אָזַןʼâzan
Hiph`il: give ear, listen, hear (Deuteronomy 1:45; Psalms 77:2; Exodus 15:26)
Pronunciation: aw-zan' · Hebrew/Aramaic (Old Testament) · H238
Meanings
1. hear, perceive by the ear (Isaiah 64:3; Psalms 135:17; Deuteronomy 32:1)
2. of God, listening (with favour) to prayer, etc. (Psalms 80:2; Psalms 84:9; Psalms 77:2)
Same root
- אֹזֶןʼôzen · H241broadness. i.e. (concrete) the ear (from its form in man)
- אָזַןʼâzan · H239to weigh, i.e. (figuratively) ponder
- אָזֵןʼâzên · H240a spade or paddle (as having a broad end)
- אֻזֵּן שֶׁאֱרָהʼUzzên Sheʼĕrâh · H242Uzzen-Sheerah, a place in Palestine
- אַזְנוֹת תָּבוֹרʼAznôwth Tâbôwr · H243Aznoth-Tabor, a place in Palestine
- אֲזַנְיָהʼĂzanyâh · H245Azanjah, an Israelite
- יַאֲזַנְיָהYaʼăzanyâh · H2970Jaazanjah, the name of four Israelites
Where it appears
Appears 41 times in the Bible.
- Genesis 4:23 One day Lamech said to his wives, “Adah and Zillah, hear my voice; listen to me, you wives of Lamech. I have killed a man who attacked me, a young man who wounded me.
- Exodus 15:26 He said, “If you will listen carefully to the voice of the Lord your God and do what is right in his sight, obeying his commands and keeping all his decrees, then I will not make you suffer any of the diseases I sent on the Egyptians; for I am the Lord who heals you.”
- Numbers 23:18 This was the message Balaam delivered: “Rise up, Balak, and listen! Hear me, son of Zippor.
- Deuteronomy 1:45 Then you returned and wept before the Lord, but he refused to listen.
- Deuteronomy 32:1 “Listen, O heavens, and I will speak! Hear, O earth, the words that I say!
- Judges 5:3 “Listen, you kings! Pay attention, you mighty rulers! For I will sing to the Lord. I will make music to the Lord, the God of Israel.
See every passage
- Genesis 4:23
- Exodus 15:26
- Numbers 23:18
- Deuteronomy 1:45, 32:1
- Judges 5:3
- 2 Chronicles 24:19
- Nehemiah 9:30
- Job 9:16, 32:11, 33:1, 34:2, 34:16, 37:14
- Psalms 5:1, 17:1, 39:12, 49:1, 54:2, 55:1, 77:1, 78:1, 80:1, 84:8, 86:6, 135:17, 140:6, 141:1, 143:1
- Proverbs 17:4
- Isaiah 1:2, 1:10, 8:9, 28:23, 32:9, 42:23, 51:4, 64:4
- Jeremiah 13:15
- Hosea 5:1
- Joel 1:2
Source: Brown, Driver and Briggs, Hebrew and English Lexicon of the Old Testament (1906), public domain; markup by unfoldingWord, CC BY (github.com/unfoldingWord/Brown-Driver-Briggs-Enhanced).