Hebrew verb · H238
אָזַן
azanaw-zan'
to listen
41 uses in the Hebrew text, one for each word STEP Bible has tagged with this key
Concordance spelling: ʼâzan
Word page · Part of the concordance, one page for every word of the Hebrew and Greek text. Strong's H238is this word's number in James Strong's 1890 index of the King James Bible.
- 14 of 39Old Testament books
- 28spellings
The definition in full
Strong's key (1890) · H238
to broaden out the ear (with the hand), i.e. (by implication) to listen
The King James renders it: give (perceive by the) ear, hear(-ken). See H239 (אָזַן).
James Strong, The Exhaustive Concordance of the Bible (1890), public domain. Strong indexed the King James text, and this site quotes his entry as that index.
Summary
azan is rendered "to listen". It stands 41 times in the Hebrew text, across fourteen books.
- Fifteen of the uses stand in Psalms, more than in any other book.
- Its first use in canonical order opens the ledger below.Genesis 4:23Then Lamech said to his wives: “Adah and Zillah, hear my voice; wives of Lamech, listen to my speech. For I have slain a man for wounding me, a young man for striking me.
- The Greek text spells it twenty-eight different ways.
The first use
Then Lamech said to his wives: “Adah and Zillah, hear my voice; wives of Lamech, listen to my speech. For I have slain a man for wounding me, a young man for striking me.
Genesis 4:23הַאְזֵ֖נָּה
The first use, in the order of the Old Testament's books.
Where the word stands
What the word means
Each meaning, and the words it is translated by
How the Greek text is glossed, word by word
- give ear13
- give ear to13
- and give ear4
- they gave ear2
- and he will give ear1
- and you will give ear1
- giving ear1
- he gave ear1
- he gave ear to1
- I gave ear1
- people have given ear1
- they give ear1
and 1 more, 41 uses in all
The words built on the same word-part
Each word below begins with the same letters this one begins with. A shared word-part shows a family. It does not settle what any one of them means, so each word carries its own uses on its own page. Scholars call that shared part the stem.
Other numbers on this spelling
Strong gave these words the same spelling and different numbers, so the site counts and defines them apart.
The words it stands beside
All 41, in canonical order
Every use, in order
Every use, grouped by book, with its verse.
28 spellings and their grammar
STEP Bible tags every word of the Hebrew and Greek text with its spelling and its grammar. Both lists below count the rows printed underneath, written out in English, with the code beside each one as it was tagged.
How it is spelled
- הַאֲזִ֥ינָה5
- הַאֲזִ֣ינָה4
- הַאֲזִ֥ינוּ3
- הַ֝אֲזִ֗ינָה2
- הֶאֱזִ֑ינוּ2
- הַאְזֵ֖נָּה2
- וְהַֽאֲזִ֔ינוּ2
- אָ֭זִין1
- הֶאֱזִ֖ין1
- הַאֲזִינָה֮1
- הַאֲזִ֗ינָה1
- הַאֲזִ֨ינָה1
and 16 more spellings in the ledger below.
The grammar of each form
- verb · causative (hiphil), command · 2nd person masculine singular + paragogic he16HVhv2ms/Sh
- verb · causative (hiphil), command · 2nd person masculine plural8HVhv2mp
- conjunction (“and”) + verb · causative (hiphil), command · 2nd person masculine plural3HC/Vhv2mp
- verb · causative (hiphil), qatal (perfect) · 3rd person common plural3HVhp3cp
- verb · causative (hiphil), yiqtol (imperfect) · 3rd person masculine singular2HVhi3ms
- verb · causative (hiphil), command · 2nd person feminine plural2HVhv2fp
- Hc/Vhq2ms1Hc/Vhq2ms
- Hc/Vhq3ms1Hc/Vhq3ms
- conjunction (“and”) + verb · causative (hiphil), command · 2nd person feminine singular1HC/Vhv2fs
- verb · causative (hiphil), yiqtol (imperfect) · 1st person common singular1HVhi1cs
- verb · causative (hiphil), yiqtol (imperfect) · 3rd person masculine plural1HVhi3mp
- verb · causative (hiphil), qatal (perfect) · 3rd person masculine singular1HVhp3ms
Genesis
one use
Then Lamech said to his wives: “Adah and Zillah, hear my voice; wives of Lamech, listen to my speech. For I have slain a man for wounding me, a young man for striking me.
- הַאְזֵ֖נָּהha'zenahverb · causative (hiphil), command · 2nd person feminine pluraltagged: give ear to
Exodus
one use
saying, “If you will listen carefully to the voice of the LORD your God, and do what is right in His eyes, and pay attention to His commands, and keep all His statutes, then I will not bring on you any of the diseases I inflicted on the Egyptians. For I am the LORD who heals you.”
- וְהַֽאֲזַנְתָּ֙vehaazantaHc/Vhq2mstagged: and you will give ear
Numbers
one use
Then Balaam lifted up an oracle, saying: “Arise, O Balak, and listen; give ear to me, O son of Zippor.
