קָשַׁב qashav

Hebrew word for “to listen” · Strong’s H7181 · used 46 times in 45 verses

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Meaning

1) to hear, be attentive, heed, incline (of ears), attend (of ears), hearken, pay attention, listen;

How it is translated

Glosses given for qashav in context, with how often each is used:

• pay attention 14
• paid attention 4
• pay attention ! 4
• attentive ! 4
• will pay attention 3
• pay attention to ! 2
• attentive 2
• have paid attention 2
• pay attention to 1
• cause to pay attention 1
• has paid attention 1
• attentive one 1

Where it is used

Also in 2 more books.

Chapters where it is used most

Jeremiah 6 (3), Proverbs 4 (2), Jeremiah 18 (2), 1 Samuel 15 (1), 2 Chronicles 20 (1), 2 Chronicles 33 (1), Nehemiah 9 (1), Job 13 (1), Job 33 (1), Psalms 5 (1)

Forms

• הקשׁיבו 10
• הקשׁיבה 9
• להקשׁיב 4
• והקשׁיבו 4
• מקשׁיב 3
• הקשׁיב 2
• הקשׁיבי 2
• הקשׁב 1
• תקשׁיב 1
• והקשׁיבה 1

Words used with it

Words that share verses with qashav more often than their overall frequency would suggest:

• שָׁמַע shama “to hear” 26
• אָזַן azan “to listen” 7
• קוֹל qol “voice” 9
• אֹזֶן ozen “ear” 7
• תְּפִלָּה tephillah “prayer” 4
• לְאֹם leom “people” 3
• רִנָּה rinnah “cry” 3
• נָטָה natah “to stretch” 4
• תּוֹרָה torah “instruction” 4
• דָּבָר davar “word” 6
• דָבַר davar “to speak” 5
• כֶם khem “you” 4

Key verses

The verses using qashav that are most connected by cross-references (King James Version):

• 1 Samuel 15:22 — And 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…
• Psalms 10:17 — LORD, thou hast heard the desire of the humble: thou wilt prepare their heart, thou wilt cause thine ear to hear:
• Proverbs 1:24 — Because I have called, and ye refused; I have stretched out my hand, and no man regarded;
• Isaiah 34:1 — Come near, ye nations, to hear; and hearken, ye people: let the earth hear, and all that is therein; the world, and all things that come forth of it.
• Isaiah 49:1 — Listen, O isles, unto me; and hearken, ye people, from far; The LORD hath called me from the womb; from the bowels of my mother hath he made mention of my name.
• Jeremiah 6:10 — To whom shall I speak, and give warning, that they may hear? behold, their ear is uncircumcised, and they cannot hearken: behold, the word of the LORD is unto…
• Jeremiah 18:18 — Then said they, Come, and let us devise devices against Jeremiah; for the law shall not perish from the priest, nor counsel from the wise, nor the word from…
• Daniel 9:19 — 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.
• Hosea 5:1 — Hear ye this, O priests; and hearken, ye house of Israel; and give ye ear, O house of the king; for judgment is toward you, because ye have been a snare on…
• Zechariah 1:4 — Be 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…
• Zechariah 7:11 — But they refused to hearken, and pulled away the shoulder, and stopped their ears, that they should not hear.
• Malachi 3:16 — Then they that feared the LORD spake often one to another: and the LORD hearkened, and heard it, and a book of remembrance was written before him for them that…

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Hebrew and Greek text, tagging, glosses and lexicon definitions: STEPBible.org, Tyndale House Cambridge (TAHOT, TAGNT, TBESH, TBESG; CC BY 4.0), adapted. Counts follow King James verse numbering; a word counts each time it is written.