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Lexicon :: Strong's H241 - 'ōzen

Aa
אֹזֶן
Transliteration
'ōzen
Pronunciation
o'-zen
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Part of Speech
feminine noun
Root Word (Etymology)
Dictionary Aids

TWOT Reference: 57a

Strong’s Definitions

אֹזֶן ʼôzen, o'-zen; from H238; broadness. i.e. (concrete) the ear (from its form in man):— advertise, audience, displease, ear, hearing, show.

KJV Translation Count — Total: 187x

The KJV translates Strong's H241 in the following manner: ear(s) (163x), audience (7x), hearing (5x), show (with H1540) (6x), advertise (with H1540) (1x), displeased the LORD (1x), hear (1x), hear (with H8088) (1x), reveal (with H1540) (1x), tell (with H1540) (1x).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 187x
The KJV translates Strong's H241 in the following manner: ear(s) (163x), audience (7x), hearing (5x), show (with H1540) (6x), advertise (with H1540) (1x), displeased the LORD (1x), hear (1x), hear (with H8088) (1x), reveal (with H1540) (1x), tell (with H1540) (1x).

  1. ear, as part of the body

  2. ear, as organ of hearing

  3. (subjective) to uncover the ear to reveal; the receiver of divine revelation

Strong’s Definitions [?](Strong’s Definitions Legend)
אֹזֶן ʼôzen, o'-zen; from H238; broadness. i.e. (concrete) the ear (from its form in man):— advertise, audience, displease, ear, hearing, show.
STRONGS H241: Abbreviations
אֹ֫זֶן 188 noun feminine: Exodus 29:20 ear (Arabic أُذْن, Aramaic axnDAe  , אוּדְנָא, Assyrian uznu, Ethiopic እዝን፡) — absolute 2 Samuel 22:45 +; construct Exodus 29:20 +; suffix אָזְנִי 1 Samuel 20:2 +, etc.; dual אָזְנַיִם (נָ֑יִם) Deuteronomy 29:3 +; construct אָזְנֵי Genesis 23:10 +; suffix אָזְנַי (־נָ֑י) Numbers 14:28 +; (never with article). —
1. ear, as part of body; of human being, as bearing earring Genesis 35:4; Exodus 32:2,3(all J E) Ezekiel 16:12; pierced by a master Exodus 21:6 (E) Deuteronomy 15:17; touched with blood in consecration (תְּנוּךְ א׳ tip of ear) Leviticus 8:23,24; Leviticus 14:14,17,25,28; cut off by enemy Ezekiel 23:25 (of אָהֳלִיבָה which see); ear of dog Proverbs 26:17 מַחֲזִיק בְּאָזְנֵי־כָּ֑לֶב; of sheep Amos 3:12 (fragment rescued from lion).
2. especially as organ of hearing,
a. of man Deuteronomy 29:3; 2 Samuel 22:45 = Psalm 18:45; Job 42:5; Isaiah 30:21; implanted (נטע) by י׳ Psalm 94:9; of idols (do not hear) Psalm 115:6; Psalm 135:17; שָׁמַע בא׳ 2 Samuel 7:22 8 times; especially בְּא׳ after verb of saying = in the ears, in the hearing of Genesis 20:8 (E) Genesis 23:10,13,16 (P) Genesis 44:18; Genesis 50:4 (J) Deuteronomy 5:1; Deuteronomy 31:11,28,30 44 times; compare Isaiah 5:9 (verb omitted); after noun of utterance, sound 1 Samuel 15:14; Job 13:17; Job 15:21; compare א׳ after verbal noun Ezekiel 24:26 (לְהַשְׁמָעוּת א׳) compare Isaiah 11:3; הִטָּה א׳ incline the ear = give attention Psalm 45:11; Proverbs 22:17 9 times; followed by ל Psalm 49:5 4 times; so הִקְשִׁיב א׳ Isaiah 32:3; Proverbs 2:2 (followed