Strong G3775οὖς
ear
- Transliteration
- ous
- Pronunciation
- ooce
- Morphology
- Greek Noun Neuter
Definition
Apparently a primary word; the ear (physically or mentally): - ear.
Detailed definition
οὖς genitive, ὠτός, τό,
[in LXX chiefly for אֹזֶן;]
the ear: Mat.13:16, Mrk.7:33, Luk.22:50, 1Co.2:9 12:16, 1Pe.3:12; ἐν τ. ὠσί, Luk.4:21; εἰς τ. ὦτα ἀκούεσθαι, Act.7:57; γίνεσθαι, Luk.1:44; εἰσέρχεσθαι, Jas.5:4; εἰς τ. οὖς ἀκούειν, Mat.10:27; πρὸς τ. οὖς λαλεῖν, Luk.12:3; τὰ ὦ. συνέχειν (MM, xviii), Act.7:57. Metaphorical, of understanding, perceiving, knowing: Mat.13:16; ὁ ἔχων (εἴ τις ἔχει) οὖς ἀκουσάτω, Rev.2:7, 11 2:17, 29 3:6, 13 13:9; ὁ ἔχων (ὃς ἔχει, εἴ τις ἔχει) ὦτα (ἀκούειν) ἀκουέτω, Mat.11:15 13:9, 43, Mrk.4:9, 23 7:16 (R, mg.), Luk.8:8 14:35; τοῖς ὠ. βαρέως ἀκούειν, Mat.13:15 Act.28:27" (LXX); ὦ. ἔχοντες οὐκ ἀκούειν, Mrk.8:18; ὦ. τοῦ μὴ ἀκούειν, Rom.11:8; θέσθε εἰς τὰ ὦ., Luk.9:44; ἀπερίτμητος τοῖς ὠ., Act.7:51.†
(AS)
[in LXX chiefly for אֹזֶן;]
the ear: Mat.13:16, Mrk.7:33, Luk.22:50, 1Co.2:9 12:16, 1Pe.3:12; ἐν τ. ὠσί, Luk.4:21; εἰς τ. ὦτα ἀκούεσθαι, Act.7:57; γίνεσθαι, Luk.1:44; εἰσέρχεσθαι, Jas.5:4; εἰς τ. οὖς ἀκούειν, Mat.10:27; πρὸς τ. οὖς λαλεῖν, Luk.12:3; τὰ ὦ. συνέχειν (MM, xviii), Act.7:57. Metaphorical, of understanding, perceiving, knowing: Mat.13:16; ὁ ἔχων (εἴ τις ἔχει) οὖς ἀκουσάτω, Rev.2:7, 11 2:17, 29 3:6, 13 13:9; ὁ ἔχων (ὃς ἔχει, εἴ τις ἔχει) ὦτα (ἀκούειν) ἀκουέτω, Mat.11:15 13:9, 43, Mrk.4:9, 23 7:16 (R, mg.), Luk.8:8 14:35; τοῖς ὠ. βαρέως ἀκούειν, Mat.13:15 Act.28:27" (LXX); ὦ. ἔχοντες οὐκ ἀκούειν, Mrk.8:18; ὦ. τοῦ μὴ ἀκούειν, Rom.11:8; θέσθε εἰς τὰ ὦ., Luk.9:44; ἀπερίτμητος τοῖς ὠ., Act.7:51.†
(AS)
In the Bible
Strong G3775 appears in 35 verses of the KJV.
Translated in the KJV by
- ear35
- with2
First verses
- 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 11:15He that hath ears to hear, let him hear.
- Matthew 13:9Who hath ears to hear, let him hear.
- Matthew 13:15For this people’s heart is waxed gross, and their ears are dull of hearing, and their eyes they have closed; lest at any time they should see with their eyes, and hear with their ears, and should understand with their heart, and should be converted, and I should heal them.
- Matthew 13:16But blessed are your eyes, for they see: and your ears, for they hear.
- Matthew 13:43Then shall the righteous shine forth as the sun in the kingdom of their Father. Who hath ears to hear, let him hear.
- Mark 4:9And he said unto them, He that hath ears to hear, let him hear.
- Mark 4:23If any man have ears to hear, let him hear.
