azan · listen, give ear

What it means

azan (אָזַן) is a Hebrew word of the Bible that means “listen, give ear”.

Give ear, listen carefully.

How to say it

Approximate pronunciation. Vowels sound as in Spanish (a as in father, e as in bed, i as in machine, o as in note, u as in rule); the syllable in bold is stressed. The voice is your device's.

Its senses in the Bible

1. To pay close heed, as God hears prayer.

From Brown-Driver-Briggs (1906)

How it is translated

The words this translation uses for it, most frequent first.

• give ear ×28
• listen ×8
• gives ear ×2
• I gave ear ×1
• he gave ear ×1
• listened ×1

Related words

Words of the same family, by Strong’s numbering.

Where it appears

• Genesis×1
• Exodus×1
• Numbers×1
• Deuteronomy×2
• Judges×1
• 2 Chronicles×1
• Nehemiah×1
• Job×6
• Psalms×15
• Proverbs×1
• Isaiah×8
• Jeremiah×1
• Hosea×1
• Joel×1

• Genesis 4:23

  And Lamech said to his wives, “Adah and Zillah, hear my voice; wives of Lamech, listen to my saying: for a man I have killed for wounding me, and a young man for striking me.

• Exodus 15:26

  He said, “If you listen carefully to the voice of YHWH your Elohim, and do what is right in his eyes, and give ear to his commandments and keep all his statutes, I will not put on you any of the diseases that I put on the Egyptians; for I am YHWH, your healer.”

• Numbers 23:18

  And he took up his poem and said, “Rise, Balak, and hear; give ear to me, son of Zippor!

• Deuteronomy 1:45

  You returned and wept before YHWH, but YHWH did not listen to your voice or give ear to you.

• Deuteronomy 32:1

  “Give ear, heavens, and I will speak; and let the earth hear the sayings of my mouth.

• Judges 5:3

  Hear, kings; give ear, dignitaries. I, I will sing to YHWH; I will sing psalms to YHWH, the Elohim of Israel.

• 2 Chronicles 24:19

  He sent prophets among them to bring them back to YHWH; they testified against them, but they did not give ear.

• Nehemiah 9:30

  And you were patient with them many years, and testified against them by your spirit through your prophets, but they did not give ear; so you gave them into the hand of the peoples of the lands.

• Job 9:16

  If I called and he answered me, I would not believe that he gave ear to my voice,

• Job 32:11

  Look, I waited for your words, I gave ear to your reasonings, while you searched out words.

• Job 33:1

  But hear, please, Job, my words, and to all that I say give ear.

• Job 34:2

  “Hear, wise men, my words, and you who know, give ear to me.

• Job 34:16

  And if you have understanding, hear this; give ear to the sound of my words.

• Job 37:14

  Give ear to this, Job; stand still and consider the wonders of El.

• Psalms 5:1

  For the director. For the flutes. A psalm of David. Give ear to my sayings, YHWH; consider my murmuring.

• Psalms 17:1

  A prayer of David. Hear, YHWH, what is righteous; heed my cry; give ear to my prayer, which comes not from lips of deceit.

• Psalms 39:12

  Hear my prayer, YHWH, and to my cry for help give ear; to my tears do not be deaf, for a resident alien I am with you, a temporary resident like all my fathers.

• Psalms 49:1

  For the director. Of the sons of Korah. A psalm. Hear this, all you peoples; give ear, all inhabitants of the world,

• Psalms 54:2

  Elohim, hear my prayer; give ear to the words of my mouth.

• Psalms 55:1

  For the director. With stringed instruments. A maskil of David. Give ear, Elohim, to my prayer, and do not hide yourself from my supplication.

• Psalms 77:1

  For the director. On Jeduthun. Of Asaph. A psalm. My voice goes to Elohim, and I cry out; my voice to Elohim, and he gives ear to me.

• Psalms 78:1

  A maskil of Asaph. Give ear, my people, to my instruction; incline your ear to the sayings of my mouth.

• Psalms 80:1

  For the director. On The Lilies of the Testimony. Of Asaph. A psalm. Shepherd of Israel, give ear, you who lead Joseph like a flock; you who sit upon the cherubim, shine forth.

• Psalms 84:8

  YHWH Elohim Tsevaot, hear my prayer; give ear, Elohim of Jacob. Selah.

• Psalms 86:6

  Give ear, YHWH, to my prayer; and attend to the voice of my supplications.

• Psalms 135:17

  they have ears, but do not listen; nor is there even breath in their mouth.

• Psalms 140:6

  I said to YHWH, “My El are you; listen, YHWH, to the voice of my supplications.”

• Psalms 141:1

  A psalm of David. YHWH, I have called you; hurry to me; listen to my voice when I call to you.

• Psalms 143:1

  A psalm of David. YHWH, hear my prayer; listen to my supplications; in your faithfulness answer me, in your righteousness.

• Proverbs 17:4

  An evildoer pays attention to a lip of wickedness; a liar gives ear to a tongue of calamities.

• Isaiah 1:2

  Hear, heavens, and listen, earth, for YHWH has spoken: Children I have reared and brought up, but they have transgressed against me.

• Isaiah 1:10

  Hear the word of YHWH, rulers of Sodom; listen to the instruction of our Elohim, people of Gomorrah!

• Isaiah 8:9

  Raise an uproar, peoples, and be shattered; and listen, all distant places of the earth: gird yourselves, and be shattered; gird yourselves, and be shattered.

• Isaiah 28:23

  Give ear and hear my voice; pay attention and hear my saying.

• Isaiah 32:9

  Women who are at ease, rise up, hear my voice; confident daughters, give ear to my saying.

• Isaiah 42:23

  Who among you will give ear to this, will pay attention and hear for the time to come?

• Isaiah 51:4

  “Pay attention to me, my people, and my nation, give ear to me; for instruction will go out from me, and my justice as a light of the peoples I will establish.

• Isaiah 64:4

  And from of old they have not heard, they have not listened; no eye has seen an Elohim besides you who acts for the one who awaits him.

• Jeremiah 13:15

  Hear and give ear; do not be proud, for YHWH has spoken.

• Hosea 5:1

  Hear this, priests, and pay attention, house of Israel; and house of the king, give ear; for the judgment is for you; for you have been a snare at Mizpah, and a net spread over Tabor.

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