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speak” and
, “to”, (b) metaphorically, of the faculty of perceiving with the mind,
understanding and knowing, Matt. 13:16; frequently with
$
, “to hear,” e.g., Matt.
11:15; 13:9, 43; Rev. 2 and 3, at the close of each of the messages to the churches, in
Matt. 13:15 and Acts 28:27, with
, “heavily,” of being slow to understand and
obey; with a negative in Mark 8:18; Rom. 11:8; in Luke 9:44 the lit. meaning is “put
those words into your ears,” i.e., take them into your mind and keep them there, in Acts
7:51 it is used with
, “uncircumcised.” As seeing is metaphorically associated
with conviction, so hearing is with obedience (
$
, lit., “hearing under”; the Eng.,
“obedience” is etymologically “hearing over against,” i.e., with response in the hearer).
2.
(
8 &
, 5621), a diminutive of No. 1, but without the diminutive force, it
being a common tendency in everyday speech to apply a diminutive form to most parts of
the body, is used in Matt. 26:51; Mark 14:47 (in some mss.); Luke 22:51; John 18:10 (in
some mss.) and v. 26, all with reference to the “ear” of Malchus.¶
Note:
The most authentic mss. have the alternative diminutive
, in Mark 14:47
and John 18:10.¶
3.
(
)
, 189), “hearing,” akin to
$
, “to hear,” denotes (a) the sense of
“hearing,” e.g., 1 Cor. 12:17; 2 Pet. 2:8; (b) that which is “heard,” a report, e.g., Matt.
4:24; (c) the physical organ, Mark 7:35, standing for the sense of “hearing”; so in Luke
7:1,
RV
, for
KJV
, “audience”; Acts 17:20; 2 Tim. 4:3-4 (in v. 3, lit., “being tickled as to
the ears”); (d) a message or teaching, John 12:38; Rom. 10:16-17; Gal. 3:2, 5; 1 Thess.
2:13; Heb. 4:2,
RV
, “(the word) of hearing,” for
KJV
, “(the word) preached.” See
FAME
,
HEARING
,
PREACH
,
REPORT
,
RUMOR
.
Note:
In Matt. 28:14, the verb
$
is used with the preposition , “upon or
before” (or
$
, “by,” in some mss.), lit., “if this come to a hearing before the
governor.”
EAR (of corn)
$
(
1
, 4719) is found in Matt. 12:1; Mark 2:23; 4:28 (“ear,” twice); Luke
6:1. The first part of the word is derived from the root
found in parts of the verb
, “to cause to stand.” It is used as a proper name in Rom. 16:9.¶
EARLY
A. Noun.
(
7$ $
, 3722) denotes “daybreak, dawn” (cf. Lat.
, “to rise”). Used with
the adverb
, “deeply,” in Luke 24:1, it means “at early dawn” (
RV
). In John 8:2 it
is used in the genitive case,
$
, “at dawn,” i.e., “early in the morning.” In Acts 5:21,
it is used with the article and preceded by the preposition
$
, “under,” or about, lit.,
“about the dawn,” “about daybreak,”
RV
(for
KJV
, “early in the morning.”).¶
B. Adjectives.