Strong G2278ἠχέω
to resound
- Transliteration
- ēcheō
- Pronunciation
- ay-kheh'-o
- Morphology
- Greek Verb
Definition
From G2279; to make a loud noise that is reverberate: - roar sound.
Detailed definition
ἠχέω, -ῶ
(ἦχος), [in LXX for הָמָה, etc.;]
to sound: 1Co.13:1 (cf. ἐξ-, κατ-ηχέω).†
(AS)
(ἦχος), [in LXX for הָמָה, etc.;]
to sound: 1Co.13:1 (cf. ἐξ-, κατ-ηχέω).†
(AS)
In the Bible
Strong G2278 appears in 2 verses of the KJV.
Translated in the KJV by
- roar1
- sound1
First verses
- Luke 21:25And there shall be signs in the sun, and in the moon, and in the stars; and upon the earth distress of nations, with perplexity; the sea and the waves roaring;
- 1 Corinthians 13:1Though I speak with the tongues of men and of angels, and have not charity, I am become as sounding brass, or a tinkling cymbal.
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Word family
Detailed Greek dictionary
ἠχ-έω,
Aeolic dialect and Doric dialect ἀχέω [ᾱ]:
I intransitive, sound, ring, peal, ἠχεῖ δὲ κάρη.. Ὀλύμπου [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th-7th c.BC: Hesiodus Epicus “Theogonia” 42; ὅταν ἀχήσῃ πολιὸς βυθός 2nd c.BC: Moschus Bucolicus “fragment” 1.4; ἀχοῦσι προσπόλων χέρες 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Supplices” 72 (Lyric poetry))]; of metal, ἠχέεσκε ὁ χαλκὸς τῆς ἀσπίδος [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 4.200; τὰ χαλκία πληγέντα μακρὸν ἠχεῖ 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Protagoras” 329a, compare 4th-3rd c.BC: Menander Comicus 66.4)]; of the grasshopper, chirp, [Refs 7th c.BC+ (7th-6th c.BC: Alcaeus Lyricus 39, 3rd c.BC: Theocritus Poeta Bucolicus 16.96)]; of the ears, tingle, ἠχήσει τὰ ὦτα [LXX (LXX.1Ki.3.11)]; διὰ τί ἠχεῖ ἢ διὰ τί ἐμφαίνετα; impersonal, of anecho, [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “Anthologia Graeca” 0.98a27.)]
I.2 suffer from noises in the ears, [Refs 1st c.AD+ (1st c.AD: Herodotus Medicus cited in 4th c.AD: Oribasius Medicus 10.40.3.)]
II with accusative cognate, ἀχεῖν (ἰαχεῖν codices) ὕμνον to let it sound, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Septem contra Thebas” 869 (Lyric poetry); κωκυτόν 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Trachiniae” 866; γόους [prev. author] “fragment” 523; ὕμνους 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Ion” 883 (Lyric poetry))]; χαλκέον ἄχει sound the cymbal! [Refs 3rd c.BC+ (3rd c.BC: Theocritus Poeta Bucolicus 2.36)]; ἐφεξῆς ἠχοῦντα αὐτά (i.e. τὰ φωνήεντα) [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th c.BC: Demetrius Phalereus Rhetor “Demetrius on Style” 71:)] —middle, ἀχεῖσθαί τινα to sound his praises, uncertain in [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Pindarus Lyricus “Fragmenta.” 75.19:)] — passive, ἠχεῖται κτύπος a sound is made, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Oedipus Coloneus” 1500. (Cf. {ἠχή}))]
Aeolic dialect and Doric dialect ἀχέω [ᾱ]:
I intransitive, sound, ring, peal, ἠχεῖ δὲ κάρη.. Ὀλύμπου [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th-7th c.BC: Hesiodus Epicus “Theogonia” 42; ὅταν ἀχήσῃ πολιὸς βυθός 2nd c.BC: Moschus Bucolicus “fragment” 1.4; ἀχοῦσι προσπόλων χέρες 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Supplices” 72 (Lyric poetry))]; of metal, ἠχέεσκε ὁ χαλκὸς τῆς ἀσπίδος [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 4.200; τὰ χαλκία πληγέντα μακρὸν ἠχεῖ 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Protagoras” 329a, compare 4th-3rd c.BC: Menander Comicus 66.4)]; of the grasshopper, chirp, [Refs 7th c.BC+ (7th-6th c.BC: Alcaeus Lyricus 39, 3rd c.BC: Theocritus Poeta Bucolicus 16.96)]; of the ears, tingle, ἠχήσει τὰ ὦτα [LXX (LXX.1Ki.3.11)]; διὰ τί ἠχεῖ ἢ διὰ τί ἐμφαίνετα; impersonal, of anecho, [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “Anthologia Graeca” 0.98a27.)]
I.2 suffer from noises in the ears, [Refs 1st c.AD+ (1st c.AD: Herodotus Medicus cited in 4th c.AD: Oribasius Medicus 10.40.3.)]
II with accusative cognate, ἀχεῖν (ἰαχεῖν codices) ὕμνον to let it sound, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Septem contra Thebas” 869 (Lyric poetry); κωκυτόν 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Trachiniae” 866; γόους [prev. author] “fragment” 523; ὕμνους 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Ion” 883 (Lyric poetry))]; χαλκέον ἄχει sound the cymbal! [Refs 3rd c.BC+ (3rd c.BC: Theocritus Poeta Bucolicus 2.36)]; ἐφεξῆς ἠχοῦντα αὐτά (i.e. τὰ φωνήεντα) [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th c.BC: Demetrius Phalereus Rhetor “Demetrius on Style” 71:)] —middle, ἀχεῖσθαί τινα to sound his praises, uncertain in [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Pindarus Lyricus “Fragmenta.” 75.19:)] — passive, ἠχεῖται κτύπος a sound is made, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Oedipus Coloneus” 1500. (Cf. {ἠχή}))]