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Hebrew verb · H7181

קָשַׁב

qashabkaw-shab'

to listen

46 uses in the Hebrew text, one for each word STEP Bible has tagged with this key

Concordance spelling: qâshab

Word page · Part of the concordance, one page for every word of the Hebrew and Greek text. Strong's H7181is this word's number in James Strong's 1890 index of the King James Bible.

  • 14 of 39
    Old Testament books
  • 40
    spellings

The definition in full

Strong's key (1890) · H7181

to prick up the ears, i.e. hearken

The King James renders it: attend, (cause to) hear(-ken), give heed, incline, mark (well), regard.

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

qashab is rendered "to listen". It stands 46 times in the Hebrew text, across fourteen books.

  • Nine of the uses stand in Isaiah, more than in any other book.
  • Its first use in canonical order opens the ledger below.1 Samuel 15:22But Samuel declared: “Does the LORD delight in burnt offerings and sacrifices as much as in obedience to His voice? Behold, obedience is better than sacrifice, and attentiveness is better than the fat of rams.
  • The Greek text spells it forty different ways.

The first use

But Samuel declared: “Does the LORD delight in burnt offerings and sacrifices as much as in obedience to His voice? Behold, obedience is better than sacrifice, and attentiveness is better than the fat of rams.

1 Samuel 15:22לְהַקְשִׁ֖יב

The first use, in the order of the Old Testament's books.

Where the word stands

The word stands in fourteen of the 39 Old Testament books.

The other 25 Old Testament books never use the word.

What the word means

Each meaning, and the words it is translated by

How the Greek text is glossed, word by word

  • pay attention11
  • be attentive4
  • and pay attention3
  • pay attention to3
  • they paid attention3
  • to pay attention3
  • and be attentive2
  • an attentive1
  • and he paid attention1
  • and he will pay attention1
  • has he paid attention to1
  • he has paid attention1

and 12 more, 46 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.

קָשַׁרqasharto conspireUses44
קָשַׁשׁqashashto gatherUses8
קָשַׁחqashachto hardenUses2

The words it stands beside

All 46, in canonical order

Every use, in order

Every use, grouped by book, with its verse.

40 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

  • הַקְשִׁ֥יבָה2
  • הַקְשִׁ֑יבָה2
  • הַקְשִׁ֤יבָה׀2
  • הַקְשִׁ֤יבוּ2
  • וְ֝הַקְשִׁ֗יבוּ2
  • מַקְשִׁ֣יב2
  • הַקְשֵׁ֖ב1
  • הִקְשַׁ֖בְתָּ1
  • הִקְשַׁ֤בְתִּי1
  • הִ֝קְשִׁ֗יב1
  • הִקְשִׁ֥יב1
  • הַקְשִׁ֣יבָה1

and 28 more spellings in the ledger below.

The grammar of each form

  • verb · causative (hiphil), command · 2nd person masculine singular + paragogic he9HVhv2ms/Sh
  • verb · causative (hiphil), command · 2nd person masculine plural6HVhv2mp
  • conjunction (“and”) + verb · causative (hiphil), command · 2nd person masculine plural4HC/Vhv2mp
  • preposition + verb · causative (hiphil), infinitive (“to…”)4HR/Vhcc
  • verb · causative (hiphil), qatal (perfect) · 3rd person common plural4HVhp3cp
  • verb · causative (hiphil), participle · masculine singular3HVhrmsa
  • verb · causative (hiphil), qatal (perfect) · 3rd person masculine singular2HVhp3ms
  • verb · causative (hiphil), command · 2nd person feminine singular2HVhv2fs
  • Hc/Vhq3ms1Hc/Vhq3ms
  • conjunction (“and”) + verb · causative (hiphil), command · 2nd person masculine singular + paragogic he1HC/Vhv2ms/Sh
  • Hc/Vhw3ms1Hc/Vhw3ms
  • verb · causative (hiphil), infinitive (“to…”) · 1st person common plural1HVhc1cp

1 Samuel

one use
  • But Samuel declared: “Does the LORD delight in burnt offerings and sacrifices as much as in obedience to His voice? Behold, obedience is better than sacrifice, and attentiveness is better than the fat of rams.