by ל); ל׳ הֵבִיא א׳ Proverbs 23:2; as receiving words תָּקַּח א׳ Job 4:12 compare Jeremiah 9:19; as tingling (צלל) at dreadful news 1 Samuel 3:11; 2 Kings 21:12; Jeremiah 19:3; as hearing with satisfaction, triumph Psalm 92:12 תִּשְׁמַעְנָה אָזְנָי֑ (|| וַתַּבֵּט עֵינִי בְּ׳ but Che strike out; as intelligent (involving mental process) וַתָּבֶן לָהּ שָֽׁמְעָה א׳ Job 13:1; מִלִּין תִּבְחָ֑ן א׳ Job 12:11; compare Job 34:3; as unsatisfied Ecclesiastes 1:8 מִשְּׁמֹעַ לֹא תִמָּלֵא א׳; as seeking (בקשׁ) know-ledge Proverbs 18:15; as hearing & blessing Job 29:11; compare שֹׁמַעַת א׳ Proverbs 20:12; Proverbs 25:12 a hearing (responsive, obedient) ear; compare Proverbs 15:31; Isaiah 43:8; opposed to stopping the ears (wilful ignorance) מִן־ אֹטֵם א׳ Proverbs 21:13 cf Isaiah 33:15; also of adder in simile of wicked Psalm 58:5 כְּמוֺ פֶתֶן חֵרֵשׁ יַאְטֵם אָזְנוֺ; מִן־ מֵסִיר א׳ Proverbs 28:9 so עֲרֵלָה א׳ their ear is uncircumcised Jeremiah 6:10; הִכְּבִּיד א׳ Zechariah 7:11 compare Isaiah 48:8; Jeremiah 5:21; Ezekiel 12:2; compare also Isaiah 42:20.
b. of Yahweh, י׳ בְּא׳ after verb of utterance Numbers 11:18 (J) Numbers 14:28 (P) 1 Samuel 8:21; Ezekiel 8:18; after עָלָה 2 Kings 19:28 = Isaiah 37:29; after בּוֺא Psalm 18:7 compare 2 Samuel 22:7 where verb omitted; so also (after noun without verb) Numbers 11:1 (J) י׳ בְּא׳ 1 Chronicles 28:8 nearly = in presence of; incline the ear הִטָּה א׳ 2 Kings 19:16 = Isaiah 37:17; Daniel 9:18; Psalm 86:1; followed by לְ Psalm 17:6; Psalm 88:3; Psalm 116:2; followed by אֶל־ Psalm 31:3; Psalm 71:2; Psalm 102:3; הִקְשִׁיב א׳ Psalm 10:17; קַשֻּׁבוֺת לְ א׳ 2 Chronicles 6:40; 7:15; compare Psalm 130:2; id. followed by אֶל־ Nehemiah 1:6,11; verb omitted אֶל־ א׳ Psalm 34:16; compare Isaiah 59:1 לֹא כָֽבְדָה א׳; Lamentations 3:56 ל׳ אַל־תַּעְלֵם א׳.
†3. גָּלָה א׳ open ears of, reveal to, subject man 1 Samuel 20:2,12,13; 1 Samuel 22:8 (twice in verse); 1 Samuel 22:17; Ruth 4:4; subject י׳ 1 Samuel 9:15; 2 Samuel 7:27; 1 Chronicles 17:25; לְמוּסָר א׳ גּ׳ Job 36:10, compare Job 36:15; כָּרָה א׳ Psalm 40:7; לִשְׁמֹעַ יָעִירלִי א׳ Isaiah 50:4; א׳ פָּתַח־לִי Isaiah 50:5; compare תִּפָּתַחְנָה חֵרְשִׁים וְא׳ Isaiah 35:5 opposed to judicial deafness Micah 7:16; Isaiah 6:10.
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BLB Scripture Index of Brown-Driver-Briggs

Genesis

20:8; 23:10; 23:10; 23:13; 23:16; 35:4; 44:18; 50:4

Exodus

21:6; 29:20; 29:20; 32:2; 32:3

Leviticus

8:23; 8:24; 14:14; 14:17; 14:25; 14:28

Numbers

11:1; 11:18; 14:28; 14:28

Deuteronomy

5:1; 15:17; 29:3; 29:3; 31:11; 31:28; 31:30

Ruth

4:4

1 Samuel

3:11; 8:21; 9:15; 15:14; 20:2; 20:2; 20:12; 20:13; 22:8; 22:17

2 Samuel

7:22; 7:27; 22:7; 22:45; 22:45

2 Kings

19:16; 19:28; 21:12

1 Chronicles

17:25; 28:8

2 Chronicles

6:40; 7:15

Nehemiah

1:6; 1:11

Job

4:12; 12:11; 13:1; 13:17; 15:21; 29:11; 34:3; 36:10; 36:15; 42:5

Psalms

10:17; 17:6; 18:7; 18:45; 31:3; 34:16; 40:7; 45:11; 49:5; 58:5; 71:2; 86:1; 88:3; 92:12; 94:9; 102:3; 115:6; 116:2; 130:2; 135:17

