Qashav קָשַׁב

Qashav (Hebrew קָשַׁב, Strong's H7181) is a Hebrew verb meaning “to listen”. It occurs 46 times in 45 verses of the Old Testament.

Definition

From the STEPBible Brief Lexicon of Hebrew (based on the abridged Brown-Driver-Briggs), STEPBible.org, CC BY 4.0.

Translated as

Verses

Every verse with Qashav, with the English words that translate it highlighted (KJV or BSB; other translations show the KJV here).

1 Samuel

• 1 Samuel 15:22
  And Samuel said, Hath the Lord as great delight in burnt offerings and sacrifices, as in obeying the voice of the Lord? Behold, to obey is better than sacrifice, and to hearken than the fat of rams.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.

2 Chronicles

• 2 Chronicles 20:15
  And he said, Hearken ye, all Judah, and ye inhabitants of Jerusalem, and thou king Jehoshaphat, Thus saith the Lord unto you, Be not afraid nor dismayed by reason of this great multitude; for the battle is not yours, but God’s.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 33:10
  And the Lord spake to Manasseh, and to his people: but they would not hearken.And the LORD spoke to Manasseh and his people, but they did not listen.

Nehemiah

• Nehemiah 9:34
  Neither have our kings, our princes, our priests, nor our fathers, kept thy law, nor hearkened unto thy commandments and thy testimonies, wherewith thou didst testify against them.Our kings and leaders and priests and fathers did not obey Your law or listen to Your commandments and warnings that You gave them.

Job

• Job 13:6
  Hear now my reasoning, and hearken to the pleadings of my lips.Hear now my argument, and listen to the plea of my lips.
• Job 33:31
  Mark well, O Job, hearken unto me: hold thy peace, and I will speak.Pay attention, Job, and listen to me; be silent, and I will speak.

Psalms

• Psalm 5:2
  Hearken unto the voice of my cry, my King, and my God: for unto thee will I pray.Attend to the sound of my cry, my King and my God, for to You I pray.
• Psalm 10:17
  LORD, thou hast heard the desire of the humble: thou wilt prepare their heart, thou wilt cause thine ear to hear:You have heard, O LORD, the desire of the humble; You will strengthen their hearts. You will incline Your ear,
• Psalm 17:1
  Hear the right, O LORD, attend unto my cry, give ear unto my prayer, that goeth not out of feigned lips.Hear, O LORD, my righteous plea; listen to my cry. Give ear to my prayer— it comes from lips free of deceit.
• Psalm 55:2
  Attend unto me, and hear me: I mourn in my complaint, and make a noise;Attend to me and answer me. I am restless in my complaint, and distraught
• Psalm 61:1
  Hear my cry, O God; attend unto my prayer.Hear my cry, O God; attend to my prayer.
• Psalm 66:19
  But verily God hath heard me; he hath attended to the voice of my prayer.But God has surely heard; He has attended to the sound of my prayer.
• Psalm 86:6
  Give ear, O LORD, unto my prayer; and attend to the voice of my supplications.Hear my prayer, O LORD, and attend to my plea for mercy.
• Psalm 142:6
  Attend unto my cry; for I am brought very low: deliver me from my persecutors; for they are stronger than I.Listen to my cry, for I am brought quite low. Rescue me from my pursuers, for they are too strong for me.

Proverbs

• Proverbs 1:24
  Because I have called, and ye refused; I have stretched out my hand, and no man regarded;Because you refused my call, and no one took my outstretched hand,
• Proverbs 2:2
  So that thou incline thine ear unto wisdom, and apply thine heart to understanding;if you incline your ear to wisdom and direct your heart to understanding,
• Proverbs 4:1
  Hear, ye children, the instruction of a father, and attend to know understanding.Listen, my sons, to a father’s instruction; pay attention and gain understanding.
• Proverbs 4:20
  My son, attend to my words; incline thine ear unto my sayings.My son, pay attention to my words; incline your ear to my sayings.
• Proverbs 5:1
  My son, attend unto my wisdom, and bow thine ear to my understanding:My son, pay attention to my wisdom; incline your ear to my insight,
• Proverbs 7:24
  Hearken unto me now therefore, O ye children, and attend to the words of my mouth.Now, my sons, listen to me, and attend to the words of my mouth.
• Proverbs 17:4
  A wicked doer giveth heed to false lips; and a liar giveth ear to a naughty tongue.A wicked man listens to evil lips; a liar gives ear to a destructive tongue.
• Proverbs 29:12
  If a ruler hearken to lies, all his servants are wicked.If a ruler listens to lies, all his officials will be wicked.

