Strong G191ἀκούω
to hear
- Transliteration
- akouō
- Pronunciation
- ak-oo'-o
- Morphology
- Greek Verb
Definition
A primary verb; to hear (in various senses): - give (in the) audience (of) come (to the ears) ([shall]) hear (-er -ken) be noised be reported understand.
Detailed definition
ἀκούω,
[in LXX chiefly for שׁמע ]
to hear, listen, attend, perceive by hearing, comprehend by hearing.
1. Intrans.: Mrk.4:3 7:37, Jas.2:5, Rev.2:7, al.; τ. ὠσίν, Mat.13:15 (LXX); with cogn. dative, ακοῇ ἀ. (see: ἀκοή), Mat.13:14, Act.28:26" (LXX); ὁ ἔχων ὦτα (οὖς) ἀκούειν, ἀκουσάτω, Mat.11:15, Mrk.4:23, Rev.2:7, al.
2. Trans., prop. with accusative of thing(s), of thing heard, genitive of person(s), from whom heard (LS, see word): Act.1:4; with accusative of thing(s), Mat.12:19, Jhn.3:8 (Abbott, JG, 76), Act.22:9, al.; with dupl. accusative, Jhn.12:18, 1Co.11:18; with genitive of thing(s), Jhn.7:40 (Abbott, JV, 116); τ. φωνῆς (cf. Heb. שָׁמַע בְּקוֹל, Exo.18:19), Jhn.5:25, 28 Act.9:7 (on the distinction bet. this and ἀ. φωνήν, ib. 4, see M, Pr., 66; Field, Notes, 117; Abbott, Essays, 93f.); of God answering prayer, Jhn.9:31, 1Jn.5:14, 15; with accusative of thing(s), before παρά, Jhn.8:26, 40 Act.10:22, 2Ti.2:2; id. before ἀπό, 1Jn.1:5; with genitive pars. before ptcp., Mrk.14:58, Luk.18:36, al. (On NT usage generally, see Bl., §36, 5; Cremer, 82.)
(AS)
[in LXX chiefly for שׁמע ]
to hear, listen, attend, perceive by hearing, comprehend by hearing.
1. Intrans.: Mrk.4:3 7:37, Jas.2:5, Rev.2:7, al.; τ. ὠσίν, Mat.13:15 (LXX); with cogn. dative, ακοῇ ἀ. (see: ἀκοή), Mat.13:14, Act.28:26" (LXX); ὁ ἔχων ὦτα (οὖς) ἀκούειν, ἀκουσάτω, Mat.11:15, Mrk.4:23, Rev.2:7, al.
2. Trans., prop. with accusative of thing(s), of thing heard, genitive of person(s), from whom heard (LS, see word): Act.1:4; with accusative of thing(s), Mat.12:19, Jhn.3:8 (Abbott, JG, 76), Act.22:9, al.; with dupl. accusative, Jhn.12:18, 1Co.11:18; with genitive of thing(s), Jhn.7:40 (Abbott, JV, 116); τ. φωνῆς (cf. Heb. שָׁמַע בְּקוֹל, Exo.18:19), Jhn.5:25, 28 Act.9:7 (on the distinction bet. this and ἀ. φωνήν, ib. 4, see M, Pr., 66; Field, Notes, 117; Abbott, Essays, 93f.); of God answering prayer, Jhn.9:31, 1Jn.5:14, 15; with accusative of thing(s), before παρά, Jhn.8:26, 40 Act.10:22, 2Ti.2:2; id. before ἀπό, 1Jn.1:5; with genitive pars. before ptcp., Mrk.14:58, Luk.18:36, al. (On NT usage generally, see Bl., §36, 5; Cremer, 82.)
(AS)
In the Bible
Strong G191 appears in 402 verses of the KJV.
Translated in the KJV by
- hear358
- heareth19
- when17
- have6
- hearken6
- hearing5
- thou4
- be3
- give3
- ye3
- audience2
- do2
First verses
- Matthew 2:3When Herod the king had heard these things, he was troubled, and all Jerusalem with him.
