Difference between revisions of "Hearken"

<div> '''1: '''''Ἀκούω''''' ''' (Strong'S #191 — Verb — akouo — ak-oo'-o ) </div> <p> "to hear," is rendered "hearken" in the AV and RV, in &nbsp;Mark 4:3; &nbsp;Acts 4:19; &nbsp;7:2; &nbsp;15:13; &nbsp;James 2:5; in the RV only, in &nbsp;Acts 3:22,23; &nbsp;13:16 (AV, "give audience"); &nbsp; Acts 15:12 , "hearkened" (AV "gave audience"). See Hear , No. 1. Note: In &nbsp;Acts 12:13 , hupakouo, lit., "to hearken," with the idea of stillness, or attention (hupo, "under," akouo, "to hear"), signifies "to answer a knock at a door," RV, "to answer" (AV, "to hearken"). See Obey. </p> <div> '''2: '''''Ἐπακούω''''' ''' (Strong'S #1873 — Verb — epakouo — ep-ak-oo'-o ) </div> <p> denotes "to hearken to," &nbsp;2—Corinthians 6:2 , RV (see Hear , A, No. 4). </p> <div> '''3: '''''Ἐνωτίζομαι''''' ''' (Strong'S #1801 — Verb — enotizomai — en-o-tid'-zom-ahee ) </div> <p> "to give ear to, to hearken" (from en, "in" and ous, "an ear"), is used in &nbsp;Acts 2:14 , in Peter's address to the men of Israel. </p> <div> '''4: '''''Πειθαρχέω''''' ''' (Strong'S #3980 — Verb — peitharcheo — pi-tharkh-eh'-o ) </div> <p> "to obey one in authority, be obedient" (peithomai, "to be persuaded," arche, "rule"), is translated "to hearken unto" in &nbsp;Acts 27:21 , in Paul's reminder to the shipwrecked mariners that they should have given heed to his counsel. See Obey. </p>

<p> HE`ARKEN, h`arken. </p> 1. To listen to lend the ear to attend to what is uttered, with eagerness or curiosity. <p> The furies hearken, and their snakes uncurl. </p> 2. To attend to regard to give heed to what is uttered to observe or obey. <p> Hearken, [[O]] Israel, to the statutes and the judgments which I teach you. &nbsp;Deuteronomy 4 </p> 3. To listen to attend to grant or comply with. <p> [[Hearken]] thou to the supplication of thy servant. </p> <p> 50Kings 8. </p> <p> HE`ARKEN, h`arken. To hear by listening. Little used. </p>