To listen
קָשַׁבStrong’s H7181qashav (qa-shav)
Appears in 45 verses of the Old Testament
In short
Qashav is the Hebrew word usually translated “pay attention”, “attentive” and “paid attention”. It appears in 45 verses of the Old Testament.
“O Lord, hear; O Lord, forgive; O Lord, hearken and do; defer not, for thine own sake, O my God: for thy city and thy people are called by thy name.”
Meaning
- To hear, be attentive, heed, incline (of ears), attend (of ears), hearken, pay attention, listen(Qal) incline, attend (of ears), hearken, pay attention, listen · (Hiphil) to pay attention, give attention
How it's translated
- pay attention 11
- be attentive 4
- to pay attention 3
- they paid attention 3
- pay attention to 3
- and pay attention 3
- and be attentive 2
- you cause to pay attention 1
Word-by-word English from the STEPBible tagged text.
Where it's used most
- Isaiah 9
- Psalms 8
- Proverbs 8
- Jeremiah 7
- 2 Chronicles 2
- Job 2
14 books in all.
Explore in Scripture
- Zechariah 1:4In contextBe ye not as your fathers, unto whom the former prophets have cried, saying, Thus saith the LORD of hosts; Turn ye now from your evil ways, and from your evil doings: but they did not hear, nor hearken unto me, saith the LORD.
- Zechariah 7:11In contextBut they refused to hearken, and pulled away the shoulder, and stopped their ears, that they should not hear.
- 1 Samuel 15:22And Samuel said, Hath the LORD as great delight in burnt offerings and sacrifices, as in obeying the voice of the LORD? Behold, to obey is better than sacrifice, and to hearken than the fat of rams.
- 2 Chronicles 20:15And he said, Hearken ye, all Judah, and ye inhabitants of Jerusalem, and thou king Jehoshaphat, Thus saith the LORD unto you, Be not afraid nor dismayed by reason of this great multitude; for the battle is not yours, but God’s.
- 2 Chronicles 33:10And the LORD spake to Manasseh, and to his people: but they would not hearken.
- Nehemiah 9:34Neither have our kings, our princes, our priests, nor our fathers, kept thy law, nor hearkened unto thy commandments and thy testimonies, wherewith thou didst testify against them.
All 45 verses, by book
Hebrew dictionary
קָשַׁב qashav · 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
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.