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a-tent´ (archaic; ); a-tent´iv: Expresses the direction of thought and interest toward some one point. Same Hebrew word as “attend,†and is used particularly in prayers (; ). “Very attentive†() is a paraphrase for what is literally rendered in the Revised Version (British and American), “the people all hung upon him, listening†ἐξεκÏεÌμετο, exekreÌmetoÌŒ.