    1 Samuel 15:22

    • לְהַקְשִׁ֖יבlehakshivpreposition + verb · causative (hiphil), infinitive (“to…”)tagged: to pay attention

2 Chronicles

two uses
  • And he said, “Listen, all you people of Judah and Jerusalem! Listen, King Jehoshaphat! This is what the LORD says: ‘Do not be afraid or discouraged because of this vast army, for the battle does not belong to you, but to God.

    2 Chronicles 20:15

    • הַקְשִׁ֤יבוּhakshivuverb · causative (hiphil), command · 2nd person masculine pluraltagged: pay attention
  • And the LORD spoke to Manasseh and his people, but they did not listen.

    2 Chronicles 33:10

    • הִקְשִֽׁיבוּ׃hikshivuverb · causative (hiphil), qatal (perfect) · 3rd person common pluraltagged: they paid attention

Nehemiah

one use
  • Our kings and leaders and priests and fathers did not obey Your law or listen to Your commandments and warnings that You gave them.

    Nehemiah 9:34

    • הִקְשִׁ֙יבוּ֙hikshivuverb · causative (hiphil), qatal (perfect) · 3rd person common pluraltagged: they paid attention

Job

two uses
  • Hear now my argument, and listen to the plea of my lips.

    Job 13:6

    • הַקְשִֽׁיבוּ׃hakshivuverb · causative (hiphil), command · 2nd person masculine pluraltagged: pay attention to
  • Pay attention, Job, and listen to me; be silent, and I will speak.

    Job 33:31

    • הַקְשֵׁ֖בhakshevverb · causative (hiphil), command · 2nd person masculine singulartagged: pay attention

Psalms

eight uses
  • Attend to the sound of my cry, my King and my God, for to You I pray.

    Psalms 5:2

    • הַקְשִׁ֤יבָה׀hakshivahverb · causative (hiphil), command · 2nd person masculine singular + paragogic hetagged: pay attention
  • You have heard, O LORD, the desire of the humble; You will strengthen their hearts. You will incline Your ear,

    Psalms 10:17

    • תַּקְשִׁ֥יבtakshivverb · causative (hiphil), yiqtol (imperfect) · 3rd person feminine singulartagged: you cause to pay attention
  • Hear, O LORD, my righteous plea; listen to my cry. Give ear to my prayer— it comes from lips free of deceit.

    Psalms 17:1

    • הַקְשִׁ֥יבָהhakshivahverb · causative (hiphil), command · 2nd person masculine singular + paragogic hetagged: pay attention to
  • Attend to me and answer me. I am restless in my complaint, and distraught

    Psalms 55:2

    • הַקְשִׁ֣יבָהhakshivahverb · causative (hiphil), command · 2nd person masculine singular + paragogic hetagged: pay attention
  • Hear my cry, O God; attend to my prayer.

    Psalms 61:1

    • הַ֝קְשִׁ֗יבָהhakshivahverb · causative (hiphil), command · 2nd person masculine singular + paragogic hetagged: pay attention to
  • But God has surely heard; He has attended to the sound of my prayer.

    Psalms 66:19

    • הִ֝קְשִׁ֗יבhikshivverb · causative (hiphil), qatal (perfect) · 3rd person masculine singulartagged: he has paid attention
  • Hear my prayer, O LORD, and attend to my plea for mercy.

    Psalms 86:6

    • וְ֝הַקְשִׁ֗יבָהvehakshivahconjunction (“and”) + verb · causative (hiphil), command · 2nd person masculine singular + paragogic hetagged: and pay attention
  • Listen to my cry, for I am brought quite low. Rescue me from my pursuers, for they are too strong for me.

    Psalms 142:6

    • הַקְשִׁ֤יבָה׀hakshivahverb · causative (hiphil), command · 2nd person masculine singular + paragogic hetagged: pay attention

Proverbs

eight uses
  • Because you refused my call, and no one took my outstretched hand,

    Proverbs 1:24

    • מַקְשִֽׁיב׃makshivverb · causative (hiphil), participle · masculine singulartagged: an attentive
  • if you incline your ear to wisdom and direct your heart to understanding,

    Proverbs 2:2

    • לְהַקְשִׁ֣יבlehakshivpreposition + verb · causative (hiphil), infinitive (“to…”)tagged: to make attend
  • Listen, my sons, to a father’s instruction; pay attention and gain understanding.