Proverbs

2:2; 15:31; 18:15; 20:12; 21:13; 22:17; 23:2; 25:12; 26:17; 28:9

Ecclesiastes

1:8

Isaiah

5:9; 6:10; 11:3; 30:21; 32:3; 33:15; 35:5; 37:17; 37:29; 42:20; 43:8; 48:8; 50:4; 50:5; 59:1

Jeremiah

5:21; 6:10; 9:19; 19:3

Lamentations

3:56

Ezekiel

8:18; 12:2; 16:12; 23:25; 24:26

Daniel

9:18

Amos

3:12

Micah

7:16

Zechariah

7:11

H241

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Strong's Number H241 matches the Hebrew אֹזֶן ('ōzen),
which occurs 188 times in 179 verses in the WLC Hebrew.

Page 2 / 4 (2Sa 7:22–Psa 94:9)

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Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 7:22

Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 7:22 - “How great you are, O Sovereign LORD! There is no one like you. We have never even heard of another God like you!

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Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 7:27

Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 7:27 - “O LORD of Heaven’s Armies, God of Israel, I have been bold enough to pray this prayer to you because you have revealed all this to your servant, saying, ‘I will build a house for you—a dynasty of kings!’

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Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 18:12

Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 18:12 - “I would not kill the king’s son for even a thousand pieces of silver,[fn]” the man replied to Joab. “We all heard the king say to you and Abishai and Ittai, ‘For my sake, please spare young Absalom.’

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Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 22:7

Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 22:7 - But in my distress I cried out to the LORD;
yes, I cried to my God for help.
He heard me from his sanctuary;
my cry reached his ears.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 22:45 - Foreign nations cringe before me;
as soon as they hear of me, they submit.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 18:26 - Then Eliakim son of Hilkiah, Shebna, and Joah said to the Assyrian chief of staff, “Please speak to us in Aramaic, for we understand it well. Don’t speak in Hebrew,[fn] for the people on the wall will hear.”

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 19:16

Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 19:16 - Bend down, O LORD, and listen! Open your eyes, O LORD, and see! Listen to Sennacherib’s words of defiance against the living God.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 19:28

Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 19:28 - And because of your raging against me
and your arrogance, which I have heard for myself,
I will put my hook in your nose
and my bit in your mouth.
I will make you return
by the same road on which you came.”

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 21:12

Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 21:12 - So this is what the LORD, the God of Israel, says: I will bring such disaster on Jerusalem and Judah that the ears of those who hear about it will tingle with horror.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 23:2

Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 23:2 - And the king went up to the Temple of the LORD with all the people of Judah and Jerusalem, along with the priests and the prophets—all the people from the least to the greatest. There the king read to them the entire Book of the Covenant that had been found in the LORD’s Temple.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 17:20

Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 17:20 - “O LORD, there is no one like you. We have never even heard of another God like you!

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 17:25

Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 17:25 - “O my God, I have been bold enough to pray to you because you have revealed to your servant that you will build a house for him—a dynasty of kings!

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 28:8

Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 28:8 - “So now, with God as our witness, and in the sight of all Israel—the LORD’s assembly—I give you this charge. Be careful to obey all the commands of the LORD your God, so that you may continue to possess this good land and leave it to your children as a permanent inheritance.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 6:40

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 6:40 - “O my God, may your eyes be open and your ears attentive to all the prayers made to you in this place.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 7:15

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 7:15 - My eyes will be open and my ears attentive to every prayer made in this place.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 34:30

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 34:30 - And the king went up to the Temple of the LORD with all the people of Judah and Jerusalem, along with the priests and the Levites—all the people from the greatest to the least. There the king read to them the entire Book of the Covenant that had been found in the LORD’s Temple.

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Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 1:6

Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 1:6 - listen to my prayer! Look down and see me praying night and day for your people Israel. I confess that we have sinned against you. Yes, even my own family and I have sinned!