Song of Solomon

• Song of Solomon 8:13
  Thou that dwellest in the gardens, the companions hearken to thy voice: cause me to hear it.You who dwell in the gardens, my companions are listening for your voice. Let me hear it!

Isaiah

• Isaiah 10:30
  Lift up thy voice, O daughter of Gallim: cause it to be heard unto Laish, O poor Anathoth.Cry aloud, O Daughter of Gallim! Listen, O Laishah! O wretched Anathoth!
• Isaiah 21:7
  And he saw a chariot with a couple of horsemen, a chariot of asses, and a chariot of camels; and he hearkened diligently with much heed:When he sees chariots with teams of horsemen, riders on donkeys, riders on camels, he must be alert, fully alert.”
• Isaiah 28:23
  Give ye ear, and hear my voice; hearken, and hear my speech.Listen and hear my voice. Pay attention and hear what I say.
• Isaiah 32:3
  And the eyes of them that see shall not be dim, and the ears of them that hear shall hearken.Then the eyes of those who see will no longer be closed, and the ears of those who hear will listen.
• Isaiah 34:1
  Come near, ye nations, to hear; and hearken, ye people: let the earth hear, and all that is therein; the world, and all things that come forth of it.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 42:23
  Who among you will give ear to this? who will hearken and hear for the time to come?Who among you will pay attention to this? Who will listen and obey hereafter?
• Isaiah 48:18
  O that thou hadst hearkened to my commandments! then had thy peace been as a river, and thy righteousness as the waves of the sea: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 49:1
  Listen, O isles, unto me; and hearken, ye people, from far; The Lord hath called me from the womb; from the bowels of my mother hath he made mention of my name.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 51:4
  Hearken unto me, my people; and give ear unto me, O my nation: for a law shall proceed from me, and I will make my judgment to rest for a light of the people.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.

Jeremiah

• Jeremiah 6:10
  To whom shall I speak, and give warning, that they may hear? behold, their ear is uncircumcised, and they cannot hearken: behold, the word of the Lord is unto them a reproach; they have no delight in it.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 6:17
  Also I set watchmen over you, saying, Hearken to the sound of the trumpet. But they said, We will not hearken.I appointed watchmen over you and said, ‘Listen for the sound of the ram’s horn.’ But they answered, ‘We will not listen!’
• Jeremiah 6:19
  Hear, O earth: behold, I will bring evil upon this people, even the fruit of their thoughts, because they have not hearkened unto my words, nor to my law, but rejected it.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 8:6
  I hearkened and heard, but they spake not aright: no man repented him of his wickedness, saying, What have I done? every one turned to his course, as the horse rusheth into the battle.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 18:18
  Then said they, Come, and let us devise devices against Jeremiah; for the law shall not perish from the priest, nor counsel from the wise, nor the word from the prophet. Come, and let us smite him with the tongue, and let us not give heed to any of his words.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 18:19
  Give heed to me, O Lord, and hearken to the voice of them that contend with me.Attend to me, O LORD. Hear what my accusers are saying!
• Jeremiah 23:18
  For who hath stood in the counsel of the Lord, and hath perceived and heard his word? who hath marked his word, and heard it?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?

Daniel

• Daniel 9:19
  O Lord, hear; O Lord, forgive; O Lord, hearken and do; defer not, for thine own sake, O my God: for thy city and thy people are called by thy name.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.”

Hosea

• Hosea 5:1
  Hear ye this, O priests; and hearken, ye house of Israel; and give ye ear, O house of the king; for judgment is toward you, because ye have been a snare on Mizpah, and a net spread upon Tabor.“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.

Micah

• Micah 1:2
  Hear, all ye people; hearken, O earth, and all that therein is: and let the Lord God be witness against you, the Lord from his holy temple.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.

Zechariah

• Zechariah 1:4
  Be ye not as your fathers, unto whom the former prophets have cried, saying, Thus saith the Lord of hosts; Turn ye now from your evil ways, and from your evil doings: but they did not hear, nor hearken unto me, saith the Lord.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 7:11
  But they refused to hearken, and pulled away the shoulder, and stopped their ears, that they should not hear.But they refused to pay attention and turned a stubborn shoulder; they stopped up their ears from hearing.

Malachi

• Malachi 3:16
  Then they that feared the Lord spake often one to another: and the Lord hearkened, and heard it, and a book of remembrance was written before him for them that feared the Lord, and that thought upon his name.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.

Notes

1. Definition and verse list from STEPBible's tagged Hebrew Old Testament (TAHOT) and Greek New Testament (TAGNT) and Brief Lexicons, STEPBible.org, CC BY 4.0.
2. English renderings from the public-domain KJV with Strong's numbers (eBible.org) and the Berean Standard Bible interlinear (public domain).