    Proverbs 4:1

    • וְ֝הַקְשִׁ֗יבוּvehakshivuconjunction (“and”) + verb · causative (hiphil), command · 2nd person masculine pluraltagged: and be attentive
  • My son, pay attention to my words; incline your ear to my sayings.

    Proverbs 4:20

    • הַקְשִׁ֑יבָהhakshivahverb · causative (hiphil), command · 2nd person masculine singular + paragogic hetagged: be attentive
  • My son, pay attention to my wisdom; incline your ear to my insight,

    Proverbs 5:1

    • הַקְשִׁ֑יבָהhakshivahverb · causative (hiphil), command · 2nd person masculine singular + paragogic hetagged: be attentive
  • Now, my sons, listen to me, and attend to the words of my mouth.

    Proverbs 7:24

    • וְ֝הַקְשִׁ֗יבוּvehakshivuconjunction (“and”) + verb · causative (hiphil), command · 2nd person masculine pluraltagged: and be attentive
  • A wicked man listens to evil lips; a liar gives ear to a destructive tongue.

    Proverbs 17:4

    • מַקְשִׁ֣יבmakshivverb · causative (hiphil), participle · masculine singulartagged: paying attention
  • If a ruler listens to lies, all his officials will be wicked.

    Proverbs 29:12

    • מַקְשִׁ֣יבmakshivverb · causative (hiphil), participle · masculine singulartagged: pays attention

Song of Solomon

one use
  • You who dwell in the gardens, my companions are listening for your voice. Let me hear it!

    Song of Solomon 8:13

    • מַקְשִׁיבִ֥יםmakshivimverb · causative (hiphil), participle · masculine pluraltagged: listening

Isaiah

nine uses
  • Cry aloud, O Daughter of Gallim! Listen, O Laishah! O wretched Anathoth!

    Isaiah 10:30

    • הַקְשִׁ֥יבִיhakshiviverb · causative (hiphil), command · 2nd person feminine singulartagged: pay attention
  • When he sees chariots with teams of horsemen, riders on donkeys, riders on camels, he must be alert, fully alert.”

    Isaiah 21:7

    • וְהִקְשִׁ֥יבvehikshivHc/Vhq3mstagged: and he will pay attention
  • Listen and hear my voice. Pay attention and hear what I say.

    Isaiah 28:23

    • הַקְשִׁ֥יבוּhakshivuverb · causative (hiphil), command · 2nd person masculine pluraltagged: pay attention
  • Then the eyes of those who see will no longer be closed, and the ears of those who hear will listen.

    Isaiah 32:3

    • תִּקְשַֽׁבְנָה׃tikshavnahverb · simple (qal), yiqtol (imperfect) · 3rd person feminine pluraltagged: they will pay attention
  • Come near, O nations, to listen; pay attention, O peoples. Let the earth hear, and all that fills it, the world and all that springs from it.

    Isaiah 34:1

    • הַקְשִׁ֑יבוּhakshivuverb · causative (hiphil), command · 2nd person masculine pluraltagged: pay attention
  • Who among you will pay attention to this? Who will listen and obey hereafter?

    Isaiah 42:23

    • יַקְשִׁ֥בyakshivverb · causative (hiphil), yiqtol (imperfect) · 3rd person masculine singulartagged: will he pay attention
  • If only you had paid attention to My commandments, your peace would have been like a river, and your righteousness like waves of the sea.

    Isaiah 48:18

    • הִקְשַׁ֖בְתָּhikshavtaverb · causative (hiphil), qatal (perfect) · 2nd person masculine singulartagged: you had paid attention
  • Listen to Me, O islands; pay attention, O distant peoples: The LORD called Me from the womb; from the body of My mother He named Me.

    Isaiah 49:1

    • וְהַקְשִׁ֥יבוּvehakshivuconjunction (“and”) + verb · causative (hiphil), command · 2nd person masculine pluraltagged: and pay attention
  • 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.

    Isaiah 51:4

    • הַקְשִׁ֤יבוּhakshivuverb · causative (hiphil), command · 2nd person masculine pluraltagged: pay attention

Jeremiah

eight uses
  • To whom can I give this warning? Who will listen to me? Look, their ears are closed, so they cannot hear. See, the word of the LORD has become offensive to them; they find no pleasure in it.