- הַאֲזִ֥ינָהhaazinahverb · causative (hiphil), command · 2nd person masculine singular + paragogic hetagged: give ear
Deuteronomy
two uses
And you returned and wept before the LORD, but He would not listen to your voice or give ear to you.
- הֶאֱזִ֖יןheezinverb · causative (hiphil), qatal (perfect) · 3rd person masculine singulartagged: he gave ear
Give ear, O heavens, and I will speak; hear, O earth, the words of my mouth.
- הַאֲזִ֥ינוּhaazinuverb · causative (hiphil), command · 2nd person masculine pluraltagged: give ear
Judges
one use
Listen, O kings! Give ear, O princes! I will sing to the LORD; I will sing praise to the LORD, the God of Israel.
- הַאֲזִ֖ינוּhaazinuverb · causative (hiphil), command · 2nd person masculine pluraltagged: give ear
2 Chronicles
one use
Nevertheless, the LORD sent prophets to bring the people back to Him and to testify against them; but they would not listen.
- הֶאֱזִֽינוּ׃ סheezinuverb · causative (hiphil), qatal (perfect) · 3rd person common pluraltagged: they gave ear
Nehemiah
one use
You were patient with them for many years, and Your Spirit admonished them through Your prophets. Yet they would not listen, so You gave them into the hands of the neighboring peoples.
- הֶאֱזִ֑ינוּheezinuverb · causative (hiphil), qatal (perfect) · 3rd person common pluraltagged: they gave ear
Job
six uses
If I summoned Him and He answered me, I do not believe He would listen to my voice.
- יַאֲזִ֥יןyaazinverb · causative (hiphil), yiqtol (imperfect) · 3rd person masculine singulartagged: he gave ear to
Indeed, I waited while you spoke; I listened to your reasoning; as you searched for words,
- אָ֭זִיןʾazinverb · causative (hiphil), yiqtol (imperfect) · 1st person common singulartagged: I gave ear
“But now, O Job, hear my speech, and listen to all my words.
- הַאֲזִֽינָה׃haazinahverb · causative (hiphil), command · 2nd person masculine singular + paragogic hetagged: give ear to
“Hear my words, O wise men; give ear to me, O men of learning.
- הַאֲזִ֥ינוּhaazinuverb · causative (hiphil), command · 2nd person masculine pluraltagged: give ear
If you have understanding, hear this; listen to my words.
- הַ֝אֲזִ֗ינָהhaazinahverb · causative (hiphil), command · 2nd person masculine singular + paragogic hetagged: give ear
Listen to this, O Job; stand still and consider the wonders of God.
- הַאֲזִ֣ינָהhaazinahverb · causative (hiphil), command · 2nd person masculine singular + paragogic hetagged: give ear to
Psalms
fifteen uses
Give ear to my words, O LORD; consider my groaning.
- הַאֲזִ֥ינָה׀haazinahverb · causative (hiphil), command · 2nd person masculine singular + paragogic hetagged: give ear to
Hear, O LORD, my righteous plea; listen to my cry. Give ear to my prayer— it comes from lips free of deceit.
- הַאֲזִ֥ינָהhaazinahverb · causative (hiphil), command · 2nd person masculine singular + paragogic hetagged: give ear to
Hear my prayer, O LORD, and give ear to my cry for help; do not be deaf to my weeping. For I am a foreigner dwelling with You, a stranger like all my fathers.
- הַאֲזִינָה֮haazinahverb · causative (hiphil), command · 2nd person masculine singular + paragogic hetagged: give ear to
Hear this, all you peoples; listen, all inhabitants of the world,
- הַ֝אֲזִ֗ינוּhaazinuverb · causative (hiphil), command · 2nd person masculine pluraltagged: give ear
Hear my prayer, O God; listen to the words of my mouth.
- הַ֝אֲזִ֗ינָהhaazinahverb · causative (hiphil), command · 2nd person masculine singular + paragogic hetagged: give ear
Listen to my prayer, O God, and do not ignore my plea.
- הַאֲזִ֣ינָהhaazinahverb · causative (hiphil), command · 2nd person masculine singular + paragogic hetagged: give ear to
I cried out to God; I cried aloud to God to hear me.
- וְהַאֲזִ֥יןvehaazinHc/Vhq3mstagged: and he will give ear
Give ear, O my people, to my instruction; listen to the words of my mouth.
- הַאֲזִ֣ינָהhaazinahverb · causative (hiphil), command · 2nd person masculine singular + paragogic hetagged: give ear to
Hear us, O Shepherd of Israel, who leads Joseph like a flock; You who sit enthroned between the cherubim, shine forth
- הַאֲזִ֗ינָהhaazinahverb · causative (hiphil), command · 2nd person masculine singular + paragogic hetagged: give ear
O LORD God of Hosts, hear my prayer; give ear, O God of Jacob. Selah
- הַאֲזִ֨ינָהhaazinahverb · causative (hiphil), command · 2nd person masculine singular + paragogic hetagged: give ear
Hear my prayer, O LORD, and attend to my plea for mercy.