- Matthew 2:9When they had heard the king, they departed; and, lo, the star, which they saw in the east, went before them, till it came and stood over where the young child was.
- Matthew 2:18In Rama was there a voice heard, lamentation, and weeping, and great mourning, Rachel weeping for her children, and would not be comforted, because they are not.
- Matthew 2:22But when he heard that Archelaus did reign in Judea in the room of his father Herod, he was afraid to go thither: notwithstanding, being warned of God in a dream, he turned aside into the parts of Galilee:
- Matthew 4:12Now when Jesus had heard that John was cast into prison, he departed into Galilee;
- Matthew 5:21Ye have heard that it was said by them of old time, Thou shalt not kill; and whosoever shall kill shall be in danger of the judgment:
- Matthew 5:27Ye have heard that it was said by them of old time, Thou shalt not commit adultery:
- Matthew 5:33Again, ye have heard that it hath been said by them of old time, Thou shalt not forswear thyself, but shalt perform unto the Lord thine oaths:
- Matthew 5:38Ye have heard that it hath been said, An eye for an eye, and a tooth for a tooth:
- Matthew 5:43Ye have heard that it hath been said, Thou shalt love thy neighbour, and hate thine enemy.
- Matthew 7:24Therefore whosoever heareth these sayings of mine, and doeth them, I will liken him unto a wise man, which built his house upon a rock:
- Matthew 7:26And every one that heareth these sayings of mine, and doeth them not, shall be likened unto a foolish man, which built his house upon the sand:
- Matthew 8:10When Jesus heard it, he marvelled, and said to them that followed, Verily I say unto you, I have not found so great faith, no, not in Israel.
- Matthew 9:12But when Jesus heard that, he said unto them, They that be whole need not a physician, but they that are sick.
- Matthew 10:14And whosoever shall not receive you, nor hear your words, when ye depart out of that house or city, shake off the dust of your feet.
- Matthew 10:27What I tell you in darkness, that speak ye in light: and what ye hear in the ear, that preach ye upon the housetops.
- Matthew 11:2Now when John had heard in the prison the works of Christ, he sent two of his disciples,
- Matthew 11:4Jesus answered and said unto them, Go and shew John again those things which ye do hear and see:
- Matthew 11:5The blind receive their sight, and the lame walk, the lepers are cleansed, and the deaf hear, the dead are raised up, and the poor have the gospel preached to them.
- Matthew 11:15He that hath ears to hear, let him hear.
Occurrences by book
Related words
Detailed Greek dictionary
ἀκούω:
Epic dialect imperfect ᾰκουον[Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 12.442:)]future ἀκούσομαι (active ἀκούσω first in [NT+4th c.BC+ (4th c.BC: Hyperides Orator “Epitaphius” 34 assuming variant, then in 3rd c.BC: Lycophron Tragicus 378, 686, 1st c.BC: Dionysius Halicarnassensis 5.57, NT.Matt.12.19, etc.:)]aorist ἤκουσα, Epic dialect ᾰκουσα[Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 24.223:)]perfect ἀκήκοα, Laconian dialect ἄκουκα[Refs 1st c.AD+ (1st-2nd c.AD: Plutarchus Biographus et Philosophus “Lycurgus” 20, “Ages.” 21)]; ἤκουκα is a late form, [Refs 2nd c.AD+ (“POxy.” 237 vii 23 (2nd c.AD))]; later Ionic dialect ἀκήκουκα[Refs 3rd c.BC+ (3rd c.BC: Herodas Mimographus 5.49)]: pluperfect ἀκηκόειν[Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 2.52, 7.208; ἠκηκόειν 5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Oeconomicus” 15.7)]; old Attic dialect ἠκηκόη[Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Vespae” 800, “Pax” 616, 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Cratylus” 384b:)] —rare in middle, present (see. below [Refs (11.2))]: Epic dialect imperfect ἀκούετο[Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 4.331)]: aorist ἠκουσάμην[Refs 2nd c.BC+ (2nd c.BC: Moschus Bucolicus 3.119)]:—passive, future ἀκουσθήσομαι[Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Respublica” 507d)]: aorist ἠκούσθην[Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 3.38, 2nd c.AD: Lucianus Sophista “Somn.” 5)]: perfect ἤκουσμαι[Refs 1st c.BC+ (1st c.BC: Dionysius Halicarnassensis “Ars Rhetorica” 11.10, Ps.