Driver-Briggs).
Webster's 1828 Dictionary
How the English word “listen” was understood when the King James Version was still the common Bible of English readers.
LIST'EN, verb intransitive
lis'n.
- To hearken; to give ear; to attend closely with a view to hear.
- To obey; to yield to advice; to follow admonition.
All definitions and other forms of “listen”
LIS'TEN, verb transitive
lis'n. To hear; to attend.
Noah Webster, An American Dictionary of the English Language (1828). Verse references are checked against the KJV. Read the full entry.
Verses are from the King James Version. Word meanings come from the original Hebrew, not from any one translation.