- הַאֲזִ֣ינָהhaazinahverb · causative (hiphil), command · 2nd person masculine singular + paragogic hetagged: give ear to
they have ears, but cannot hear; nor is there breath in their mouths.
- יַאֲזִ֑ינוּyaazinuverb · causative (hiphil), yiqtol (imperfect) · 3rd person masculine pluraltagged: they give ear
I say to the LORD, “You are my God.” Hear, O LORD, my cry for help.
- הַאֲזִ֥ינָהhaazinahverb · causative (hiphil), command · 2nd person masculine singular + paragogic hetagged: give ear to
I call upon You, O LORD; come quickly to me. Hear my voice when I call to You.
- הַאֲזִ֥ינָהhaazinahverb · causative (hiphil), command · 2nd person masculine singular + paragogic hetagged: give ear to
O LORD, hear my prayer. In Your faithfulness, give ear to my plea; in Your righteousness, answer me.
- הַאֲזִ֥ינָהhaazinahverb · causative (hiphil), command · 2nd person masculine singular + paragogic hetagged: give ear
Proverbs
one use
A wicked man listens to evil lips; a liar gives ear to a destructive tongue.
- מֵ֝זִיןmezinverb · causative (hiphil), participle · masculine singulartagged: giving ear
Isaiah
eight uses
Listen, O heavens, and give ear, O earth, for the LORD has spoken: “I have raised children and brought them up, but they have rebelled against Me.
- וְהַאֲזִ֣ינִיvehaaziniconjunction (“and”) + verb · causative (hiphil), command · 2nd person feminine singulartagged: and give ear
Hear the word of the LORD, you rulers of Sodom; listen to the instruction of our God, you people of Gomorrah!
- הַאֲזִ֛ינוּhaazinuverb · causative (hiphil), command · 2nd person masculine pluraltagged: give ear to
Huddle together, O peoples, and be shattered; pay attention, all you distant lands; prepare for battle, and be shattered; prepare for battle, and be shattered!
- וְהַֽאֲזִ֔ינוּvehaazinuconjunction (“and”) + verb · causative (hiphil), command · 2nd person masculine pluraltagged: and give ear
Listen and hear my voice. Pay attention and hear what I say.
- הַאֲזִ֥ינוּhaazinuverb · causative (hiphil), command · 2nd person masculine pluraltagged: give ear
Stand up, you complacent women; listen to me. Give ear to my word, you overconfident daughters.
- הַאְזֵ֖נָּהha'zenahverb · causative (hiphil), command · 2nd person feminine pluraltagged: give ear to
Who among you will pay attention to this? Who will listen and obey hereafter?
- יַאֲזִ֣יןyaazinverb · causative (hiphil), yiqtol (imperfect) · 3rd person masculine singulartagged: will he give ear to
Pay attention to Me, My people, and listen to Me, My nation; for a law will go out from Me, and My justice will become a light to the nations; I will bring it about quickly.
- הַאֲזִ֑ינוּhaazinuverb · causative (hiphil), command · 2nd person masculine pluraltagged: give ear
From ancient times no one has heard, no ear has perceived, no eye has seen any God besides You, who acts on behalf of those who wait for Him.
- הֶאֱזִ֑ינוּheezinuverb · causative (hiphil), qatal (perfect) · 3rd person common pluraltagged: people have given ear
Jeremiah
one use
Listen and give heed. Do not be arrogant, for the LORD has spoken.
- וְהַאֲזִ֖ינוּvehaazinuconjunction (“and”) + verb · causative (hiphil), command · 2nd person masculine pluraltagged: and give ear
Hosea
one use
“Hear this, O priests! Take heed, O house of Israel! Give ear, O royal house! For this judgment is against you because you have been a snare at Mizpah, a net spread out on Tabor.
- הַאֲזִ֔ינוּhaazinuverb · causative (hiphil), command · 2nd person masculine pluraltagged: give ear
Joel
one use
Hear this, O elders; and give ear, all who dwell in the land. Has anything like this ever happened in your days or in the days of your fathers?
- וְהַֽאֲזִ֔ינוּvehaazinuconjunction (“and”) + verb · causative (hiphil), command · 2nd person masculine pluraltagged: and give ear
The letters
Gematria 58· 708 mispar gadol
Where it leads
How the numbers are counted
Every count on this page comes from STEP Bible's tagged Hebrew and Greek text, the same text the ledger prints. A use is counted once each time the tagging marks a word with this key.
Spellings are counted as the Greek text spells them, with the sentence's own punctuation taken off the word first, so a form that ends a clause is not counted as a second spelling.
The words it stands beside are the nouns, verbs and adjectives immediately before or after it, counted in every verse where the word stands. The article, the conjunctions and the prepositions are left out, because they stand beside every word.
The family is read from the lexicon by the stem the two words share, with the accents off, and a person or a place named on the stem is left out.