- 2nd c.AD: Lucianus Sophista “Philopatr.” 4)]; ἀκήκουσμαι is uncertain in [Refs 2nd c.AD+ (2nd c.AD: Lucianus Sophista “Hist. Conscr.” 49)]: pluperfect ἤκουστο[Refs 4th c.BC+ (Anonymus cited in 4th c.BC: Demetrius Phalereus Rhetor “Demetrius on Style” 217)], (παρ-) [Refs 1st c.AD+ (1st c.AD: Josephus Historicus “Antiquitates Judaicae” 17.10.10. (ἀ-κοϝ-, compare κοέω))]:—hear, [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Homerus Epicus, etc.)]: properly with accusative of thing heard, genitive of person from whom it is heard, ταῦτα Καλυψοῦς ἤκουσα[Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 12.389, compare 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Oedipus Tyrannus” 43, etc.; _genitive_ _person_ frequently omitted, πάντ᾽ ἀκήκοας λόγον [prev. author] “Aj.” 480, etc.)]; or the accusative of things, ἄκουε τοῦ θανόντος[Refs ([prev. author] “El.” 792, compare 793)]:—also with genitive _of things_, φθογγῆς, κτύπου, hear it, [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 12.198 (as see l.), 21.237; λόγων 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Oedipus Coloneus” 1187; once in 8th c.BC: Homerus Epicus)] in middle, ἀκούετο λαὸς ἀϋτῆς[Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 4.331.)]
b with genitive objecti, hear of, hear tell of, ἀ. πατρός[Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 4.114: frequently with)]participle, τεθνηῶτος (i.e. πατρός) ἀκούσῃς[Refs (1.289, etc.)]; but εἰ.. πατρὸς νόστον ἀ.[Refs 8th c.BC+ ([prev. work] 287; ἀ. περί τινος 8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 19.270, compare 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Iphigenia Taurica” 964, 5th-6th c.BC: Isocrates Orator 5.72, 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Respublica” 358d, 358e; τι περί τινος 5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Anabasis” 7.7.30.)]
c in Prose the person from whom thing is heard frequently takes preposition, ἀ. τι ἀπό, ἐκ, παρά, πρός τινος, first in [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 6.524, compare 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 3.62, 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Oedipus Tyrannus” 7, 95, 5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 1.125.)]
d less frequently with double genitive person et of things, hear of a thing from a person, as [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 17.115, 4th c.BC: Demosthenes Orator 18.9.)]
e with participle or infinitive added, as εἰ πτώσσοντας ὑφ᾽ Ἕκτορι πάντας ἀκούσαι should he hear that all are now crouching under Hector, [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 7.129, compare 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 7.10.θ, 5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Institutio Cyri (Cyropaedia)” 2.4.12, 4th c.BC: Demosthenes Orator 3.9)]; ἀ. αὐτὸν ὄλβιον εἶναι to hear [generally] that he is happy, [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 24.543, compare 5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Anabasis” 2.5.13, etc.:—also ἀ. τινὰ ὅτι or ὡς, Ἀτρεΐδην ἀκοετε ὡς.. 8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 3.193)]; τὸν Δαίδαλον οὐκ ἀκήκοας, ὁτι..; [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Memorabilia” 4.2.33; ἀ. οὕνεκα 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Oedipus Coloneus” 33.)]
f with genitive et participle, to express what one actually hears from a person, ταῦτ᾽.. ἤκουον σαφῶς Ὀδυσσέως λέγοντος[Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Philoctetes” 595)]; ἀ. τινὸς λέγοντος, διαλεγομένου, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Protagoras” 320b, 5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Memorabilia” 2.4.1)]: rarely with accusative et participle, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Philoctetes” 614.)]
