Ear
אֹ֫זֶןStrong’s H0241ozen (o-zen)
Appears in 179 verses of the Old Testament
In short
Ozen is the Hebrew word usually translated “ears of”, “ear your” and “ears my”. It appears in 179 verses of the Old Testament.
“O my God, incline thine ear, and hear; open thine eyes, and behold our desolations, and the city which is called by thy name: for we do not present our supplications before thee for our righteousnesses, but for thy great mercies.”
Meaning
- Ear, as part of the body
- Ear, as organ of hearing
- (subjective) to uncover the ear to reveal; the receiver of divine revelation
How it's translated
- in ears of 35
- ear your 27
- in ears my 12
- ear of 11
- ear their 10
- an ear 9
- ear my 8
- in ears their 7
Word-by-word English from the STEPBible tagged text.
Where it's used most
- Jeremiah 24
- Psalms 22
- Isaiah 19
- Proverbs 14
- Job 13
- 1 Samuel 12
26 books in all.
Related words
Explore in Scripture
- Zechariah 7:11In contextBut they refused to hearken, and pulled away the shoulder, and stopped their ears, that they should not hear.
- Genesis 20:8Therefore Abimelech rose early in the morning, and called all his servants, and told all these things in their ears: and the men were sore afraid.
- Genesis 23:10And Ephron dwelt among the children of Heth: and Ephron the Hittite answered Abraham in the audience of the children of Heth, even of all that went in at the gate of his city, saying,
- Genesis 23:13And he spake unto Ephron in the audience of the people of the land, saying, But if thou wilt give it, I pray thee, hear me: I will give thee money for the field; take it of me, and I will bury my dead there.
- Genesis 23:16And Abraham hearkened unto Ephron; and Abraham weighed to Ephron the silver, which he had named in the audience of the sons of Heth, four hundred shekels of silver, current money with the merchant.
- Genesis 35:4And they gave unto Jacob all the strange gods which were in their hand, and all their earrings which were in their ears; and Jacob hid them under the oak which was by Shechem.
All 179 verses, by book
- Joshua 1
- 20:4
- Ruth 1
- 4:4
- Psalms 22
- 10:1717:618:618:4431:234:1540:644:145:1049:458:471:278:186:188:292:1194:9102:2115:6116:2130:2135:17
- Ecclesiastes 1
- 1:8
- Jeremiah 24
- 2:25:216:107:247:269:2011:817:2319:325:426:1126:1528:729:2934:1435:1536:636:1036:1336:1436:1536:2036:2144:5
- Lamentations 1
- 3:56
- Daniel 1
- 9:18
- Amos 1
- 3:12
- Micah 1
- 7:16
- Zechariah 1
- 7:11
Hebrew dictionary
אֹ֫זֶן ozen · ear
: ear 1) ear, as part of the body 2) ear, as organ of hearing 3) (subjective) to uncover the ear to reveal; the receiver of divine revelation
From STEPBible’s Hebrew lexicon (based on Brown-Driver-Briggs).
Webster's 1828 Dictionary
How the English word “ear” was understood when the King James Version was still the common Bible of English readers.
E'AR, noun
[Latin auris, whence auricula; audio.]
- The organ of hearing; the organ by which sound is perceived; and in general, both the external and internal part is understood by the term.
- The sense of hearing, or rather the power of distinguishing sounds and judging of harmony; the power of nice perception of the differences of sound, or of consonances and dissonances.
- In the plural, the head or person.
- The top, or highest part.
All definitions and other forms of “ear”
- A favorable hearing; attention; heed; regard.
- Disposition to like or dislike what is heard; opinion; judgment; taste.
- Any part of a thing resembling an ear; a projecting part from the side of any thing; as the ears of a vessel used as handles.
- The spike of corn; that part of certain plants which contains the flowers and seeds; as an ear of wheat or maiz.
EAR, verb intransitive
To shoot, as an ear; to form ears, as corn.
EAR, verb transitive
[Latin aro.]
To plow or till.
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.