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Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 1:11

Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 1:11 - O Lord, please hear my prayer! Listen to the prayers of those of us who delight in honoring you. Please grant me success today by making the king favorable to me.[fn] Put it into his heart to be kind to me.” In those days I was the king’s cup-bearer.

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Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 8:3

Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 8:3 - He faced the square just inside the Water Gate from early morning until noon and read aloud to everyone who could understand. All the people listened closely to the Book of the Law.

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Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 13:1

Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 13:1 - On that same day, as the Book of Moses was being read to the people, the passage was found that said no Ammonite or Moabite should ever be permitted to enter the assembly of God.[fn]

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Unchecked Copy BoxJob 4:12

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 4:12 - “This truth was given to me in secret,
as though whispered in my ear.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJob 12:11

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 12:11 - The ear tests the words it hears
just as the mouth distinguishes between foods.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJob 13:1

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 13:1 - “Look, I have seen all this with my own eyes
and heard it with my own ears, and now I understand.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJob 13:17

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 13:17 - “Listen closely to what I am about to say.
Hear me out.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJob 15:21

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 15:21 - The sound of terror rings in their ears,
and even on good days they fear the attack of the destroyer.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJob 28:22

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 28:22 - Destruction[fn] and Death say,
‘We’ve heard only rumors of where wisdom can be found.’

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Unchecked Copy BoxJob 29:11

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 29:11 - “All who heard me praised me.
All who saw me spoke well of me.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJob 33:8

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 33:8 - “You have spoken in my hearing,
and I have heard your very words.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJob 33:16

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 33:16 - He whispers in their ears
and terrifies them with warnings.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJob 34:3

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 34:3 - Job said, ‘The ear tests the words it hears
just as the mouth distinguishes between foods.’

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Unchecked Copy BoxJob 36:10

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 36:10 - He gets their attention
and commands that they turn from evil.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJob 36:15

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 36:15 - But by means of their suffering, he rescues those who suffer.
For he gets their attention through adversity.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJob 42:5

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 42:5 - I had only heard about you before,
but now I have seen you with my own eyes.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 10:17

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 10:17 - LORD, you know the hopes of the helpless.
Surely you will hear their cries and comfort them.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 17:6

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 17:6 - I am praying to you because I know you will answer, O God.
Bend down and listen as I pray.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 18:6

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 18:6 - But in my distress I cried out to the LORD;
yes, I prayed to my God for help.
He heard me from his sanctuary;
my cry to him reached his ears.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 18:44

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 18:44 - As soon as they hear of me, they submit;
foreign nations cringe before me.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 31:2

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 31:2 - Turn your ear to listen to me;
rescue me quickly.
Be my rock of protection,
a fortress where I will be safe.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 34:15

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 34:15 - The eyes of the LORD watch over those who do right;
his ears are open to their cries for help.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 40:6

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 40:6 - You take no delight in sacrifices or offerings.
Now that you have made me listen, I finally understand[fn]—
you don’t require burnt offerings or sin offerings.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 44:1

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 44:1 - For the choir director: A psalm[fn] of the descendants of Korah.

O God, we have heard it with our own ears—
our ancestors have told us
of all you did in their day,
in days long ago:

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 45:10

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 45:10 - Listen to me, O royal daughter; take to heart what I say.
Forget your people and your family far away.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 49:4

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 49:4 - I listen carefully to many proverbs
and solve riddles with inspiration from a harp.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 58:4

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 58:4 - They spit venom like deadly snakes;
they are like cobras that refuse to listen,

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 71:2

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 71:2 - Save me and rescue me,
for you do what is right.
Turn your ear to listen to me,
and set me free.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 78:1

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 78:1 - A psalm[fn] of Asaph.

O my people, listen to my instructions.
Open your ears to what I am saying,

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 86:1

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 86:1 - A prayer of David.

Bend down, O LORD, and hear my prayer;
answer me, for I need your help.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 88:2

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 88:2 - Now hear my prayer;
listen to my cry.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 92:11

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 92:11 - My eyes have seen the downfall of my enemies;
my ears have heard the defeat of my wicked opponents.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 94:9

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 94:9 - Is he deaf—the one who made your ears?
Is he blind—the one who formed your eyes?

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