- Mark 7:16If any man have ears to hear, let him hear.
- Mark 7:33And he took him aside from the multitude, and put his fingers into his ears, and he spit, and touched his tongue;
- Mark 8:18Having eyes, see ye not? and having ears, hear ye not? and do ye not remember?
- Luke 1:44For, lo, as soon as the voice of thy salutation sounded in mine ears, the babe leaped in my womb for joy.
- Luke 4:21And he began to say unto them, This day is this scripture fulfilled in your ears.
- Luke 8:8And other fell on good ground, and sprang up, and bare fruit an hundredfold. And when he had said these things, he cried, He that hath ears to hear, let him hear.
- Luke 9:44Let these sayings sink down into your ears: for the Son of man shall be delivered into the hands of men.
- Luke 12:3Therefore whatsoever ye have spoken in darkness shall be heard in the light; and that which ye have spoken in the ear in closets shall be proclaimed upon the housetops.
- Luke 14:35It is neither fit for the land, nor yet for the dunghill; but men cast it out. He that hath ears to hear, let him hear.
- Luke 22:50And one of them smote the servant of the high priest, and cut off his right ear.
- Acts 7:51Ye stiffnecked and uncircumcised in heart and ears, ye do always resist the Holy Ghost: as your fathers did, so do ye.
- Acts 7:57Then they cried out with a loud voice, and stopped their ears, and ran upon him with one accord,
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Detailed Greek dictionary
οὖς
(nominative singular frequently in [Refs 8th c.BC+ (“IG” Il(2).161 B 126, +others (Delos, 3rd c.BC), see entry near the end), τό, _genitive_ ὠτός, _dative_ ὠτί: _plural_ _nominative_ ὦτα, _genitive_ ὤτων, _dative_ ὠσί (ὤτοις condemned by 2nd c.AD: Phrynichus Atticista 186):— 8th c.BC: Homerus Epicus has only _accusative_ _sing._ and _dative_ _plural_ (see. below))]; the other cases he forms as if from οὖας (which is found in [Refs 5th c.BC+ (4th-5th c.BC: Simonides Lyricus 37.14), _genitive_ οὔατος, _plural_ _nominative_ and _accusative_ οὔατα (also in 5th c.BC: Epicharmus Comicus 21, 5th c.BC: Hippocrates Medicus “περὶ καρδίης” 8, +others, “SIG” 1025.62 (Cos, 4th-3rd c.BC)))], dative οὔασι [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 12.442 (ὠσίν 8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 12.200))]: Hellenistic nominative singular ὦς [Refs 3rd c.BC+ (“PPetr.” 3p.33 (3rd c.BC), “PGrenf.” 1.12.29, 2.15 ii I (2nd c.BC), “IG” 7.3498.19 (Oropus, 2nd c.BC), Roussel “Cultes Egyptiens” 217 (Delos, 2nd c.BC), “PStrassb.” 87.14 (2nd c.BC))]: also Doric dialect ὦς [Refs 3rd c.BC+ (3rd c.BC: Theocritus Poeta Bucolicus 11.32)]; plural ὤϝαθ᾽ conjecture for ὦτά θ᾽ in [Refs 7th c.BC+ (7th c.BC: Alcman Lyricus 41)]:—ear, Ἄντιφον αὖ παρὰ οὖς ἔλασε ξίφει [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 11.109; [κηρὸν] ἐπ᾽ ὠσὶν ἄλειψ᾽ 8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” [same place])]; αἲ γὰρ δή μοι ἀπ᾽ οὔατος ὧδε γένοιτο oh may I never hear of such a thing! [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 18.272; αἲ γὰρ ἀπ᾽ οὔατος εἴη 22.454; ἀμφὶ κτύπος οὔατα βάλλει 10.535)]; ὀρθὰ ἱστάναι τὰ ὦτα, of horses, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 4.129, compare 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Electra” 27, etc.; ἐν τοῖσι ὠσὶ.. οἰκέει ὁ θυμός 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 7.39, compare 