קֶשֶׁב qesheb

Meaning

a hearkening

In the King James Version: [idiom] diligently, hearing, much heed, that regarded.

Derivation: from H7181 (קָשַׁב);

Where it is used

• 1 Kings 18:29 Midday passed, and they kept on raving until the time of the evening sacrifice. But there was no response; no one answered, no one paid attention.
• 2 Kings 4:31 Gehazi went on ahead of them and laid the staff on the boy’s face, but there was no sound or response. So he went back to meet Elisha and told him, “The boy has not awakened.”
• Isaiah 21:7 When he sees chariots with teams of horsemen, riders on donkeys, riders on camels, he must be alert, fully alert.”