KJV Dictionary Definition: hear

hear

HEAR, v.t. pret. and pp. heard, but more correctly heared.

L. audio; auris.

1. To perceive by the ear; to feel an impression of sound by the proper organs; as, to hear sound; to hear a voice; to hear words.

2. To give audience or allowance to speak.

He sent for Paul, and heard him concerning the faith in Christ. Acts.24.

3. To attend; to listen; to obey.

Today, if ye will hear his voice, harden not your heart. Ps.95.

4. To attend favorably; to regard.

They think they shall be heard for their much speaking. Matt.6.

5. To grant an answer to prayer.

I love the Lord, because he hath heard my voice. Ps.116.

6. To attend to the facts, evidence, and arguments in a cause between parties; to try in a court of law or equity. The cause was heard and determined at the last term; or, it was heard at the last term, and will be determined at the next. So 2.Sam.15.

7. To acknowledge a title; a Latin phrase.

Hear'st thou submissive, but a lowly birth.

8. To be a hearer of; to sit under the preaching of; as, what minister do you hear? A colloquial use of the word.

9. To learn.

I speak to the world those things which I have heard of him. John 8.

10. To approve and embrace.

They speak of the world, and the world heareth them. l John 4.

To hear a bird sing, to receive private communication.

HEAR, v.i. To enjoy the sense or faculty of perceiving sound. He is deaf, he cannot hear.

1. To listen; to hearken; to attend.

He hears with solicitude.

2. To be told; to receive by report.

I hear there are divisions among you, and I partly believe it. 1 Cor.11.

heared

HEARED, pp. Perceived by the ear. In pronunciation, this word should not be confounded with herd.

hearing

HE'ARING, ppr. Perceiving by the ear, as sound.

1. Listening to; attending to; obeying; observing what is commanded.

2. Attending to witnesses or advocates in a judicial trial; trying.

HE'ARING, n. The faculty or sense by which sound is perceived.

1. Audience; attention to what is delivered; opportunity to be heard. I waited on the minister, but could not obtain a hearing.

2. Judicial trial; attention to the facts, testimony and arguments in a cause between parties, with a view to a just decision.

3. The act of perceiving sounds; sensation or perception of sound.

I have heard of thee by the hearing of the ear. Job.42.

And to the others he said in my hearing. Ezek.9.

4. Reach of the ear; extent within which sound may be heard. He was not within hearing.

Definitions from Webster's American Dictionary of the English Language, 1828.
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