Definition

to broaden out the ear (with the hand), i.e. (by implication) to listen

Etymology

a primitive root; probably to expand; but used only as a denominative from H241 (אֹזֶן);

Where the KJV renders it

• give (perceive by the) ear
• hear(-ken). See H239 (אָזַן)

Every distinct English word the King James Version uses to translate this Hebrew term. The variety shows what readers in English receive across many different surface words — the same underlying word, scattered across the English Bible under different names.

What the first audience heard

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