1.8)]; βοᾷ ἐν ὠσὶ κέλαδος rings in the ear, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Persae” 605; φθόγγος βάλλει δι᾽ ὤτων 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Antigone” 1188, compare 4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Choephori” 56 (Lyric poetry); δι᾽ ὠτὸς παῦρα ἐννέπειν πρός τινα 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Electra” 1437 (Lyric poetry))]; ὀξὺν δι᾽ ὤτων κέλαδον ἐνσείσας[Refs 5th c.BC+ ([prev. work] 737, compare “OT” 1387; δι᾽ ὤτων ἦν λόγος 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Medea” 1139, compare “Rh.” 294, 566; so ἁμῖν τοῦτο δι᾽ ὠτὸς ἔγεντο 3rd c.BC: Theocritus Poeta Bucolicus 14.27; λόγους ψιθύρους εἰς ὦτα φέρει 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Ajax” 149 (_anapaest meter_); εἰς οὖς ἑκάστῳ.. ηὔδα λόγους 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Andromache” 1091, compare “Hipp.” 932; προσκύψας μοι μικρὸν πρὸς τὸ οὖς 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Euthydemus” 275e)]; ἐπ᾽ (ἐς conjecture Dawes) οὔατα λάθριος εἶπεν [Refs 3rd c.BC+ (3rd c.BC: Callimachus Epicus “Hymnus in Apollinem” 105)]; reversely, παρέχειν τὰ ὦτα to lend the ears, i. e. to attend, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Cratylus” 396d, etc.; so ἐπισχέσθαι τὰ ὦτα [prev. author] “Smp.” 216a; παραβάλλειν [prev. author] “R.” 531a, cf. Callias Epigrammaticus “anonymous fragment” 375; τὰ ὦτα ἐξεπετάννυτο 5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Equites” 1347; ὦτα χορηγεῖν 1st-2nd c.AD: Plutarchus Biographus et Philosophus 2.232f; ἀποκλείειν τὰ ὦτα [prev. work]143f; οἱ ὦτα ἔχοντες)] those who have ears to hear, [Refs 5th c.BC+ ([prev. work] 1113c: _metaphorically_, of spies in Persia, 5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Institutio Cyri (Cyropaedia)” 8.2.10s q., 2nd c.AD: Lucianus Sophista “Ind.” 23, compare 4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “Politica” 1287b30; τὸ τῶν λεγομένων ὤτων καὶ προσαγωγέων γένος 1st-2nd c.AD: Plutarchus Biographus et Philosophus 2.522f)]; τὰ ὦτα ἐπὶ τῶν ὤμων ἔχοντες, of persons who slink away ashamed (hanging their ears like dogs), [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Respublica” 613c)]: proverbial, see at {λύκο; τεθλασμένος οὔατα πυγμαῖς}, of a boxer, [Refs 3rd c.BC+ (3rd c.BC: Theocritus Poeta Bucolicus 22.45 (compare ὠτοκάταξις))]; ἐπ᾽ ἀμφότερα τὰ ὦτα καθεύδειν sleep soundly, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (4th c.BC: Aeschines Orator 5th-4th c.BC: Socratis et Socraticorum Epistulae 54 4th c.BC: Demosthenes Orator)]
II from resemblance to an ear,
II.1 handle, especially of pitchers, cups, etc., οὔατα δ᾽ αὐτοῦ τέσσαρ᾽ ἔσαν [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 11.633, compare 18.378, 2nd c.BC: Bion Bucolicus cited in 1st-2nd c.AD: Plutarchus Biographus et Philosophus 2.536a, “IG” 11(2).161 B 126 (Delos, 3rd c.BC), 2nd-1st c.BC(?): Hero Mechanicus “(Spiritalia) Pneumatica” 2.23, 1st c.AD: Dioscorides (Dioscurides) Medicus 5.87; [ποτήριον] ὦτα συντεθλασμένον 2nd c.AD: Alexander Rhetor 270.3.)]
II.2 in Architecture texts, ={παρωτίς}[Refs (4, “IG” 12.372.201, compare 319.6.)]
II.3 οὖς Ἀφροδίτης, a kind of shell-fish, Antig.Car. cited in [Refs 2nd c.AD+ (2nd c.AD: Athenaeus Epigrammaticus 3.88a)]; οὖς θαλάττιον, ={ἀγρία λεπάς}, [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “Historia Animalium” 529b16.)]