2 know by hearsay, ἔξοιδ᾽ ἀκούων[Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Oedipus Tyrannus” 105)]: present is used like a perfect, νῆσός τις Συρίη κικλήσκεται, εἴ που ἀκούεις[Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 15.403, compare 3.193)]; in Prose, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Gorgias” 503c, 2nd c.AD: Lucianus Sophista “Gall.” 13.)]
3 absolutely, hearken, give ear, especially in proclamations, ἀκούετε λεῴ oyez! oyez! Susar.[Refs 5th c.BC+ (1, etc.: for 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Oedipus Tyrannus” 1386 see at {πηγή} 2.)]
4 οἱ ἀκούοντες readers of a book, [Refs 2nd c.BC+ (2nd c.BC: Polybius Historicus 1.13.6, +others)]
II listen to, give ear to, with genitive, [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 1.381, etc.: _metaphorically_, Φωκυλίδου οὐκ ἀκούει; 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Respublica” 407a: rarely with _dative_, ἀ. ἀνέρι κηδομένῳ 8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 16.515 (in 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Electra” 227 τίνι is Eth. _dative_): with _genitive_ of)]participle after dative, ὅττι οἱ ὦκ᾽ ἤκουσε.. θεὸς εὐξαμένοιο[Refs ([prev. work] 531.)]
II.2 obey, βασιλῆος, θεοῦ, [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 19.256, 8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 7.11:)] —middle, Λεωφίλου δ᾽ ἀκούεται [πάντα] [Refs 7th c.BC+ (7th c.BC: Archilochus Lyricus 64.)]
II.3 hear and understand, κλύοντες οὐκ ἤκουον[Refs 5th c.BC+ (4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Prometheus Vinctus” 448, compare “Ch.” 5, 5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Ranae” 1173; τὸ μὴ πάντας πάντων ἀκούειν 2nd c.AD: Sextus Empiricus Philosophus “adversus Mathematicos” 1.37.)]
II.4 to be a pupil of, with genitive, [Refs 3rd c.AD+ (3rd c.AD(?): Diogenes Laertius 9.21.)]
III after [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Homerus Epicus, serving as)]passive to λέγειν, hear oneself called, be called, like Latin audire, εἴπερ ὄρθ᾽ ἀκούεις, Ζεῦ[Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Oedipus Tyrannus” 903 (compare 4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Agamemnon” 161))]; frequently with εὖ and κακῶς, κακῶς ἀ. ὑπό τινος to be ill spoken of by one; πρός τινος[Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 7.16)].; περί τινος for a thing, [Refs ([prev. author] 6.86)].; ἄμεινον, ἄριστα ἀ., [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 2.173, 8.93, compare 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Philoctetes” 1313, 5th c.BC: Antipho Orator 5.75, etc.)]
III.2 with nominative of subject, ἀκούειν κακός, καλός, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Oedipus Coloneus” 988, 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Lysis” 207a; νῦν κόλακες καὶ θεοῖς ἐχθροὶ.. ἀκούουσι 4th c.BC: Demosthenes Orator 18.46, etc.; ἔχαιρε ἀκούων Αἰετὸς ὁ Πύρρος 2nd-3rd c.AD: Aelianus “De Natura Animalium - Ar.Byzantine Epit.” 7.45)]; later in passive in this sense, [Refs 4th c.AD+ (4th-5th c.AD(?): Nonnus Epicus “Dionysiaca” 21.220, +others)]
III.3 with infinitive, ἤκουον εἶναι πρῶτοι were said to be first, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 3.131; also ἀκούσομαι μὲν ὡς ἔφυν οἴκτου πλέως 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Philoctetes” 1074.)]