    Jeremiah 6:10

    • לְהַקְשִׁ֑יבlehakshivpreposition + verb · causative (hiphil), infinitive (“to…”)tagged: to pay attention
  • I appointed watchmen over you and said, ‘Listen for the sound of the ram’s horn.’ But they answered, ‘We will not listen!’

    Jeremiah 6:17

    • הַקְשִׁ֖יבוּhakshivuverb · causative (hiphil), command · 2nd person masculine pluraltagged: pay attention
    • נַקְשִֽׁיב׃nakshivverb · causative (hiphil), yiqtol (imperfect) · 1st person common pluraltagged: we will pay attention
  • Hear, O earth! I am bringing disaster on this people, the fruit of their own schemes, because they have paid no attention to My word and have rejected My instruction.

    Jeremiah 6:19

    • הִקְשִׁ֔יבוּhikshivuverb · causative (hiphil), qatal (perfect) · 3rd person common pluraltagged: they have paid attention
  • I have listened and heard; they do not speak what is right. No one repents of his wickedness, asking, ‘What have I done?’ Everyone has pursued his own course like a horse charging into battle.

    Jeremiah 8:6

    • הִקְשַׁ֤בְתִּיhikshavtiverb · causative (hiphil), qatal (perfect) · 1st person common singulartagged: I have paid attention
  • Then some said, “Come, let us make plans against Jeremiah, for the law will never be lost to the priest, nor counsel to the wise, nor an oracle to the prophet. Come, let us denounce him and pay no heed to any of his words.”

    Jeremiah 18:18

    • נַקְשִׁ֖יבָהnakshivahverb · causative (hiphil), infinitive (“to…”) · 1st person common pluraltagged: we pay attention
  • Attend to me, O LORD. Hear what my accusers are saying!

    Jeremiah 18:19

    • הַקְשִׁ֥יבָהhakshivahverb · causative (hiphil), command · 2nd person masculine singular + paragogic hetagged: be attentive
  • But which of them has stood in the council of the LORD to see and hear His word? Who has given heed to His word and obeyed it?

    Jeremiah 23:18

    • הִקְשִׁ֥יבhikshivverb · causative (hiphil), qatal (perfect) · 3rd person masculine singulartagged: has he paid attention to

Daniel

one use
  • O Lord, listen! O Lord, forgive! O Lord, hear and act! For Your sake, O my God, do not delay, because Your city and Your people bear Your name.”

    Daniel 9:19

    • הַֽקֲשִׁ֥יבָהhakashivahverb · causative (hiphil), command · 2nd person masculine singular + paragogic hetagged: be attentive

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.

    Hosea 5:1

    • וְהַקְשִׁ֣יבוּ׀vehakshivuconjunction (“and”) + verb · causative (hiphil), command · 2nd person masculine pluraltagged: and pay attention

Micah

one use
  • Hear, O peoples, all of you; listen, O earth, and everyone in it! May the Lord GOD bear witness against you, the Lord from His holy temple.

    Micah 1:2

    • הַקְשִׁ֖יבִיhakshiviverb · causative (hiphil), command · 2nd person feminine singulartagged: pay attention

Zechariah

two uses
  • Do not be like your fathers, to whom the former prophets proclaimed that this is what the LORD of Hosts says: ‘Turn now from your evil ways and deeds.’ But they did not listen or pay attention to Me, declares the LORD.

    Zechariah 1:4

    • הִקְשִׁ֥יבוּhikshivuverb · causative (hiphil), qatal (perfect) · 3rd person common pluraltagged: they paid attention
  • But they refused to pay attention and turned a stubborn shoulder; they stopped up their ears from hearing.

    Zechariah 7:11

    • לְהַקְשִׁ֔יבlehakshivpreposition + verb · causative (hiphil), infinitive (“to…”)tagged: to pay attention

Malachi

one use
  • At that time those who feared the LORD spoke with one another, and the LORD listened and heard them. So a scroll of remembrance was written before Him regarding those who feared the LORD and honored His name.

    Malachi 3:16

    • וַיַּקְשֵׁ֤בvaiyakshevHc/Vhw3mstagged: and he paid attention

The letters

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.

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Meaning and senses: STEP Bible TBESH gloss (Tyndale House, CC BY 4.0).

Dictionary key: Strong's Exhaustive Concordance of the Bible (1890, public domain). English verse text: Berean Standard Bible (public domain, 2023).

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