II.4 τὰ ὦτα (οὔατα [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Hippocrates Medicus) τῆς καρδίας)] the auricles of the heart, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Hippocrates Medicus “περὶ καρδίης” 8, 2nd c.AD: Galenus Medicus “de Usu Partium” 6.15, compare 2.615K.)]
II.5 name of part of a bandage, Heraclas cited in [Refs 4th c.AD+ (4th c.AD: Oribasius Medicus 48.15 at Title Page [Written ὀ̄ς in “IG” 12)]. [prev. cited]] (Cogn. with Latin auris, Lithuanian ausìs, O[Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus)] éar, etc.; details obscure; nominative singular οὖς perhaps from *ο(ϝ)ος (contained in ἀμφώης).)
(nominative singular frequently in [Refs 8th c.BC+ (“IG” Il(2).161 B 126, +others (Delos, 3rd c.BC), see entry near the end), τό, _genitive_ ὠτός, _dative_ ὠτί: _plural_ _nominative_ ὦτα, _genitive_ ὤτων, _dative_ ὠσί (ὤτοις condemned by 2nd c.AD: Phrynichus Atticista 186):— 8th c.BC: Homerus Epicus has only _accusative_ _sing._ and _dative_ _plural_ (see. below))]; the other cases he forms as if from οὖας (which is found in [Refs 5th c.BC+ (4th-5th c.BC: Simonides Lyricus 37.14), _genitive_ οὔατος, _plural_ _nominative_ and _accusative_ οὔατα (also in 5th c.BC: Epicharmus Comicus 21, 5th c.BC: Hippocrates Medicus “περὶ καρδίης” 8, +others, “SIG” 1025.62 (Cos, 4th-3rd c.BC)))], dative οὔασι [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 12.442 (ὠσίν 8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 12.200))]: Hellenistic nominative singular ὦς [Refs 3rd c.BC+ (“PPetr.” 3p.33 (3rd c.BC), “PGrenf.” 1.12.29, 2.15 ii I (2nd c.BC), “IG” 7.3498.19 (Oropus, 2nd c.BC), Roussel “Cultes Egyptiens” 217 (Delos, 2nd c.BC), “PStrassb.” 87.14 (2nd c.BC))]: also Doric dialect ὦς [Refs 3rd c.BC+ (3rd c.BC: Theocritus Poeta Bucolicus 11.32)]; plural ὤϝαθ᾽ conjecture for ὦτά θ᾽ in [Refs 7th c.BC+ (7th c.BC: Alcman Lyricus 41)]:—ear, Ἄντιφον αὖ παρὰ οὖς ἔλασε ξίφει [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 11.109; [κηρὸν] ἐπ᾽ ὠσὶν ἄλειψ᾽ 8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” [same place])]; αἲ γὰρ δή μοι ἀπ᾽ οὔατος ὧδε γένοιτο oh may I never hear of such a thing! [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 18.272; αἲ γὰρ ἀπ᾽ οὔατος εἴη 22.454; ἀμφὶ κτύπος οὔατα βάλλει 10.535)]; ὀρθὰ ἱστάναι τὰ ὦτα, of horses, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 4.129, compare 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Electra” 27, etc.; ἐν τοῖσι ὠσὶ.. οἰκέει ὁ θυμός 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 7.39, compare 1.8)]; βοᾷ ἐν ὠσὶ κέλαδος rings in the ear, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Persae” 605; φθόγγος βάλλει δι᾽ ὤτων 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Antigone” 1188, compare 4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Choephori” 56 (Lyric poetry); δι᾽ ὠτὸς παῦρα ἐννέπειν πρός τινα 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Electra” 1437 (Lyric poetry))]; ὀξὺν δι᾽ ὤτων κέλαδον ἐνσείσας[Refs 5th c.BC+ ([prev. work] 737, compare “OT” 1387; δι᾽ ὤτων ἦν λόγος 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Medea” 1139, compare “Rh.” 294, 566; so ἁμῖν τοῦτο δι᾽ ὠτὸς ἔγεντο 3rd c.BC: Theocritus Poeta Bucolicus 14.27; λόγους ψιθύρους εἰς ὦτα φέρει 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Ajax” 