III.4 with accusative of things, ἀ. κακά have evil spoken of one, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Thesmophoriazusae” 388, compare 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Philoctetes” 607; ἀ. λόγον ἐσλόν 5th c.BC: Pindarus Lyricus “I.” 5(4).13; φήμας.. κακὰς ἤκουσεν 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Helena” 615.)]
III.5 οὕτως ἀ. hear it so said, i. e. at first hearing, ὡς οὕτω γ᾽ ἀκοῦσαι[Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Euthyphro” 3b; ὥς γε οὑτωσὶ ἀκοῦσαι [prev. author] “Ly.” 216a.)]
IV understand, take in a certain sense, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (4th c.AD: Julianus Imperator “Orationes” 4.147a; especially in Scholl., as Scholia 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Orestes” 333)]; τι ἐπί τινος [Refs 5th c.BC+ (Scholia 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Hippolytus” 73.)]
V Astrology texts, aspect mutually, of signs equidistant from an equinoctial sign, [Refs 2nd c.AD+ (2nd c.AD: Dorotheus Astrologus 189, 7th c.AD: Hephaestio Grammaticus Astr. 2.2)]; also, ={ὑπακούειν} (which see), [Refs ([prev. author] 1.9.)]
Epic dialect imperfect ᾰκουον[Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 12.442:)]future ἀκούσομαι (active ἀκούσω first in [NT+4th c.BC+ (4th c.BC: Hyperides Orator “Epitaphius” 34 assuming variant, then in 3rd c.BC: Lycophron Tragicus 378, 686, 1st c.BC: Dionysius Halicarnassensis 5.57, NT.Matt.12.19, etc.:)]aorist ἤκουσα, Epic dialect ᾰκουσα[Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 24.223:)]perfect ἀκήκοα, Laconian dialect ἄκουκα[Refs 1st c.AD+ (1st-2nd c.AD: Plutarchus Biographus et Philosophus “Lycurgus” 20, “Ages.” 21)]; ἤκουκα is a late form, [Refs 2nd c.AD+ (“POxy.” 237 vii 23 (2nd c.AD))]; later Ionic dialect ἀκήκουκα[Refs 3rd c.BC+ (3rd c.BC: Herodas Mimographus 5.49)]: pluperfect ἀκηκόειν[Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 2.52, 7.208; ἠκηκόειν 5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Oeconomicus” 15.7)]; old Attic dialect ἠκηκόη[Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Vespae” 800, “Pax” 616, 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Cratylus” 384b:)] —rare in middle, present (see. below [Refs (11.2))]: Epic dialect imperfect ἀκούετο[Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 4.331)]: aorist ἠκουσάμην[Refs 2nd c.BC+ (2nd c.BC: Moschus Bucolicus 3.119)]:—passive, future ἀκουσθήσομαι[Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Respublica” 507d)]: aorist ἠκούσθην[Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 3.38, 2nd c.AD: Lucianus Sophista “Somn.” 5)]: perfect ἤκουσμαι[Refs 1st c.BC+ (1st c.BC: Dionysius Halicarnassensis “Ars Rhetorica” 11.10, Ps.- 2nd c.AD: Lucianus Sophista “Philopatr.” 4)]; ἀκήκουσμαι is uncertain in [Refs 2nd c.AD+ (2nd c.AD: Lucianus Sophista “Hist. Conscr.” 49)]: pluperfect ἤκουστο[Refs 4th c.BC+ (Anonymus cited in 4th c.BC: Demetrius Phalereus Rhetor “Demetrius on Style” 217)], (παρ-) [Refs 1st c.AD+ (1st c.AD: Josephus Historicus “Antiquitates Judaicae” 17.10.10. (ἀ-κοϝ-, compare κοέω))]:—hear, [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Homerus Epicus, etc.)]: properly with accusative of thing heard, genitive of person from whom it is heard, ταῦτα Καλυψοῦς ἤκουσα[Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 12.389, compare 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Oedipus Tyrannus” 43, etc.; _genitive_ _person_ frequently omitted, πάντ᾽ ἀκήκοας λόγον [prev. author] “Aj.” 480, etc.)]; or the accusative of things, ἄκουε τοῦ θανόντος[Refs ([prev. author] “El.” 792, compare 793)]:—also with genitive _of things_, φθογγῆς, κτύπου, hear it, [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 12.198 (as see l.), 21.237; λόγων 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Oedipus Coloneus” 1187; once in 8th c.BC: Homerus Epicus)] in middle, ἀκούετο λαὸς ἀϋτῆς[Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 4.331.)]
