The International Standard Bible Encyclopedia

Attent; Attentive

a-tent' (archaic; 2Ch 6:40); 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 (Ps 130:2; Ne 1:6). "Very attentive" (Lu 19:48) is a paraphrase for what is literally rendered in the Revised Version (British and American), "the people all hung upon him, listening" exekremeto.

The International Standard Bible Encyclopedia, James Orr (1915). Public domain, from the CrossWire SWORD module.