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Strong G189ἀκοή

hearing

Transliteration
akoē
Pronunciation
ak-o-ay'
Morphology
Greek Noun (Feminine)

Definition

From G191; hearing (the act the sense or the thing heard): - audience ear fame which ye heard hearing preached report rumor.

Detailed definition

ἀκοή, -ῆς, ἡ
(ἀκούω), [in LXX: Exo.15:26, al. for שׁמע, its parts and derivatives, exc. Deu.11:22 (שׁמר);]

1. hearing, the sense of hearing: 1Co.12:17, 2Pe.2:8; "Hebraic dative," ἀκοῇ ακούειν (frequently in LXX; V. M, Pr., 14, 75), Mat.13:14, Act.28:26.

2. organ of hearing, the ear (Arist., al.; MM, VGT, see word): 2Ti.4:3-4; pl., Mrk.7:35, Luk.7:1, Act.17:20, Heb.5:11.

3. a thing heard, i.e.,
__(a) a message, teaching: Jhn.12:38 and Rom.16:16,17" (LXX), Gal.3:2,5 R, mg.; λόγος ἀκοῆς, 1Th.2:13, Heb.4:2;
__(b) a report, rumour: with genitive, of person(s), Mat.4:24, 14:1, 24:6; Mrk.1:28 13:7 (Cremer, 82, 623; MM, VGT, see word).†
(AS)

In the Bible

Strong G189 appears in 22 verses of the KJV.

Translated in the KJV by

  • hearing8
  • ear4
  • fame3
  • hear2
  • report2
  • rumour2
  • audience1
  • preach1

