Heed

Heed - (Webster's 1828 Dictionary)

HEED, v.t. To mind; to regard with care; to take notice of; to attend to; to observe.

With pleasure Argus the musician heeds.

HEED, n. Care; attention.

With wanton heed and giddy cunning.

1. Caution; care; watch for danger; notice; circumspection; usually preceded by take.

Take heed of evil company. Take heed to your ways.

Amasa took no heed to the sword that was in Joab's hand. 2 Sam 20.

2. Notice; observation; regard; attention; often preceded by give.

The preacher gave good heed. Eccl 12.

Neither give heed to fables. 1 Tim 1.

Therefore we ought to give the more earnest heed. Heb 2.

3. Seriousness; a steady look.

A heed.

Was in his countenance. [Unusual.]

hed: This word, in the sense of giving careful attention ("take heed," "give heed," etc.), represents several Hebrew and Greek words; chief among them shamar, "to watch"; blepo, "to look," horao, "to see." As opposed to thoughtlessness, disregard of God's words, of the counsels of wisdom, of care for one's ways, it is constantly inculcated as a duty of supreme importance in the moral and spiritual life (De 4:9,15,23; 27:9 the King James Version, etc.; Jos 22:5; 23:11; Ps 39:1; Mt 16:6; Mr 4:24; 13:33; Lu 12:15; 1Co 3:10; 8:9; 10:12; Col 4:17).

James Orr