Strong G1251διακούω

to give a hearing

Transliteration
diakouomai
Pronunciation
dee-ak-oo'-om-ahee
Morphology
Greek Verb

Definition

Middle voice from G1223 and G191; to hear throughout that is patiently listen (to a prisoner´ s plea): - hear.

Detailed definition

δι-ακούω
[in LXX: Deu.1:16 (שׁמע), Job.9:33 (יָד שִׁית hi.)*;]
to hear through, hear fully; technically, to hear judicially (as De, l.with; of. Deiss., BS, 230): Act.23:35.†
(AS)

In the Bible

Strong G1251 appears in 1 verse of the KJV.

Translated in the KJV by

  • hear1

First verses

  1. Acts 23:35
    I will hear thee, said he, when thine accusers are also come. And he commanded him to be kept in Herod’s judgment hall.
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Detailed Greek dictionary
διᾰκούω,
future -ακούσομαι[NT (NT.Act.23.35)]:—hear out or to the end, τι [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Oeconomicus” 11.1; πάντα 4th-3rd c.BC: Menander Comicus “Ἐπιτρέποντες” 471)]: absolutely, of a court, try out a case, [Refs (“OGI” 335.71 (Pergam.))]; hear or learn from another, τινὸς ἄττα [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Epistulae” 338d; παρά τινος 4th c.BC: Theopompus Historicus 244; δ. τά δόξαντα τοῖς ἄρχουσιν 4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “Politica” 1273a10: with _genitive_ _of things_, [λόγων] 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Parmenides” 126c; τῶν λεγομένων 2nd c.BC: Polybius Historicus 6.58.8; περί τινος [prev. author] 3.15.4)]: with genitive person, of parties to a dispute, [NT+2nd c.BC+ (“SIG” 599.20 (from Priene), 685.29 (from Crete), “PGrenf.” 1.11i8 (2nd c.BC), NT.Act.[same place], etc.; δ. μου πρὸς αὐτούς “BGU” 168.28 (2nd c.AD),compare “PLond.” 3.924.16 (2nd c.AD))]; also, to be a hearer or disciple of, [Refs 1st c.BC+ (1st c.BC: Philodemus Gadarensis Epigrammaticus “Rh.” 1.96S., 1st-2nd c.AD: Plutarchus Biographus et Philosophus “Cicero” 4; τὰ γεωμετρικά τινος 3rd c.AD(?): Diogenes Laertius 8.86: _absolutely_, 1st c.BC: Philodemus Gadarensis Epigrammaticus “Herc.” 862.3.)]