Attentiveness
קֶ֫שֶׁבStrong’s H7182qeshev (qe-shev)
Appears in 3 verses of the Old Testament
In short
Qeshev is the Hebrew word usually translated “attention” and “attentiveness”. It appears in 3 verses of the Old Testament.
“And it came to pass, when midday was past, and they prophesied until the time of the offering of the evening sacrifice, that there was neither voice, nor any to answer, nor any that regarded.”
Meaning
- Attentiveness, attention
How it's translated
- attention 2
- attentiveness 2
Word-by-word English from the STEPBible tagged text.
Where it's used most
- 1 Kings 1
- 2 Kings 1
- Isaiah 1
3 books in all.
Explore in Scripture
- 2 Kings 4:31And Gehazi passed on before them, and laid the staff upon the face of the child; but there was neither voice, nor hearing. Wherefore he went again to meet him, and told him, saying, The child is not awaked.
- Isaiah 21:7And he saw a chariot with a couple of horsemen, a chariot of asses, and a chariot of camels; and he hearkened diligently with much heed:
Hebrew dictionary
קֶ֫שֶׁב qeshev · attentiveness
attentiveness, attention
From STEPBible’s Hebrew lexicon (based on Brown-Driver-Briggs).
Webster's 1828 Dictionary
How the English word “attentiveness” was understood when the King James Version was still the common Bible of English readers.
ATTENT'IVENESS, noun
The state of being attentive; heedfulness; attention.
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.