אֹ֫זֶן
o.zen (H0241G)
ear
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# The Hebrew Word for Ear (אֹזֶן) The Hebrew word *ozen* appears 119 times throughout the biblical text and carries the straightforward meaning of "ear"—the physical organ of hearing. This frequency of occurrence suggests that references to ears held considerable importance in biblical discourse, whether in literal or figurative contexts. While the provided lexicon data offers only the basic definition, the substantial number of occurrences indicates that ears functioned in biblical Hebrew as more than merely anatomical features. The repeated mention across such a large body of text suggests that ears served as a vehicle for expressing concepts related to listening, obedience, and receptiveness—themes that would naturally emerge from a word denoting the instrument through which one hears. However, without access to specific usage examples from the lexicon, the precise range of metaphorical or theological applications cannot be detailed here. The persistence of this term across 119 biblical passages underscores that hearing and auditory imagery held particular significance in ancient Hebrew thought and religious expression. The word's prevalence alone indicates that biblical authors regularly invoked the ear as a meaningful concept worthy of repeated reference.
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They gave to Jacob all the foreign gods which were in their hands, and the rings which were in their ears; and Jacob hid them under the oak which was by Shechem.
Yahweh said to Moses, “Write this for a memorial in a book, and rehearse it in the ears of Joshua: that I will utterly blot out the memory of Amalek from under the sky.”
then his master shall bring him to God, and shall bring him to the door or to the doorpost, and his master shall bore his ear through with an awl, and he shall serve him forever.
Then you shall kill the ram, and take some of its blood, and put it on the tip of the right ear of Aaron, and on the tip of the right ear of his sons, and on the thumb of their right hand, and on the big toe of their right foot; and sprinkle the blood around on the altar.
Aaron said to them, “Take off the golden rings, which are in the ears of your wives, of your sons, and of your daughters, and bring them to me.”
All the people took off the golden rings which were in their ears, and brought them to Aaron.
He killed it; and Moses took some of its blood, and put it on the tip of Aaron’s right ear, and on the thumb of his right hand, and on the great toe of his right foot.
He brought Aaron’s sons; and Moses put some of the blood on the tip of their right ear, and on the thumb of their right hand, and on the great toe of their right foot; and Moses sprinkled the blood around on the altar.
The priest shall take some of the blood of the trespass offering, and the priest shall put it on the tip of the right ear of him who is to be cleansed, and on the thumb of his right hand, and on the big toe of his right foot.
The priest shall put some of the rest of the oil that is in his hand on the tip of the right ear of him who is to be cleansed, and on the thumb of his right hand, and on the big toe of his right foot, upon the blood of the trespass offering.
He shall kill the lamb of the trespass offering. The priest shall take some of the blood of the trespass offering and put it on the tip of the right ear of him who is to be cleansed, and on the thumb of his right hand, and on the big toe of his right foot.
Then the priest shall put some of the oil that is in his hand on the tip of the right ear of him who is to be cleansed, and on the thumb of his right hand, and on the big toe of his right foot, on the place of the blood of the trespass offering.
then you shall take an awl, and thrust it through his ear to the door, and he shall be your servant forever. Also to your female servant you shall do likewise.
But Yahweh has not given you a heart to know, eyes to see, and ears to hear, to this day.
Yahweh said to Samuel, “Behold, I will do a thing in Israel at which both the ears of everyone who hears it will tingle.
Samuel said, “Then what does this bleating of the sheep in my ears, and the lowing of the cattle which I hear mean?”
Therefore you are great, Yahweh God. For there is no one like you, neither is there any God besides you, according to all that we have heard with our ears.
In my distress, I called on Yahweh. Yes, I called to my God. He heard my voice out of his temple. My cry came into his ears.
Incline your ear, Yahweh, and hear. Open your eyes, Yahweh, and see. Hear the words of Sennacherib, which he has sent to defy the living God.
Because of your raging against me, and because your arrogance has come up into my ears, therefore I will put my hook in your nose, and my bridle in your lips, and I will turn you back by the way by which you came.’
therefore Yahweh the God of Israel says, ‘Behold, I bring such evil on Jerusalem and Judah that whoever hears of it, both his ears will tingle.
Yahweh, there is no one like you, neither is there any God besides you, according to all that we have heard with our ears.
“Now, my God, let, I beg you, your eyes be open, and let your ears be attentive, to the prayer that is made in this place.
Now my eyes will be open and my ears attentive to prayer that is made in this place.
Let your ear now be attentive, and your eyes open, that you may listen to the prayer of your servant, which I pray before you at this time, day and night, for the children of Israel your servants, while I confess the sins of the children of Israel, which we have sinned against you. Yes, I and my father’s house have sinned.
Lord, I beg you, let your ear be attentive now to the prayer of your servant, and to the prayer of your servants, who delight to fear your name; and please prosper your servant today, and grant him mercy in the sight of this man.” Now I was cup bearer to the king.
He read from it before the wide place that was in front of the water gate from early morning until midday, in the presence of the men and the women, and of those who could understand. The ears of all the people were attentive to the book of the law.
“Now a thing was secretly brought to me. My ear received a whisper of it.
Listen carefully to my speech. Let my declaration be in your ears.
A sound of terrors is in his ears. In prosperity the destroyer will come on him.
Destruction and Death say, ‘We have heard a rumor of it with our ears.’
For when the ear heard me, then it blessed me; and when the eye saw me, it commended me:
“Surely you have spoken in my hearing, I have heard the voice of your words, saying,
Then he opens the ears of men, and seals their instruction,
He also opens their ears to instruction, and commands that they return from iniquity.
He delivers the afflicted by their affliction, and opens their ear in oppression.
I had heard of you by the hearing of the ear, but now my eye sees you.
Yahweh, you have heard the desire of the humble. You will prepare their heart. You will cause your ear to hear,
I have called on you, for you will answer me, God. Turn your ear to me. Hear my speech.
In my distress I called on Yahweh, and cried to my God. He heard my voice out of his temple. My cry before him came into his ears.
Bow down your ear to me. Deliver me speedily. Be to me a strong rock, a house of defense to save me.
Yahweh’s eyes are toward the righteous. His ears listen to their cry.
Sacrifice and offering you didn’t desire. You have opened my ears. You have not required burnt offering and sin offering.
We have heard with our ears, God; our fathers have told us what work you did in their days, in the days of old.
Listen, daughter, consider, and turn your ear. Forget your own people, and also your father’s house.
I will incline my ear to a proverb. I will solve my riddle on the harp.
Their poison is like the poison of a snake, like a deaf cobra that stops its ear,
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