b with genitive objecti, hear of, hear tell of, ἀ. πατρός[Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 4.114: frequently with)]participle, τεθνηῶτος (i.e. πατρός) ἀκούσῃς[Refs (1.289, etc.)]; but εἰ.. πατρὸς νόστον ἀ.[Refs 8th c.BC+ ([prev. work] 287; ἀ. περί τινος 8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 19.270, compare 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Iphigenia Taurica” 964, 5th-6th c.BC: Isocrates Orator 5.72, 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Respublica” 358d, 358e; τι περί τινος 5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Anabasis” 7.7.30.)]
c in Prose the person from whom thing is heard frequently takes preposition, ἀ. τι ἀπό, ἐκ, παρά, πρός τινος, first in [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 6.524, compare 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 3.62, 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Oedipus Tyrannus” 7, 95, 5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 1.125.)]
d less frequently with double genitive person et of things, hear of a thing from a person, as [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 17.115, 4th c.BC: Demosthenes Orator 18.9.)]
e with participle or infinitive added, as εἰ πτώσσοντας ὑφ᾽ Ἕκτορι πάντας ἀκούσαι should he hear that all are now crouching under Hector, [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 7.129, compare 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 7.10.θ, 5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Institutio Cyri (Cyropaedia)” 2.4.12, 4th c.BC: Demosthenes Orator 3.9)]; ἀ. αὐτὸν ὄλβιον εἶναι to hear [generally] that he is happy, [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 24.543, compare 5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Anabasis” 2.5.13, etc.:—also ἀ. τινὰ ὅτι or ὡς, Ἀτρεΐδην ἀκοετε ὡς.. 8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 3.193)]; τὸν Δαίδαλον οὐκ ἀκήκοας, ὁτι..; [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Memorabilia” 4.2.33; ἀ. οὕνεκα 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Oedipus Coloneus” 33.)]
f with genitive et participle, to express what one actually hears from a person, ταῦτ᾽.. ἤκουον σαφῶς Ὀδυσσέως λέγοντος[Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Philoctetes” 595)]; ἀ. τινὸς λέγοντος, διαλεγομένου, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Protagoras” 320b, 5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Memorabilia” 2.4.1)]: rarely with accusative et participle, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Philoctetes” 614.)]
2 know by hearsay, ἔξοιδ᾽ ἀκούων[Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Oedipus Tyrannus” 105)]: present is used like a perfect, νῆσός τις Συρίη κικλήσκεται, εἴ που ἀκούεις[Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 15.403, compare 3.193)]; in Prose, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Gorgias” 503c, 2nd c.AD: Lucianus Sophista “Gall.” 13.)]
3 absolutely, hearken, give ear, especially in proclamations, ἀκούετε λεῴ oyez! oyez! Susar.[Refs 5th c.BC+ (1, etc.: for 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Oedipus Tyrannus” 1386 see at {πηγή} 2.)]