149 (_anapaest meter_); εἰς οὖς ἑκάστῳ.. ηὔδα λόγους 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Andromache” 1091, compare “Hipp.” 932; προσκύψας μοι μικρὸν πρὸς τὸ οὖς 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Euthydemus” 275e)]; ἐπ᾽ (ἐς conjecture Dawes) οὔατα λάθριος εἶπεν [Refs 3rd c.BC+ (3rd c.BC: Callimachus Epicus “Hymnus in Apollinem” 105)]; reversely, παρέχειν τὰ ὦτα to lend the ears, i. e. to attend, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Cratylus” 396d, etc.; so ἐπισχέσθαι τὰ ὦτα [prev. author] “Smp.” 216a; παραβάλλειν [prev. author] “R.” 531a, cf. Callias Epigrammaticus “anonymous fragment” 375; τὰ ὦτα ἐξεπετάννυτο 5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Equites” 1347; ὦτα χορηγεῖν 1st-2nd c.AD: Plutarchus Biographus et Philosophus 2.232f; ἀποκλείειν τὰ ὦτα [prev. work]143f; οἱ ὦτα ἔχοντες)] those who have ears to hear, [Refs 5th c.BC+ ([prev. work] 1113c: _metaphorically_, of spies in Persia, 5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Institutio Cyri (Cyropaedia)” 8.2.10s q., 2nd c.AD: Lucianus Sophista “Ind.” 23, compare 4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “Politica” 1287b30; τὸ τῶν λεγομένων ὤτων καὶ προσαγωγέων γένος 1st-2nd c.AD: Plutarchus Biographus et Philosophus 2.522f)]; τὰ ὦτα ἐπὶ τῶν ὤμων ἔχοντες, of persons who slink away ashamed (hanging their ears like dogs), [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Respublica” 613c)]: proverbial, see at {λύκο; τεθλασμένος οὔατα πυγμαῖς}, of a boxer, [Refs 3rd c.BC+ (3rd c.BC: Theocritus Poeta Bucolicus 22.45 (compare ὠτοκάταξις))]; ἐπ᾽ ἀμφότερα τὰ ὦτα καθεύδειν sleep soundly, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (4th c.BC: Aeschines Orator 5th-4th c.BC: Socratis et Socraticorum Epistulae 54 4th c.BC: Demosthenes Orator)]
II from resemblance to an ear,
II.1 handle, especially of pitchers, cups, etc., οὔατα δ᾽ αὐτοῦ τέσσαρ᾽ ἔσαν [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 11.633, compare 18.378, 2nd c.BC: Bion Bucolicus cited in 1st-2nd c.AD: Plutarchus Biographus et Philosophus 2.536a, “IG” 11(2).161 B 126 (Delos, 3rd c.BC), 2nd-1st c.BC(?): Hero Mechanicus “(Spiritalia) Pneumatica” 2.23, 1st c.AD: Dioscorides (Dioscurides) Medicus 5.87; [ποτήριον] ὦτα συντεθλασμένον 2nd c.AD: Alexander Rhetor 270.3.)]
II.2 in Architecture texts, ={παρωτίς}[Refs (4, “IG” 12.372.201, compare 319.6.)]
II.3 οὖς Ἀφροδίτης, a kind of shell-fish, Antig.Car. cited in [Refs 2nd c.AD+ (2nd c.AD: Athenaeus Epigrammaticus 3.88a)]; οὖς θαλάττιον, ={ἀγρία λεπάς}, [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “Historia Animalium” 529b16.)]
II.4 τὰ ὦτα (οὔατα [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Hippocrates Medicus) τῆς καρδίας)] the auricles of the heart, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Hippocrates Medicus “περὶ καρδίης” 8, 2nd c.AD: Galenus Medicus “de Usu Partium” 6.15, compare 2.615K.)]
II.5 name of part of a bandage, Heraclas cited in [Refs 4th c.AD+ (4th c.AD: Oribasius Medicus 48.15 at Title Page [Written ὀ̄ς in “IG” 12)]. [prev. cited]] (Cogn. with Latin auris, Lithuanian ausìs, O[Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus)] éar, etc.; details obscure; nominative singular οὖς perhaps from *ο(ϝ)ος (contained in ἀμφώης).)