First verses

  1. Matthew 4:24
    And his fame went throughout all Syria: and they brought unto him all sick people that were taken with divers diseases and torments, and those which were possessed with devils, and those which were lunatick, and those that had the palsy; and he healed them.
  2. Matthew 13:14
    And in them is fulfilled the prophecy of Esaias, which saith, By hearing ye shall hear, and shall not understand; and seeing ye shall see, and shall not perceive:
  3. Matthew 14:1
    At that time Herod the tetrarch heard of the fame of Jesus,
  4. Matthew 24:6
    And ye shall hear of wars and rumours of wars: see that ye be not troubled: for all these things must come to pass, but the end is not yet.
  5. Mark 1:28
    And immediately his fame spread abroad throughout all the region round about Galilee.
  6. Mark 7:35
    And straightway his ears were opened, and the string of his tongue was loosed, and he spake plain.
  7. Mark 13:7
    And when ye shall hear of wars and rumours of wars, be ye not troubled: for such things must needs be; but the end shall not be yet.
  8. Luke 7:1
    Now when he had ended all his sayings in the audience of the people, he entered into Capernaum.
  9. John 12:38
    That the saying of Esaias the prophet might be fulfilled, which he spake, Lord, who hath believed our report? and to whom hath the arm of the Lord been revealed?
  10. Acts 17:20
    For thou bringest certain strange things to our ears: we would know therefore what these things mean.
  11. Acts 28:26
    Saying, Go unto this people, and say, Hearing ye shall hear, and shall not understand; and seeing ye shall see, and not perceive:
  12. Romans 10:16
    But they have not all obeyed the gospel. For Esaias saith, Lord, who hath believed our report?
  13. Romans 10:17
    So then faith cometh by hearing, and hearing by the word of God.
  14. 1 Corinthians 12:17
    If the whole body were an eye, where were the hearing? If the whole were hearing, where were the smelling?
  15. Galatians 3:2
    This only would I learn of you, Received ye the Spirit by the works of the law, or by the hearing of faith?
  16. Galatians 3:5
    He therefore that ministereth to you the Spirit, and worketh miracles among you, doeth he it by the works of the law, or by the hearing of faith?
  17. 1 Thessalonians 2:13
    For this cause also thank we God without ceasing, because, when ye received the word of God which ye heard of us, ye received it not as the word of men, but as it is in truth, the word of God, which effectually worketh also in you that believe.
  18. 2 Timothy 4:3
    For the time will come when they will not endure sound doctrine; but after their own lusts shall they heap to themselves teachers, having itching ears;
  19. 2 Timothy 4:4
    And they shall turn away their ears from the truth, and shall be turned unto fables.
  20. Hebrews 4:2
    For unto us was the gospel preached, as well as unto them: but the word preached did not profit them, not being mixed with faith in them that heard it.
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Detailed Greek dictionary
ἀκοή, ἡ,
Epic dialect ἀκουή· (ἀκοϝ, compare ἀκούω):— hearing, sound heard, ἕκαθεν δέ τε γίγνετ᾽ ἀ.[Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 16.634.)]
2 thing heard, tidings, μετὰ πατρὸς ἀκουὴν ἱκέσθαι, βῆναι, [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 2.308, 4.701)]; κατὰ τὴν Σόλωνος ἀκοήν according to Solon's story, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Timaeus” 21a)]; report, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Pindarus Lyricus “P.” 1.84, 90)]; ἀ. σοφοῖς thing for wise men to listen to, [Refs ([prev. work] 9.78)]; ἀκοῇ ἱστορεῖν, παραλαβεῖν τι by hearsay, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 2.29, 148; ἐπίστασθαι 5th c.BC: Antipho Orator 5.67, 5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 4.126; ἐξ ἀκοῆς λέγειν 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Phaedo” 61d)]; τὰς ἀ. τῶν προγεγενημένων traditions, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 1.20; ἀκοαὶ.. λόγων [prev. author] 1.73)]; ἀκοὴν μαρτυρεῖν, προσάγειν, give, bring hearsay evidence, [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th c.BC: Demosthenes Orator 57.4; βαρὺν.. ἀκοῆς ψόφον “Anthologia Graeca” 6.220 (3rd c.BC: Dioscorides Epigrammaticus))]; ἐκ γὰρ ἀκουῆς οἰκτίρω σε[Refs 6th c.AD+ ([prev. work] 7.220 (6th c.AD: Agathias Historicus et Epigrammaticus).)]
II sense of hearing, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 1.38, etc.)]; joined with ὄψις, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Phaedo” 65b, etc.; οἷς ὦτα μέν ἐστιν, ἀκοαὶδὲ οὐκ ἔνεισιν 1st c.AD: Philo Judaeus 1.474.)]
II.2 act of hearing, ἐς ἀκοὰν ἐμήν to my hearing, my ear, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Prometheus Vinctus” 689; γᾶρυν ἀραρεῖν ἀκοαῖσι 4th-5th c.BC: Simonides Lyricus 41; ὀξεῖαν ἀ... λόγοις διδούς 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Electra” 30; ἀκοῇ κλύειν [prev. author] “Ph.” 1412)]; ἀκοαῖς δέχεσθαι, εἰς ἀκοὰς.. ἥκειν, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Iphigenia Taurica” 1496, “Ph.” 1480; δι᾽ ἀκοῆς αἰσθάνεσθαι 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Leges” 900a)]; ἀκοὴν ὑπειπών demanding a hearing, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Hercules Furens” 962; τοῖς ἀκροάμασι τὰς ἀ. ἀνατεθεικώς 2nd c.BC: Polybius Historicus 24.5.9.)]
II.3 ear, ὀππάτεσσι δ᾽ οὖδεν ὄρημ᾽, ἐπιρρόμβεισι δ᾽ ἄκουαι[Refs 7th c.BC+ (7th-6th c.BC: Sappho Lyrica 2.12, compare 3rd c.BC: Apollonius Rhodius Epicus 4.17; ἀπεσθίει μου τὴν ἀ. 5th c.BC: Hermippus Comicus 52, compare 5th c.BC: Pherecrates Comicus 199)]; δυσὶν ἀκοαῖς κρίνειν with two ears, [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “Politica” 1287b27, compare “Pr.” 960a30, 3rd c.BC: Callimachus Epicus “Fragmenta” 106.5.)]
III hearing, listening to, ἀκοῆς ἄξιος[Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Theaetetus” 142d)]; εἰς ἀκοὴν φωνῆς within hearing of.., [Refs 1st c.BC+ (1st c.BC: Diodorus Siculus Historicus 19.41.)]
IV obedience, ἀ. ὑπὲρ θυσίαν ἀγαθή[LXX (LXX.1Ki.15.22.)]
V in plural, place where supernatural voices are heard, [Refs 2nd c.AD+ (Inscriptiones Graecae 4.955.10 (Epid.), 5th-6th c.AD: Marinus Biographus “Procl.” 32; αἱ ἀ. τοῦ θεοῦ 2nd c.AD: Aristides Rhetor “Orationes” 47(23).13.)]