4 οἱ ἀκούοντες readers of a book, [Refs 2nd c.BC+ (2nd c.BC: Polybius Historicus 1.13.6, +others)]
II listen to, give ear to, with genitive, [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 1.381, etc.: _metaphorically_, Φωκυλίδου οὐκ ἀκούει; 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Respublica” 407a: rarely with _dative_, ἀ. ἀνέρι κηδομένῳ 8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 16.515 (in 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Electra” 227 τίνι is Eth. _dative_): with _genitive_ of)]participle after dative, ὅττι οἱ ὦκ᾽ ἤκουσε.. θεὸς εὐξαμένοιο[Refs ([prev. work] 531.)]
II.2 obey, βασιλῆος, θεοῦ, [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 19.256, 8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 7.11:)] —middle, Λεωφίλου δ᾽ ἀκούεται [πάντα] [Refs 7th c.BC+ (7th c.BC: Archilochus Lyricus 64.)]
II.3 hear and understand, κλύοντες οὐκ ἤκουον[Refs 5th c.BC+ (4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Prometheus Vinctus” 448, compare “Ch.” 5, 5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Ranae” 1173; τὸ μὴ πάντας πάντων ἀκούειν 2nd c.AD: Sextus Empiricus Philosophus “adversus Mathematicos” 1.37.)]
II.4 to be a pupil of, with genitive, [Refs 3rd c.AD+ (3rd c.AD(?): Diogenes Laertius 9.21.)]
III after [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Homerus Epicus, serving as)]passive to λέγειν, hear oneself called, be called, like Latin audire, εἴπερ ὄρθ᾽ ἀκούεις, Ζεῦ[Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Oedipus Tyrannus” 903 (compare 4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Agamemnon” 161))]; frequently with εὖ and κακῶς, κακῶς ἀ. ὑπό τινος to be ill spoken of by one; πρός τινος[Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 7.16)].; περί τινος for a thing, [Refs ([prev. author] 6.86)].; ἄμεινον, ἄριστα ἀ., [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 2.173, 8.93, compare 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Philoctetes” 1313, 5th c.BC: Antipho Orator 5.75, etc.)]
III.2 with nominative of subject, ἀκούειν κακός, καλός, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Oedipus Coloneus” 988, 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Lysis” 207a; νῦν κόλακες καὶ θεοῖς ἐχθροὶ.. ἀκούουσι 4th c.BC: Demosthenes Orator 18.46, etc.; ἔχαιρε ἀκούων Αἰετὸς ὁ Πύρρος 2nd-3rd c.AD: Aelianus “De Natura Animalium - Ar.Byzantine Epit.” 7.45)]; later in passive in this sense, [Refs 4th c.AD+ (4th-5th c.AD(?): Nonnus Epicus “Dionysiaca” 21.220, +others)]
III.3 with infinitive, ἤκουον εἶναι πρῶτοι were said to be first, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 3.131; also ἀκούσομαι μὲν ὡς ἔφυν οἴκτου πλέως 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Philoctetes” 1074.)]
III.4 with accusative of things, ἀ. κακά have evil spoken of one, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Thesmophoriazusae” 388, compare 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Philoctetes” 607; ἀ. λόγον ἐσλόν 5th c.BC: Pindarus Lyricus “I.” 5(4).13; φήμας.. κακὰς ἤκουσεν 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Helena” 615.)]
III.5 οὕτως ἀ. hear it so said, i. e. at first hearing, ὡς οὕτω γ᾽ ἀκοῦσαι[Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Euthyphro” 3b; ὥς γε οὑτωσὶ ἀκοῦσαι [prev. author] “Ly.” 216a.)]
IV understand, take in a certain sense, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (4th c.AD: Julianus Imperator “Orationes” 4.147a; especially in Scholl., as Scholia 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Orestes” 333)]; τι ἐπί τινος [Refs 5th c.BC+ (Scholia 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Hippolytus” 73.)]
V Astrology texts, aspect mutually, of signs equidistant from an equinoctial sign, [Refs 2nd c.AD+ (2nd c.AD: Dorotheus Astrologus 189, 7th c.AD: Hephaestio Grammaticus Astr. 2.2)]; also, ={ὑπακούειν} (which see), [Refs ([prev. author] 1.9.)]