אָזַן
ʼâzan · H238 · Hebrew · 41 occurrences
Meanings
-
to listen
To make an effort to hear the words spoken by someone else
ExamplesGenesis 4:23 Lamech said to his wives, “Adah and Zillah, Listen to my voice, You wives of Lamech, Pay attention to my words, For I have killed a man for wounding me; And a boy for striking me!
Deuteronomy 1:45 “Then you returned and wept before the LORD; but the LORD did not listen to your voice, nor pay attention to you.
Deuteronomy 32:1 “Listen, you heavens, and I will speak; And let the earth hear the words of my mouth!
-
to listen, to pay attention
To agree to a request or command and perform it
ExamplesExodus 15:26 And He said, “If you will listen carefully to the voice of the LORD your God, and do what is right in His sight, and listen to His commandments, and keep all His statutes, I will put none of the diseases on you which I have put on the Egyptians; for I, the LORD, am your healer.”
2 Chronicles 24:19 Yet He sent prophets to them to bring them back to the LORD; and they testified against them, but they would not listen.
Nehemiah 9:30 “However, You remained patient with them for many years, And admonished them by Your Spirit through Your prophets, Yet they would not listen. Therefore You handed them over to the peoples of the lands.
How it’s used In 5 roles
Every occurrence, grouped by the words it is grammatically related to.
the word studied the word it goes with
Who or what does itSubject
41 occurrences in 7 groups
- Not stated: you (one person) 18
- Not stated: you (more than one) 13
- Not stated: they 4
- Not stated: he, she or it 3
- מִיwho? 1
- שֶׁקֶרlie, falsehood, false 1
What it acts on, or what is saidObject
16 occurrences in 8 groups
- קוֹלvoice, sound 4
- תְּפִלָּהprayer 3
- זֹאתthis 2
- אִמְרָהwords 2
- תּוֹרָהlaw, instruction 2
- דָּבָרword, thing, matter 1
With prepositionsPrepositional phrases
12 occurrences in 11 groups
- Other words · 11 groups that occur once or twice (12) 12
With adverbsAdverbs
5 occurrences in 1 groups
- לֹאnot 5
What is done to itIt is the object
1 occurrences in 1 groups
- אָמַןto believe, to be faithful, to trust 1
When two words share a role, as in “Paul and Barnabas said”, the verse appears under each, so a section’s counts can add up to more than the number of occurrences.
MACULA Greek Linguistic Datasets, available at https://github.com/Clear-Bible/macula-greek/, licensed CC BY 4.0; MACULA Hebrew Linguistic Datasets © 2022-2024 by Biblica, Inc., CC BY 4.0. Westminster Leningrad Codex (tanach.us). OpenScriptures Hebrew Bible morphology (hb.openscriptures.org), CC BY 4.0.
Near synonyms 1 word
- קָשַׁב qâshab · H7181 · to listen attentively, to pay attention
- Both are verbs of hearing or listening—to perceive by ear, hearken, attend, or give heed—distinct Hebrew roots that could substitute for one another in contexts of attentive listening.
In the other Testament 1 word
- ἐνωτίζομαι enōtízomai · G1801 · to listen carefully to, to mark someone’s words
- Hebrew אָזַן (ʼâzan, H238) denotes giving ear or listening attentively, rendered in LXX contexts by Greek ἐνωτίζομαι (enōtízomai, G1801), which specifically emphasizes taking something into one's ear or listening carefully; both terms share the core semantic field of deliberate auditory attention beyond mere hearing.
Semantic domains 3 entries
- Hear002004001003
- אָזַן means to give ear or listen, as Lamech calling his wives to “pay attention to my words” (Genesis 4:23).
- Willing002001002028
- The word can carry the sense of willing attentiveness, as the plea, “Incline your ears to the words of my mouth” (Psalm 78:1).
- Think002004002013
- It can also describe weighing or considering something mentally, as the call to “Listen to this, Job; stand and consider the wonders of God” (Job 37:14).
Word family 6 words
Words formed from the same root. They share a form, not always a meaning.
Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew Lexicon H238. azan I. [אָזַן]42 verb denominative Hiph`il give ear, listen, hear, almost wholly…
I. [אָזַן]42 verb denominative Hiph`il give ear, listen, hear, almost wholly poet. — Perfect הֶאֱזִין Deu 1:45; וְהַאֲזִין consecutive Psa 77:2 (see De Kö1, p. 390); וְהַאֲזַנְתָּ֫ Exo 15:26; הֶאֱזִינוּ Isa 64:3 +; Imperfect יַאֲזִין Job 9:16 +; אָזִין (for אַאֲזִין) Job 32:11, etc.; Imperative masculine singular הַאֲזִ֫ינָה Num 23:18 +; feminine singular הַאֲזִ֫יּנִי Isa 1:2; feminine plural הַאֲזֵ֫נָּה Gen 4:23; Isa 32:9, etc.; Participle מֵזִין (for מַאֲזִין see Kö1, 391) Pro 17:4; —
1 hear, perceive by the ear, absolute Isa 64:3 (|| שׁמע) Psa 135:17; give ear, listen, absolute (of mountains personified) Deu 32:1, compare Isa 1:2 (of earth, personified); of men Jdg 5:3; Psa 49:2; Isa 28:23; Joe 1:2 (all || שׁמע) Hos 5:1 (|| הִקְשִׁיב שׁמע,) Isa 8:9; followed by accusative of thing Gen 4:23; Job 33:1; Isa 1:10; Isa 32:9 (all || שׁמע) Isa 42:23 (|| הקשׂיב שׁמע,); Job 37:14 (|| הִתְבּוֺנֵן); Psa 78:1 followed byעל (of thing) Pro 17:4 (|| הִקְשִׁיב); followed by עַד (of thing) Job 32:11 (|| הוֺחַלְתִּי); hearken to, = be obedient to, absolute Jer 13:15 (|| שׁמע) 2Ch 24:19; Neh 9:30; with accusative of thing Job 9:16; לְ (of thing) Job 34:16 (|| שׁמע) Exo 15:26; followed by לְ person Job 34:2 (|| שׁמע); followed by עָדַי person Num 23:18; followed by אֶלֿ person Isa 51:4.
2 of God, listening (with favour) to prayer, etc., absolute Psa 80:2; Psa 84:9 (|| שׁמע), followed by אֶלֿ person Psa 77:2; Deu 1:45 (|| שׁטע); with accusative of thing Psa 5:2 (|| בִּין) Psa 17:1 (|| הקשׁיב שׁמע,), Psa 55:2 (|| הקשׁיב Psa 55:3) Psa 86:6 (|| id.), Psa 140:7; Psa 141:1; followed by אֶלֿ (of thing) Psa 39:13; Psa 143:1 (both || שׁמע); followed by לְ (of thing) Psa 54:4 (|| שׁמע).
Brown, Driver and Briggs, A Hebrew and English Lexicon of the Old Testament (1906), public domain
Topical studies with this word 3 entries
Meanings adapted from the UBS Dictionary of the Greek New Testament, © United Bible Societies, CC BY-SA 4.0 and the UBS Dictionary of Biblical Hebrew (from the Semantic Dictionary of Biblical Hebrew), © United Bible Societies, CC BY-SA 4.0; MACULA Greek Linguistic Datasets, available at https://github.com/Clear-Bible/macula-greek/, licensed CC BY 4.0; MACULA Hebrew Linguistic Datasets © 2022-2024 by Biblica, Inc., CC BY 4.0. Westminster Leningrad Codex (tanach.us). OpenScriptures Hebrew Bible morphology (hb.openscriptures.org), CC BY 4.0.
Sources
eRhema lexical overview, based on the UBS Dictionary of Biblical Hebrew and the UBS Dictionary of the Greek New Testament (© United Bible Societies, CC BY-SA 4.0) and Macula Hebrew and Greek (Clear Bible, CC BY 4.0); released under CC BY-SA 4.0
New American Standard Bible Copyright © 1960, 1971, 1977, 1995, 2020 by The Lockman Foundation, La Habra, Calif. All rights reserved. For Permission to Quote Information visit http://www.lockman.org.